[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 13 (Wednesday, February 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H337-H345]
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:

       1387. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Florida Grapefruit, Florida Oranges and Tangelos, and Florida 
     Tangerines; Grade Standards [Docket No. FV-96-301] received 
     January 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       1388. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Shelled Almonds and Almonds in the Shell; Grade Standards 
     [Docket No. FV-95-305] received January 22, 1997, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1389. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Grapes Grown in a Designated Area of Southeastern California; 
     Assessment Rate [Docket No. FV96-925-1 IFR] received January 
     22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       1390. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Olives Grown in California; Assessment Rate [Docket No. FV-
     96-932-4 IFR] received January 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1391. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Fluid Milk Promotion Order; Amendments to the Order [DA-96-
     09] received January 30, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1392. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--Cattle Exportations; Tuberculosis and 
     Brucellosis Test Requirements [APHIS Docket No. 96-005-2] 
     received January 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1393. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--Official Brucellosis Tests [APHIS 
     Docket No. 96-033-2] received January 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1394. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--Change in Disease Status of Great 
     Britain Because of Exotic Newcastle Disease [Docket No. 97-
     003-1] received February 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1395. A letter from the Acting Executive Director, 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule--Financial Reporting and Debt-Equity 
     Ratio Requirements for Futures Commission Merchants and 
     Introducing Brokers [17 CFR Parts 1, 3, 145, and 147] 
     received January 28, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1396. A letter from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule--
     Carboxin; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-
     300450; FRL-5584-5] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received January 28, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       1397. A letter from the Chairman and Chief Executive 
     Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting the 
     Administration's final rule--Eligibility and Scope of 
     Financing; Loan Policies and Operations; Funding and Fiscal 
     Affairs, Loan Policies and Operations, and Funding 
     Operations; General Provisions; Definitions; Disclosure to 
     Shareholders; Nondiscrimination in Lending; Capital Adequacy 
     and Customer Eligibility (RIN: 3052-AB10) received January 
     27, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       1398. A letter from the Administrator, Farm Service Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Implementation of the 
     Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program Provisions of the 
     Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (RIN: 
     0560-AE85) received January 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1399. A letter from the Administrator, Farm Service Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Disaster Reserve 
     Assistance Program (RIN: 0560-AF11) received January 30, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       1400. A letter from the Administrator, Farm Service Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Update of the Parity 
     Price Regulations (RIN: 0560-AF08) received February 3, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       1401. A letter from the Administrator, Food and Consumer 
     Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Food Stamp 
     Program: Revisions in Use and Disclosure Rules Involving the 
     Sharing of Information Provided by Retail and Wholesale Food 
     Concerns with Other Federal and State Agencies (RIN: 0584-
     AC00) received January 6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C., 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1402. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting his request to make available 
     appropriations totaling $39.2 million on budget authority for 
     the Department of the Interior, and designate the amount 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--Received in the U.S. House 
     of Representatives January 30, 1997, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
     1107 (H. Doc. No. 105-34); to the Committee on Appropriations 
     and ordered to be printed.
       1403. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting his request to make available 
     appropriations totaling $212,000,000 in budget authority for 
     the Department of Health and Human Services' Low Income Home 
     Energy Assistance Program, and designate the amount 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--Received in the U.S. House 
     of Representatives January 31, 1997, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
     1107 (H. Doc. No. 105-35); to the Committee on Appropriations 
     and ordered to be printed.
       1404. A letter from the Acting Comptroller General of the 
     United States, the General Accounting Office, transmitting a 
     review of the President's first special impoundment message 
     for fiscal year 1997--Received in the U.S. House of 
     Representatives January 28, 1997, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 685 
     (H. Doc. No. 105-37); to the Committee on Appropriations and 
     ordered to be printed.
       1405. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting his findings that the July 1, 1997, 
     limitation on obligations imposed by subsection (a) of 
     section 518A of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
     Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 is having a 
     negative impact on the proper functioning of the population 
     planning program--Received in the U.S. House of 
     Representatives January 31, 1997 (H. Doc. No. 105-36); to the 
     Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
       1406. A letter from the Chairman, Department of Defense 
     Retirement Board of Actuaries, transmitting the Board's third 
     report on the status of the Department of Defense military 
     retirement fund, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1464(c); to the 
     Committee on National Security.
       1407. A letter from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting 
     the Department's report entitled ``Linking Legacies: 
     Connecting the Cold War Nuclear Weapons Production Processes 
     to their Environmental Consequences,'' pursuant to Public Law 
     103-160, section 3154 (107 Stat. 1952); to the Committee on 
     National Security.
       1408. A letter from the Assistant Comptroller General of 
     the United States transmitting the Office's report on the 
     United States-Japan Fighter Aircraft Program; to the 
     Committee on National Security.
       1409. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; 
     Preference for U.S. Firms on MILCON Overseas Construction 
     [DFARS Case 96-D328] received January 16, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on National Security.
       1410. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; 
     Contingent Fees-Foreign Military Sales [DFARS Case 96-D021] 
     received January 16, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on National Security.
       1411. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; 
     Procurement Integrity [DFARS Case 96-D310] received January 
     13, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on National Security.
       1412. A letter from the Director, Administration and 
     Management, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Courts of Criminal Appeals Rules of 
     Practice and Procedure (32 CFR Part 150) received January 13, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     National Security.
       1413. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Defense

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     Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Elimination of 
     Certifications [DFARS Case 96-D306] received January 13, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     National Security.
       1414. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; 
     Metalworking Machinery-Trade Agreements [DFARS Case 96-D030] 
     received January 15, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on National Security.
       1415. A letter from the Deputy Under Secretary (Industrial 
     Affairs and Installations), Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the strategic and critical materials report 
     during the period October 1995 through September 1996, 
     pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 98h-2(b); to the Committee on National 
     Security.
