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“MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S5751 on June 18, 2008.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE
At 5:13 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House of Representatives having proceeded to reconsider the bill (H.R. 6124) to provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes, returned by the President of the United States with his objections, to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, it was
Resolved, that the said bill pass, two-thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same.
The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 634) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.
The message further announced that the House has agreed to the following bills, without amendment:
S. 188. An act to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.
S. 1692. An act to grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated.
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