[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H5378-H5379]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

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

       3098.A letter from the Under Secretary for Rural 
     Development, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Business and Industrial Loan 
     Program--Audit requirements (RIN: 0570-AA11) received May 20, 
     1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       3099. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting his request to make available 
     appropriations totaling $189,264,000 in budget authority to 
     the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior, 
     and to designate the amounts made available as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1107 (H. Doc. No. 104-219); to 
     the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
       3100. A letter from the Mayor, District of Columbia, 
     transmitting the District of Columbia Government's report on 
     Anti-Deficiency Act violations for fiscal year 1995 covering 
     the period October 1, 1994, through September 30, 1995, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       3101. A letter from the Under Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department's report entitled ``Report to 
     Congress: The International Cooperative Research and 
     Development Program,'' pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2350(f)(1); to 
     the Committee on National Security.
       3102. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; 
     Direct Submission of Vouchers to Disbursing Office (DFARS 
     Case 96-D007) received May 20, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on National Security.
       3103. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; 
     Institutions of Higher Education (DFARS Case 96-D305) 
     received May 20, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on National Security.
       3104. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--National Ambient Air 
     Quality Standards for Sulfur Oxides (Sulfur Dioxide) (FRL-
     5508-5) received May 21, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       3105. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Washington SIP (FRL-
     5506-3) received May 21, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       3106. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--North Carolina SIP 
     (FRL-5505-4) received May 21, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       3107. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Kentucky; Final 
     Authorization of Revisions to State Hazardous Waste 
     Management Program (FRL-5508-2) received May 21, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       3108. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Oxo-Alkyl Acetates; 
     Tolerance Exemption (FRL-5359-4) received May 21, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       3109. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Maleic Hydrazide, 
     Oryzalin, Hexaninone, Streptomycin; Tolerance Actions (FRL-
     4996-1) received May 21, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       3110. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Pesticides; Stay of 
     Effective Date for Order Revoking Certain Food Additive 
     Regulations (FRL-5372-2) received May 21, 1996, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       3111. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, the Agency's final rule--Idaho SIP (FRL-5449-2) 
     received May 21, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       3112. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Tennessee;

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     Final Authorization of Revisions to State Hazardous Waste 
     Management Programs (FRL-5508-3) received May 21, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       3113. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Tennessee; Final 
     Authorization of Revisions to State Hazardous Waste 
     Management Programs (FRL-5508-4) received May 21, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       3114. A letter from the Secretary, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule--Rules 
     and Regulations Under the Textile Fiber Products 
     Identification Act (16 CFR Part 303) received May 20, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       3115. A letter from the Nuclear Waste Technical Review 
     Board, transmitting the Board's report entitled ``Report to 
     the U.S. Congress and the Secretary of Energy--1995 Findings 
     and Recommendations,'' pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 10268; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       3116. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting an updated report on the continued 
     deployment of U.S. forces, including the response by those 
     forces to several isolated attacks on the American Embassy 
     complex on April 30, 1996, and May 6, 1996 (H. Doc. No. 104-
     218); to the Committee on International Relations and ordered 
     to be printed.
       3117. A letter from the Librarian of Congress, transmitting 
     the report of the activities of the Library of Congress, 
     including the Copyright Office, for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1995, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 139; to the 
     Committee on House Oversight.
       3118. A letter from the Director, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Final 
     Determination of Threatened Status for the California red-
     legged frog (RIN: 1018-AC34) received May 20, 1996, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       3119. A letter from the Director, Office of Fisheries 
     Conservation and Management, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Shrimp 
     Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Texas Closure (I.D. 050896B) 
     received May 20, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       3120. A letter from the Director, Office of Fisheries 
     Conservation and Management, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Groundfish of 
     the Gulf of Alaska; Shallow-water Species Fishery by Vessels 
     using Trawl Gear in the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 960129018-
     6018-01; I.D. 051096D] received May 20, 1996, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       3121. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining, 
     transmitting the Office's final rules--(1) Indiana Regulatory 
     Program (recodification of State law) [IN-132-FOR], (2) Texas 
     Regulatory Program (road systems and others) [TX-029-FOR], 
     (3) Indiana Regulatory Program (remining and others) [IN-133-
     FOR], and (4) Hopi Tribe Abandoned Mine Reclamation Plan [HO-
     003-FOR], pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Resources.
       3122. A letter from the Attorney General and the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Attorney 
     General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services report 
     entitled ``The Validity and Use of Evidence Concerning 
     Battering and Its Effects in Criminal Trials,'' pursuant to 
     42 U.S.C. 14013; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       3123. A letter from the Chairman, United States Sentencing 
     Commission, transmitting the 1995 annual report of the 
     activities of the Commission, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 997; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       3124. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting a report on the initial estimate of 
     the applicable percentage increase in inpatient hospital 
     payment rates for Federal fiscal year [FY] 1997, pursuant to 
     Public Law 101-508, section 4002(g)(1)(B) (104 Stat. 1388-36; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       3125. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's report on the 
     potential health and environmental effects from the use of 
     magnetic levitation [MAGLEV] for railroad transportation, 
     pursuant to Public Law 101-549, section 820 (104 Stat. 2699); 
     jointly, to the Committees on Commerce and Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       3126. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a copy 
     of the Secretary's memorandum of justification for transfer 
     of defense articles and services to the Government of Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina, pursuant to Public Law 104-107, section 
     540(b) (110 Stat. 736); jointly, to the Committees on 
     International Relations and Appropriations.

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