       1416. A letter from the Assistant to the Board, Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the 
     Board's final rule--Regulation C, Home Mortgage Disclosure 
     [Docket No. R-0951] received January 29, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
       1417. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export-
     Import Bank of the United States, transmitting a report 
     involving United States exports to Turkey, pursuant to 12 
     U.S.C. 635(b)(3)(i); to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
       1418. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export-
     Import Bank of the United States, transmitting a report 
     involving United States exports to the Republic of Korea, 
     pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 635(b)(3)(i); to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
       1419. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export-
     Import Bank of the United States, transmitting a report 
     involving United States exports to Egypt, pursuant to 12 
     U.S.C. 635(b)(3)(i); to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
       1420. A letter from the Federal Register Liaison Officer, 
     Office of Thrift Supervision, transmitting the Office's final 
     rule--Regulatory Citations to the Uniformed Financial 
     Institutions Rating System (RIN: 1550-AA99) received January 
     24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Banking and Financial Services.
       1421. A letter from the Acting Executive Director, Thrift 
     Depositor Protection Oversight Board, transmitting the 
     Board's final rule--Book-Entry Procedure [12 CFR Part 1511] 
     received December 18, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
       1422. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Department of 
     Education, transmitting Final Regulations--Disability and 
     Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, 
     pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1232(f) GEPA section 437(f); to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       1423. A letter from the Secretary of Education, 
     transmitting Final Regulations--Direct Grant Programs, 
     pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1232(f); to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
       1424. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Children 
     and Families, Administration for Children and Families, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Head Start 
     Fellows Program (RIN: 0970-AB56) received January 15, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       1425. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulations, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's report on the final regulations for direct grant 
     programs, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(B). Referred to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce. February 5, 1997.
       1426. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulations, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's report on the notice of final funding priority 
     for certain programs administered by the Office of Special 
     Education and Rehabilitative Services, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(B); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       1427. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulations, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Projects with Industry (RIN: 1820-
     AB33) received January 31, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       1428. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Employment 
     Standards, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's 
     ``Major'' final rule--Service Contract Act; Labor Standards 
     For Federal Service Contracts (Wage and Hour Division, 
     Employment Standards Administration) (RIN: 1215-AA78) 
     received December 30, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       1429. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Employment 
     Standards, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Service Contract Act; Labor Standards For Federal 
     Service Contracts (RIN: 1215-AA78) received January 2, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       1430. A letter from the Deputy Executive Director and Chief 
     Operating Officer, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 
     transmitting the Corporation's final rule--Allocation of 
     Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for 
     Valuing Benefits [29 CFR Part 4044] received January 13, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       1431. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Communications and Information, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Telecommunications 
     and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program [docket No. 
     970103002-7002-01] (RIN: 0660-ZA02) received January 21, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       1432. A letter from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule--
     National Emission Standards for Chromium Emissions From Hard 
     and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing 
     Tanks [AD-FRL-5682-3] received January 28, 1997, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1433. A letter from the Office of Regulatory Management and 
     Information, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Ohio Stage II Vapor Recovery Program 
     (FRL 5649-6) received January 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1434. A letter from the Director of the State and Site 
     Identification Center, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--National Priorities 
     List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites [FRL-5668-3] 
     received January 13, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
       1435. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Provide 
     for Operation of Unlicensed NII Devices in the 5 GHz 
     Frequency Range [ET Docket No. 96-102; Rm-8648; RM-8653] 
     received January 31, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
       1436. 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 (Sanford and Robbins, North 
     Carolina) [MM Docket No. 95-134, RM-8679; RM-8720] received 
     January 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       1437. 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 (Ely, Hermantown & Pine 
     City, Minnesota, and Siren, Wisconsin) [MM Docket No. 96-105; 
     RM-8793; RM-8852] received January 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1438. 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 (Colonial Heights, 
     Tennessee) [MM Docket No. 93-28; RM-8172; RM-8299] received 
     January 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       1439. 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 (Willcox, Arizona and 
     Lordsburg, New Mexico) [MM Docket No. 95-50; RM-8581; RM-
     8662] received January 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1440. 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 (Nekoosa, Wisconsin) [MM 
     Docket No. 96-76; RM-8770] received January 22, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       1441. 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 (Boulder and Lafayette, 
     Colorado) [MM Docket No. 96-64; RM-8747] received January 22, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       1442. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Advanced Television Systems and Their Impact Upon 
     the Existing Television Broadcast Service [MM Docket No. 87-
     268] received January 15, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1443. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Replacement of Part 90 by Part 88 to Revise the 
     Private Land Mobile Radio Services and Modify the Policies 
     Governing Them [PR Docket No. 92-235] and Examination of 
     Exclusivity and Frequency Assignment Policies of the Private 
     Land Mobile Radio Services--Amendment of the Commission's 
     Rules Concerning Maritime Communications [PR Docket No. 92-
     257] received January 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1444. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Implementation of the Non-Accounting Safeguards 
     of Sections 271 and 272 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
     amended [CC Docket No. 96-149] received January 15, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       1445. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of

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     1996: Accounting Safeguards Under the Telecommunications Act 
     of 1996 [CC Docket No. 96-150] received January 15, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       1446. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Access Charge Reform [CC Docket No. 96-262]; 
     Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers [CC 
     Docket No. 94-1]; Transport Rate Structure and Pricing [CC 
     Docket No. 91-213]; and Usage of the Public Switched Network 
     by Information Service and Internet Access Providers [CC 
     Docket No. 96-263] received January 16, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1447. A letter from the Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission, transmitting the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission's report on Government dam use charges under 
     section 10(e)(2) of the Federal Power Act; to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       1448. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy 
     Management Staff, Office of Policy, Food and Drug 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Dental Services; Endodontic Dry Heat Sterilizer [Docket 
     No. 95N-0033] received January 27, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1449. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy 
     Management Staff, Office of Policy, Food and Drug 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Uniform Compliance Date (January 1, 1998) for Food 
     Labeling Regulations [Docket No. 96N-0094] received January 
     6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       1450. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy 
