[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 62 (Monday, May 3, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4574-S4575]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

  The following communications were laid before the Senate, together 
with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, which were referred 
as indicated:

       EC-2792. A communication from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, a draft of proposed legislation entitled 
     ``Department of Agriculture Livestock Price Reporting Act of 
     1999''; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-2793. A communication from the Administrator, Farm 
     Service Agency, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule relative to 1998 Marketing Quotas and Price 
     Support Levels for various types of tobacco (RIN0560-AF2066), 
     received April 13, 1999; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2794. A communication from the Administrator, Farm 
     Service Agency, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Dairy Indemnity Payment Program'' 
     (RIN0560-AF66), received April 2, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2795. A communication from the Administrator, Farm 
     Service Agency, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of two rules entitled ``End-Use Certificate Program'' 
     (RIN0560-AF64) and ``Livestock Assistance Program'' (RIN0560-
     AF58), received April 2, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
       EC-2796. A communication from the Administrator, Farm 
     Service Agency, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Noninsured Crop Disaster 
     Assistance Program'' (RIN0560-AF46), received April 13, 1999; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2797. A communication from the Administrator, Farm 
     Service Agency, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Suspension of Collection of 
     Recapture Amount for Borrowers with Certain Shared 
     Appreciation Agreements'' (RIN0560-AF80), received April 27, 
     1999; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-2798. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Milk in the New England and Other Marketing Areas; Decision 
     on Proposed Amendments to Marketing Agreements and to Orders-
     DA-97-12'' (RIN0581-AB49), received April 2, 1999; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2799. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Marketing and Regulatory 
     Programs, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Almonds Grown in 
     California; Revision of Reporting Requirements'' (Docket No. 
     FV99-981-1-FR), received April 22, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2800. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Marketing and Regulatory 
     Programs, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Nectarines and 
     Peaches Grown in California; Revision of Handling 
     Requirements for Fresh Nectarines and Peaches'' (Docket No. 
     FV-99-916-2-FR), received April 22, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2801. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Marketing and Regulatory 
     Programs, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Olives Grown in 
     California; Increased Assessment Rate'' (Docket No. FV99-932-
     1-FR), received April 2, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2802. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Marketing and Regulatory 
     Programs, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Oranges, Grapefruit, 
     Tangerines and Tangelos Grown in Florida and Imported 
     Grapefruit; Relaxation of the Minimum Size Requirement for 
     Red Seedless Grapefruit'' (Docket No. FV99-905-1-FIR), 
     received April 2, 1999; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2803. A communication from the Inspector General, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, the report of an 
     audit of the settlements of complaints of discrimination; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2804. A communication from the Administrator, Grain 
     Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, Department 
     of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``7 CFR Part 801, Official Testing Service 
     for Corn Oil, Protein and Starch'' (RIN0580-AA62), received 
     April 12, 1999; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-2805. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Karnal Bunt; Reclassification of 
     Regulated Areas'' (RIN0579-AA83), received April 29, 1999; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2806. A communication from the Administrator, Food and 
     Consumer Service, Department of Agriculture, Transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``WIC/Food 
     Stamp Program (FSP) Vendor Disqualifications'' (RIN0584-
     AC50), received April 1, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2807. A communication from the Under Secretary, Rural 
     Development, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a entitled ``Processing 
     Requests for Farm Labor Housing (LH) Loans and Grants'' 
     (RIN0575-AC19), received April 30, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2808. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of six rules relative to the Small Business Regulatory 
     Enforcement and Fairness Act of 1996, received April 9, 1999; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2809. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of three rules relative to the Small Business Regulatory 
     Enforcement and Fairness Act of 1996, received April 12, 
     1999; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-2810. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of three rules relative to the Small Business Regulatory 
     Enforcement and Fairness Act of 1996, received April 14, 
     1999; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-2811. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of three rules relative to the Small Business Regulatory 
     Enforcement and Fairness Act of 1996, received March 31, 
     1999; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-2812. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of two rules relative to the Small Business Regulatory 
     Enforcement and Fairness Act of 1996, received April 16, 
     1999; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-2813. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of three rules and the withdrawal of a rule relative to the 
     Small Business Regulatory Enforcement and Fairness Act of 
     1996, received April 22, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2814. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Government Relations, Smithsonian Institution, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Annual Proceedings of 
     the One Hundred and Seventh Continental Congress'' of the 
     National Society of the Daughters of the American 
     Revolution; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
       EC-2815. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Trichoderma Harzianum KRL-AG2 (ATCC #20947) or Strain T-22; 
     Revision of Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerence'' 
     (RIN2070-AB78), received on April 19, 1999; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2816. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Beauveria bassiana (ATC #74949); Exemption from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerence'' (RIN2070-AB78), received on 
     April 19, 1999; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-2817. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Clopyralid; extension of Tolerance for Emergency 
     Exemptions'' (RIN2070-AB78), received on April 6, 1999; to

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     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2818. A communication from the Director, Committee for 
     Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule relative 
     to additions to the procurement list, received April 26, 
     1999; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2819. A communication from the Director, Committee for 
     Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule relative 
     to additions and deletions to the procurement list, received 
     April 30, 1999; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2820. A communication from the Auditor, District of 
     Columbia transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Evaluation of the Department of Public Works' Monitoring 
     and Oversight of the Ticket Processing and Delinquent Ticket 
     Debt Collection Contracts''; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-2821. A communication from the Independent Counsel 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     investigations and prosecutions of former Secretary of 
     Agriculture Espy; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2822. A communication from the Director Designee, 
     Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service transmitting a 
     report relative to the Inspector General Act; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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