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bill with Reid Amendment No. 5677 was withdrawn. Page S10283 

Appointments: 

Commission on the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade: The Chair, on behalf of the 

Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 110–183, 

announced the appointment of the following individual as a member of the Commission on the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade: Rainier Spencer of Nevada. Page S10191 

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: 

Jonathan R. Scharfen, of Virginia, to be Director 

of the United States Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, Department of Homeland Security. 

Routine lists in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service. Pages S10396–97 

Messages from the House: Pages S10320–21 

Executive Communications: Pages S10321–23 

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

 Pages S10324–39 

Additional Statements: Pages S10307–20 

Amendments Submitted: Pages S10339–88 

Privileges of the Floor: Page S10388 

Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. 

(Total—213) Pages S10290, S10291, S10294 

Recess: Senate convened at 10:00 a.m. and recessed 

at 9:56 p.m., until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 

2, 2008. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of 

the Acting Majority Leader in today’s Record on 

page S10396.) 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

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No committee meetings were held. 

House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

The House was not in session today. The House 

is scheduled to meet at 12 p.m. on Thursday, October 2, 2008. 

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 

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NEW PUBLIC LAWS 

(For last listing of Public Laws, see DAILY DIGEST, p. D1191) 

H.R. 1777, to amend the Improving America’s 

Schools Act of 1994 to make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under 

the antitrust laws. Signed on September 30, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–327) 

H.R. 2608, to amend section 402 of the Personal 

Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 

Act of 1996 to provide, in fiscal years 2009 through 

2011, extensions of supplemental security income for 

refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 to collect unemployment compensation 

debts resulting from fraud. Signed on September 30, 

2008. (Public Law 110–328) 

H.R. 2638, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2008. Signed on September 30, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–329) 

H.R. 6984, to amend title 49, United States 

Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, to amend the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure 

authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. 

Signed on September 30, 2008. (Public Law 

110–330) 

S. 171, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 301 Commerce Street 

in Commerce, Oklahoma, as the ‘‘Mickey Mantle 

Post Office Building’’. Signed on September 30, 

2008. (Public Law 110–331) 

S. 2339, to designate the Department of Veterans 

Affairs clinic in Alpena, Michigan, as the ‘‘Lieutenant Colonel Clement C. Van Wagoner Department 

of Veterans Affairs Clinic’’. Signed on September 30, 

2008. (Public Law 110–332) 

S. 3241, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 1717 Orange Avenue 

in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the ‘‘CeeCee Ross Lyles 

Post Office Building’’. Signed on September 30, 

2008. (Public Law 110–333) 


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