[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 38 (Monday, March 30, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1775]
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:

       8288. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area 
     Classifications; Florida [Docket No. 98-014-1] received March 
     27, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       8289. A letter from the General Sales Manager and Vice 
     President of Commodity Credit Corporation, Foreign 
     Agricultural Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Foreign Donation of Agricultural Commodities (RIN: 0551-0035) 
     received March 20, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       8290. A letter from the Director, Administration and 
     Management, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Department of Defense Grant and 
     Agreement Regulations (RIN: 0790-AG28) received March 24, 
     1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     National Security.
       8291. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department of the Navy's plans to initiate a 
     multiyear procurement for the AV-8B Harrier aircraft 
     beginning in fiscal year 1998 and continuing through fiscal 
     year 2001; to the Committee on National Security.
       8292. A letter from the Assistant to the Board, Federal 
     Reserve System, transmitting the System's final rule--Bank 
     Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control; Clarification 
     to the Board's Section 20 Orders [Regulation Y; Docket No. R-
     1010] received March 24, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
       8293. A letter from the Administrator of National Banks, 
     Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the 
     Comptroller of the Currency, transmitting the Office's final 
     rule--Lending Limits [Docket No. 98-04 ] (RIN: 1557-AB55) 
     received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       8294. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulations, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Notice of a Final Funding Priority 
     for Fiscal Years 1998-1999 for a Rehabilitation Engineering 
     Research Center--received March 20, 1998, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       8295. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Children 
     and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Head Start Program 
     (RIN: 0970-AB53) received March 20, 1998, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       8296. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the semi-annual 
     report for the period April 1, 1998 to September 30, 1998 
     listing Voluntary Contributions made by the United States 
     Government to International Organizations, pursuant to 22 
     U.S.C. 2226(b)(1); to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       8297. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Export 
     Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Removal of Solvent Free Basis 
     Calculation Requirement and Trace Quantity Exemption [Docket 
     No. 980219044-8044-01] (RIN: 0694-AB66) received March 20, 
     1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       8298. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Reserve System, 
     transmitting a copy of the annual report in compliance with 
     the Government in the Sunshine Act during the calendar year 
     1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(j); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       8299. A letter from the Chairman, Merit Systems Protection 
     Board, transmitting the Board's report entitled ``The 
     Changing Federal Workplace: Employee Perspectives,'' pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 1204(a)(3); to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
       8300. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's final rule--Prevailing 
     Rate Systems; Survey Order Month Change for Jefferson, New 
     York, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area (RIN: 3206-AI01) 
     received March 30, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       8301. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Employment and Training, Department of Labor, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule-- Labor Certification Process for 
     the Permanent Employment of Aliens; Researchers Employed by 
     Colleges and Universities, College and University Operated 
     Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, and 
     Certain Federal Agencies (RIN: 1205-AB11) received March 20, 
     1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       8302. A letter from the Commissioner, Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service, transmitting the Service's final 
     rule--Fingerprinting Applicants and Petitioners for 
     Immigration Benefits; Establishing a Fee for Fingerprinting 
     by the Service; Requiring Completion of Criminal Background 
     Checks Before Final Adjudication of Naturalization 
     Applications (RIN: 11150-AF03) received March 19, 1998, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       8303. A letter from the Administrator, Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Modification 
     of the Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing for Certain Cheeses 
     From Hungary [7 CFR Part 6] received March 20, 1998, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       8304. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Import 
     Administration, International Trade Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Procedures for 
     Conducting Five-year (``Sunset'') Reviews of Antidumping and 
     Countervailing Duty Orders [Docket No. 980313063-8063-01] 
     (RIN: 0625-AA51) received March 19, 1998, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       8305. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to provide the 
     Secretary of Agriculture with the authority to pay employees 
     of the Food Safety and Inspection Service working in 
     establishments subject to the Federal Meat Inspection Act and 
     the Poultry Products Inspection Act for overtime and holiday 
     work perfomed by such employees at rates the Secretary deems 
     appropriate; jointly to the Committees on Agriculture and 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       8306. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Environmental Management, Department of Energy, transmitting 
     the Savannah River Site Nuclear Material Stablization 
     Activities report for fiscal year 1998, as requested in the 
     Conference Report 105-27; jointly to the Committees on 
     Commerce and Appropriations.




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