[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 110 (Thursday, August 6, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H7409-H7410]
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:

       10508. A letter from the Manager, Federal Crop Insurance 
     Corporation, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--General Administrative Regulations, 
     Subpart U; and Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement; 
     Regulations for the 1999 and Subsequent Reinsurance Years 
     (RIN: 0563-AB68) received August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       10509. A letter from the Manager, Federal Crop Insurance 
     Corporation, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--General Administrative Regulations, 
     Subpart T-Federal Crop Insurance Reform, Insurance 
     Implementation; Regulations for the 1999 and Subsequent 
     Reinsurance Years; and the Common Crop Insurance Regulations; 
     Basic Provisions; and Various Crop Insurance Provisions (RIN: 
     0563-AB67) received August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       10510. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Administration's final rule--Voluntary Poultry and Rabbit 
     Grading Regulations [Docket No. PY-97-004] received August 3, 
     1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       10511. A letter from the Adminstrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Raisins Produced From Grapes 
     Grown in California; Increase in Desirable Carryout Used to 
     Compute Trade Demand [FV98-989-2 IFR] received August 3, 
     1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       10512. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in 
     the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas; Decreased Assessment 
     Rate [Docket No. FV98-906-1 IFR] received August 3, 1998, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       10513. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Buprofezin; Pesticide 
     Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-300689; FRL-6018-5] 
     (RIN: 2070-AB78) received August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       10514. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Fluroxypyr 1-
     Methylheptyl Ester; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency 
     Exemptions [OPP-300688; FRL-6018-4] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received 
     August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       10515. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Flutolanil; Pesticide 
     Tolerance [OPP-300697; FRL-6021-7] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received 
     August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       10516. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; 
     Reform of Affirmative Action in Federal Procurement [DFARS 
     Case 98-D007] received August 4, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on National Security.
       10517. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal Housing 
     Finance Board, transmitting the Board's final rule--Financial 
     Disclosure by Federal Home Loan Banks [No. 98-28] received 
     August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       10518. A letter from the Federal Register Liaison Officer, 
     Office of Thrift Supervision, transmitting the Office's final 
     rule--Capital; Risk-Based Capital Guidelines; Capital 
     Adequacy Guidelines; Capital Maintenance: Servicing Assets--
     received August 4, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       10519. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, Office of Policy, Food and Drug 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Medical Devices; Neurological Devices; Classification 
     of Cranial Orthosis [Docket No. 98N-0513] received August 5, 
     1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       10520. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer 
     Flounder Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for 
     Massachusetts [Docket No. 971015246-7293-02; I.D. 072098D] 
     received August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       10521. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Fisheries of 
     the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gear Allocation of 
     Shortraker and Rougheye Rockfish in the Aleutian Islands 
     Subarea [Docket No. 980414096-8173-02; I.D. 032698A] (RIN: 
     0648-AJ99) received August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       10522. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Fisheries of 
     the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-
     Grouper Fishery off the Southern Atlantic States; Amendment 
     8; OMB Control Numbers [Docket No. 971128281-8165-02; I.D. 
     102197D] (RIN: 0648-AG27) received August 3, 1998, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       10523. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Northern Rockfish in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf 
     of Alaska [Docket No. 971208297-8054-02; I.D. 071398C] 
     received August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       10524. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Ocean Perch in the Eastern Regulatory Area of the 
     Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 971208297-8054-02; I.D. 071398D] 
     received August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       10525. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Ocean Perch in the Central Aleutian District of the 
     Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands [Docket No. 971208298-8055-
     02; I.D. 071098B] received August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       10526. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Economic Exclusive Zone Off Alaska; 
     ``Other Rockfish'' Species Group in the Eastern Regulatory 
     Area [Docket No. 971208297-8054-02; I.D. 071098C] received 
     August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       10527. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Ocean Perch in the Eastern Regulatory Area [Docket 
     No.

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      971208297-8054-02; I.D. 071098A] received August 3, 1998, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       10528. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Ocean Perch in the Central Regulatory Area [Docket 
     No. 971208297-8054-02; I.D. 071098D] received August 3, 1998, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       10529. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Ocean Perch in the Eastern Regulatory Area of the 
     Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 971208297-8054-02; I.D. 070298C] 
     received August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       10530. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Ocean Perch in the Central Regulatory Area of the 
     Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 97120297-8054-02; I.D. 070298B] 
     received August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       10531. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Antarctic 
     Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984; Conservation 
     and Management Measures [Docket No. 970515115-7116-01; I.D. 
     013097A] (RIN: 0648-AJ94) received August 3, 1998, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       10532. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Adminstration, transmitting the Administration's final rule--
     Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific 
     Ocean Perch in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of 
     Alaska [Docket No. 971208297-8054-02; I.D. 071398E] received 
     August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       10533. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining 
     Reclamation and Enforcement, transmitting the Office's final 
     rule--Kentucky Regulatory Program [KY-217-FOR] received 
     August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       10534. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining 
     Reclamation And Enforcement, transmitting the Office's final 
     rule--Oklahoma Regulatory Program [SPATS No. OK-022-FOR] 
     received August 5, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       10535. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--New 
     Procedures for Processing Employment Tax Cases Involving 
     Worker Classification and Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 
     1978 under Section 7436 of the Internal Revenue Code [Notice 
     98-43] received August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       10536. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--SRYL 
     Notice [Notice 98-38] received August 3, 1998, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       10537. A letter from the the Acting Director, the Office of 
     Management and Budget, transmitting the cumulative report on 
     rescissions and deferrals of budget authority as of July 1, 
     1998, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 685(e); (H. Doc. No. 105--297); to 
     the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
       10538. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Assistance Agency, transmitting the Department of the Air 
     Force's proposed lease of defense articles to Singapore 
     (Transmittal No. 14-98), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2796a(a); to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
       10539. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Assistance Agency, transmitting the Department of the Army's 
     proposed lease of defense articles to Greece (Transmittal No. 
     98-42), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2796a(a); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       10540. A letter from the the Chief Administrative Officer, 
     transmitting the quarterly report of receipts and 
     expenditures of appropriations and other funds for the period 
     April 1, 1998, through June 30, 1998 as compiled by the Chief 
     Administrative Officer, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 104a; (H. Doc. 
     No. 105--299); to the Committee on House Oversight and 
     ordered to be printed.
       10541. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting an updated report concerning the 
     emigration laws and policies of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, 
     Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, the Russian Federation, 
     Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, pursuant 
     to 19 U.S.C. 2432(b); (H. Doc. No. 105--298); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.

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