[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 142 (Friday, October 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H12300-H12301]
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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:

       5446. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Cranberries Grown in the States of Massachusetts, Rhode 
     Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, 
     Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Long Island in the State 
     of New York; Assessment Rate [Docket No. FV96-929-3 FIR] 
     received October 3, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       5447. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Irish Potatoes Grown in Certain Designated Counties In Idaho, 
     and Malheur County, Oregon; Assessment Rate [Docket No. FV96-
     9 45-1 FIR] received October 3, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       5448. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     USDA to Eliminate Obsolete Regulations [Docket No. S&TD-96-
     004] received October 3, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       5449. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Dried Prunes Produced in California; Assessment Rate [Docket 
     No. FV96-993-1 FIR] received October 3, 1996, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       5450. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--Viruses, Serums, Toxins, and Analogous 
     Products; Antibody Products [Docket No. 92-124-2] received 
     October 4, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       5451. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--Change in Disease Status of the Czech 
     Republic and Italy Because of Rinderpest and Foot-and-Mouth 
     Disease [Docket No. 96-027-2] received October 4, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       5452. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--Karnal Bunt [Docket No. 96-016-14] 
     received October 4, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       5453. A letter from the Under Secretary for Food, 
     Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Miscellaneous Farm 
     Bill Provisions Relating to the Authorization of Retail Firms 
     and Wholesale Food Concerns (RIN: 0584-AB02) received October 
     4, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       5454. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs and Public Liaison, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting a copy of the 17th monthly report as required by 
     the Mexican Debt Disclosure Act of 1995, pursuant to Public 
     Law 104-6, section 404(a) (109 Stat. 90); to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
       5455. 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. 
     4018, H.R. 3230, and H.R. 1642, pursuant to Public Law 101-
     508, section 13101(a) (104 Stat. 1388-582); to the Committee 
     on the Budget.
       5456. A letter from the Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary, 
     Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Permanent Replacement of Lawfully Striking Employees by 
     Federal Contractors (RIN: 1294-AA15) received October 4, 
     1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Economic and Educational Opportunities.
       5457. 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; Washington; 
     Revision to the State Implementation Plan Puget Sound 
     (Seattle-Tacoma Area) Carbon Monoxide Attainment 
     Demonstration [FRL-5631-2] received October 4, 1996, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       5458. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Maintenance Plan for Air Quality Planning 
     Purposes for the State of Washington; Carbon Monoxide [FRL-
     5631-6] received October 4, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       5459. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Oklahoma: Final 
     Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program 
     Revisions [FRL-5630-4] received October 4, 1996, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       5460. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Indiana: Final Full 
     Program Determination of Adequacy of State Municipal Solid 
     Waste Landfill Permit Program [FRL-5630-5] received October 
     4, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       5461. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Air Quality: Revision 
     to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds--Exclusion of HFC 
     4310mee and HCFC 22ca and cb [FRL-5466-9] received October 4, 
     1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       5462. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Pesticide Chemical 
     Category, Formulating, Packaging and Repackaging Effluent 
     Limitations Guidelines, Pretreatment Standards, and New 
     Source Performance Standards [FRL-5630-9] received October 4, 
     1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       5463. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting notification of 
     the removal of items from the U.S. Munitions List, pursuant 
     to 22 U.S.C. 2778(f); to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       5464. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State,

