[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 80 (Thursday, June 22, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5661-S5662]
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                   EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

  The following communications were laid before the Senate, together 
with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, which were referred 
as indicated:

       EC-9330. A communication from the Social Security 
     Administration Regulations Officer, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Old-Age, 
     Survivors Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security 
     Income For the Aged, Blind, and Disabled; Medical and Other 
     Evidence of Your Impairment(s) and Definition of Medical 
     Consultant'' (RIN0960-AD91) received on May 25, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-9331. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``SRLY Credits'' (RIN1545-AV88(TD8884)) received on May 24, 
     2000; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-9332. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Rev. Proc. 2000-26 Interest Netting for Interest Accruing 
     On Or After October 1, 1998'' (RIN:Rev. Proc. 2000-26) 
     received on May 24, 2000; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-9333. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Rev. Rul. 2000-29 BLS-LIFO Department Stores Indexes-April 
     2000'' (RIN:Rev. Rul. 2000-29) received on May 24, 2000; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       EC-9334. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Rev. Rul. 2000-30 Quarterly Interest Rates-Third Quarter 
     2000'' (RIN:Rev. Rul. 2000-30) received on June 5, 2000; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       EC-9335. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Additional Guidance On Cash Or Deferred Arrangements'' 
     (RIN:Notice 2000-30) received on June 5, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-9336. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Notice 2000-28 Coal Exports'' (RIN:OGI-103631-99) received 
     on June 6, 2000; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-9337. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``The Soley For Voting Stock Requirement In Certain Corporate 
     Reorganizations'' (RIN1545-AW55(TD8885)) received on June 6, 
     2000; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-9338. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Additional Guidance On Cash Or Deferred Arrangements'' 
     (RIN:Notice 2000-32) received on June 7, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-9339. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``TD8887:Deposits Of Excise Tax'' (RIN1545-AV02) received on 
     June 7, 2000; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-9340. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Use Of Actuarial Tables In Valuing Annuities, Interests For 
     Life Or Terms Of Years, and Remainder Or Reversionary 
     Interests'' (RIN1545-AX07(TD8886)) received on June 9, 2000; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-9341. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Extension of the Remedial Amendment Period'' (RIN:Rev. 
     Proc. 2000-27) received on June 9, 2000; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-9342. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits; Reporting 
     Requirements and Other Administrative Matters'' (RIN1545-
     AU96(TD8888)) received on June 14, 2000; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-9343. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``July 2000 Applicable Federal Rates'' (RIN:Revenue Ruling 
     2000-32) received on June 19, 2000; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-9344. A communication from the Social Security 
     Regulations Officer, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Reduction of Title II Benefits 
     Under the Family Maximum Provisions in Cases of Dual 
     Entitlement'' (RIN0960-AE85) received on June 16, 2000; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       EC-9345. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of the transmittal of a notice of 
     the proposed issuance of an export license relative to 
     Canada; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-9346. A communication from the General Counsel of the 
     Department of Treasury, transmitting, a report entitled 
     ``General Counterdrug Intelligence Plan''; to the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence.
       EC-9347. A communication from the Director of the Corporate 
     Policy and Research Department, Pension Benefit Guaranty 
     Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
     Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer 
     Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' 
     received on June 15, 2000; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-9348. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting, a draft of proposed 
     legislation entitled ``The Federal Employees Student Loan 
     Repayment Benefit Amendments Act of 2000''; to the Committee 
     on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9349. A communication from the Chairman of the Federal 
     Election Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report under the Government in the Sunshine Act for calendar 
     year 1999; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9350. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to a transaction involving 
     U.S. exports to Taiwan; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-9351. A communication from the Acting Chief Counsel 
     (Foreign Assets Control), Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Foreign Assets Control Regulations (amendments)'' (31 CFR 
     Part 500) received on June 15, 2000; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-9352. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled, ``Expansion 
     of License Exception CIV Eligibility for ``Microprocessors'' 
     Controlled by ECCN3A001 and Graphics Accelerators Controlled 
     by ECCN 4A003'' (RIN0694-AB90) received on June 14, 2000; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-9353. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled, ``Easing of 
     Export Restrictions on North Korea'' (RIN0694-ACI0) received 
     on June 12, 2000; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-9354. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Policy, Management and Budget, Department of Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles 
     for Assistance Programs'' (RIN1090-AA67) received on June 12, 
     2000; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-9355. A communication from the Management Analyst, U.S. 
     Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in 
     Alaska, Subparts A, B, C, and D, Redefinition To Include 
     Waters Subject to Subsistence Priority'' (RIN1018-AD68) 
     received on May 31, 2000; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
       EC-9356. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Interior for Land and

