[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H11227-H11228]
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:

       5295. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, New York, 
     Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin; Order 
     Regulating Handling (AO-370-A5; FV93-930-3) received 
     September 25, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       5296. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Irish Potatoes Grown in Colorado; Assessment Rate [Docket No. 
     FV96-948-2 FIR] received September 25, 1996, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       5297. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Apricots and Cherries Grown in Designated Counties in 
     Washington, and Prunes Grown in Designated Counties in 
     Washington and Umatilla County, Oregon; Assessment Rates 
     [Docket No. FV96-922-3 FIR] received September 25, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       5298. A letter from the Deputy Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department's report on opportunities for 
     greater efficiencies in the operation of the military 
     exchanges, commissary stores, and other morale, welfare, and 
     recreation [MWR] activities, pursuant to Public Law 104-106, 
     section 339; to the Committee on National Security.
       5299. A letter from the Comptroller of the Currency, et 
     al., transmitting the ``Joint Report: Streamlining of 
     Regulatory Requirements,'' pursuant to 108 Stat. 2160; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       5300. A letter from the Director, Office of Management and 
     Budget, transmitting OMB's estimate of the amount of change 
     in outlays or receipts, as the case may be, in each fiscal 
     year through fiscal year 2002 resulting from passage of H.R. 
     740, pursuant to Public Law 101-508, section 13101(a) (104 
     Stat. 1388-582); to the Committee on the Budget.
       5301. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the fiscal years 1993 and 1994 annual 
     reports of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
     Health [NIOSH], Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
     [CDC], pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 671(f); to the Committee on 
     Economic and Educational Opportunities.
       5302. A letter from the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, 
     Department of the Treasury, transmitting notification that no 
     exceptions to the prohibition against favored treatment of a 
     government securities broker or dealer were granted by the 
     Secretary for the calendar year 1995, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
     3121 note; to the Committee on Commerce.
       5303. A letter from the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, 
     Department of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of 
     material violations or suspected material violations of 
     regulations of the Secretary, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3121 
     note; to the Committee on Commerce.
       5304. 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; the 
     Commonwealth of Kentucky--Disapproval of the Request to 
     Redesignate the Kentucky Portion of the Cincinnati-Northern 
     Kentucky Moderate Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment and 
     the Associated Maintenance Plan [FRL-5607-3] received 
     September 25, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       5305. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Solid Waste Disposal 
     Facility Criteria; Re-establishment of Ground Water 
     Monitoring Exemption for Small, Municipal Solid Waste 
     Landfills Located in Either Dry or Remote Areas [FRL-5615-8] 
     received September 25, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       5306. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal 
     Communication, Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Amendment of Section 73.202(b) Table of 
     Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Castana, Iowa) [MM Docket 
     No. 96-96, RM-8791] received September 25, 1996, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       5307. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table of 
     Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Wellington, Colorado) [MM 
     Docket No. 96-51, received September 25, 1996, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       5308. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table of 
     Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Delta, Colorado) [MM 
     Docket No. 96-38, RM-8759] received September 25, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       5309. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table of 
     Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Coleman, Sebewaing and 
     Tuscola, Michigan) [MM Docket No. 95-7, RM-8561] received 
     September 25, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       5310. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table of 
     Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Elberton, Georgia) [MM 
     Docket No. 95-165, RM-8703] received September 25, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       5311. A letter from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting 
     the Department's report entitled ``1995 Annual Report on Low-
     Level Radioactive Waste Management Progress,'' pursuant to 
     Public Law 99-240, section 7(b); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       5312. A letter from the Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, 
     District of Columbia Circuit, transmitting an opinion of the 
     U.S. Court of Appeals (94-1558--Engine Manufacturers 
     Association, on behalf of certain of its members versus 
     Environmental Protection Agency; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       5313. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Assistance Agency, transmitting notification concerning the 
     Department of the Air Force's proposed Letter(s) of Offer and 
     Acceptance [LOA] to Portugal for defense articles and 
     services (Transmittal No. 96-74), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
     2776(b); to the Committee on International Relations.
       5314. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's final rule--Federal 
     Employees Health Benefits Program: Limitation on Physician 
     Charges and FEHB Program Payments (RIN: 3206-AG31) received 
     September 25, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       5315. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Social Security 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Social Security Acquisition Regulation (RIN: 0960-AE12) 
     received September 20, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.

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       5316. A letter from the Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, 
     District of Columbia Circuit, transmitting an opinion of the 
     U.S. Court of Appeals (95-5057--Scott Armstrong, et al. 
     versus Executive Office of the President; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       5317. A letter from the Chief Administrative Officer, U.S. 
     House of Representatives, transmitting the quarterly report 
     of receipts and expenditures of appropriations and other 
     funds for the period April 1, 1996, through June 30, 1996, as 
     compiled by the Chief Administrative Officer, pursuant to 2 
     U.S.C. 104a (H. Doc. No. 104-268); to the Committee on House 
     Oversight and ordered to be printed.
       5318. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
     Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Migratory Bird Hunting, Late 
     Seasons and Bag Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game 
     Birds (RIN: 1018-AD69) received September 24, 1996, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       5319. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
     Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Migratory Bird Hunting 
     Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded 
     Lands for the 1996-97 Late Season (RIN: 1018-AD69) received 
     September 24, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       5320. A letter from the Director, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 
     Zone Off Alaska; ``Other Rockfish'' Species Group in the 
     Eastern Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 
     960129018-6018-01; I.D. 091996A] received September 24, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a) (1) (A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       5321. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting a draft of proposed 
     legislation entitled, ``Criminal Offender Anti-Drug Act''; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       5322. A letter from the Corporation Agent, Legion of Valor 
     of the United States of America, Inc., transmitting a copy of 
     the legion's annual audit as of April 30, 1996, pursuant to 
     36 U.S.C. 1101(28) and 1103; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       5323. A letter from the Director, Office of Government 
     Ethics, transmitting the Office's final rule--Standards of 
     Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch; 
     Exception for Gifts from a Political Organization (RIN: 3209-
     AA04) received September 20, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a) (1) (A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       5324. A letter from the Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, 
     District of Columbia Circuit, transmitting an opinion of the 
     U.S. Court of Appeals (92-3133--United States of America 
     versus Rochell Ardall Crowder; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       5325. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, Civil 
     Rights Division, Department of Justice, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Architectural and Transportation 
     Barriers Compliance Board [A.G. Order No. 2043-96] (RIN: 
     3014-AA18) received September 16, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       5326. A letter from the Commissioner, Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service, transmitting the Service's final 
     rule--Definition of the Term Lawfully Present in the United 
     States for Purposes of Applying for Title II Benefits Under 
     Section 401(b)(2) of Public law 104-193 [INS No. 1792-96] 
     (RIN: 1115-AE51) received September 13, 1996, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       5327. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Inflation-Indexed Debt Instruments (Notice 96-51) received 
     September 25, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       5328. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Low-
     Income Housing Credit (Revenue Ruling 96-45) received 
     September 25, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       5329. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Last-
     in, First-out Inventories (Revenue Ruling 96-50) received 
     September 25, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       5330. A letter from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
     transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled, 
     ``Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Reduction 
     Assistance Act of 1996''; jointly, to the Committees on 
     Veterans' Affairs and Government Reform and Oversight.
       5331. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to authorize the 
     sale of excess Federal aircraft to facilitate the suppression 
     of wildfire; jointly, to the Committees on Government Reform 
     and Oversight, Agriculture, and National Security.

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