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ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

At 4:27 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered
by Ms. Niland, announced that the Speaker has signed the following
enrolled bills:

S. 1346. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to
conduct a study of maritime sites in the State of Michigan.
S. 1820. An act to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 6110 East 51st Place in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the ``Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office''.
S. 1998. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to
enhance protections relating to the reputation and meaning of
the Medal of Honor and other military decorations and awards,
and for other purposes.
S. 3938. An act to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of
the United States.
S. 4044. An act to clarify the treatment of certain
charitable contributions under title 11, United States Code.
S. 4073. An act to designate the outpatient clinic of the
Department of Veterans Affairs located in Farmington,
Missouri, as the ``Robert Silvey Department of Veterans
Affairs Outpatient Clinic''.
H.R. 758. An act to establish an interagency aerospace
revitalization task force to develop a national strategy for
aerospace workforce recruitment, training, and cultivation.
H.R. 854. An act to provide for certain lands to be held in
trust for the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe.
H.R. 1285. An act to extend for 3 years changes to
requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health
professional shortage areas made by the Nursing Relief for
Disadvantages Areas Act of 1999.
H.R. 1472. An act to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 167 East 124th Street in New
York, New York, as the ``Tito Puente Post Office Building''.
H.R. 4057. An act to provide that attorneys employed by the
Department of Justice shall be eligible for compensatory time
off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United States
Code.
H.R. 4246. An act to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 8135 Forest Lane in Dallas,
Texas, as the ``Dr. Robert E. Price Post Office Building''.
H.R. 5136. An act to establish a National Integrated
Drought Information System within the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration to improve drought monitoring
and forecasting capabilities.
H.R. 5736. An act to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 101 Palafox Place in
Pensacola, Florida, as the ``Vincent J. Whibbs, Sr. Post
Office Building''.

The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro
tempore (Mr. Stevens).
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At 5:49 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has
passed the following bill, without amendment:

S. 4046. An act to extend oversight and accountability
related to United States reconstruction funds and efforts in
Iraq by extending the termination date of the Office of the
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.

The message also announced that the House has passed the bill (S.
3421) to authorize major medical facility projects and major medical
facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal years
2006 and 2007, and for other purposes, with amendments, in which it
requests the concurrence of the Senate.
The message further announced that pursuant to section 1238(b)(3) of
the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), amended by division P of the Consolidated
Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (22 U.S.C. 6901), the Minority Leader
reappoints the following individual to the United States-China Economic
and Security Review Commission for a term expiring December 31, 2008.
His current term expires December 31, 2006: Mr. Michael Wessel of Falls
Church, Virginia.
Ordered further, that the Minority Leader appoints Mr. Jeffrey L.
Fiedler of Great Falls, Virginia, to fill the remainder of the term of
Mr. George Becker, who is resigning effective December 31, 2006. The
current term on which Mr. Fiedler succeeds Mr. Becker expires December
31, 2007.
The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 109-236, the
Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate appoint
the following individual to the MINER Act Technical Study Panel: Dr.
James L. Weeks of Maryland.
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At 9:28 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has
passed the following bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the
Senate:

H.R. 5948. An act to reauthorize the Belarus Democracy Act
of 2004.

The message also announced that the House agrees to the amendment of
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 6111) to amend the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable
innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of
limitations while such claims are pending, with amendments, in which it
requests the concurrence of the Senate.
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At 10:23 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has
passed the following joint resolution, in which it requests the
concurrence of the Senate:

H.J. Res. 102. Joint resolution making further continuing
appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other
purposes.

The message also stated that the House has agreed to the following
concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the
Senate:

H. Con. Res. 503. Concurrent resolution providing for the
sine die adjournment of the second session of the One Hundred
Ninth Congress.

The message further announced that the House agrees to the report of
the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses
on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 5682) to exempt from
certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed
nuclear agreement for cooperation with India.

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