     Management Staff, Office of Policy, Food and Drug 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Uniform Compliance Date (January 1, 2000) for Food 
     Labeling Regulations [Docket No. 96N-0094] received January 
     6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       1451. A letter from the Director of the Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule--Criteria for the 
     Release of Individuals Administered Radioactive Material 
     (RIN: 3150-AE41) received January 29, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1452. A letter from the Director of the Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule--Recognition of 
     Agreement State Licenses in Areas Under Exclusive Federal 
     Jurisdiction Within an Agreement State (RIN: 3150-AF49) 
     received January 16, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
       1453. A letter from the Director of the Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule--Duplication Fees 
     (RIN: 3150-AF60) received January 27, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1454. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the Department's report entitled ``A 
     National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy,'' pursuant to 
     section 905 of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
     Opportunity Act of 1996 [PRWORA]; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       1455. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Notification Procedures for States Implementing ``Alternative 
     Mechanisms'' in the Individual Health Insurance Market [BPD-
     882-N] received January 13, 1997, pursuant to section 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1456. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Redetermination of Medicaid Eligibility Due to Welfare Reform 
     (Health Care Financing Administration) (RIN: 0938-AH76) 
     received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
       1457. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, 
     transmitting the Department's fiscal year 1996 annual report 
     to Congress on progress in conducting environmental remedial 
     action at federally owned or operated facilities, pursuant to 
     Public Law 99-499, section 120(e)(5) (100 Stat. 1669); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       1458. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Assistance Agency, transmitting a report of those foreign 
     military sales customers with approved cash flow financing in 
     excess of $100 million as of October 1, 1996, pursuant to 22 
     U.S.C. 2765(a)(5)(B); to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       1459. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Assistance Agency, transmitting a report containing the 
     status of each loan and each contract of guaranty for which 
     there remains any outstanding unpaid obligation or potential 
     liability, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2765(a)(11); to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       1460. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     report on PLO compliance, pursuant to Public Law 101-246, 
     section 804(b) (104 Stat. 78); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       1461. A letter from the Acting Secretary, Department of 
     State, transmitting a list of all sales and licensed 
     commercial exports under the act of major weapons or weapons-
     related defense equipment valued at $7,000,000 or more, or of 
     any other weapons or weapons-related defense equipment valued 
     at $25,000,000 or more, which the administration considers 
     eligible for approval during the calendar year 1996 and which 
     may, therefore, result in notification to the Congress this 
     year, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2765(a); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       1462. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting an unclassified report on the Loan 
     Guarantees to Israel Program and on economic conditions in 
     Israel, pursuant to Public Law 102-391, section 601 (106 
     Stat. 1701); to the Committee on International Relations.
       1463. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting a report on actions and expenses 
     directly related to the exercise of powers and authorities 
     conferred by the declaration of a national emergency with 
     respect to organizations that disrupt the Middle East peace 
     process--Received in the U.S. House of Representatives 
     January 31, 1997, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c) and 50 U.S.C. 
     1703(C) (H. Doc. No. 105-38); to the Committee on 
     International Relations and ordered to be printed.
       1464. A letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting 
     the Bureau of Export Administration's annual report for 
     fiscal year 1996, and the 1997 report to the Congress on 
     foreign policy export controls, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. app. 
     2413 and 50 U.S.C. app. 2405(f); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       1465. A letter from the Assistant Secretary (Force 
     Management Policy), Department of Defense, transmitting a 
     report on the audit of the American Red Cross for the year 
     ending June 30, 1996, pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 6; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       1466. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting copies of 
     international agreements, other than treaties, entered into 
     by the United States, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b(a); to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       1467. A letter from the Director, Bureau of Economic 
     Analysis, transmitting the Bureau's final rule--International 
     Services Surveys: BE-20 Benchmark Survey of Selected Services 
     Transactions with Unaffiliated Foreign Persons [Docket No. 
     960918263-6345-02] (RIN: 0691-AA27) received January 15, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)91)(A); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       1468. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Office of Foreign 
     Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Terrorism List Governments Sanctions 
     Regulations; Authorization for Government Stipends and 
     Scholarships for Students (Office of Foreign Assets Control) 
     (31 CFR Part 596) received January 6, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       1469. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Export 
     Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Encryption Items Transferred from 
     the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List [Docket 
     No. 960918265-6366-03] (RIN: 0694-AB09) received January 2, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       1470. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Export 
     Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Entity List [Docket No. 961205341-
     6341-01] (RIN: 0694-AB24) received January 28, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       1471. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Office of Foreign 
     Assets Control, transmitting the Office's final rule--Blocked 
     Persons, Specially Designated Nationals, Specially Designated 
     Terrorists, Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers, and 
     Blocked Vessels: Additional Designations and Removal of Four 
     Individuals [31 CFR Chapter V] received January 15, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       1472. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     441, ``Real Property Tax Rates for Tax Year 1997 Amendment 
     Act of 1996'' received January 24, 1997, pursuant to D.C. 
     Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       1473. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     442, ``District of Columbia Moratorium on the 1997 Real 
     Property Assessments for Real Property Tax Year 1998 
     Amendment Act of 1996'' received January 24, 1997, pursuant 
     to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       1474. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     503, ``Victims of Violent Crime Compensation Act of 1996'' 
     received January 24, 1997, pursuant to d.C. Code, section 1-
     223(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       1475. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     504, ``Mandatory Use of Seat Belts Amendment Act of 1996'' 
     received January 24, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-
     223(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       1476. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     506, ``Collateral Reform Temporary Amendment Act of 1996'' 
     received January 24, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-
     233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.

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       1477. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     490, ``Closing of Portions of 3rd Street, N.W., and L Street, 
     N.W., Adjacent to Squares 525, 526, 556, and 558, S.O. 90-18, 
     Act of 1996'' received January 24, 1997, pursuant to D.C. 
     Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       1478. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     493, ``Risk-Based Capital Act of 1996'' received January 24, 
     1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1479. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     494, ``Uniform Partnership Act of 1996'' received January 24, 
     1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-233(d)(1); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1480. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     496, ``Naming of Public Spaces Amendment Act of 1996'' 
     received January 24, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-
     233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       1481. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     497, ``Uniform Commercial Code Negotiable Instruments 
     Amendment Act of 1996'' received January 24, 1997, pursuant 
     to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       1482. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     500, ``Uniform Commercial Code Investment Securities Revision 
     Act of 1996'' received January 24, 1997, pursuant to D.C. 
     Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       1483. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     501, ``Newborn Health Insurance Amendment Act of 1996'' 
     received January 24, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-
     233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       1484. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     502, ``Real Estate Licensure Amendment Act of 1996'' received 
     January 24, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); 
     to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1485. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     520, ``Second Criminal Code Technical Amendments Act of 
     1996'' received January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, 
     section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
       1486. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     521, ``Air Pollution Control Temporary Amendment Act of 
     1996'' received January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, 
     section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
       1487. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     343, ``Council Contract Approval Modifciation Temporary 
     Amendment Act of 1995 Temporary Amendment Act of 1996'' 
     received January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-
     233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       1488. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     414, ``Economic Recovery Conformity Temporary Act of 1996'' 
     received January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-
     233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       1489. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     507, ``Mortgage Lender and Broker Act of 1996 Time Extension 
     Temporary Amendment Act of 1996'' received January 31, 1997, 
     pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee 
     on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1490. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     517, ``Closing of a Portion of Ingraham Street, N.E., and 
     Public Alleys Adjacent to Squares 3700 and 3701, S.O. 96-27, 
     Act of 1996'' received January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. 
     Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       1491. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     519, ``Second Technical Amendments Act of 1996'' received 
     January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); 
     to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1492. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     523, ``Correctional Treatment Facility Act of 1996'' received 
     January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); 
     to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1493. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     495, ``Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1996'' received 
     January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); 
     to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1494. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     498, ``Uniform Commercial Code--Letters of Credit Act of 
     1996'' received January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, 
     section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
       1495. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     499, ``Uniform Commercial Code--Bulk Sales Act of 1996'' 
     received January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-
     233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       1496. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     510, ``Sex Offender Registration Act of 1996'' received 
     January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); 
     to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1497. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     514, ``BNA Washington, Inc., Real Property Tax Deferral 
     Amendment Act of 1996'' received January 31, 1997, pursuant 
     to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       1498. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     511, ``Boating While Intoxicated Act of 1996'' received 
     January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); 
     to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1499. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     513, ``Closing of a Public Alley in Square 107, S.O. 95-56, 
     Act of 1996'' received January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. 
     Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       1500. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     518, ``Title 47, D.C. Code Enactment Act of 1996'' received 
     January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); 
     to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1501. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     515, ``Joseph H. Cole Fitness Center Designation Act of 
     1996'' received January 31, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, 
     section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
       1502. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     516, ``Closing of a Portion of M Street, S.W. Adjacent to 
     Square 651, S.O. 95-239 Act of 1996'' received January 31, 
     1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1503. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     505, ``Hospital and Medical Services Corporation Regulatory 
     Act of 1996'' received February 3, 1997, pursuant to D.C. 
     Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       1504. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 11-
     458, ``Initiative 51 Real Property Assessment and Tax 
     Initiative of 1996'' received January 16, 1997, pursuant to 
     D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1) (See Executive Communication 
     No. 1505); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       1505. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a letter in writing 
     dated February 4, 1997, which reads as follows ``* * * The 
     Council is in receipt of the opinion of the Acting General 
     Counsel to the House of Representatives that D.C. Act 11-458 
     must be submitted to the D.C. Financial Responsibility and 
     Management Assistance Authority for approval prior to its 
     submission to Congress. Therefore, I ask that you disregard 
     the Previous transmittal.'' signed, Charlene Drew Jarvis, 
     Chairman Pro Tempore of the Council (See Executive 
     Communication No. 1504); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       1506. A letter from the Acting Comptroller General of the 
     United States, transmitting a list of all reports issued or 
     released in December 1996, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 719(h); to 
     the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1507. A letter from the Comptroller General of the United 
     States, transmitting a copy of his report for fiscal year 
     1996 on each instance a Federal agency did not fully 
     implement recommendations made by the GAO in connection with 
     a bid protest decided during the fiscal year, pursuant to 31 
     U.S.C. 3554(e)(2); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       1508. A letter from the Administrator, Agency for 
     International Development, transmitting the semiannual report 
     of the Agency's inspector general for the period April 1, 
     1996, through September 30, 1996, and the semiannual report 
     on audit management and resolution, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. 
     (Insp. Gen. Act) section 5(b); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       1509. A letter from the Executive Director, Committee for 
     Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled, 
     transmitting the Committee's final rule--Addition to the 
     Procurement List--received January 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.

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       1510. A letter from the Executive Director, Committee for 
     Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled, 
     transmitting the Committee's final rule--Additions to the 
     Procurement List [A7-006]--received January 31, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       1511. 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 1996, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 552b(j); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       1512. A letter from the Executive Director, District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority, transmitting a report analyzing the experience of 
     the Authority with the review of legislative acts submitted 
     by the Council of the District of Columbia during the fiscal 
     year which ended September 30, 1996, pursuant to Public Law 
     104-8, section 234; to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       1513. A letter from the Director of Communications and 
     Legislative Affairs, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
     transmitting a copy of the annual report in compliance with 
     the Government in the Sunshine Act during the calendar year 
     1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(j); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       1514. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Mine Safety and 
     Health Review Commission, transmitting a copy of the annual 
     report in compliance with the Government in the Sunshine Act 
     during the calendar year 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(j); 
     to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1515. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--General 
     Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Acquisition 
     of Leasehold Interests in Real Property [APD 2800.12A, CHGE 
     74] (RIN: 3090-AF92) received January 30, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
       1516. A letter from the Chairman, National Endowment for 
     the Humanities, transmitting the fiscal year 1996 annual 
     report under the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act 
     [FMFIA] of 1982, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.se
       1517. A letter from Deputy Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's final rule--Prevailing 
     Rate Systems; Abolishment of San Joaquin, California, 
     Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area (RIN: 3206-AH59) received 
     January 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1518. A letter from Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's final rule--
     Presidential Management Interim Program (RIN: 3206-AH53) 
     received January 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1519. A letter from the Administrator, Panama Canal 
     Commission, transmitting the fiscal year 1996 annual report 
     under the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act [FMFIA] 
     of 1982, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to the Committee 
     on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1520. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     transmitting the annual report for the Department of the 
     Treasury's community development financial institutions fund 
     for fiscal year 1996, pursuant to Public Law 103-325, section 
     117(a) (108 Stat. 2187); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       1521. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     transmitting the fiscal year 1996 annual report under the 
     Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act [FMFIA] of 1982, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       1522. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting 
     the fiscal year 1996 annual report under the Federal 
     Managers' Financial Integrity Act [FMFIA] of 1982, pursuant 
     to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       1523. A letter from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting 
     the fiscal year 1996 annual report under the Federal 
     Managers' Financial Integrity Act [FMFIA] of 1982, pursuant 
     to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       1524. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the 1996 annual report under the 
     Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act [FMFIA] of 1982, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       1525. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, 
     transmitting the fiscal year 1996 annual report under the 
     Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act [FMFIA] of 1982, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       1526. A letter from the Chairman, Thrift Depositor 
     Protection Oversight Board, transmitting results of audits 
     conducted by the Office of Inspector General, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. app. 8G(h)(2); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
       1527. A letter from the Administrator, U.S. Small Business 
     Administration, transmitting the fiscal year 1996 annual 
     report under the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act 
     [FMFIA] of 1982, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1528. A letter from the Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, 
     District of Columbia Circuit, transmitting an opinion of the 
     U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 
     (No. 95-5386--J. Roderick MacArthur Foundation and Lance E. 
