[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 108 (Monday, July 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H8091-H8094]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              ADJOURNMENT

  Mr. GANSKE. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn.
  The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 9 o'clock and 41 minutes 
p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until Tuesday, 
July 23, 1996, at 9 a.m. for morning hour debates.

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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:

       4217. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Nectarines and Fresh Peaches Grown in California; Assessment 
     Rate [Docket No. FV96-916-1 IFR] received July 22, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       4218. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     United States Standards for Grades of Frozen Green and Frozen 
     Wax Beans [FV-95-326] received July 22, 1996, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4219. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in the Lower Rio Grande Valley 
     in Texas; Assessment Rate [Docket No. FY96-906-1 IFR] 
     received July 22, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       4220. A letter from the Chairman and Chief Executive 
     Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting the annual 
     report to the Administration for calendar year 1995, pursuant 
     to 12 U.S.C. 2252(a)(3); to the Committee on Agriculture..
       4221. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; 
     Comprehensive Subcontracting Plans [DFARS Case 96-D304] 
     received July 22, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on National Security.
       4222. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Sale of HUD-Held Multifamily Mortgages [Docket 
     No. FR-3970-F-02] (RIN: 2502-AG59) received July 22, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
       4223. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program: 
     Small Cities and Insular Areas; Final Rule [Docket No. FR-
     4048-F-1] (RIN: 2506-AB81) received July 22, 1996, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
       4224. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Public Housing Management Assessment Program--
     Conforming Change [Docket No. FR-3447-F-02] (RIN: 2577-AA89) 
     received July 22, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       4225. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Indian HOME Program Streamlining [Docket No. FR-
     3567-I-1] (RIN: 2577-AB35) received July 22, 1996, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
       4226. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Single Family Miscellaneous Amendments, 
     Clarifications, and Corrections [Docket No. FR-3977-F-01] 
     (RIN: 2501-AG61) received July 22, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
       4227. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for 
     Employees of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
     [Docket No. FR-3331-F-01] (RIN: 2501-AB55, 3209-AA15) 
     received July 22, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       4228. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Streamlining Mortgagee Requirements, [Docket No. 
     FR-3957-F-02] (RIN: 2502-AG57) received July 22, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
       4229. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Community Development Work Study Program; 
     Amendments [Docket No. FR-3902-F-01] (RIN: 2528-AA05) 
     received July 22, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       4230. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, Transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Streamlining of HUD Regulations Governing the 
     Protection of Human Subjects [Docket No. FR-4069-F-01] (RIN: 
     2501-AC26) received July 22, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
       4231. A letter from Chairman, Federal Reserve System, 
     Transmitting the Board's mid-year monetary policy report to 
     the Congress, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 225a; to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
       4232. A letter from the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation 
     entitled the ``Older Americans Home Security Act 1996''; to 
     the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       4233. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     management and Information, environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Clean Air Act Approval 
     and Promulgation of Carbon Monoxide Implementation Plan for 
     the State of Washington: Puget Sound Attainment Demonstration 
     [FRL-5538-3] received July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4234. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; 
     Approval of Revised Confidentiality Provisions; Approval and 
     Disapproval of Minor New Source Permit Provisions [FRL-5534-
     4] received July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
       4235. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation Plans; Illinois [FRL-5540-5] received July 18, 
     1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       4236. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Final/Interim 
     Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program 
     Revisions; South Dakota (FRL-5534-2) received July 18, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       4237. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Louisiana State 
     Implementation Plan Revision; Major Source Definition 
     Corrections for Reasonably Available Control Technology 
     (RACT) Rules; Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) RACT Catch-ups 
     (FRL-5525-8) received July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4238. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Revision to the New 
     Jersey State Implementation Plan for Carbon Monoxide [Region 
     II Docket No. 142; SIPTRAX NJ15-2-6920] (FRL-5524-3) received 
     July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       4239. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Revision to the New 
     York State Implementation Plan for Carbon Monoxide; 
     Determination of Length of Control Period for New York-
     Northern New Jersey-Long Island Consolidated Metropolitan 
     Statistical Area [Region II Docket No. 151; SIPTRAX NY12-2-
     6920] (FRL-5524-5) received July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4240. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans Tennessee: Approval of 
     Revision to the Tennessee SIP and the Nashville/Davidson 
     County Portion of the Tennessee SIP Regarding Nitrogen Oxides 
     (FRL-5529-5) received July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4241. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State 
     Implementation Plan Revision, Kern County Air Pollution 
     Control District, Placer County Air Pollution Control 
     District, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, and 
     San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District 
     [FRL-5527-6] received July 22, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4242. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Inspection/Maintenance 
     Flexibility Amendment (Ozone Transport Region) [FRL-5541-3] 
     received July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       4243. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Wisconsin [FRL-5539-1] 
     received July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       4244. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District 
     of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-298, 
     ``Vending Site Lottery Assignment Amendment Temporary Act of 
     1996'' (received July 22, 1996), pursuant to D.C. Code, 
     section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
       4245. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District 
     of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-300, 
     ``Telecommunications Competition Act of 1996'' (received July 
     22, 1996), pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       4246. A letter from the Executive Director, District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority,

