November 17, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S10561 

at 4 South Main Street in Wallingford, Connecticut, as the ‘‘CWO Richard R. Lee Post 

Office Building.’’ 

H.R. 6902. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 513 6th Avenue in Dayton, Kentucky, as 

the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Nicholas Ray Carnes 

Post Office.’’ 

H.R. 6982. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 210 South Ellsworth Avenue in San Mateo, 

California, as the ‘‘Leo J. Ryan Post Office 

Building.’’ 

H.R. 7222. An act to extend the Andean 

Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes. 

H. J. Res. 100. Joint resolution appointing 

the day for the convening of the first session 

of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and 

establishing the date for the counting of the 

electoral votes for President and Vice President case by the electors in December 2008. 

Under the authority of the Senate of 

January 4, 2007, the Secretary of the 

Senate, the enrolled bill was subsequently signed on October 6, 2008, during the recess of the Senate, by the 

President pro tempore (Mr. BYRD). 

Under the authority of the order of 

the Senate of January 4, 2007, the Secretary of the Senate, on October 8, 2008, 

during the recess of the Senate, received a message from the House of 

Representatives announcing that the 

Speaker pro tempore (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) 

had signed the following enrolled bill: 

S. 3197. An act to amend title 11, United 

States Code, to exempt for a limited period, 

from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the 

Armed Forces and members of the National 

Guard, who, after September 11, 2001, are 

called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 

days. 

Under the authority of the Senate of 

January 4, 2007, the Secretary of the 

Senate, the enrolled bill was subsequently signed on October 8, 2008, during the recess of the Senate, by the 

President pro tempore (Mr. B

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MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE 

At 12:02 p.m., a message from the 

House of Representatives, delivered by 

Mr. Zapata, 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. 5714. An act to require the Secretary 

of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition 

and celebration of the establishment of the 

United States Army in 1775, to honor the 

American soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, and to commemorate the traditions, history, and heritage of the United States Army and its role in 

American society, from the Colonial period 

to today. 

H.R. 6867. An act to provide for additional 

emergency unemployment compensation. 

H.R. 7221. An act to amend the McKinneyVento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, and for other purposes. 

The message also announced that the 

House has agreed to the following concurrent resolution, in which it requests 

the concurrence of the Senate: 

H. Con. Res. 435. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall on 

December 2, 2008, for ceremonies and activities held in connection with the opening of 

the Capitol Visitor Center to the public. 

The message further announced that 

the House has passed the bill (S. 602) to 

develop the next generation of parental 

control technology, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. 

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MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME 

The following bills were read the first 

time: 

H.R. 6867. An act to provide for additional 

emergency unemployment compensation. 

H.R. 7110. An act making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2009, and for other 

purposes. 

S. 3688. A bill to provide for additional 

emergency unemployment compensation, to 

amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to authorize loans to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers, and for other purposes. 

S. 3689. A bill making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, 

infrastructure investment, and economic and 

energy assistance for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 

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ENROLLED BILLS PRESENTED 

DURING RECESS 

The Assistant Secretary of the Senate reported that she had presented to 

the President of the United States the 

following enrolled bills: 

On October 3, 2008: 

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 

On October 6, 2008: 

S. 3001. An act to authorize appropriations 

for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of 

the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 

Department of Energy, to prescribe military 

personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and 

for other purposes. 

S. 3641. An act to authorize funding for the 

National Crime Victim Law Institute to provide support for victims of crime under 

Crime Victims Legal Assistance Programs as 

a part of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. 

On October 9, 2008: 

S. 3197. An act to amend title 11, United 

States Code, to exempt for a limited period, 

from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the 

Armed Forces and members of the National 

Guard, who, after September 11, 2001, are 

called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 

days. 

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EXECUTIVE AND OTHER 

COMMUNICATIONS 

The following communications were 

laid before the Senate, together with 

accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: 

EC–8244. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115(a)(2) of the Emergency 

Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public 

Law 110–343) (the ‘‘Act’’), certifying the necessity for the Secretary of the Treasury to 

exercise the authority granted under the Act 

to purchase, or commit to purchase, troubled 

assets up to the limit of $350 billion outstanding at any one time; to the Committee 

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 

EC–8245. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, 

Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant 

to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations based upon a Systematic Review of the 

CCL’’ (RIN0694–AE33) received in the Office 

of the President of the Senate on October 14, 

2008; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

and Urban Affairs. 

EC–8246. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, 

Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant 

to law, the report of a rule entitled 

‘‘Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary Agreements Implementation: December 2007 Categories 1, 2, 3, 5 Parts I and II, 6, 7, and 9 of 

the Commerce Control List, Definitions; December 2006 Solar Cells’’ (RIN0694–AE29) received in the Office of the President of the 

Senate on October 14, 2008; to the Committee 

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 

EC–8247. A communication from the Assistant to the Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to 

law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Transactions Between Member Banks and Their 

Affiliates: Exemption for Certain Purchases 

of Asset-Backed Commercial Paper by a 

Member Bank from an Affiliate’’ (Docket No. 

R–1331) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 14, 2008; to the 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs. 

EC–8248. A communication from the Assistant to the Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to 

law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘RiskBased Capital Guidelines; Leverage Capital 

Guidelines’’ (Docket No. 1332) received in the 

Office of the President of the Senate on October 14, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs. 

EC–8249. A communication from the Assistant to the Board of Governors of the Federal 

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