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“MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H8128 on Dec. 5, 2011.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
A message from the Senate by Ms. Curtis, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate has passed with an amendment in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of the House of the following title:
H.R. 1540. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment to the bill (H.R. 1540) ``An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Reed, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Nelson (NE), Mr. Webb, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Udall (CO), Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Begich, Mr. Manchin, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. McCain, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Brown (MA), Mr. Portman, Mr. Ayotte, Ms. Collins, Mr. Graham, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Vitter, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
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