[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 108 (Monday, July 28, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5913-H5915]
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:


       4367. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information [No. LS-97-002] 
     received July 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       4368. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order 
     [FV-96-706FR] received July 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4369. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, transmitting

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     the Service's final rule--Milk in the Carolina and Certain 
     Other Marketing Areas; Order Amending the Orders [Docket No. 
     AO-388-A9, et al.; DA-96-08] received July 23, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4370. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Agricultural 
     Research Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     National Arboretum [7 CFR Part 500] received July 25, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       4371. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--User Fees; Agricultural Quarantine and 
     Inspection Services [Docket No. 96-038-3] (RIN: 0579-AA81) 
     received July 25, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       4372. A letter from the Administrator, Cooperative State 
     Research, Education, and Extension Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--1890 Institution Capacity Building 
     Grants Program; Administrative Provisions (RIN: 0524-AA03) 
     received July 28, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       4373. A letter from the Administrator, Cooperative State 
     Research, Education, and Extension Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--Higher Education Challenge Grants 
     Program; Administrative Provisions (RIN: 0524-AA02) received 
     July 28, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       4374. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Myclobutanil; Pesticide 
     Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-300510; FRL-5729-3] 
     (RIN: 2070-AB78) received July 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4375. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Lambda-cyhalothrin; 
     Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance [OPP-300509; FRL-5728-8] 
     (RIN: 2070-AB78) received July 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4376. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Imidacloprid; Pesticide 
     Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-300511; FRL-5729-4] 
     (RIN: 2070-AB78) received July 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4377. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Vinclozolin; Pesticide 
     Tolerance [OPP-300507; FRL-5727-9] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received 
     July 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       4378. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Azoxystrobin; Pesticide 
     Tolerances [OPP-300508; FRL-5728-3] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received 
     July 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       4379. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Fomesafen; Pesticide 
     Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-300512; FRL-5729-5] 
     (RIN: 2070-AB78) received July 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4380. A letter from the Administrator, Farm Service Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Disaster Set-Aside 
     Program--Second Installment Set-Aside [Workplan No. 96-051] 
     (RIN: 0560-AE98) received July 25, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4381. A letter from the Acting Executive Director, U.S. 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule--Interpretation Regarding Use of 
     Electronic Media by Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity 
     Trading Advisors for Delivery of Disclosure Documents and 
     Other Materials [17 CFR Part 4] received July 21, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       4382. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     transmitting a report of a technical violation of the Anti-
     Deficiency Act, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the 
     Committee on Appropriations.
       4383. A letter from the Director, Defense Finance and 
     Accounting Service, transmitting notification that the 
     Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) is modifying 
     the scope of the cost comparison study of accounting 
     functions supporting the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA), 
     pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304 nt.; to the Committee on National 
     Security.
       4384. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Department of 
     the Navy, transmitting notification of the Secretary's intent 
     to study a commercial or industrial type function performed 
     by 45 or more civilian employees for possible outsourcing, 
     pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304 nt.; to the Committee on National 
     Security.
       4385. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting 
     the Secretary's certification that the current Future Years 
     Defense Program (FYDP) fully funds the support costs 
     associated with the H-60 multiyear program through the period 
     covered by the FYDP, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2306b(i)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on National Security.
       4386. A letter from the Acting Comptroller General, General 
     Accounting Office, transmitting a report entitled ``FINANCIAL 
     AUDIT: Panama Canal Commission's 1996 and 1995 Financial 
     Statements'' [GAO/AIMD-97-92] July 1997, pursuant to 31 
     U.S.C. 9106(a); to the Committee on National Security.
       4387. A letter from the Director, Administration and 
     Management, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Civilian Health and Medical Program 
     of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); Extension of the Active 
     Duty Dependents Dental Plan to Overseas Areas [DoD 6010.8-R] 
     (RIN: 0720-AA36) received July 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on National Security.
       4388. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; 
     Truth in Negotiations and Related Changes [DFARS Case 95-
     D708] received July 25, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on National Security.
