[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 47 (Monday, April 21, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H1713-H1714]
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                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC

  Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       2878. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--Viruses, Serums, Toxins, and Analogous 
     Products; In Vitro Tests for Serial Release [APHIS Docket No. 
     94-051-3] (RIN: 0579-AA66) received April 18, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2879. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--Export Certification of Animal Products 
     [APHIS Docket No. 93-168-2] received April 18, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2880. A letter from the Under Secretary for Acquisition and 
     Technology, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's 1997 report entitled ``International Cooperative 
     Research and Development Program,'' pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 
     2350(f)(1); to the Committee on National Security.
       2881. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Force 
     Management Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     notification that the report on military permanent medical 
     nondeployables will be completed by May 31, 1997; to the 
     Committee on National Security.
       2882. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Health 
     Affairs, Department of Defense, transmitting the fiscal year 
     1996 annual report on the third party collection program, 
     pursuant to section 718 of the fiscal year 1994 National 
     Defense Authorization Act; to the Committee on National 
     Security.
       2883. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Health 
     Affairs, Department of Defense, transmitting an interim 
     report on the progress of a study on the means of improving 
     the provision of uniform and consistent medical and dental 
     care to members of the reserve components serving on active 
     duty; to the Committee on National Security.
       2884. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting 
     a report on the effects of mergers and acquisitions in the 
     defense industry, pursuant to Public Law 104-201, section 
     826(b) (110 Stat. 2611); to the Committee on National 
     Security.
       2885. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System, transmitting a report on the 
     application of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to electronic 
     stored-value products, pursuant to Public Law 104-208, 
     section 2601(b) (110 Stat. 3009-469); to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
       2886. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export-
     Import Bank of the United States, transmitting a report 
     involving United States exports to Poland, pursuant to 12 
     U.S.C. 635(b)(3)(i); to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
       2887. A letter from the Chairman, National Foundation on 
     the Arts and the Humanities, transmitting the Federal Council 
     on the Arts and Humanities' 21st annual report on the Arts 
     and Artifacts Indemnity Program for fiscal year 1996, 
     pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 959(c); to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
       2888. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of 
     Columbia and State of Maryland--1990 Base Year Emission 
     Inventory for the Metropolitan Washington DC Area [DC010-
     5914a; MD033-7157a; FRL-5814-1] received April 17, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       2889. 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 (Eufaula, Wagoner, Warner, 
     and Sand Springs, Oklahoma) [MM Docket No. 96-94, RM-8790) 
     received April 16, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
       2890. 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 (Premont, Texas) [MM Docket 
     No. 95-120, RM-8650) received April 16, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       2891. 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 (Cawker City, Kansas) [MM 
     Docket No. 96-207, RM-8874) received April 16, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       2892. 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 (Powhatan and Goochland, 
     Virginia) [MM Docket No. 96-167, RM-8843, RM-8899) received 
     April 16, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       2893. A letter from the Manager Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table of 
     Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Claremore and Chelsea, 
     Oklahoma) [MM Docket No. 95-167, RM-8699] received April 16, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       2894. A letter from the Manager Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table of 
     Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Hilton and Albion, New 
     York) [MM Docket No. 96-125, RM-8807, RM-8861] received April 
     16, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       2895. A letter from the Manager Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table of 
     Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Cambridge and St. 
     Michaels, Maryland) [MM Docket No. 95-291, RM-8133] received 
     April 16, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       2896. A letter from the Manager Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table of 
     Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Battle Mountain, Nevada) 
     [MM Docket No. 95-145, RM-8831] received April 16, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       2897. A letter from the Manager Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule--Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table of 
     Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Alexandria and Ball, 
     Louisiana) [MM Docket No. 95-143, RM-8826, RM-8890] received 
     April 16, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       2898. 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 (Zapata, Texas) [MM Docket 
     No. 95-142, RM-8685] received April 16, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       2899. A letter from the AMD--Performance Evaluation and 
     Records Management, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule--Amendment of 47 CFR 
     Part 1.1200 et seq. Concerning Ex Parte Presentations in 
     Commission Proceedings [GC Docket No. 95-21] received April 
     21, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       2900. A letter from the Assistant Commissioner 
     (Examination), Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--Pharmaceutical Industry Coordinated 
     Issue: Medicaid Rebates--received April 17, 1997, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       2901. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule--Release of Patients Administered 
     Radioactive Materials [Regulatory Guide 8.39] received April 
     17, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       2902. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting notification that 
     effective March 30, 1997, the danger pay rate for Albania was 
     designated at the 25 percent level, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     5928; to the Committee on International Relations.
       2903. 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.
       2904. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Office of Foreign 
     Assets Control, transmitting the Office's final rule--Iranian 
     Transactions Regulations: Reporting on Foreign Affiliates; 
     Oil-Related Transactions [31 CFR Part 560] received April 17, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       2905. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Office of Foreign 
     Assets Control, transmitting the Office's final rule--Federal 
     Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and Bosnian 
     Serb Controlled Areas of the Republic of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina Sanctions Regulations: Resolution of Claims 
     Regarding Blocked Yugoslav Vessels and Removal of Names from 
     Appendix C to 31 CFR Chapter V [31 CFR Part 585 and Chapter 
     V] received April 17, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801

