[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8161]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 3:02 p.m., a message from the House of the Representatives, 
delivered by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that the 
House has passed the following bills, in which it requests the 
concurrence of the Senate:

       H.R. 115. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of 
     the death penalty based on the status of the victim.
       H.R. 1039. An act to amend section 3606 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest 
     hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation 
     officer in the performance of official duties.
       H.R. 1892. An act to amend title 4, United States Code, to 
     provide for the flying of the flag at half-staff in the event 
     of the death of a first responder in the line of duty.

  The message also announced that pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4355(a), and 
the order of the House of January 3, 2017, the Speaker appoints the 
following Member on the part of the House of Representatives to the 
Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy: Mr. Thomas J. 
Rooney of Florida.
  The message further announced that pursuant to section 4 of the 
United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 
114-196), the Minority Leader appoints the following Members of the 
House of Representatives to the United States Semiquincentennial 
Commission: Mr. Robert Brady of Pennsylvania and Mr. Joseph Crowley of 
New York; And from private life: Mr. Richard Trumka of Rockville, 
Maryland.
  The message also announced that pursuant to section 114(b) of the 
John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development Act 
(2 U.S.C. 1103), the Minority Leader reappoints the following Member of 
the House of Representatives to the Board of Trustees for the John C. 
Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development for a term 
of 6 years: Ms. Terri A. Sewell of Alabama.

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