[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 45 (Monday, March 22, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H1475-H1477]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       1154. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--2,4-D; Time-Limited 
     Pesticide Tolerance [OPP-300800; FRL-6065-3] (RIN: 2070-AB78) 
     received March 5, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       1155. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Carboxin; Extension of 
     Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-300798; FRL-6065-1] 
     (RIN: 2070-AB78) received March 5, 1999, pursuant to 5

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     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1156. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Maleic hydrazide; 
     Extension of Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-300796; 
     FRL-6064-1] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received March 5, 1999, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1157. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Metolachlor; Pesticide 
     Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-300795; FRL-6062-5] 
     (RIN: 2070-AB78) received March 5, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1158. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Due Date of First Annual Performance Report Under 
     the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
     Act of 1996 [Docket No. FR-4419-F-01] (RIN: 2577-AB93) 
     received February 9, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       1159. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Nondiscrimination In Programs and Activities 
     Receiving Assistance Under Title I of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974 [Docket No. FR 4092-F-02] 
     (RIN: 2501-AC28) received February 9, 1999, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
       1160. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Electronic Submission of Required Data by 
     Multifamily Mortgagees To Report Mortgage Delinquencies, 
     Defaults, Reinstatements, Assignment Elections, and 
     Withdrawals of Assignment Elections [Docket No. FR-4303-F-02] 
     (RIN: 2502-AH11) received February 9, 1999, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
       1161. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Disposition of HUD-Acquired Single Family 
     Property; Final Rule [Docket No. FR-4244-F-03] (RIN: 2502-
     AG96) received February 9, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
       1162. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export-
     Import Bank of the United States, transmitting a report 
     involving U.S. exports to Morocco, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 
     635(b)(3)(i); to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
       1163. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulations, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Child Care Access Means Parents in 
     School Program Notice of final priority and invitation for 
     applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 1999 (CFDA 
     No. 84.335) received March 2, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       1164. A letter from the Acting Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Department of Energy, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Personnel Security Program Manual--
     March 5, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       1165. A letter from the Acting Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Department of Energy, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Identifying Classified Information--
     received March 4, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       1166. A letter from the Deputy Executive Secretary to the 
     Department, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--National 
     Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse Information on Physicians 
     and Other Health Care Practitioners: Charge for Self-Queries 
     (RIN: 0906-AA42) received March 4, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1167. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Light Vehicle Brake 
     Systems [Docket No. NHTSA-99-5123] (RIN: 2127-AH55) received 
     February 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       1168. 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; California State 
     Implementation Plan Revision, Sacramento Metropolitan and 
     South Coast Air Quality Management Districts and San Joaquin 
     Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District and San Joaquin 
     Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District [CA 207-0136a 
     FRL-6239-8] March 15,1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
       1169. 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; State of Iowa [IA 058-
     1058a; FRL-6308-5] received March 4, 1999, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1170. 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; California State 
     Implementation Plan Revision, Antelope Valley Air Pollution 
     Control District [CA 210-0133; FRL-6306-8] received March 4, 
     1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       1171. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, transmitting 
     the Administration's final rule--Protection of Human 
     Subjects; Informed Consent; Technical Amendment [Docket No. 
     96N-0158] (RIN: 0910-AA60) received March 5, 1999, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       1172. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, 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.
       1173. A letter from the Secretary of Education, 
     transmitting the semiannual report of the activities of the 
     Office of Inspector General for the period October 1, 1997 
     through March 31, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. 
     Act) section 5(b); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       1174. A letter from the Executive Director, Committee For 
     Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, 
     transmitting the Committee's final rule--Procurement List; 
     Additions and Deletions--received March 1, 1999, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       1175. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Acquisition Policy, Government Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Review of FAR Representations [FAC 
     97-11; FAR Case 96-013; Item I] (RIN: 9000-AH97) received 
     March 5, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       1176. A letter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting a 
     notification of an opening for the Assistant Secretary of 
     Labor for policy; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       1177. A letter from the Director, Office of Government 
     Ethics, U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), transmitting 
     the Office's final rule--Standards of Ethical Conduct for 
     Employees of the Executive Branch (RIN: 3209-AA04) received 
     March 15, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       1178. A letter from the Director, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 
     and Plants: Determination of Endangered Status for Catesbaea 
     melanocarpa (RIN: 1018-AE48) received March 15, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       1179. A letter from the Assistant Administrator, Department 
     of Commerce, transmitting the Administration's final rule--
     National Oyster Disease Research Program and Gulf Oyster 
     Industry Initiative: Request for Proposals for FY 1999 
     [Docket No. 990125030-9030-01] (RIN: 0648-ZA56) received 
     March 15, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       1180. A letter from the Assistant Administrator, Department 
     of Commerce, transmitting the Administration's final rule--
     Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship National Sea 
     Grant College Federal Fellows Program [Docket No. 990125029-
     9029-01] (RIN: 0648-ZA55) received March 15, 1999, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       1181. A letter from the Assistant Administrator, Department 
     of Commerce, transmitting the Administration's final rule--
     Sea Grant Industry Fellows Program: Request for Proposals for 
     FY 1999 [Docket No. 990125031-9031-01] (RIN: 0648-ZA57) 
     received March 15, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       1182. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Atka Mackerel in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering 
     Sea and Aleutian Islands [Docket No. 981222313-8320-02; I.D. 