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     (a)(1)(A); to the Committee on International Relations.
       2906. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia; transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 12-
     63, ``District of Columbia Taxicab Commission Establishment 
     Act of 1985 Temporary Amendment Act of 1997'' received April 
     17, 1997, pursuant to D.C. Code, section 1-233(c)(1); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       2907. A letter from the Chairman Pro Tempore, Council of 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 12-
     61, ``Tenant Representative Services Lease Negotiation and 
     Review Temporary Amendment Act of 1997; received April 17, 
     1997, to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       2908. A letter from the Director, Office of Communication 
     and Legislative Affairs, Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule--
     Procedures for Previously Exempt State and Local Government 
     Employee Complaints of Employment Discrimination under the 
     Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 (RIN: 3046-AA45) 
     received April 8, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       2909. A letter from the President, Federal Financing Bank, 
     transmitting the Bank's annual management report for fiscal 
     year 1996, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       2910. A letter from the Postmaster General, U.S. Postal 
     Service, transmitting a report of activities under the 
     Freedom of Information Act for the calendar year 1996, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(d); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       2911. A letter from the Acting General Counsel, Department 
     of Energy, transmitting the Department's final rule--Final 
     Power Allocations of the Post-2000 Resource Pool--Pick-Sloan 
     Missouri Basin Program, Eastern Division (Western Area Power 
     Administration) [10 CFR Part 905] received April 8, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       2912. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Deep-Water Species Fishery by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the 
     Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 961126334-7025-02; I.D. 041497A] 
     received April 17, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       2913. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Fisheries of 
     the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Shrimp 
     Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic States; Amendment 2 [Docket 
     No. 961226370-7074-02; I.D. 111896A] (RIN: 0648-AI15) 
     received April 17, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       2914. A letter from the Director, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Fisheries of 
     the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Species in the Rock 
     Sole/Flathead Sole/``Other Flatfish'' Fishery Category by 
     Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian 
     Islands [Docket No. 961107312-7021-02; I.D. 041097E] received 
     April 17, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       2915. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Surface 
     Mining Reclamation Enforcement, transmitting the Office's 
     final rule--Ownership and Control; Permit Application 
     Process; Improvidently Issued Permits (RIN: 1029-AB91) 
     received April 10, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       2916. A letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting 
     the Department's report entitled ``Summary of Scientific 
     Studies of the Hatchery System in the Pacific Northwest''; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       2917. A letter from the Attorney General, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting the 1996 annual report of the Federal 
     Prison Industries, Inc. [FPI], pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 4127; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       2918. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the first annual report 
     on the Police Corps, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 14102; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       2919. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the report on the impact 
     of the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection 
     Act of 1994, pursuant to Public Law 103-322, section 110104 
     (108 Stat. 2000); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       2920. A letter from the Commissioner, Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service, transmitting the Service's final 
     rule--Waiver of the Two-Year Home Country Physical Presence 
     Requirement for Certain Foreign medical Graduates [INS No. 
     1688-95] (RIN: 1115-AD89) received April 17, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       2921. A letter from the Commissioner, Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service, transmitting the Service's final 
     rule--Foreign Workers Seeking to Employ Temporary Alien 
     Workers in the H, O, and P Nonimmigrant Classifications [INS 
     1653-94] (RIN: 1115-AC72) received April 17, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       2922. A letter from the Secretary, Naval Sea Cadet Corps, 
     transmitting the annual audit Report of the Corps for the 
     year ended December 31, 1996, pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 1101(39) 
     and 1103; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       2923. A letter from the Director, Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency, transmitting notification that funding 
     under title V of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, will exceed $5 million 
     for the response to the emergency declared on October 23, 
     1996, as a result of the severe fire storms which occurred 
     from October 21-31, 1996, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       2924. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Maritime 
     Commission, transmitting the 35th annual report of the 
     Federal Maritime Commission for fiscal year 1996, pursuant to 
     46 U.S.C. app. 1118; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       2925. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, 
     transmitting the Department's report entitled ``Federal 
     Highway Administration's Oversight of the Buy America 
     Program'', pursuant to Public Law 104-59, section 359(c)(2) 
     (109 Stat. 627); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       2926. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Bureau of the Public 
     Debt, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Regulations Governing Book-Entry 
     Treasury Bonds, Notes and Bills (Bureau of the Public Debt) 
     [31 CFR Part 357] received April 9, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       2927. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Rulings and Determination Letters [Rev. Proc. 97-23] received 
     April 17, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       2928. A letter from the Director, Office of Thrift 
     Supervision, transmitting the Office's 1996 annual consumer 
     report to Congress, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 1462a(g); jointly, 
     to the Committees on Banking and Financial Services and 
     Commerce.
       2929. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Assistance Agency, transmitting a report on deliveries under 
     section 540 of Public Law 104-107 to the Government of Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina, pursuant to Public Law 104-107, section 
     540(c) (110 Stat. 736); jointly, to the Committees on 
     International Relations and Appropriations.
       2930. A letter from the Under Secretaries of State and 
     Commerce, Departments of State and Commerce, transmitting the 
     Secretaries joint report to Congress entitled ``Annual 
     Reports on Improving Export Mechanisms and on Military 
     Assistance,'' pursuant to Public Law 104-106, section 1324(a) 
     (110 Stat. 480); jointly, to the Committees on International 
     Relations, Ways and Means, and National Security.

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