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     transmitting a memorandum of justification indicating the 
     President's intent to exercise his authority under section 
     614(a)(1) of the FAA to authorize issuance of loan guarantees 
     in lieu of their statutory deduction under the Loan 
     Guarantees for Israel Program, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2364(c); 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
       5465. A letter from the Canada-United States 
     Interparliamentary Group, transmitting the American Group's 
     report on the seventh annual meeting of the Canada-United 
     States Interparliamentary Conference, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
     276f; to the Committee on International Relations.
       5466. A letter from the Mayor, District of Columbia, 
     transmitting the actuaries review of the effect of temporary 
     early retirement option on the D.C. teachers' retirement 
     program, pursuant to D.C. Code, Section 1-722(d)(1); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       5467. A letter from the Mayor, District of Columbia, 
     transmitting the actuaries review of the effect of base 
     retention differential and retention incentives on the police 
     officers and fire fighters retirement program, pursuant to 
     D.C. Code, Section 1-722(d)(1); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       5468. A letter from the Mayor, District of Columbia, 
     transmitting the actuaries review of the effect of the change 
     in the cost-of-living adjustment frequency for post-December 
     31, 1979 hires on the D.C. teachers and police officers and 
     fire fighters' retirement program, pursuant to D.C. Code, 
     Section 1-722(d)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
       5469. A letter from the Mayor, District of Columbia, 
     transmitting the actuaries review of the effect of 1996 
     temporary early retirement option on the D.C. teachers' 
     retirement program, pursuant to D.C. Code, Section 1-
     722(d)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       5470. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department final rule--Agricultural Acquisition Regulation; 
     Revision (RIN: 0599-AA00) received October 2, 1996, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       5471. A letter from the Secretary, Federal Maritime 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule--
     Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties [Docket No. 
     96-17] received October 4, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       5472. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
     Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule--Removal of Subchapter D, Management 
     of Wildlife Research Areas from Title 50 CFR (RIN: 1018-AD72) 
     received October 4, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       5473. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Energy, transmitting the Department's final rule--Policy on 
     Excess Federal Power (6450-10-P), pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       5474. A letter from the Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of 
     Endangered Species Status for Four Plants and Threatened 
     Status for One Plant from the Central Sierran Foothills of 
     California (RIN: 1018-AC47) received October 2, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       5475. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule--Magnuson Act Provisions; Foreign 
     Fishing Regulations; Removal of Spawning Closure [Docket No. 
     950710176-6258-02] received October 3, 1996, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       5476. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 
     Zone Off Alaska; Technical Amendment; Correction and 
     Clarification (RIN: 0648-AI18) received October 3, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a) (1) (A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       5477. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Surface 
     Mining, transmitting the Office's final rule--North Dakota 
     Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan [ND-033-FOR] received 
     October 4, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a) (1) (A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       5478. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting a draft of proposed 
     legislation to provide congressional approval of an 
     interstate and Federal-State compact for the exchange of 
     criminal-history records for noncriminal-justice purposes 
     (``Compact''); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       5479. 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.
       5480. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting a draft of proposed 
     legislation entitled ``Child Support Recovery Amendments Act 
     of 1996''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       5481. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting a draft of proposed 
     legislation to clarify the effective date provision of rules 
     413 through 415 of the Federal Rules of Evidence; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       5482. A letter from the Secretary, Federal Maritime 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule--
     Administrative Offset [Docket No. 96-15] received September 
     26, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
       5483. A letter from the Commissioner, Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service, transmitting the Service's final 
     rule--Employer Sanctions Modifications; Warning Notices; 
     Generation of Blank Employment Eligibility Verification Forms 
     (Form I-9) (RIN: 1115-AE21) received October 3, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       5484. A letter from the Director, Bureau of Transportation 
     Statistics, transmitting Transportation Statistics Annual 
     Report 1996, pursuant to Public Law 102-240, section 6006 
     (105 Stat. 2174); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       5485. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulations 
     Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Schedule for Rating Disabilities; 
     Mental Disorders (RIN: 2900-AF01) received October 3, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
       5486. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulations 
     Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--VA Acquisition Regulation: Service 
     Contracting (RIN: 2900-AG67) received October 2, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8 Sec. (a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
       5487. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Action on Decision on Burlington Northern RR v. Commissioner 
     (82 T.C. 143 [1984]); Action on Decision in Eastman Kodak Co. 
     v. United States (534 F.2d 252); Revenue Ruling 96-51--
     received October 3, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       5488. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     report pursuant to title II of the Foreign Operations, Export 
     Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996; 
     jointly, to the Committees on International Relations and 
     Appropriations.
       5489. A letter from the Acting Administrator, General 
     Services Administration, transmitting a draft of proposed 
     legislation to clarify actions taken in the Omnibus 
     Appropriations Act of 1996 to dissolve the Pennsylvania 
     Avenue Development Corporation [PADC] as of April 1, 1996, 
     and transfer certain of its functions and properties and 
     existing assets and liabilities to the General Services 
     Administration [GSA]; jointly, to the Committees on Resources 
     and Government Reform and Oversight.
       5490. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled ``To 
     Authorize the Sale of Excess Federal Aircraft to Facilitate 
     the Suppression of Wildfire''; jointly, to the Committees on 
     Government Reform and Oversight, National Security, and 
     Agriculture.

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