     Lindblom versus Federal Bureau of Investigation); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1529. A letter from the Executive Vice President, U.S. 
     Institute of Peace, transmitting the report on the activities 
     of the inspector general for the years ended September 30, 
     1995 and 1994, as well as the report of the independent 
     auditors, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) section 
     5 (b); to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       1530. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the first annual report required of 
     the Director, Indian Health Service, under the Indian Lands 
     Open Dump Cleanup Act, pursuant to Public Law 103-399, 
     section 4(b) (108 Stat. 4166); to the Committee on Resources.
       1531. A letter from the Deputy Associate Director for 
     Compliance, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     notification of proposed refunds of excess royalty payments 
     in OCS areas, pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1339(b); to the Committee 
     on Resources.
       1532. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Land and 
     Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     notice on leasing systems for the central Gulf of Mexico, 
     sale 166, scheduled to be held in March 1997, pursuant to 43 
     U.S.C. 1337(a)(8); to the Committee on Resources.
       1533. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Water and 
     Science, Department of the Interior, transmitting the 
     Department's report entitled ``High Plains States Groundwater 
     Demonstration Program 1996 Interim Report to the Congress,'' 
     pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 390g-2(c)(2); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       1534. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, 
     transmitting the Department's report on the administration of 
     the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, pursuant to 16 
     U.S.C. 1373(f); to the Committee on Resources.
       1535. 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; Approval 
     of Bismuth-Tin Shot as Nontoxic for Hunting Waterfowl and 
     Coots (RIN: 1018-AD94) received January 27, 1997, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       1536. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
     Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Native American Graves 
     Protection and Repatriation Act Regulations--Civil Penalties 
     (RIN: 1024-AC48) received January 10, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       1537. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Land and 
     Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Hydrogen Sulfide Requirements 
     for Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf (RIN: 1010-
     AB50) received January 9, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       1538. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Land and 
     Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Training of Leasee and 
     Contractor Employees Engaged in Oil, Gas, and Sulphur 
     Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf (RIN: 1010-AB99) 
     received January 31, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       1539. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Land and 
     Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Minerals Management Service--
     Department of the Interior (RIN: 1010-AC19) received January 
     31, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Resources.
       1540. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Land 
     Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Adoption Fee for Wild Free-
     Roaming Horses and Burros (Bureau of Land Management) [NV-
     960-1060-00-24 1A] (RIN: 1004-AC61) received February 4, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       1541. A letter from the Director, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of 
     Endangered Status for Two Insects from the Santa Cruz 
     Mountains of California (RIN: 1018-AC50) received January 22, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       1542. 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 Status for Two Plants and Threatened Status for 
     Four Plants from Southern California (RIN: 1018-AB88) 
     received January 27, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       1543. A letter from the Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of 
     Threatened Status for the Northern Population of the 
     Copperbelly Water Snake (RIN: 1018-AB75) received January 27, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       1544. A letter from the Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of

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     Endangered Status for Pseudobahia bahiifolia (Hartweg's 
     golden sunburst) and Threatened Status for Pseudobahia 
     peirsonii (San Joaquin adobe sunburst), Two Grassland Plants 
     from the Central Valley of California (RIN: 1018-AB88) 
     received January 31, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       1545. A letter from the Director, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of 
     Endangered Status for the San Diego Fairy Shrimp (RIN: 1018-
     AC83) received January 31, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       1546. A letter from the Acting Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Fisheries of 
     the Northeastern United States; Amendments to the Northeast 
     Multispecies, Atlantic Sea Scallop, and American Lobster 
     Fishery Management Plans [Docket No. 9609262275-6372-02; ID 
     091196A] (RIN: 0648-AI83) received January 21, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       1547. A letter from the Acting Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Fisheries of 
     the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; 
     Amendment 5 [Docket No. 960910252-6329-02; I.D. 082296B] 
     (RIN: 0648-AI77) received January 21, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       1548. A letter from the Acting Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Fisheries of 
     the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies 
     Fishery; Framework Adjustment 17 [Docket No. 961105310-6374-
     02; I.D. 102396A] (RIN: 0648-AJ31) received January 21, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       1549. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Financial 
     Assistance for Research and Development Projects in the Gulf 
     of Mexico and Off the U.S. South Atlantic Coastal States; 
     Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN) [Docket No. 970114007-
     7007-01; I.D. 010897C] (RIN: 0648-ZA26) received January 31, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       1550. A letter from the Acting Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Point Reyes/Farallon Islands National Marine Sanctuary; 
     Name Change [Docket No. 970103001-7001-01] (RIN: 0648-XX79) 
     received January 28, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       1551. A letter from the Acting Director of the Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pollock in Statistical Area 610; Pacific Cod for Processing 
     by the Inshore Component in the Western and Central 
     Regulatory Areas [Docket No. 961126333-6333-01; I.D. 012497A 
     and Docket No. 960129018-6018-01; I.D. 122396A] received 
     January 28, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       1552. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Atlantic Surf 
     Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; 1997 Fishing Quotas [Docket 
     No. 961114317-7008-02; I.D. 102596B] (RIN: 0648-XX70) 
     received January 28, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       1553. A letter from the Acting Director of the Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of 
     Mexico and South Atlantic; Closure [Docket No. 940553-4223; 
     I.D. 012197A] received February 3, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       1554. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Surface 
     Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, transmitting the Office's 
     final rule--Texas Regulatory Program and Abandoned Mine Land 
     Reclamation Plan [SPATS No. TX-025-FOR] received January 27, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       1555. A letter from the Secretaries of Transportation and 
     Commerce, transmitting the Department's report entitled 
     ``Regulating Vessel Traffic In The Monterey Bay National 
     Marine Sanctuary,'' pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1433 note; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       1556. A letter from the Director, National Institutes of 
     Health, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Removal of Obsolete Patent 
     Regulations (RIN: 0925-AA15) received December 16, 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       1557. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Formula Grants [OJP (OJJDP) No. 1106] (RIN: 1121-AA43) 
     received January 10, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       1558. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act Program Regulations 
