[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 8 (Friday, January 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H241]
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                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       143. A letter from the Director, the Office of Management 
     and Budget, transmitting the cumulative report on rescissions 
     and deferrals of budget authority as of December 1, 1994, 
     pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 685(e) (H. Doc. No. 104-18); to the 
     Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
       144. A letter from the Under Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report of a violation of the Anti-Deficiency 
     Act which occurred in the Department of the Army, pursuant to 
     31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the Committee on Appropriations.
       145. A letter from the Deputy Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report pursuant to section 6 of Public Law 
     103-378; to the Committee on National Security.
       146. A letter from the Deputy Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report pursuant to section 132 of Public Law 
     103-337, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
     year 1995; to the Committee on National Security.
       147. A letter from the Deputy Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting certification that live-fire testing of the B-1 
     Conventional Mission Upgrade Program [CMUP] would be 
     unreasonably expensive and impractical, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 
     2366(c)(1); to the Committee on National Security.
       148. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting 
     certification that the total cost for the planning design, 
     construction, and installation of (building) equipment for 
     the renovation of the Pentagon reservation will not exceed 
     $1,128,000,000; to the Committee on National Security.
       149. A letter from the Director, Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency, transmitting the Agency's report entitled, 
     ``A Unified Nation Program for Floodplain Management,'' 
     pursuant to section 1302(c) of the Nation Flood Insurance Act 
     of 1968; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       150. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Thrift 
     Supervision, transmitting the Office's report to Congress on 
     implementation of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, as 
     amended, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 2904; to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
       151. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the Department's second annual report 
     to Congress on programs in achieving the performance goals 
     referenced in the Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992 
     [PDUFA], pursuant to section 104(a) of the Prescription Drug 
     User Fee Act of 1992; to the Committee on Commerce.
       152. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Assistance Agency, transmitting the Department of the Army's 
     proposed lease of defense articles to the United Nations for 
     use in Bosnia (Transmittal No. 8-95), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
     2796a(a); to the Committee on International Relations.
       153. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a copy of 
     Presidential Determination No. 95-11, authorizing the 
     furnishing of assistance from the emergency refugee and 
     migration assistance fund to meet the urgent needs of 
     refugees in the New Independent States [NIS] of the former 
     Soviet Union, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(3); to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       154. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     report pursuant to title VIII of Public Law 101-246, the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, as amended; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       155. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report on the 
     steps the administration has taken to ensure that the goals 
     of section 322 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Acts of 
     1992 and 1993 (which deals with the Arab boycott of Israel) 
     are being met; to the Committee on International Relations.
       156. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report on the 
     outstanding expropriation claims in Nicaragua of United 
     States persons; to the Committee on International Relations.
       157. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a copy of 
     Presidential Determination No. 95-7: Resumption of U.S. Drug 
     Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Colombia; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       158. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a copy of 
     Presidential Determination No. 95-9: Resumption of U.S. Drug 
     Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Peru; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       159. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting notification that 
     the Department of State will utilize the certification 
     procedures of section 565(a)(3) of Public Law 103-236 at the 
     U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       160. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Secretary's 
     report to Congress on the participation or involvement of 
     members of the Haitian Government in human rights violations 
     between December 15, 1990, and December 15, 1994, pursuant to 
     Public Law 103-423, section 4; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       161. A letter from the Secretary, Mississippi River 
     Commission, Department of the Army, transmitting a copy of 
     the annual report in compliance with the Government in the 
     Sunshine Act during the calendar year 1994, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 552b(j); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       162. A letter from the Executive Director, Martin Luther 
     King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, transmitting the annual 
     report under the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act 
     for fiscal year 1994, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to 
     the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       163. A letter from the Director, OPM, President's Pay 
     Agent, transmitting a report justifying the reasons for the 
     extension of locally-based comparability payments to 
     categories of positions that are in more than one executive 
     agency, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5304(h)(2)(C); to the Committee 
     on Government Reform and Oversight.
       164. A letter from the Inspector General, Smithsonian 
     Institution, transmitting the Institution's 5-year strategic 
     plan for fiscal years 1995 through 1999; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       165. A letter from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting 
     notification that the report required pursuant to section 308 
     of title III of the Energy Conservation and Production Act, 
     as amended by section 101 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
     will be submitted by February 1, 1995; jointly, to the 
     Committees on Commerce and Banking and Financial Services.
       166. A letter from the Secretaries of the Interior and 
     Energy, and Director, National Science Foundation, 
     transmitting the Fourth Annual Report on the U.S. Continental 
     Scientific Drilling Program, pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 31 note; 
     jointly, to the Committees on Resources and Science.
       167. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting a final report on the study 
     and technology demonstration program concerned with 
     contaminated bottom sediments in the Great Lakes, pursuant to 
     section 118(c)(7) of the Clean Water Act; jointly, to the 
     Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Science.
       

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