[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 164 (Thursday, November 18, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H12789-H12791]
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:

       5439. A letter from the Associate Administrator, Dairy 
     Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, transmitting the 
     Service's

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     final rule--Milk in the New England and Other Marketing 
     Areas; Exemption of Handlers Operating Plants in Clark 
     County, Nevada, From Order Requirements [Docket No. DA-00-01] 
     received November 17, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       5440. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Herbicide Safener HOE-
     107892; Extension of Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-
     300933; FRL-6385-5] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received November 17, 
     1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       5441. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Glyphosate; Pesticide 
     Tolerance [OPP-300946; FRL-6390-5] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received 
     November 17, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       5442. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Clopyralid; Pesticide 
     Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-300938; FRL-6388-5] 
     (RIN: 2070-AB78) received November 17, 1999, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       5443. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Avermectin B1 and its 
     delta-8,9-isomer; Extension of Tolerance for Emergency 
     Exemptions [OPP-300948; FRL-6391-8] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received 
     November 17, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       5444. A letter from the Acquisition and Technology, 
     Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, transmitting a 
     report entitled ``Establishing an Entitlement to Reimburse 
     Rental Car Costs to Military Service Members''; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       5445. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting 
     a Report On Proposed Obligations For Weapons Destruction And 
     Non-Proliferation In The Former Soviet Union; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       5446. 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; States of 
     Colorado, Utah and Wyoming; General Conformity [CO-001-0035a; 
     UT-001-0023a; WY-001-0004a; FRL-6471-4] received November 17, 
     1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       5447. 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 Jersey; 
     Approval of Carbon Monoxide State Implementation Plan 
     Revision; Determination of Carbon Monoxide Attainment; 
     Removal of Oxygenated Gasoline Program [Region 2 Docket No. 
     NJ37-2-203 FRL-6477-3] received November 17, 1999, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       5448. 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; Iowa Update 
     to Materials Incorporated by Reference [IA 075-1075: FRL-
     6462-3] received November 17, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       5449. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--NESHAPS: Final 
     Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste 
     Combustors [FRL-6477-9] (RIN: 2050-AE01) received November 
     17, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       5450. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--National Emission 
     Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Generic Maximum 
     Achievable Control Technology [AD-FRL-6478-8] (RIN: 2060-
     AG91) received November 17, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       5451. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--National Emission 
     Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Generic Maximum 
     Achievable Control Technology; Process Wastewater Provisions 
     [AD-FRL-6478-6] (RIN: 2060-AI53) received November 17, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       5452. A letter from the Chief, Policy and Programming 
     Division, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule--In the Matter of Implementation of 
     Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 
     1996 [CC Docket No. 96-98] received November 17, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       5453. A letter from the Deputy Chief, Wireless 
     Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule--Allocation of 
     Spectrum Below 5 GHz Transferred from Federal Government Use 
     [ET Docket No. 94-32] received November 17, 1999, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       5454. A letter from the Assistant Bureau Chief, Management, 
     International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule--Amendment of the 
     Commission's Regulatory Policies to Allow Non-U.S. Licensed 
     Space Stations to Provide Domestic and International 
     Satellite Service in the United States [IB Docket No. 96-111] 
     received November 17, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       5455. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule--
     Landowner Notification, Expanded Categorical Exclusions, and 
     Other Environmental Filing Requirements (Docket No. RM98-17-
     000; Order No. 609) received November 17, 1999, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       5456. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a copy of 
     Presidential Determination No. 2000-07, authorizing the 
     furnishing of assistance from the Emergency Refugee and 
     Migration Assistance Fund to meet the urgent needs related to 
     the Timor crisis and for the North Caucasus crisis, pursuant 
     to 22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(3); to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       5457. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting a report on progress toward a negotiated 
     settlement of the Cyprus question covering the period August 
     1, 1999, to September 30, 1999, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
     2373(c); to the Committee on International Relations.
       5458. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the justification 
     and designation of Burma, China, Iran, Iraq, and Sudan as 
     ``countries of particular concern'' for having engaged in or 
     tolerated particularly severe violations of religious 
     freedom; to the Committee on International Relations.
       5459. A letter from the Chairman and Chief Executive 
     Officer, Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, 
     transmitting the Board's Annual Report on Audit and 
     Investigative Activities for Fiscal Year 1999, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) section 5(b); to the Committee 
     on Government Reform.
       5460. A letter from the Comptroller General, transmitting a 
     list of General Accounting Office reports from the previous 
     month; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       5461. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, 
     transmitting the Semiannual Report of the Office of Inspector 
     General for the period ended September 30, 1999, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) section 5(b); to the Committee 
     on Government Reform.
       5462. A letter from the the Chief Administrative Officer, 
     U.S. House of Representatives, transmitting the quarterly 
     report of the Statement of Disbursements of the House of 
     Representatives covering receipts and expenditures of 
     appropriations and other funds for the period July 1, 1999 
     through September 30, 1999, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 104a; (H. 
     Doc. No. 106-125); to the Committee on House Administration 
     and ordered to be printed.
       5463. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Indiana Regulatory Program [SPATS No. IN-143-FOR; 
     State Program Amendment No. 98-5] received November 17, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       5464. A letter from the Office of Surface Mining, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Maryland Regulatory Program [MD-044-FOR] received 
     November 17, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       5465. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Ohio Regulatory Program [OH-246-FOR] received 
     November 17, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       5466. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary 
     of the Army, transmitting notification of the intention of 
     the Department of the Army and the Department of Agriculture 
     to interchange jurisdiction of Military and National Forest 
     System lands at the Army's Fort Hunter Liggett Military 
     Reservation, California, and the USDA Forest Service's 
     Toiyabe National Forest in Mineral County, Nevada, pursuant 
     to 16 U.S.C. 505a; jointly to the Committees on Armed 
     Services and Resources.
       5467. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Civilian 
     Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting a report entitled ``A Roadmap for Developing 
     Accelerator Transmutation of Waste Technology--A Report to 
     Congress''; jointly to the Committees on Commerce and 
     Science.
       5468. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting activities taken relative to Medicare 
     approved home health agencies including the status, 
     implementation and impact of the revised survey cycle; 
     jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.
       5469. A letter from the Chairman of the Securities and 
     Exchange Commission, Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission, Secretary of Treasury, Chairman of 
     transmitting the President's Working

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     Group on Financial Markets entitled ``Over-the-Counter 
     Derivatives Markets and the Commodity Exchange Act''; jointly 
     to the Committees on Agriculture, Banking and Financial 
     Services, and Commerce.
       5470. A letter from the Acting, Executive Office of the 
     President, transmitting a legislative proposal entitled, 
     ``Southeast Europe Trade Preference Act''; jointly to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, 
     and Agriculture.

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