     [OJP No. 1081] (RIN: 1121-AA38) received January 10, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       1559. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies [OJP No. 1019] 
     (RIN: 1121-AA35) received January 10, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       1560. A letter from the Commissioner, Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service, transmitting the Service's final 
     rule--Exceptions to the Educational Requirements for 
     Naturalization for Certain Applicants [INS No. 1702-96] (RIN: 
     1115-AE02) received January 29, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A) (See Executive Communication No. 1561); to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       1561. A letter from the Commissioner, Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service, transmitting notification that the 
     INS will delay publication of the final rule titled 
     ``Exceptions to the Educational Requirements for 
     Naturalization for Certain Applicants.'' in order to resolve 
     outstanding legal issues--received February 3, 1997 (See 
     Executive Communication No. 1560); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       1562. A letter from the Commissioner, Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service, transmitting the Service's final 
     rule--Priority Dates for Employment-Based Petitions [INS No. 
     1647-95] (Rin: 1115-AE24) received January 31, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       1563. A letter from the Office of the Comptroller of the 
     Currency, transmitting the Comptroller's final rule--Rules of 
     Practice and Procedure (CMP Inflation Adjustments) [Docket 
     No. 97-03] (RIN: 1557-AB57) received January 17, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       1564. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Revision of Class E Airspace; Savoonga, AK (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-AAL-23] (RIN: 2120-
     AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1565. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Revision of Class E Airspace; Ambler, AK (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-AAL-22] (RIN: 2120-
     AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1566. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment to Class D Airspace; Hollywood, FL (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-ASO-25] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1567. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Establishment of Class E2 Airspace; Somerset, KY (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-ASO-23] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1568. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Establishment of Class E2 Airspace; Sawyer Airport, Gwinn, MI 
     (Federal Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-
     AGL-18] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
       1569. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. 
     (formerly Piper Aircraft Corporation) Model PA-31T2 Airplanes 
     (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 95-CE-21-AD; 
     Amdt. 39-9885; AD 97-02-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received January 
     24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1570. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Fokker Model F28 Mark 0100 Series 
     Airplanes (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 96-
     NM-70-AD; Amdt. 39-9887; AD 97-02-03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) 
     received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1571. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Fokker Model F27 Mark 050 and F28 
     Mark 0100 Series Airplanes (Federal Aviation Administration) 
     [Docket No. 96-NM-79-AD; Amdt. 39-9890; AD 97-02-06] (RIN: 
     2120-AA64) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1572. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Saab Model SAAB SF340A and SAAB 
     340B Series Airplanes (Federal Aviation Administration) 
     [Docket No. 95-NM-201-AD; Amdt. 39-9891; AD 96-25-06 R1] 
     (RIN:

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     2120-AA64) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1573. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300, A300-600, A310, 
     and A320 Series Airplanes (Federal Aviation Administration) 
     [Docket No. 95-NM-227-AD; Amdt. 39-9888; AD 97-02-04] (RIN: 
     2120-AA64) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1574. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company 100, 200, 
     300, and 400 Series Airplanes (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Docket No. 96-CE-46-AD; Amdt. 39-9884; AD 
     97-01-13] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received January 24, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1575. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Jetstream Model 4101 Airplanes 
     (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 96-NM-243-AD; 
     Amdt. 39-9889; AD 97-02-05] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received January 
     24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1576. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Airtell International, Inc., 
     Centaurus Model C3-100 Ground Proximity Warning System 
     (GPWS), as Installed in Various Airplanes (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Docket No. 96-NM-242-AD; Amdt. 39-9883; AD 
     97-01-12] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received January 24, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1577. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Fairchild Aircraft, Inc. SA26, 
     SA226, and SA227 Series Airplanes (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Docket No. 96-CE-64-AD; Amdt. 39-9886; AD 
     97-02-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received January 24, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1578. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A321 Series Airplanes 
     (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 96-NM-166-AD; 
     Amdt. 39-9880; AD 97-01-09] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received January 
     24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1579. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-100 and -200 
     Series Airplanes (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket 
     No. 96-NM-145-AD; Amdt. 39-9881; AD 97-01-10] (RIN: 2120-
     AA64) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1580. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Establishment of Class E Airspace; Point Lay Long Range Site 
     (LRRS), AK (Federal Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket 
     No. 96-AAL-25] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received January 24, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1581. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Establishment of Class E Airspace; Klawock, AK (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-AAL-24] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1582. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Establishment of Class E Airspace; Koyuk, AK (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-AAL-21] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1583. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Establishment of Class E Airspace; Hemet, CA (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-AWP-8] (RIN: 
     2120-AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1584. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment to Class E Airspace; Galax, VA (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-AEA-13] (RIN: 2120-
     AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1585. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment to Class E Airspace; Sidney, NE (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-ACE-24] (RIN: 2120-
     AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1586. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment to Class E Airspace; Alliance, NE (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-ACE-22] (RIN: 2120-
     AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1587. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment to Class E Airspace; Sioux City, IA (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-ACE-11] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1588. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment to Class E Airspace; Miami, FL (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-ASO-28] (RIN: 2120-
     AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1589. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment to Class E Airspace; Claxton, GA (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-ASO-24] (RIN: 2120-
     AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1590. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Establishment of Class E Airspace; Montauk, NY; Correction 
     (Federal Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-
     AEA-09] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received January 24, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
       1591. 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. 
