[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 50 (Thursday, April 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1889]
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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:

       2957. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Onions Grown in South Texas; Amendment of Sunday Packing and 
     Loading Prohibitions [Docket No. FV97-959-1 IFR] received 
     April 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       2958. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting his requests for emergency fiscal year 
     1997 supplemental appropriations for emergency expenses 
     related to the devastating flooding in North Dakota, South 
     Dakota, and Minnesota, and to designate the amounts 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, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1107 
     (H. Doc. No. 105-71); to the Committee on Appropriations and 
     ordered to be printed.
       2959. A letter from the Comptroller General of the United 
     States, the General Accounting Office, transmitting a review 
     of the President's second and third special impoundment 
     message for fiscal year 1997, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 685 (H. 
     Doc. No. 105-76); to the Committee on Appropriations and 
     ordered to be printed.
       2960. A letter from the Director, the Office of Management 
     and Budget, transmitting the cumulative report on rescissions 
     and deferrals of budget authority as of April 1, 1997, 
     pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 685(e) (H. Doc. No. 105-75); to the 
     Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
       2961. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation 
     entitled ``Eligibility for the Defense Experimental Program 
     to Stimulate Competitive Research''; to the Committee on 
     National Security.
       2962. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation 
     entitled ``Nuclear Attack Submarines''; to the Committee on 
     National Security.
       2963. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation, transmitting the 1996 annual report to Congress 
     by the Division of Compliance and Consumer Affairs of the 
     FDIC, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 57a(f)(6); to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
       2964. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Employment and Training, Department of Labor, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Training and Employment 
     (Employment and Training Administration) [Guidance Letter 
     Nos. 6-96 and 7-96] received April 19, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       2965. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State 
     Implementation Plan Revision, Placer County Air Pollution 
     Control District [CA 126-0032a; FRL-5815-5] received April 
     23, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       2966. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans: State of Washington 
     [WA60-7135a; WA61-7136a; and WA63-7138a; FRL-5812-7] received 
     April 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       2967. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Consumer 
     and Commercial Products Rule [Region II Docket No. NJ26-2-
     165, FRL-5813-9] received April 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       2968. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Assistance Agency, transmitting notification concerning the 
     Department of the Air Force's proposed Letter(s) of Offer and 
     Acceptance [LOA] to Australia for defense articles and 
     services (Transmittal No. 97-10), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
     2776(b); to the Committee on International Relations.
       2969. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report entitled 
     ``Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1996,'' 
     pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 215ln(d); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       2970. A letter from the Executive Director, District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority, transmitting the Authority's report entitled 
     ``Toward a More Equitable Relationship: Structuring the 
     District of Columbia's State Functions''; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       2971. A letter from the Commissioner, Bureau of 
     Reclamation, Department of the Interior, transmitting a 
     report on the necessity to construct modifications to Lost 
     Creek Dam, Weber Basin Project, UT, for safety reasons, 
     pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 509; to the Committee on Resources.
       2972. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western 
     Pacific; Ocean Salmon Fisheries Off the Coast of Washington, 
     Oregon, and California; Inseason Adjustments, Cape Falcon, 
     OR, to the Oregon-California Border [Docket No. 960429120-
     6120-01; I.D. 040897A] received April 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       2973. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Surface 
     Mining and Reclamation Enforcement, transmitting the Office's 
     final rule--North Dakota Regulatory Program [SPATS No. ND-
     034, Amendment No. XXIII] received April 23, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       2974. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Surface 
     Mining and Reclamation Enforcement, transmitting the Office's 
     final rule--Arkansas Regulatory Program and Abandoned Mine 
     Land Reclamation Plan [SPATS No. AR-027-FOR] received April 
     23, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Resources.
       2975. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Surface 
     Mining and Reclamation Enforcement, transmitting the Office's 
     final rule--Texas Regulatory Program [SPATS No. TX-030-FOR] 
     received April 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       2976. A letter from the Director, Office of Global 
     Programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--NOAA Climate 
     and Global Change Program, Program Announcement [Docket No. 
     970324067-7067-01] (RIN: 0648-ZA29) received April 21, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Science.
       2977. A letter from the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, the 
     Board of Trustees, Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, 
     transmitting the 1977 annual report of the Board of Trustees 
     of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, pursuant to 42 
     U.S.C. 401(c)(2), 1395i(b)(2), and 1395t(b)(2) (H. Doc. No. 
     105-73); to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be 
     printed.
       2978. A letter from the Board of Trustees, Federal Old-Age 
     and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, 
     Transmitting the 1997 annual report of the Board of Trustees 
     of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the 
     Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds, pursuant to 42 
     U.S.C. 401(c)(2), 1395i(b)(2), and 1385t(b)(2) (H. Doc. No. 
     105-72); to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be 
     printed.
       2979. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Medical Savings Accounts [Rev. Rul. 97-20] received April 23, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       2980. A letter from the Executive Director, Office of 
     Compliance, transmitting notice of adoption of amendments to 
     the Procedural Rules of the Office for printing in the 
     Congressional Record, pursuant to Public Law 104-1, section 
     303(b) (109 Stat. 28); jointly, to the Committees on House 
     Oversight and Education and the Workforce.
       2981. A letter from the Board of Trustees, Federal 
     Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, transmitting the 
     1997 annual report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal 
     Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, pursuant to 42 
     U.S.C. 401(c)(2), 1395i(b)(2) (H. Doc. No. 105-74); jointly, 
     to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce, and ordered 
     to be printed.
       2982. A letter from the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation 
     entitled the ``Public Housing Management Reform Act of 
     1997''; jointly, to the Committees on Banking and Financial 
     Services, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and 
     the Judiciary.

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