[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 51 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H2704-H2705]
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:

       8831. A letter from the Under Secretary for Acquisition and 
     Technology, Department of Defense, transmitting a report on 
     the Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative 
     (COSSI), pursuant to Public Law 105--85; to the Committee on 
     National Security.
       8832. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation, transmitting the semiannual report on the 
     activities of the Affordable Housing Disposition Program 
     covering the period from July 1, 1997 through December 31, 
     1997, pursuant to Public Law 102--233, section 616 (105 Stat. 
     1787); to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       8833. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     annual report on international terrorism entitled ``Patterns 
     of Global Terrorism: 1997,'' pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2656f; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
       8834. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting certification that 
     the Republic of Armenia, the Azerbaijani Republic, the 
     Republic of Georgia, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz 
     Republic, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, 
     Turkmenistan, Ukraine and the Republic of Uzbekistan are 
     committed to the courses of action described in Section 
     1203(d) of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993, 
     Section 1412(d) of the Former Soviet Union Demilitarization 
     Act of 1992, and Section 502 of the FREEDOM Support Act; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
       8835. A letter from the Director, National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration, transmitting a report detailing 
     the previous 10-year period the catches and exports to the 
     United States of highly migratory species from Nations 
     fishing on Atlantic stocks of such species that are subject 
     to management by the International Commission for the 
     Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, pursuant to Public Law 94--
     70, 16 U.S.C. 971; to the Committee on Resources.
       8836. A letter from the the Board of Trustees, Federal 
     Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, transmitting the 1998 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--245); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.

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       8837. A letter from the the Board of Trustees, Federal Old-
     Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust 
     Funds, transmitting the 1998 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 1395t(b)(2); (H. Doc. No. 
     105--243); to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to 
     be printed.
       8838. A letter from the the Board of Trustees, Federal 
     Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, transmitting the 
     1998 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), and 1395t(b)(2); (H. Doc. No. 
     105--244); jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and 
     Commerce, and ordered to be printed.

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