     28765; Amdt. No. 1773] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received January 24, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1592. 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. 
     28767; Amdt. No. 1775] (RIN: 2120-AA65) received January 24, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1593. 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. 
     28766; Amdt. No. 1774] (RIN: 2120-AA65) received January 24, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1594. 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. 
     28778; Amdt. No. 1777] (RIN: 2120-AA65) received January 24, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1595. 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. 
     28779; Amdt. No. 1778] (RIN: 2120-AA65) received January 24, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1596. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Liquefied Natural Gas Regulations--Miscellaneous Amendments 
     (Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA, DOT) 
     (RIN: 2137-AC91) received January 27, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1597. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9 Series 
     Airplanes (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 96-
     NM-235-AD] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received February 4, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1598. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 727 and 737 Series 
     Airplanes (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 95-
     NM-106-AD] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received February 4, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1599. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Robinson Helicopter Company Model 
     R22 Helicopters (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 
     96-SW-14-AD] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received February 4, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1600. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting

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     the Department's final rule--Airworthiness Directives; Boeing 
     Model 757 and 767 Series Airplanes (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Docket No. 96-NM-125-AD] (RIN: 2120-AA64) 
     received February 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1601. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Jetstream BAe Model ATP Airplanes 
     (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 95-NM-160-AD] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA64) received February 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1602. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300, A310, and A300-
     600 Series Airplanes (Federal Aviation Administration) 
     [Docket No. 96-NM-33-AD] (RIN: 2120-AA64( received February 
     4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1603. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2, BN-2A, 
     & BN-2B Series Airplanes [Docket No. 96-CE-33-AD] (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) (RIN: 2120-AA64) received February 
     4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1604. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-300, -400, and -
     500 Series Airplanes (Federal Aviation Administration) 
     [Docket No. 96-NM-156-AD] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received February 
     4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1605. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300-600 and Model 
     A310 Series Airplanes (Federal Aviation Administration) 
     [Docket No. 96-NM-46-AD] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received February 
     4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1606. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9, DC-9-
     80, and C-9 (Military) Series Airplanes and Model MD-88 
     Airplanes (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 96-
     NM-99-AD] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received February 4, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1607. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 727 Series Airplanes 
     (Federal Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 95-NM-223-AD] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA64) received February 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1608. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Contrucciones Aeronauticas, S.A. 
     (CASA) Model CN-235 Series Airplanes (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Docket No. 96-NM-76-AD] (RIN 2120-AA64) 
     received February 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1609. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9, DC-9-
     80, and C-9 (Military) Series Airplanes, Model MD-88 
     Airplanes, and Model MD-90 Airplanes (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Docket No. 97-NM-01-AD] (RIN: 2120-AA64) 
     received February 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1610. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Empressa Brasileira de Aeronautica, 
     S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-120 Series Airplanes (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) [Docket No. 95-NM-192-AD] (RIN: 
     2120-AA64) received February 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1611. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Modification of Class E Airspace; Toledo, OH (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-AGL-15] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA66) (1997-0022) received February 4, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1612. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous 
     Amendments (63), AMDT. No. 1776 (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) (RIN: 2120-AA65) received February 4, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1613. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment to Class E Airspace; Sioux City, IA (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-ACE-25] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA66) (1997-0023) received February 4, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1614. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment to Class E Airpsace; Wentzville, MO (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 97-ACE-01] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA66) (1997-0024) received February 4, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1615. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment to Class E Airspace; Jefferson City, MO (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-ACE-18] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA66) (1997-0025) received February 4, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1616. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment to Class E Airspace; Omaha, NE (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-ACE-21] (RIN: 2120-
     AA66) (1997-0026) received February 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1617. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment to Restricted Area R-2601 Fort Carson, CO (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 95-ANM-28] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA66) received February 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1618. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Change Controlling Agency for Restricted Areas R-2905A and R-
     2905B, Tyndall AFB, FL (Federal Aviation Administration) 
     [Airspace Docket No. 96-ASO-31] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received 
     February 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1619. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment of Class E Airspace; Holyoke, Colorado (Federal 
     Aviation Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-ANM-010] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA66) received February 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1620. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Removal of Class E Airspace and Establishment of Class E 
     Airspace; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (Federal Aviation 
     Administration) [Airspace Docket No. 96-ANM-23] (RIN: 2120-
     AA66) received February 4, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1621. A letter from the Chairman, Surface Transportation 
     Board, transmitting the Board's final rule--Regulations 
     Governing Fees for Services Performed in Connection with 
     Licensing and Related Services--1997 Update [STB Ex Parte No. 
     542] received January 30, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1622. A letter from the Chairman, Surface Transportation 
     Board, transmitting the Board's final rule--Revision of 
     Regulations for Interlocking Rail Officers [STB Ex Parte No. 
