October 2, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S10483 

Although one could argue that the 

honor does not begin to match the 

magnitude of the achievement, Alvina 

and the other WAVES are being recognized through a public arts project in 

the Cathedral Heights neighborhood of 

Washington, DC. A turn-of-the-century 

‘‘call box’’ that once housed fire emergency equipment will contain a portrait of Alvina Schwab Pettigrew and a 

description of what the WAVES did in 

the Navy Annex just 200 yards away. It 

is a lasting tribute to the women who 

turned the tide on the Germans and 

helped the Allied forces win the war. I 

am proud that a South Dakotan is 

being honored in this way and that I 

am able to convey to Alvina and the 

WAVES a belated thank-you from a 

most grateful Nation.

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REPORT TO EXTEND THE PERIOD 

OF PRODUCTION OF THE NAVAL 

PETROLEUM RESERVES FOR A 

PERIOD OF THREE YEARS FROM 

APRIL 5, 2009—PM 65 

The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 

from the President of the United 

States, together with an accompanying 

report; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services: 

To the Congress of the United States: 

Consistent with section 7422(c)(2) of 

title 10, United States Code, I am informing you of my decision to extend 

the period of production of the Naval 

Petroleum Reserves for a period of 3 

years from April 5, 2009, the expiration 

date of the currently authorized period 

of production. 

Attached is a copy of the report investigating continued production of 

the Reserves, consistent with section 

7422(c)(2)(B) of title 10. In light of the 

findings contained in the report, I certify that continued production from 

the Naval Petroleum Reserves is in the 

national interest. 

GEORGE W. BUSH.

THE WHITE

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HOUSE, October 2, 2008. 

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE 

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED 

At 12:45 p.m., a message from the 

House of Representatives, delivered by 

Mr. Zapata, one of its reading clerks, 

announced that the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. HOYER) has signed the following enrolled bills: 

S. 431. An act to require convicted sex offenders to register online identifiers, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 906. An act to prohibit the sale, distribution, transfer, and export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes. 

S. 1276. An act to facilitate the creation of 

methamphetamine precursor electronic logbook systems, and for other purposes. 

S. 1492. An act to improve the quality of 

federal and state data regarding the availability and quality of broadband services and 

to promote the deployment of affordable 

broadband services to all parts of the Nation. 

S. 1582. An act to reauthorize and amend 

the Hydrographic Services Improvement 

Act, and for other purposes. 

S. 1738. An act to require the Department 

of Justice to develop and implement a National Strategy Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to 

increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements 

to increase the ability of law enforcement 

agencies to investigate and prosecute child 

predators. 

S. 2304. An act to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided 

to offenders with mental illnesses, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 2816. An act to provide for the appointment of the Chief Human Capital Officer of 

the Department of Homeland Security by the 

Secretary of Homeland Security. 

S. 3015. An act to designate the facility of 

the United States Postal Service located at 

18 S. G Street, Lakeview, Oregon, as the ‘‘Dr. 

Bernard Daly Post Office Building’’. 

S. 3082. An act to designate the facility of 

the United States Postal Service located at 

1700 Cleveland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, as the ‘‘Reverend Earl Abel Post Office 

Building’’. 

S. 3128. An act to direct the Secretary of 

the Interior to provide a loan to the White 

Mountain Apache Tribe for use in planning, 

engineering, and designing a certain water 

system project. 

S. 3296. An act to extend the authority of 

the United States Supreme Court Police to 

protect court officials off the Supreme Court 

Grounds and change the title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice. 

S. 3325. An act to enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 3477. An act to amend title 44, United 

States Code, to authorize grants for Presidential Centers of Historical Excellence. 

S. 3536. An act to amend section 5402 of 

title 39, United States Code, to modify the 

authority relating to United States Postal 

Service air transportation contracts, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 3550. An act to designate a portion of the 

Rappahannock River in the Commonwealth 

of Virginia as the ‘‘John W. Warner Rapids’’. 

S. 3569. An act to make improvements in 

the operation and administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes. 

S. 3598. An act to amend titles 46 and 18, 

United States Code, with respect to the operation of submersible vessels and semi-submersible vessels without nationality. 

S. 3605. An act to extend the pilot program 

for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks. 

S. 3606. An act to extend the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program 

and for other purposes. 

H.R. 928. An act to amend the Inspector 

General Act of 1978 to enhance the independence of the Inspectors General, to create a 

Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 1532. An act to amend the Public 

Health Service Act with respect to making 

progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 2786. An act to reauthorize the programs for housing assistance for Native 

Americans. 

H.R. 2963. An act to transfer certain land in 

Riverside County, California, and San Diego 

County, California, from the Bureau of Land 

Management to the United States to be held 

in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 5350. An act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property located in Norfolk, 

Virginia, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 5618. An act to reauthorize and amend 

the National Sea Grant College Program 

Act, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 6098. An act to amend the Homeland 

Security Act of 2002 to improve the financial 

assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 6849. An act to amend the commodity 

provisions of the Food, Conservation, and 

Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to 

avoid the prohibition on receiving direct 

payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when 

the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 

acres or less, and for other purposes. 

The enrolled bills were subsequently 

signed by the President pro tempore 

(Mr. BYRD). 

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MEASURES REFERRED 

The following bills were read the first 

and the second times by unanimous 

consent, and referred as indicated: 

H.R. 160. An act to amend the American 

Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to establish a battlefield acquisition grant program 

for the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated 

sites of the Revolutionary War and the War 

of 1812, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 

H.R. 642. To establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire 

suppression or prevention technologies, in 

qualified student housing and dormitories, 

and for other purposes; to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 

H.R. 1485. An act for the relief of Esther 

Karinge; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

H.R. 2535. An act to direct the Secretary of 

the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility and suitability of constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and a delivery 

system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of 

California to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural purposes, and for other purposes; to the 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 

H.R. 2583. An act to amend title VII of the 

Public Health Service Act to establish a loan 

program for eligible hospitals to establish 

residency training programs; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

Pensions. 

H.R. 2994. An act to amend the Public 

Health Service Act with respect to pain care; 

to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions. 

H.R. 3018. An act to provide for payment of 

an administrative fee to public housing 

agencies to cover the costs of administering 

family self-sufficiency programs in connection with the housing choice voucher program of the Department of Housing and 

Urban Development; to the Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 

H.R. 3019. An act to establish an Office of 

Housing Counseling to carry out and coordinate the responsibilities of the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development regarding counseling on homeownership and rental 

housing issues, to make grants to entities 

for providing such counseling, to launch a 

national housing counseling advertising 

campaign, and for other purposes; to the 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs. 

H.R. 3036. To reauthorize and enhance the 

National Environmental Education Act, and 


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