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“MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H5360-H5361 on Aug. 2, 2013.
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 without amendment bills of the House of the following titles:
H.R. 267. An act to improve hydropower, and for other purposes.
H.R. 678. An act to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1171. An act to amend title 40, United States Code, to improve veterans service organizations access to Federal surplus personal property.
H.R. 2576. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to modify requirements relating to the availability of pipeline safety regulatory documents, and for other purposes.
The message also announced that the Senate has passed with an amendment in which the concurrence of the House is requested, bills of the House of the following titles:
H.R. 1344. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security
(Transportation Security Administration) to provide expedited air passenger screening to severely injured or disabled members of the Armed Forces and severely injured or disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2642. An act to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes.
The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment to the bill (H.R. 2642) ``An Act to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints, on August 1, 2013, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Brown, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Hoeven, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
The message also announced that the Senate has agreed to without amendment a concurrent resolution.
H. Con. Res. 41. Concurrent Resolution encouraging peace and reunification on the Korean Peninsula.
The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested:
S. 233. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 815 County Road 23 in Tyrone, New York, as the ``Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building''.
S. 256. An act to amend Public Law 93-435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
S. 668. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Main Street in Brockport, New York, as the ``Staff Sergeant Nicholas J. Reid Post Office Building''.
S. 796. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Illinois, as the ``James R. Burgess, Jr. Post Office Building''.
S. 885. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 Park Street in Danville, Vermont, as the ``Thaddeus Stevens Post Office''.
S. 1093. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 130 Caldwell Drive in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, as the ``First Lieutenant Alvin Chester Cockrell, Jr. Post Office Building''.
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