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     transmitting a copy of the Authority's resolution 
     disapproving D.C. Act 11-281, ``Revised Fiscal Year 1997 
     Budget Request Act,'' pursuant to Public Law 104-8, section 
     202(c)(5)(C)(i)(II) (109 Stat. 112); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       4247. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Circular 90-40; Introduction (48 CFR Chapter 1) 
     received July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       4248. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Contingent Fee Representation [FAC 
     90-40; FAR Case 93-009; Item I] (RIN: 9000-AG83) received 
     July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       4249. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Simplified Acquisition Threshold/
     Federal Acquisition Computer Network; and Micro-Purchase 
     Procedures [FAC 90-40; FAR Cases 94-770 and 94-771; Item II] 
     (RIN: 9000-AG18/9000-AG26) received July 18, 1996, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       4250. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Gratuities [FAC 90-40; FAR Case 96-
     300; Item III] (RIN 9000-AH11) received July 18, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       4251. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Disaster Relief Act [FAC 90-40; FAR 
     Case 93-303; Item IV] (RIN 9000-AG77) received July 18, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       4252. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Responsibility Determinations [FAC 
     90-40; FAR Case 95-007; Item V] (RIN 9000-AG66) received July 
     18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Government Reform and Oversight.
       4253. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Task and Delivery Orders [FAC 90-40; 
     FAR Case 94-711; Item VI] (RIN: 9000-AG50) received July 18, 
     1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       4254. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Multiyear Contracting [FAC 90-40; FAR 
     Case 94-712; Item VII] (RIN: 9000-AG72) received July 18, 
     1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       4255. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Small Business/Simplified Acquisition 
     Threshold [FAC 90-40; FAR Case 94-782; Item VIII] (RIN: 9000-
     AH08) received July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       4256. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises 
     [FAC 90-40; FAR Case 91-028; Item IX] (RIN: 9000-AE52) 
     received July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       4257. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; General Agreement on Tariffs and 
     Trade Patent Authorization [FAC 90-40; FAR Case 95-308; Item 
     X] (RIN: 9000-AH09) received July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
       4258. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Performance and Payment Bonds [FAC 
     90-40; FAR Case 91-027; Item XI] (RIN: 9000-AE47) received 
     July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       4259. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Employee compensation Costs [FAC 90-
     40; FAR Case 93-005; Item XII] (RIN 9000-AF97) received July 
     18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Government Reform and Oversight.
       4260. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Agency Procurement Protests [FAC 90-
     40; FAR Case 95-309; Item XIII] (RIN 9000-AH10) received July 
     18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Government Reform and Oversight.
       4261. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Value Engineering [FAC 90-40; FAR 
     Case 96-315; Item XIV] (RIN 9000-AH12) received July 18, 
     1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       4262. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Termination Inventory Schedules [FAC 
     90-40; FAR Case 94-003; Item XV] (RIN 9000-AG13) received 
     July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       4263. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Small Entity Compliance Guide [FAC 
     90-40; received July 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       4264. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
     Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's study report on the American Discovery 
     Trail, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1244(b); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       4265. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce, plc RB211 Series 
     Turbofan Engines (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket 
     No. 94-ANE-39; Amendment 39-9672; AD 96-13-04] (RIN: 2120-
     AA64) received July 22, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4266. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney PW4000 Series 
     Turbofan Engines (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket 
     No. 96-ANE-10; Amendment 39-9676; AD 96-13-08] (RIN: 2120-
     AA64) received July 22, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4267. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Sikorsky Aircraft Model S-76B 
     Helicopters (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 96-
     SW-16-AD; Amendment 39-9696; AD 96-15-03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) 
     received July 22, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4268. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous 
     Amendments (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 
     28625; Amdt. No. 1740] (RIN: 2120-AA65) received July 22, 
     1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4269. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous 
     Amendments (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 
     28627; Amdt. No. 1742] (RIN: 2120-AA65) received July 22, 
     1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4270. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous 
     Amendments (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 
     28626; Amdt. No. 1741] (RIN: 2120-AA65) received July 22, 
     1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4271. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Excess Flow Valve--Performance Standards (Research and 
     Special Programs Administration) [Docket No. PS-118; 
     Amendment 192-79] (RIN: 2137-AB97) received July 22, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4272. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Excess Flow Valve--Customer Notification (Research and 
     Special Programs Administration) [Docket No. PS-118A; Notice 
     1] (RIN: 2137-AC55) received July 22, 1996, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4273. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Regulatory Review; Gas Pipeline Safety Standards; Correction 
     (Research and Special Programs Administration) [Docket No. 
     PS-124; Amdt. 192078] (RIN: 2137-AC25) received July 22, 
     1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4274. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Qualification of Pipeline Control (Research and Special 
     Programs Administration) [Docket No. PS-94;

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     Notice 5] (RIN: 2137-AB38) received July 22, 1996, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
       4275. A letter from the Administrator, Small Business 
     Administration, transmitting the annual report on minority 
     small business and capital ownership development for fiscal 
     year 1995, pursuant to Public Law 100-656, section 408 (102 
     Stat. 3877); to the Committee on Small Business.
       4276. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Employment 
     and Training, Department of Labor, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Unemployment Insurance Program 
     Letter No. 29-83, Change 3--received July 19, 1996, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       4277. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, U.S. 
     Customs Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Rules 
     of Origin for Textile and Apparel Products (19 CFR Part 102) 
     received July 17, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
       4278. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting notification for DOD to make purchases 
     and purchase commitments, and to enter into cost sharing 
     arrangements for equipment to develop manufacturing processes 
     under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 
     pursuant to 50 U.S.C. app. 2093(a)(6)(A) (H. Doc. No. 104-
     249); jointly, to the Committees on Appropriations and 
     Banking and Financial Services, and ordered to be printed.
       4279. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, 
     transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend the act 
     of May 13, 1954, Public Law 358 (33 U.S.C. 981, et seq.), as 
     amended, to improve the operation, maintenance, and safety of 
     the St. Lawrence Seaway, within the territorial limits of the 
     United States, by establishing the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation as a performance based organization 
     in the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes; 
     jointly, to the Committees on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, Government Reform and Oversight, and the 
     Budget.
       4280. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting a draft of proposed 
     legislation entitled the ``Forfeiture Act of 1996''; jointly, 
     to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Commerce, 
     Resources, and Banking and Financial Services.

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