[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 6 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H328]
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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:

       6970. A letter from the Chair, Defense Environmental 
     Response Task Force, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Defense Environmental Response Task Force Annual Report for 
     Fiscal Year 1997; to the Committee on National Security.
       6971. A letter from the Under Secretary (Acquisition and 
     Technology), Department of Defense, transmitting the report 
     of determination to combine multiple depot-level maintenance 
     and repair workloads, pursuant to Public Law 105--85, section 
     359(a); to the Committee on National Security.
       6972. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting 
     the report entitled ``Acquisition Workforce Reductions,'' 
     pursuant to Public Law 105--85, section 912(b); to the 
     Committee on National Security.
       6973. A letter from the Director, Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation, transmitting the 1997 annual report on the 
     activities of the Affordable Housing Advisory Board, pursuant 
     to Public Law 103--204, section 14; to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
       6974. A letter from the Secretary, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting the Individual Reference Services 
     Report; to the Committee on Commerce.
       6975. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to 
     amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for 
     improved safety of imported foods; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       6976. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting the bimonthly report on progress toward 
     a negotiated settlement of the Cyprus question, including any 
     relevant reports from the Secretary General of the United 
     Nations, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2373(c); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       6977. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting his annual report reviewing all 
     activities of United States Government departments and 
     agencies during calendar year 1996 relating to the prevention 
     of nuclear proliferation, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 3281; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       6978. A letter from the General Counsel, Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency, transmitting copies of the texts of 
     Amendment X to the Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the 
     Implementation of the Verification Provisions of the INF 
     Treaty; to the Committee on International Relations.
       6979. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the report 
     regarding certain forms of United States assistance to 
     countries that have contributed to the Korean Peninsula 
     Energy Development Organization; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       6980. A letter from the President's Pay Agent, transmitting 
     a report justifying the reasons for the extension of 
     locality-based comparability payments to categories of 
     positions that are in more than one executive agency, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5304(h)(2)(C); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       6981. A letter from the Administrator, National Aeronautics 
     and Space Administration, transmitting the calendar year 1997 
     report on ``Extraordinary Contractual Actions to Facilitate 
     the National Defense,'' pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1434; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       6982. A letter from the Secretary of Education, 
     transmitting a report concerning surplus Federal real 
     property disposed of to educational institutions in fiscal 
     year 1997, pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 484(o)(1); to the Committee 
     on Government Reform and Oversight.
       6983. A letter from the Chairman, District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
     transmitting the Management Reform Plans covering eight 
     District of Columbia government departments and four City-
     wide functions, pursuant to Public Law 105--33, section 
     11103; to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       6984. A letter from the President, National Endowment for 
     Democracy, transmitting the 1997 annual report in compliance 
     with the Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988, pursuant 
     to Public Law 100--504, section 104(a) (102 Stat. 2525); to 
     the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       6985. A letter from the Director, National Science 
     Foundation, transmitting the FY 1997 report pursuant to the 
     Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act, pursuant to 31 
     U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       6986. A letter from the Chairman, U.S. Merit Systems 
     Protection Board, transmitting the report in compliance with 
     the Government in the Sunshine Act for 1997, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 552b(j); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       6987. A letter from the Postmaster General, U.S. Postal 
     Service, transmitting the Annual Report of the Postmaster 
     General for Fiscal Year 1997, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 2402; to 
     the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       6988. A letter from the Chairman, United States Postal 
     Service, transmitting the report in compliance with the 
     Government in the Sunshine Act for 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     552b(j); to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       6989. A letter from the General Manager, Washington 
     Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, transmitting the FY 1997 
     report pursuant to the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity 
     Act, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       6990. A letter from the Chair, Board of Directors, Office 
     of Compliance, transmitting notification that the Board of 
     Directors has approved Gary Green to serve as General Counsel 
     of the Office of Compliance for the statutory five year term; 
     to the Committee on House Oversight.
       6991. A letter from the Secretary, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting the report on antitrust mutual 
     assistance agreements required by Section 11 of the 
     International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       6992. A letter from the Administrator, Federal Highway 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's status 
     report entitled, ``Progress Made in Implementing Sections 
     6016 and 1038 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA),'' pursuant to Public Law 
     102--240, section 6016(e) (105 Stat. 2183); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6993. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, 
     transmitting the report on the commercial feasibilty of high-
     speed ground transportation, pursuant to section 1036 of the 
     Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6994. A letter from the Chairman, Barry Goldwater 
     Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, 
     transmitting the annual report of the activities of the 
     Goldwater Foundation, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 4711; to the 
     Committee on Science.
       6995. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting the second report on the Operation of 
     the Andean Trade Preference Act, pursuant to Public Law 102--
     182, section 203(f) (105 Stat. 1239); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       6996. A letter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting 
     the thirteenth report on trade and employment effects of the 
     Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 
     2705; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6997. A letter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting 
     the Department's fourth report on the impact of the Andean 
     Trade Preference Act on U.S. trade and employment from 1995 
     to 1996, pursuant to Public Law 102--182, section 207 (105 
     Stat. 1244); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6998. A letter from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting 
     notification of the conditions of the proposed sale of the 
     United States' interest in Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 
     1, Elk Hills, in California, pursuant to Public Law 104--106, 
     section 3414(a); jointly to the Committees on National 
     Security and Commerce.
       6999. A letter from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting 
     the Savannah River Site Nuclear Material Stabilization 
     Activities report for fiscal year 1998, as requested in the 
     Conference Report 105-27; jointly to the Committees on 
     Commerce and Appropriations.
       7000. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense Security 
     Assistance Agency, transmitting a report authorizing the 
     transfer of up to $100M in defense articles and services to 
     the Government of Bosnia-Herzegovina, pursuant to Public Law 
     104--107, section 540(c) (110 Stat. 736); jointly to the 
     Committees on International Relations and Appropriations.
       7001. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Election 
     Commission, transmitting the FY 1999 Budget Request, pursuant 
     to 2 U.S.C. 437d(d)(1); jointly to the Committees on House 
     Oversight and Appropriations.
       7002. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Secretary's 
     certification to the Congress regarding the incidental 
     capture of sea turtles in commercial shrimping operations, 
     pursuant to Public Law 101--162, section 609(b)(2) (103 Sat. 
     1038); jointly to the Committees on Resources and 
     Appropriations.
       7003. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the sixth annual report entitled 
     ``Monitoring the Impact of Medicare Physician Payment Reform 
     on Utilization and Access,'' pursuant to Public Law 101--239; 
     jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.
       7004. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Force Management Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     notification of determinations that institutions of higher 
     education have been deemed ineligible for certain Federal 
     funding, pursuant to section 514 of the Omnibus Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 1997; jointly to the Committees on 
     National Security, Education and the Workforce, and 
     Appropriations.
       7005. A letter from the Director, Office of Management and 
     Budget, transmitting a report identifying accounts containing 
     unvouchered expenditures that are potentially subject to 
     audit by the Comptroller General, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
     3524(b); jointly to the Committees on the Budget, 
     Appropriations, and Government Reform and Oversight.




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