       4389. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs and Public Liaison, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting the annual report of the National Advisory 
     Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies for 
     fiscal year 1992, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 284b, 285b(b), 
     286b(b)(5), 286b-1, 286b-2(a), and 290i-3; to the Committee 
     on Banking and Financial Services.
       4390. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal Housing 
     Finance Board, transmitting the Board's final rule--Procedure 
     for Imposing Assessments on the FHLBanks [No. 97-42] (RIN: 
     3069-AA51) received July 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
       4391. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend section 
     514(a) of the Housing Act of 1949 to expand the entities 
     eligible for farm labor housing loans to include limited 
     partnerships, in which the general partners are nonprofit 
     entities; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       4392. A letter from the Director, Office of Management and 
     Budget, transmitting OMB's estimate of the amount of change 
     in outlays or receipts, as the case may be, in each fiscal 
     year through fiscal year 2002 resulting from passage of H.R. 
     173, pursuant to Public Law 101-508, section 13101(a) (104 
     Stat. 1388-582); to the Committee on the Budget.
       4393. 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.
       4394. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulations, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Direct Grant Programs (RIN: 1880-
     AA76) received July 25, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       4395. A letter from the Administrator, Energy Information 
     Administration, Department of Energy, transmitting the Energy 
     Information Administration's Annual Report to Congress 1996, 
     pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 790f(a)(2); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       4396. A letter from the Executive Vice President and Chief 
     Operating Officer, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 
     transmitting the annual report on the provision of services 
     to minority and diverse audiences by public broadcasting 
     entities and public telecommunications entities, pursuant to 
     Public Law 100-626, section 9(a) (102 Stat. 3211); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       4397. A letter from the Acting General Counsel, Department 
     of Energy, transmitting the Department's final rule--Energy 
     Conservation Program for Consumer Products; Fluorescent and 
     Incandescent Lamp Test Procedures [Docket No. EE-RM-220-IF] 
     (RIN: 1904-AA61) received July 11, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4398. A letter from the Acting General Counsel, Department 
     of Energy, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Acquisition Regulations; Department of Energy Management and 
     Operating Contracts [1991-AB-28] received July 22, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       4399. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Revisions to Criteria 
     for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills [FRL-5275-3; FRL-5865-3] 
     (RIN: 2050-AE24) received July 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4400. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval of Revisions 
     to the Tennessee SIP Regarding Prevention of Significant 
     Deterioration and Volatile Organic Compounds [TN189-1-
     9730(b); TN194-1-9731(b); TN198-1-9732(b); FRL-5859-7] 
     received July 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       4401. 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; Maryland; 
     15% Rate of Progress

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     Plan and Contingency Measures for the Cecil County 
     Nonattainment Area [MD 038-3016; FRL-5864-9] received July 
     24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       4402. 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; Minnesota [MN44-01-
     7269a; FRL-5861-6] received July 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4403. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Clean Air Act Approval 
     and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Vermont: PM10 
     Prevention of Significant Deterioration Increments [VT-01-
     015-01-1217(a); A-1-FRL-5859-9] received July 22, 1997, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       4404. 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 Wisconsin [WI66-01-7242; 
     FRL-5861-8] received July 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4405. A letter from the AMD--Performance Evaluation and 
     Records Management, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule--Changes to the 
     Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier 
     Association, Inc.; Federal-State Joint Board on Universal 
     Service [CC Docket No. 97-21; CC Docket No. 96-45] received 
     July 25, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       4406. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule--Radiological Criteria for License 
     Termination (RIN: 3150-AD65) received July 22, 1997, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4407. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting a report entitled ``Performance 
     Improvement 1997: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. 
     Department of Health and Human Services,'' pursuant to 
     section 241(b) of the Public Health Service Act; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       4408. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Assistance Agency, transmitting a copy of Transmittal No. 08-
     97 for U.S. involvement in the NATO Tactical Communications 
     (TACOMS) in the Land Combat Zone Post-2000, pursuant to 22 
     U.S.C. 2767(f); to the Committee on International Relations.