     543] received January 17, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1623. A letter from the Chairman, Surface Transportation 
     Board, transmitting the Board's final rule--Railroad 
     Contracts [STB Ex Parte No. 541] received January 22, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1624. A letter from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulations Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Delegation of 
     Subpoena Authority and Description of Means of Service (RIN: 
     2900-AH00) received December 26, 1996, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       1625. A letter from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulations Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Adjudication 
     Regulations; Miscellaneous (RIN: 2900-AI43) received January 
     6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
       1626. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulations 
     Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Loan Guaranty: Limitation on 
     Discount Points Financed in Connection With Interest Rate 
     Reduction Refinancing Loans (RIN: 2900-AH90) received January 
     21, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
       1627. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Bureau of the Public 
     Debt, transmitting the Bureau's final rule--Regulations 
     Governing Book-Entry Securities of the Student Loan Marketing 
     Association (Sallie Mae) [31 CFR Part 354] received January 
     2, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Ways and means.
       1628. A letter from the Regulatory Policy Officer, Bureau 
     of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, transmitting the Bureau's 
     final rule--Redwood Valley Viticultural Area (95R-053P) 
     [TDATF-386; RE: Notice No. 838] (RIN: 1512-AA07) received 
     January 10, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.

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       1629. A letter from the Administrator, Health Care 
     Financing Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule--Medicare Program; Electronic Cost Reporting for 
     Skilled Nursing Facilities and Home Health Agencies [BPD-788-
     F] (RIN: 0938-AH12) received January 10, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1630. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Rulings and Determination Letters [Rev. Proc. 97-8] received 
     January 6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       1631. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Computation of Foreign Taxes Deemed Paid Under Section 902 
     Pursuant to a Pooling Mechanism for Undistributed Earnings 
     and Foreign Taxes [TD 8708] (RIN: 1545-AL98) received January 
     6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       1632. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Rulings and Determination Letters [Rev. Proc. 97-6] received 
     January 6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       1633. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Rulings and Determination Letters [Rev. Proc. 97-1] received 
     January 6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       1634. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Rulings and Determination Letters [Rev. Proc. 97-4] received 
     January 6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       1635. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Rulings and Determination Letters [Rev. Proc. 97-5] received 
     January 6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       1636. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Definition of Private Activity Bonds [TD 8712] (RIN: 1545-
     AU62) received January 10, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1637. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Intangibles Under Sections 1060 and 338 [TD 8711] (RIN: 1545-
     AU82) received January 13, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1638. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Gross 
     Income [Rev. Rul. 97-5] received January 13, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1639. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Rules 
     for Certain Reserves [Rev. Rul. 97-2] received January 13, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       1640. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Rules 
     and Regulations [Rev. Proc. 97-14] received January 13, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       1641. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Rules 
     and Regulations [Rev. Proc. 97-13] received January 13, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       1642. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Last-
     In, First-Out Inventories [Rev. Rul. 97-6] received January 
     13, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       1643. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Closing Agreements [Rev. Proc. 97-15] received January 16, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       1644. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Determination of Issue Price in the Case of Certain Debt 
     Instruments Issued for Property [Rev. Rul. 97-7] received 
     January 21, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       1645. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Revisions of the Section 338 Consistency Rules with Respect 
     to Target Affiliates that are Controlled Foreign Corporations 
     [TD 8710] (RIN: 1545-AO73) received January 22, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       1646. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Section 42(d)(5) Federal Grants [TD 8713] (RIN: 1545-AU93) 
     received January 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1647. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Notice of Intent to Issue Guidance Allowing Farmers to 
     Expeditiously Change Their Method of Accounting for Deferred 
     Payment Sales Contracts in Computing Alternative Minimum Tax 
     [Notice 97-13] received January 28, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1648. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Weighted Average Interest Rate Update [Notice 97-8] received 
     January 28, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       1649. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Last-
     In, First-Out Inventories [Rev. Rul. 97-8] received January 
     29, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       1650. A letter from the National Director, Tax Forms and 
     Publications Division, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule--Charge Imposed for Each Request for 
     a Copy of a Tax Return or Other Related Document [Rev. Proc. 
     97-11] received January 31, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1651. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     transmitting a report on the taxation of Social Security and 
     Railroad Retirement benefits in calendar year 1992, pursuant 
     to 42 U.S.C. 401 note; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1652. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Social Security 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance; 
     Determining Disability and Blindness; Extension of Expiration 
     Date for Growth Impairment Listings [Regulations No. 4] (RIN: 
     0960-AE60) received January 6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1653. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Social Security 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Reduction in Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Payable 
     to Institutionalized Children Whose Medical Costs are Covered 
     by Private Insurance (RIN: 0960-AE61) received January 21, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       1654. A letter from the Director of the Office of 
     Administration and Management, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the certification that the total cost for the 
     planning, design, construction, and installation of equipment 
     for the renovation of the Pentagon will not exceed 
     $1,118,000,000, pursuant to Public Law 104-208, section 8079; 
     jointly, to the Committees on National Security and 
     Appropriations.
       1655. A letter from the Secretaries of Transportation and 
     Defense, transmitting notification that $300 million 
     appropriated to the Department of Defense for transfer to the 
     Coast Guard will be used only for the performance of national 
     security functions of the Coast Guard in support of the 
     Department of Defense; jointly, to the Committees on National 
     Security and Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1656. A letter from the Administrator, Agency for 
     International Development, transmitting the Agency's report 
     covering allocations under the economic support fund and 
     international organizations and programs accounts, pursuant 
     to 22 U.S.C. 2413(a); jointly, to the Committees on 
     International Relations and Appropriations.
       1657. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting certification that 
     Nigeria has adopted a regulatory program governing the 
     incidental taking of certain sea turtles, pursuant to Public 
     Law 101-162, section 609(b)(2) (103 Stat. 1038); jointly, to 
     the Committees on Resources and Appropriations.
       1658. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
     (Civil Works), Department of the Army, transmitting a plan 
     that reduces the number of Army Corps of Engineers divisions 
     to no less than six and no more than eight, with each 
     division responsible for at least four district offices, 
     pursuant to Public Law 104-206 (110 Stat. 2989); jointly, to 
     the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and 
     Appropriations.
       1659. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the Department's final rule--Medicare 
     and Medicaid Programs; Requirements for Physician Incentive 
     Plans in Prepaid Health Care Organizations [OMC-010-F] (RIN: 
     0938-AF74) received January 6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); jointly, to the Committees on Ways and Means 
     and Commerce.

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