[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 8, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H754-H755]
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:

       6479. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Bentazon; Pesticide 
     Tolerance [OPP-300978-FRL-6492-7] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received 
     March 3, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       6480. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Diclosulam; Pesticide 
     Tolerance [OPP-300977; FRL-6492-3] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received 
     March 3, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       6481. A letter from the Department of Defense, transmitting 
     notification that the Commander of Elmendorf Force Base 
     (AFB), Alaska, has conducted a cost comparison to reduce the 
     cost of the Telephone Switchboard Operations function, 
     pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2461; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       6482. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulatory Law, Department of Energy, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention 
     Program [Docket No. EH-RM-98-BRYLM] (RIN: 1901-AA75) received 
     January 5, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       6483. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Gastroenterology-Urology Devices: Reclassification of the 
     Penile Rigidity Implant [Docket No. 97N-0481] received 
     February 8, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       6484. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Guidance for 
     Utilization of Small, Minority, and Women's Business 
     Enterprises in Procurement Assistance Agreements--received 
     February 9, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       6485. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Recovered Materials 
     Advisory Notice III [SWH-FRL 6524-3] received January 13, 
     2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       6486. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Notice of Availability 
     of FY 2000 Grant Funds for the Support of a Pollution 
     Prevention Information Network [OPPTS-00280; FRL-6391-3] 
     received January 11, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
       6487. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Notice of Availability 
     of FY 1998 Multimedia Environmental Justice Through Pollution 
     Prevention Grant Funds [OPPTS-00230; FRL-5766-1] received 
     January 11, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       6488. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Notice of Availability 
     of FY 1999 Multimedia Environmental Justice Through Pollution 
     Prevention Grant Funds [OPPTS-00273; FRL-6085-8] received 
     January 11, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       6489. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Pollution Prevention 
     Grants and Announcement of Financial Assistance Programs 
     Eligible for Review; Notice of Availability [OPPTS-00251; 
     FRL-6037-9] received January 11, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       6490. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Environmental Justice 
     Through Pollution Prevention Grant Guidance 1999 --received 
     January 11, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       6491. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Pollution Prevention 
     Incentives for Tribes Grant Guidance--received December 21, 
     1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       6492. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory and 
     Management Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and 
     Promulgation of Revisions to the Georgia State Implementation 
     Plan [GA44 & GA36-9948a; FRL-6547-4] received March 1, 2000, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       6493. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Optional Certification 
     Streamlining Procedures for Light-Duty Trucks, and Heavy-Duty 
     Engines for Original Equipment Manufacturers and

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     for Aftermarket Conversion Manufacturers; Final Rule [AMS-
     FRL-6545-7] received March 1, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       6494. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--180-Day Accumulation 
     Time Under RCRA for Waste Water Treatment Sludges From Metal 
     Finishing Industry [FRL-6547-6] (RIN: 2050-AE60) received 
     March 3, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       6495. 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; Delaware; 
     Regulation Number 37-NOx Budget Program [DE046-1022a; FRL-
     6547-9] received March 3, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       6496. 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 Qualtiy Implementation Plan; Connecticut, 
     New Hampshire, and Rhode Island; Approval of National Low 
     Emission Vehicle Program [CT-054-7213A; A-1-FRL-6545-9] 
     received March 3, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       6497. 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, San Diego County Air Pollution 
     Control District [CA 184-0220a; FRL-6546-8] received March 3, 
     2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       6498. 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, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air 
     Pollution Control District [CA 179-0178; 6546-6] received 
     March 3, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       6499. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting Progress toward a negotiated settlement 
     of the Cyprus question covering the period December 1, 1999 
     January 31, 2000, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2373(c); to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       6500. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting a report to the Congress on cost-sharing 
     arrangements, as required by Condition 4(A) of the resolution 
     of advice and consent to ratification of the Convention on 
     the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling 
     and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       6501. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting a report in connection of Condition (9), 
     Protection of Advanced Biotechnology; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       6502. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the semiannual report of the 
     Inspector General for the period ending September 30, 1999, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) section 5(b); to 
     the Committee on Government Reform.
       6503. A letter from the Merit Systems Protection Board, 
     transmitting the Board's report for fiscal year 1999 listing 
     the number of appeals submitted, the number processed to 
     completion, and the number not completed by the originally 
     announced date, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7701(i)(2); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       6504. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting 
     the Administration's final rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive 
     Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock by Vessels Not 
     Participating in Cooperatives that are Catching Pollock for 
     Processing by the Inshore Component in the Bering Sea [Docket 
     No. 00119015-0015-01; I.D. 022200C] received March 1, 2000, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       6505. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, Office of Legislative Affairs, 
     transmitting the Department of Justice's prison impact 
     assessment (PIA) annual report for 1999; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       6506. A letter from the Chief, International and General 
     Law, Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Administrative 
     Waivers of the Coastwise Trade Laws for Eligible Vessels 
     [Docket No. MARAD-1999-5915] (RIN: 2133-AB39) received 
     February 7, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6507. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Changes in Permissible Stage 2 Airplane Operations--received 
     February 11, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6508. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment of Class E Airspace; Lexington, NC [Airspace Docket 
     No. 00-ASO-7] received February 29, 2000, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       6509. A letter from the Associate Administrator for 
     Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Standard Clause 
     for Export Controlled Technology--received February 3, 2000, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Science.
       6510. A letter from the Associate Administrator for 
     Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Miscellaneous 
     Administrative Revisions to the NASA FAR Supplement-- 
     received March 3, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Science.
       6511. A letter from the Associate Administrator for 
     Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Correction of 
     Inconsistency with FAR22.1103--received December 16, 2000, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Science.
       6512. A letter from the Senior Attorney, Federal Register 
     Certifying Officer, Department of the Treasury, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule --Offset of Tax Refund Payments 
     To Collect State Income Tax Obligations-- received January 5, 
     2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       6513. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Compliance Monitoring and Miscellaneous Issues Relating to 
     the Low-Income Housing Credit [TD 8859] (RIN: 1545-AV44) 
     received March 1, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6514. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Penalty Relief for Certain Taxpayers Affected by Section 571 
     of the Tax Relief Extension Act of 1999 [Notice 2000-5] 
     received January 5, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6515. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Rulings and Determination Letters [Rev. Proc. 2000-4] 
     received January 5, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6516. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Employee Plans Determination Letter Procedures [Rev. Proc. 
     2000-6] received January 5, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6517. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Department Store Indexes [Rev. Rule 2000-3] received January 
     5, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       6518. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting Action under Section 203(b) of the Trade 
     Act of 1974 Pertaining to the Safegaurd Action that I 
     Proclaimed Today on Imports of Line Pipe; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       6519. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting Action Under the Section 203(b) of the 
     Trade Act of 1974 Concerning Steel Wire Rod; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.

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