     030399B] received March 15, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       1183. A letter from the Director, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Fisheries of 
     the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in 
     Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 
     981222314-8321-02; I.D. 012999B] received February 22, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       1184. A letter from the Assistant Administrator, National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the 
     Administration's final rule--Aquatic Nuisance Species 
     Research and Outreach and Improved Methods for Ballast Water 
     Treatment and Management: Request for Proposals for FY 1999 
     [Docket No. 990125028-9028-01] (RIN: 0648-ZA54) received 
     March 15, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       1185. A letter from the Assistant Administrator, National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the 
     Administration's final rule--Sea Grant Technology Program: 
     Request for Proposals for FY 1999 [Docket No. 990125032-9032-
     01] (RIN: 0648-

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     ZA58) received March 15, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       1186. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary of 
     Commerce and Acting Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule--Consideration of interlocutory rulings at final hearing 
     in interference proceedings [Docket #: 990204043-9043-01] 
     (RIN: 0651-AB03) received March 2, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       1187. A letter from the Director, Policy Directives and 
     Instructions Branch, Department of Justice, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule--Regulations Concerning the Convention 
     Against Torture [INS No. 1976-99; AG Order No. 2207-99] (RIN: 
     1115-AF39) received March 4, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       1188. A letter from the Program Analyst, Office of the 
     Chief Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Airworthiness Directives; Boeing 
     Model 737-100, -200, -300, -400, and -500 Series Airplanes 
     [Docket No. 98-NM-375-AD; Amendment 39-11060; AD 99-05-12] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 4, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1189. A letter from the Program Analyst, Office of the 
     Chief Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Revision of Class E Airspace; 
     Oakdale, LA [Airspace Docket No. 94-ASW-03] received March 4, 
     1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1190. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Revision of Class E Airspace; Burnet, TX [Airspace Docket No. 
     98-ASW-48] received February 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1191. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Revision of Class E Airspace; Austin, TX [Airspace Docket No. 
     98-ASW-49] received February 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1192. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Revision of Class E Airspace; San Angelo, TX [Airspace Docket 
     No. 98-ASW-52] received February 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1193. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Establishment of Class E Airspace; Austin, Horseshoe Bay, TX 
     and Revocation of Class E Airspace, Marble Falls, TX 
     [Airspace Docket No. 98-ASW-51] received February 26, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1194. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Revision of Class E Airspace; Taylor, TX [Airspace Docket No. 
     98-ASW-50] received February 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1195. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Revision of Class E Airspace; Roswell, NM [Airspace Docket 
     No. 98-ASW-53] received February 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1196. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Establishment of Class E Airspace; Ada, MN [Airspace Docket 
     No. 98-AGL-63] received February 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1197. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; Aerospatiale Model ATR72 Series 
     Airplanes [Docket No. 98-NM-118-AD; Amendment 39-11049; AD 
     99-04-24] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received February 26, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1198. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Airworthiness Directives; BMW Rolls-Royce GmbH Models BR700-
     710A1-10 and BR700-710A2-20 Turbofan Engines [Docket No. 98-
     ANE-74-AD; Amendment 39-11050; AD 98-24-03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) 
     received February 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1199. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Maritime 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule--Ocean 
     Common Carrier and Marine Terminal Operator Agreements 
     Subject to the Shipping Act of 1984 [Docket No. 98-26] 
     received March 5, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1200. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Maritime 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule--Carrier 
     Automated Tariff Systems [Docket No. 98-29] received March 5, 
     1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1201. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Maritime 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule--
     Licensing, Financial Responsibility Requirements, and General 
     Duties For Ocean Transportation Intermediaries [Docket No. 
     98-28] received March 4, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1202. A letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting 
     the ``National Implementation Plan For Modernization Of The 
     National Weather Service For Fiscal Year 1999,'' pursuant to 
     Public Law 102--567, section 703(a) (106 Stat. 4304); to the 
     Committee on Science.
       1203. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Small 
     Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule--Business Loan Programs--received March 9, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Small 
     Business.
       1204. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Notice of Certain Transfers to Foreign Partnerships and 
     Foreign Corporations [TD 8817] (RIN: 1545-AV70) received 
     March 15, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       1205. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Change in Accounting Method for Deferred Compensation [Notice 
     99-16] received March 15, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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