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     Minerals Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Oil and Gas and Sulphur 
     Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-Production 
     Measurement Document Incorporated by Reference'' (RIN1010-AC-
     73) received on June 16, 2000; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
       EC-9357. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Fish and Wildlife and Parks, National Park Service, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``National Park System Units in 
     Alaska; Denali National Park and Preserve'' (RIN1024-AC58) 
     received on June 8, 2000; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
       EC-9358. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Indiana 
     Regulatory Program'' (RIN:IN-149-FOR) received on May 31, 
     2000; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-9359. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Alabama 
     Regulatory Program'' (RIN:SPATS No. AL-070-FOR) received on 
     June 2, 2000; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-9360. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Alabama 
     Regulatory Program'' (RIN:SPATS No. AL-069-FOR) received on 
     June 19, 2000; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-9361. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``DOE Authorized 
     Subcontract for Use by DOE Management and Operating (M&O) 
     Contractors with New Independent States' Scientific 
     Institutes through the Science and Technology Center in 
     Ukraine'' (RIN:AL-2000-05); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
       EC-9362. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Greening the Government 
     Requirements in Contracting'' (RIN:AL-2000-03) received on 
     June 5, 2000; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-9363. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``DOE Administrative Class 
     Deviation, 952.247-70, Foreign Travel, and 970.5204-52, 
     Foreign Travel'' (RIN:AL-2000-04) received on June 5, 2000; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-9364. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Chapter 9, Public Key 
     Cryptography and Key Management'' (RIN:DOE M 200.1-1) 
     received on June 5, 2000; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
       EC-9365. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standardization of 
     Firearms'' (RIN:DOE N 473.2) received on June 5, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-9366. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Security and Emergency 
     Management Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance 
     Program'' (RIN:DOE O 470.2A) received on June 5, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-9367. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``DOE Standard; 
     Stabilization, Packaging, and Storage of Plutonium-bearing 
     Materials'' (RIN:DOE-STD-3013-99) received on June 14, 2000; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-9368. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``DOE Standard; Content of 
     System Design Descriptions'' (RIN:DOE-STD-3024-98) received 
     on June 14, 2000; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-9369. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Electric and Hybrid 
     Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Program; 
     Petroleum-Equivalent Fuel Economy Calculation'' (RIN:1904-
     AA40) received on June 16, 2000; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
       EC-9370. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``DOE Standard; Guide to 
     Good Practices for Shift Routines and Operating Practices'' 
     (RIN:DOE-STD-1041-93) received on June 16, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-9371. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``DOE Standard; Guide to 
     Good Practices for Communications'' (RIN:DOE-STD-1031-92) 
     received on June 16, 2000; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
       EC-9372. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``DOE Standard; Guide to 
     Good Practices for Control of On-shift Training'' (RIN:DOE-
     STD-1040-93) received on June 16, 2000; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-9373. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``DOE Specifications; 
     Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Systems'' (RIN:DOE-SPEC-
     3021-97) received on June 16, 2000; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-9374. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Forms Management Guide'' 
     (RIN:DOE G 242.1-1) received on June 16, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-9375. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Department of Energy 
     Badges'' (RIN:DOE N 473.4) received on June 16, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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