       4409. 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 Taiwan (Transmittal No. 
     DTC-83-97), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c); to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
       4410. 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 Russia, Ukraine and 
     Norway (Transmittal No. DTC-16-97), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
     2776(c); to the Committee on International Relations.
       4411. 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 Japan (Transmittal No. 
     DTC-43-97), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c); to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
       4412. 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 Turkey (Transmittal No. 
     DTC-64-96), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c); to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
       4413. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting notification of a 
     proposed manufacturing license agreement for production of 
     major military equipment with Turkey (Transmittal No. DTC-61-
     97), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(d); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       4414. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting notification of a 
     proposed manufacturing license agreement for production of 
     major military equipment with Turkey (Transmittal No. DTC-25-
     97), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(d); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       4415. 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 Federation of 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina (Transmittal No. DTC-66-97), pursuant 
     to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c); to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       4416. 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.
       4417. A letter from the Administrator, U.S. Agency for 
     International Development, transmitting the policy 
     justification for a proposed transfer of funds from the 
     Development Assistance account to the account for Operating 
     Expenses of the U.S. Agency for International Development, 
     pursuant to section 652 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961; to the Committee on International Relations.
       4418. 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 [97-014] received July 25, 1997, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
       4419. A letter from the Director of Benefits, Farm Credit 
     Bank of Texas, transmitting the annual report for the Farm 
     Credit Bank of Texas Pension Plan for 1996, pursuant to 31 
     U.S.C. 9503(a)(1)(B); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
       4420. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting a report on Physicians Comparability 
     Allowances, pursuant to Public Law 103-114; to the Committee 
     on Government Reform and Oversight.
       4421. A letter from the Administrator, Small Business 
     Administration, transmitting the semiannual report on 
     activities of the Inspector General for the period October 1, 
     1996, through March 31, 1997, and the semiannual report of 
     management on final actions, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. 
     Gen. Act) section 5(b); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
       4422. A letter from the Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Rule for 13 Plant 
     Taxa from the Northern Channel Islands, California (RIN: 
     1018-AD39) received July 28, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       4423. A letter from the 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; Western Pacific 
     Crustacean Fisheries; 1997 Closure [Docket No. 970612136-
     7136-01; I.D. 071797B] received July 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       4424. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Fisheries Off 
     West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific 
     Crustacean Fisheries; Vessel Monitoring System [Docket No. 
     970623152-7152-01; I.D. 061897A] (RIN: 0648-AJ57) received 
     July 25, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       4425. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Final Guidelines for Megan's Law and the Jacob 
     Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent 
     Offender Registration Act (RIN: 1105-AA50) received July 25, 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       4426. A letter from the Director, Federal Bureau of 
     Prisons, transmitting the Bureau's final rule--Mandatory 
     English-as-a-Second Language Program [BOP-1013-F] (RIN: 1120-
     AA19) received July 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       4427. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary of the 
     Army (Civil Works), Department of the Army, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Danger Zone, Pacific Ocean, Naval 
     Air Weapons Station, Point Mugu, Ventura County, California 
     [33 CFR Part 334] received July 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4428. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Streamlined Procedures 
     for Modifying Approved Publicly Owned Treatment Works 
     Pretreatment Programs [FRL-5859-8] (RIN: 2040-AC57) received 
     July 22, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4429. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulations 
     Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Veterans Education: Approval of 
     Training by Independent Study, Including Television (RIN: 
     2900-AI34) received July 23, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       4430. A letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting 
     the Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce to the 
     Congress for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 
     pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1519; jointly to the Committees on 
     Commerce, Ways and Means, Government Reform and Oversight, 
     the Judiciary, Science, Transportation and Infrastructure, 
     Banking and Financial Services, and International Relations.

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