[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 31 (Wednesday, March 12, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H947-H948]
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 Speakers table and referred as follows:

       2209. A letter from the Department of Defense, Director, 
     Defense Finance and Accounting Service, transmitting 
     notification of the Department's intent to conduct a cost 
     comparison study of all Department of Defense Education 
     Activity [DoDEA] finance, accounting, and disbursing 
     functions, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304 note; to the Committee 
     on National Security.
       2210. A letter from the Department of Defense, Under 
     Secretary for Acquisition and Technology, transmitting the 
     annual report detailing test and evaluation activities of the 
     Foreign Comparative Testing Program during fiscal year 1996, 
     pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2350a; to the Committee on National 
     Security.
       2211. A letter from the Department of Defense, Director, 
     Test, Systems Engineering and Evaluation, transmitting a 
     letter notifying Congress of the intent to obligate existing 
     fiscal year 1997 Foreign Comparative Testing [FCT] funds for 
     an out-of-cycle FCT project designated ``Digital Voice and 
     Data System,'' pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2350a(g)(3); to the 
     Committee on National Security.
       2212. A letter from the Department of Defense, General 
     Counsel, transmitting a letter informing Congress of a delay 
     in the establishment of a panel to review the various 
     authorities for court-martial and nonjudicial punishment for 
     the National Guard, when not in Federal service, and the use 
     of those authorities; to the Committee on National Security.
       2213. A letter from the National Skill Standards Board, 
     Executive Director, transmitting the report to Congress on 
     the activities of the Board from October 1995 to January 
     1997, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 5936; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       2214. A letter from the Department of Energy, General 
     Counsel, transmitting the Department's final rule--Policy and 
     Planning Guidance for Community Transition Activities--
     received March 6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       2215. A letter from the Federal Communications Commission, 
     Managing Director, transmitting the Commission's ``Major'' 
     final rule--Revision of Part 22 and Part 90 of the 
     Commission's Rules to Facilitate Future Development of Paging 
     Systems and Implementation of Section 309(j) of the 
     Communications Act--Competitive Bidding (Second Report and 
     Order, WT Docket 96-18 and PP Docket 93-253) received March 
     6, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       2216. A letter from the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission, Chair, transmitting the Commission's ``Major'' 
     final rule--Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open 
     Access Non-discrimination Transmission Services by Public 
     Utilities and Recovery of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities 
     and Transmitting Utilities (Order No. 888-A) and Open Access 
     Same-Time Information System [OASIS] and Standards of Conduct 
     (Order No. 889-A) received March 5, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       2217. A letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
     Secretary, transmitting the Commission's final rule--Anti-
     manipulation Rules Concerning Securities Offerings (Release 
     Nos. 33-7375; 34-38067; IC-22412; International Series 
     Release No. 1039; File No. S7-11-95) (RIN: 3235-AF54) 
     received March 5, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       2218. A letter from the Defense Security Assistance Agency, 
     Acting Director, transmitting the quarterly reports in 
     accordance with sections 36(a) and 26(b) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act, the March 24, 1979, report by the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the seventh report by the Committee on 
     Government Operations for the first quarter of fiscal year 
     1997, October 1, 1996--December 31, 1996, pursuant to 22 
     U.S.C. 2776(a); to the Committee on International Relations.
       2219. A letter from the Agency for International 
     Development, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, 
     transmitting a report on economic conditions prevailing in 
     Egypt that may affect its ability to meet international debt 
     obligations and stabilize its economy, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
     2346 note; to the Committee on International Relations.
       2220. A letter from the Department of the Treasury, Chief 
     Counsel, Office of Foreign Assets Control, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Narcotics Trafficking Sanctions 
     Regulations (Office of Foreign Assets Control) (31 CFR Part 
     536) received February 27, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on International Relations.
       2221. A letter from the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Agency, Director, transmitting a draft of proposed 
     legislation to amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to 
     authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and 
     for other purposes, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1110; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       2222. A letter from the CoBank, Human Resources Manager, 
     transmitting the annual report to the Congress and the 
     Comptroller General of the United States for CoBank, ACB 
     retirement plan for the year ending December 31, 1995, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9503(a)(1)(B); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       2223. A letter from the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration, Administrator, transmitting a report that 
     during calendar year 1996, the NASA Contract Adjustment Board 
     did not meet to consider any cases and granted no requests 
     for extraordinary contractual relief under Public Law 85-804, 
     pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1434; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       2224. A letter from the Federal Election Commission, 
     Chairman, transmitting 56 recommendations for legislative 
     action, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437d(d)(2); to the Committee on 
     House Oversight.
       2225. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General of the 
     United States, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation 
     entitled ``Saving Law Enforcement Officers' Lives Act of 
     1997''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       2226. A letter from the Office of Government Ethics, 
     Director, transmitting the Office's final rule--Executive 
     Agency Ethics Training Program Regulation Amendments (5 CFR 
     Part 2638) (RIN: 3209-AA07) received March 6, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       2227. A letter from the Federal Aviation Administration, 
     Acting Administrator, transmitting a report to Congress on 
     the feasibility of offshore platforms for terminal Doppler 
     weather radars to serve John F. Kennedy International and 
     LaGuardia Airports, New York, NY, pursuant to Public Law 104-
     264, Section 1217 (110 Stat. 3285); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       2228. A letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting 
     the 1996 annual report of the Visiting Committee on Advanced 
     Technology of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology [NIST], U.S. Department of Commerce, pursuant to 
     Public Law 100-418, Section 5131(b) (102 Stat. 1443); to the 
     Committee on Science.
       2229. A letter from the Acting Secretary of Labor, 
     transmitting the quarterly report on the expenditure and need 
     for worker adjustment assistance training funds under the 
     Trade Act of 1974, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(2); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       2230. A letter from the Federal Reserve System, Chairman, 
     Board of Governors, transmitting the Board's monetary policy 
     report to the Congress pursuant to the Full Employment and 
     Balanced Growth Act of 1978, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 225a; 
     jointly, to the Committees on Banking and Financial Services 
     and Education and the Workforce.
       2231. A letter from the General Services Administration, 
     Administrator, transmitting the annual report regarding the 
     accessibility standards issued, revised, amended, or repealed 
     under the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, as amended, 
     pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4151; jointly, to the Committees on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure and Education and the 
     Workforce.
       2232. A letter from the General Services Administraton, 
     Acting Administrator, transmitting a draft of proposed 
     legislation entitled the ``Pennsylvania Avenue Development

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     Corporation Authorities Correction Act of 1997''; jointly, to 
     the Committees on Resources, Government Reform and Oversight, 
     and Appropriations.

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