[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 65 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H2872-H2873]
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:

       3337. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order--
     Increase in Importer Assessments [Docket No. LS-97-001] 
     received May 14, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       3338. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State 
     Designation [APHIS Docket No. 96-093-1] received May 14, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       3339. A letter from the Acting Executive Director, 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule--Fees for Applications for Contract 
     Market Designation, Leverage Commodity Registration and 
     Registered Futures Association and Exchange Rule Enforcement 
     and Financial Reviews [17 CFR Parts 1, 5, and 31] received 
     May 13, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       3340. A letter from the General Sales Manager, Foreign 
     Agricultural Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Revised Definition of U.S. Agricultural Commodity for 
     Commercial Export Programs [7 CFR Parts 1493 and 1494] 
     received May 12, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       3341. A letter from the Under Secretary of Defense 
     (Comptroller), Department of Defense, transmitting a report 
     of a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act--Army violation, 
     case number 93-11, which totaled $2.1 million, ocurred at the 
     Lexington Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky, when certain 
     individuals improperly classified four buildings as temporary 
     facilities, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the Committee 
     on Appropriations.
       3342. A letter from the Deputy Executive Director and Chief 
     Operating Officer, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 
     transmitting the Corporation's final rule--Interest 
     Assumption for Determining Variable-Rate Premium; Interest 
     Assumptions for Multiemployer Plan Valuations Following Mass 
     Withdrawal--received May 12, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       3343. A letter from the Secretary, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule--Rule 
     Concerning Disclosures Regarding Energy Consumption and Water 
     Use of Certain Home Appliances and Other Products Required 
     Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (``Appliance 
     Labeling Rule'') [16 CFR Part 305] received May 14, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       3344. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Securities and 
     Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's final 
     rule--Custody of Investment Company Assets Outside the United 
     States [Release Nos. IC-22658; IS-1080; File No. S7-23-95] 
     (RIN: 3235-AE98) received May 13, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.

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       3345. A letter from the Chairman, Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's 1996 Annual Report 
     of its activities, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 78w(b); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       3346. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Assistance Agency, transmitting a copy of Transmittal No. 05-
     97 regarding a comparative scientific program on target 
     detection and tracking of theater ballistic missiles project 
     arrangement (PA), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2767(f); to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       3347. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting certification of a 
     proposed license for the export of defense articles or 
     defense services sold commercially to the United Kingdom 
     (Transmittal No. DTC-27-97), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c); 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
       3348. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Revisions to the Export 
     Administration Regulations: Addition of Bharat Electronics, 
     Ltd., (aka Baharat Electronics, Ltd.) India, to Entity List 
     (Bureau of Export Administration) [Docket No. 970428099-7099-
     01] (RIN: 0694-AB60) received May 12, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       3349. A letter from the Chairman and Chief Executive 
     Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting the 
     semiannual report on the activities of the Office of 
     Inspector General for the period October 1, 1996, through 
     March 31, 1997; and the semiannual management report for the 
     same period, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) 
     section 5(b); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       3350. A letter from the Archivist of the United States, 
     National Archives and Records Administration, transmitting a 
     report on a proposed archival depository for the Presidential 
     and other historical materials of the Bush Administration, 
     pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2112(a)(4); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       3351. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, 
     transmitting a report on the Government's helium program 
     providing operating, statistical, and financial information 
     for the fiscal year 1996, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 167n; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       3352. A letter from the Director, Executive Office for 
     Immigration Review, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
     transmitting the Service's final rule--Representation and 
     Appearances: Law Students and Law Graduates (Executive Office 
     for Immigration Review) [EOIR No. 115F; A.G. Order No. 2081-
     97] (RIN: 1125-AA16) received May 13, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       3353. A letter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting 
     the annual report evaluating the Uniformed Services 
     Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) for 
     fiscal year 1996, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 4332; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       3354. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Requirements Respecting the Adoption or Change of Accounting 
     Method; Extensions of Time to Make Elections [TD 8719] (RIN: 
     1545-AU41 and 1545-AV19) received May 14, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       3355. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary for Food, 
     Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Child Nutrition and 
     WIC Reauthorization Act of 1989 and Other Amendments (Food 
     and Consumer Service) [Workplan Number 95-009] (RIN: 0584-
     AC07) received April 28, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Committees on Education and the 
     Workforce and Agriculture.
       3356. A letter from the Administrator's of Federal Aviation 
     Administration and National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration, transmitting a joint report to Congress on 
     the progress being made under the Subsonic Noise Reduction 
     Technology Program, Fiscal Year 1996, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 
     app. 1353 nt.; jointly to the Committees on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure and Science.
       3357. A letter from the Chair, Good Neighbor Environmental 
     Board, transmitting the second annual report of the Good 
     Neighbor Environmental Board, pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
     5404(d)(1); jointly to the Committees on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure and Commerce.

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