[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 106 (Monday, July 26, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H6422-H6423]
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:

       3217. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Hazelnuts Grown in Oregon and 
     Washington; Establishment of Final Free and Restricted 
     Percentages for the 1998-99 Marketing Year [Docket No. FV99-
     982-1 FIR] received June 30, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       3218. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Olives Grown in California; 
     Modification to Handler Membership on the California Olive 
     Committee [Docket No. FV99-932-2 FIR] received June 30, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       3219. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting notification that a transaction 
     involving U.S. exports to a private company in the

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     energy sector in Russia is now ready to proceed; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       3220. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a statement regarding a transaction 
     involving a U.S. export to Bulgaria; to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
       3221. A letter from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting 
     the Department's report entitled, ``Summary of Expenditures 
     of Rebates from the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Surcharge 
     Escrow Account for Calendar Year 1998,'' pursuant to 42 
     U.S.C. 2120e(d)(2)(E)(ii)(II); to the Committee on Commerce.
       3222. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting a copy of Transmittal No. 
     99-0B, which relates to the Department of the Army's proposed 
     enhancements or upgrades from the level of sensitivity of 
     technology or capability of defense article(s) previously 
     sold to Greece, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(5); to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       3223. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting notification concerning the 
     Department of the Army's Proposed Letter(s) of Offer and 
     Acceptance (LOA) to Greece for defense articles and services 
     (Transmittal No. 99-17), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b); to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
       3224. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Maryland Regulatory Program [MD-043-FOR] received 
     July 1, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       3225. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Land 
     and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Change to Delegated 
     State Audit Functions (RIN: 1010-AC51) received July 1, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       3226. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Federal 
     Housing and Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Debt Collection (RIN: 2550-AA07) received June 24, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       3227. A letter from the Attorney for National Council on 
     Radiation Protection and Measurements, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene 
     and MacRae, L.L.P., transmitting the 1998 annual report of 
     independent auditors who have audited the records of the 
     National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, 
     pursuant to Public Law 88-376, section 14(b) (78 Stat. 323); 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       3228. A letter from the Administrator, General Services 
     Administration, transmitting an informational copy of the 
     fiscal year 2000 Captial Investment and Leasing Program of 
     the General Services Administration's Public Buildings 
     Service, pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 606(a); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3229. A letter from the Commissioner, General Services 
     Administration, transmitting notification of the status of 
     the National Laboratory Center and the Fire Investigation 
     Research and Education facility proposed for the Bureau of 
     Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3230. A letter from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting 
     the Annual Report of the Metals Initiative; to the Committee 
     on Science.
       3231. A letter from the Railroad Retirement Board, 
     transmitting a report on the actuarial status of the railroad 
     retirement system, including any recommendations for 
     financing changes, pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 321f-1; jointly to 
     the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Ways 
     and Means.
       3232. A letter from the Railroad Retirement Board, 
     transmitting the 1999 annual report on the financial status 
     of the railroad unemployment insurance system, pursuant to 45 
     U.S.C. 369; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.

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