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                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 12:18 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, 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. 217. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     make permanent the pilot program authorized by the 
     Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements 
     Needed for Veterans Act of 2016, and for other purposes.
       H.R 1147. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R 1263. An act to require a strategy for bolstering 
     engagement and cooperation between the United States, 
     Australia, India, and Japan and to seek to establish a Quad 
     Inter-Parliamentary Working Group to facilitate closer 
     cooperation on shared interests and values.
       H.R 1286. An act to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally 
     funded research and development center for an assessment of 
     forms that the Secretary sends to claimants

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     for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R 1364. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide clarification regarding the inclusion of medically 
     necessary automobile adaptations in Department of Veterans 
     Affairs definition of ``medical services''.
       H.R 1453. An act to amend the Infrastructure Investment and 
     Jobs Act to require reporting regarding clean energy 
     demonstration projects, and for other purposes.
       H.R 1578. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     promote assistance from persons recognized by the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs for individuals who file certain claims 
     under laws administered by the Secretary.
       H.R 1815. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take certain 
     actions in the case of a default on a home loan guaranteed by 
     the Secretary, and for other purposes.
       H.R 1823. An act to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs and the Comptroller General of the United States to 
     report on certain funding shortfalls in the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs.
       H.R 2201. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve claims, made under laws administered by the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs, regarding military sexual trauma, and 
     for other purposes.

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