[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 29, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H5090]
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                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

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

       2777. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Certain Plant 
     Regulators; Cytokinins, Auxins, Gibberellins, Ethylene, and 
     Pelargonic Acid; Exemptions from the Requirement of a 
     Tolerance [OPP-300690B; FRL-6076-5] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received 
     June 8, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       2778. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Sethoxydim; Pesticide 
     Tolerance [OPP-300859; FRL-6080-9] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received 
     June 8, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       2779. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Diphenylamine; 
     Pesticide Tolerance [OPP-300773A; FRL-6077-3] (RIN: 2070-
     AB78) received May 11, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2780. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to 
     authorize the Secretary of Defense to transfer property to 
     the local redevelopment authority (LRA) for a closed or 
     realigned military installation, without consideration, 
     provided the LRA's reuse plan provides for the property to be 
     used for job creation and the LRA uses the economic benefits 
     from the property to reinvest in the economic redevelopment 
     of the installation and the surrounding community; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       2781. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting 
     a report on Department of Defense Aviation Accident 
     Investigations; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       2782. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, 
     transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to establish a 
     nonprofit education foundation; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
       2783. A letter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting a 
     draft of proposed legislation to amend the Occupational 
     Safety and Health Act of 1970 to enhance protections for 
     employees reporting workplace hazards to the Occupational 
     Safety and Health Administration; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       2784. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Identification of 
     Additional Ozone Areas Attaining the 1-Hour Standard and to 
     Which the 1-Hour Standard is No Longer Applicable [FRL-6344-
     4] received June 8, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
       2785. 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, Six California Air Pollution 
     Control Districts [CA 009-0137a FRL-6337-8] received May 11, 
     1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       2786. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Findings of Significant 
     Contribution and Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions for 
     Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone Transport [FRL-6336-9] 
     received May 11, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       2787. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Technical Amendment to 
     the Finding of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking for 
     Certain States for Purposes of Reducing Regional Transport of 
     Ozone [FRL-6338-6] (RIN: 2060-AH10) received May 11, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       2788. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Guidelines Establishing 
     Test Procedures for the Analysis of Oil and Grease and Non-
     polar Material Under the Clean Water Act and Resource 
     Conservation and Recovery Act [FRL-6341-9] (RIN: 2040-AC63) 
     received May 11, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       2789. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to 
     make amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
     authorizing the Secretary to charge fees for certain 
     regulatory activities related to medical devices and food and 
     color additives; to the Committee on Commerce.
       2790. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Directors, 
     African Development Foundation, transmitting a draft of 
     proposed legislation to amend the International Security and 
     Development Cooperation Act of 1980; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       2791. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Directors, 
     African Development Foundation, transmitting a draft of 
     proposed legislation to authorize appropriations for the 
     African Development Foundation; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       2792. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, 
     transmitting the semiannual report of the Inspector General 
     for the period ending March 30, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     app. (Insp. Gen. Act) section 5(b); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       2793. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to 
     eliminate two inequities under current provisions of the 
     Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal 
     Employees' Retirement System (FERS); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       2794. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to 
     amend the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) law to 
     enable the Federal Government to enroll an employee and his 
     or her family in the FEHB Program when a State court orders 
     the employee to provide health insurance coverage for a child 
     of the employee but the employee fails to provide the 
     coverage; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       2795. A letter from the Director, Office of Government 
     Relations, Smithsonian Institution, transmitting a copy of 
     the ``Annual Proceedings of the One-Hundred Seventh 
     Continental Congress'' of the National Society of the 
     Daughters of the American Revolution, pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 
     18b; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       2796. A letter from the Director, Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency, transmitting a draft of proposed 
     legislation to establish a working capital fund for the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       2797. A letter from the General Counsel, Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency, transmitting a draft of proposed 
     legislation to exempt disaster employees from filing Virgin 
     Island income tax forms; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       2798. A letter from the Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting a draft of proposed 
     legislation to improve the asset forfeiture program; jointly 
     to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Commerce, 
     Resources, Agriculture, and Banking and Financial Services.

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