[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H8965-H8966]
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:

       4526. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
     Service, transmitting the Department's final rule--Oriential 
     Fruit Fly; Designation of Quarantined Area [Docket No. 99-
     076-1] received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4527. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
     Service, transmitting the Department's final rule--Mexican 
     Fruit Fly Regulations; Addition of Regulated Area [Docket No. 
     99-075-1] received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4528. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Trifloxystrobin; 
     Pesticide Tolerance [OPP-300922; FRL-6382-5] (RIN: 2070-AB78) 
     received September 22, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4529. A letter from the Chief, Programs and Legislative 
     Division, Office of the Chief Liaison, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting notification that the Commander of Air Education 
     and Training Command is initiating a multi-function cost 
     comparison of the Multiple Support Functions at Sheppard Air 
     Force Base (AFB), Texas, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304 nt.; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       4530. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting 
     the approved retirement of Lieutenant General George A. 
     Crocker, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade 
     of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       4531. A letter from the Chairman, Appraisal Subcommittee, 
     transmitting the FY 1998 annual report pursuant to the 
     Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act, pursuant to 31 
     U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
       4532. A letter from the Legislative and Regulatory 
     Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the 
     Currency, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Management Official Interlocks [Docket No. 99-11] (RIN: 1557-
     AB60) [Docket No. R-0907] (RIN: 3064-AC08) [Docket No. 99-36] 
     (RIN: 1550-AB07) received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
       4533. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Teacher Quality 
     Enhancement Grants Program (RIN: 1840-AC67) received 
     September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       4534. A letter from the Acting Director, Mine Safety and 
     Health Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule--Training and Retraining of Miners Engaged in 
     Shell Dredging or Employed at Sand, Gravel, Surface Stone, 
     Surface Clay, Colloidal Phosphate, or Surface Limestone Mines 
     (RIN: 1219-AB17) received September 17, 1999, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       4535. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Vermont: Final 
     Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program 
     Revision [FRL-6443-5] received September 22, 1999, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4536. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of 
     Colorado; Longmont Carbon Monoxide Redesignation to 
     Attainment and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning 
     Purposes [CO-001-0034a; FRL-6441-6] received September 22, 
     1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       4537. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Mexico 
     Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference [NM-35-1-7428: 
     FRL-6441-3] received September 22, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4538. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; 
     Control of Volatile Organic Compounds from Vinegar Generators 
     and Leather Coating Operations [MD069-3031a and MD070-3031a; 
     FRL-6440-6] received September 22, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4539. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New 
     Hampshire; Stage II Comparability and Clean Fuel Fleets [NH-
     038-7165a; A-1-FRL-6445-4] received September 24, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       4540. A letter from the Associate Chief, Wireless 
     Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule--Revision of Part 22 
     and Part 90 of the Commission's Rules to Facilitate Future 
     Development of Paging Systems [WT Docket No. 96-18] 
     Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act--
     Competitive Bidding [PR Docket No. 93-253] received September 
     24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       4541. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Market 
     Regulation, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's final rule--10b-18; Purchases of Certain 
     Equity Securities by the Issuer and Others (RIN: 3235-AH48) 
     received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       4542. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting a report on Iraq's weapons of mass 
     destruction programs; (H. Doc. No. 106-134); to the Committee 
     on International Relations and ordered to be printed.
       4543. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a statement that 
     the Government of Egypt (GOE) has requested that the United 
     States Government permit the use of

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      Foreign Military Financing for the sale and limited 
     coproduction of 100 M1A1 Abrams tanks; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       4544. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the signed 
     determination of funding of U.S. CIVPOL Contingent to East 
     Timor; to the Committee on International Relations.
       4545. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting reporting the 
     Determination Under Section 620 (Q) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act; to the Committee on International Relations.
       4546. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District 
     of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 13-124, 
     ``Moratorium on the Issuance of New Retailer's License Class 
     B Amendment Act of 1999,'' pursuant to D.C. Code section 1-
     233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       4547. A letter from the Office of the District of Columbia 
     Auditor, transmitting a report of the Auditor's Examination 
     of the Practice of Placing Pretrial Defendants in District 
     Halfway Houses and the Resulting Problem of Persistent 
     Escapes; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       4548. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Land 
     and Minerals Management, Regulatory Affairs Group, Department 
     of the Interior/Bureau of Land Management, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Public Participation in Coal Leasing 
     [WO-320-3420-24-1A] (RIN: 1004-AD27) received September 24, 
     1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       4549. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary of the 
     Interior, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
     Management, transmitting the Department's final rule--Mining 
     Claims Under the General Mining Laws; Surface Management [WO-
     660-4120-02-24 1A] (RIN: 1004-AD36) received September 27, 
     1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       4550. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Dubin 
     v. Commissioner [99 T.C. 325 (1992)] received September 24, 
     1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       4551. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--James 
     J. and Sandra A. Gales v. Commissioner--received September 
     24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       4552. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting notification that the central Government 
     of Haiti has achieved a transparent settlement of the 
     contested April 1997 elections, and has made concrete 
     progress on the constitution of a credible and competent 
     provisional electoral council that is acceptable to a broad 
     spectrum of political parties and civic groups in Haiti; (H. 
     Doc. No. 106-133); jointly to the Committees on International 
     Relations and Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
       4553. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Presidential 
     justification to authorize unallocated funds in the Non-
     proliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs 
     (NADR) account as a supplementary contribution to the Korean 
     Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) without 
     regard to provisions of law within the scope of that section; 
     jointly to the Committees on International Relations and 
     Appropriations.
       4554. A letter from the Director, Coporate Audits and 
     Standards, General Accounting Office, transmitting the 
     Capitol Preservation Fund's Fiscal Years 1998 and 1997 
     Financial Statements; jointly to the Committees on House 
     Administration and Government Reform.
       4555. A letter from the Attorney General, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting the Attorney General's Year-End Report 
     to Congress, entitled ``Attacking Financial Institution 
     Fraud,'' for Fiscal Year 1997 by the United States Department 
     of Justice, pursuant to Public Law 101-647, section 
     2546(a)(2) (104 Stat. 4885); jointly to the Committees on the 
     Judiciary and Banking and Financial Services.
       4556. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting an annual report on expenditures for 
     religious nonmedical health care institutions under Medicare 
     and Medicaid for the previous fiscal year, estimated 
     expenditures for the current fiscal year and trends in those 
     expenditures levels from previous years; jointly to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.

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