[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 88 (Tuesday, July 11, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H5841-H5842]
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:

       8464. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Agricultural Disaster and Market Assistance (RIN: 0560-AG14) 
     received June 2, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       8465. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule--Plum 
     Pox [Docket No. 00-034-1] received June 1, 2000, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       8466. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     transmitting a draft bill entitled, ``U.S. Department of 
     Agriculture Mediation and Arbitration for Agriculture 
     Products in Foreign Commerce Act of 2000''; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       8467. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense 
     Procurement, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Defense Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation Supplement; Waiver of Cost Accounting Standards 
     [DFARS Case 2000-D012] received June 1, 2000, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       8468. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense 
     Procurement, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Defense Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation Supplement; NAFTA Procurement Threshold [DFARS 
     Case 2000-D011] received June 1, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       8469. A letter from the Special Assistant to the Bureau 
     Chief, Mass Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule--Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations 
     (Saranac Lake and Westport, New York) [MM Docket No. 99-83 
     RM-9500 RM-9722] received May 26, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       8470. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting a draft bill entitled, ``FDA Review 
     Fee Act of 2000''; to the Committee on Commerce.
       8471. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting a legislative proposal entitled, 
     ``Federal Employees Student Loan Repayment Benefit Amendments 
     Act of 2000''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       8472. A letter from the General Counsel, Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's final 
     rule--Regulations under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
     Governing ther Movement of Natural Gas on Facilities on the 
     Outer Continental Shelf [Docket No. RM99-5-000; Order No. 
     639] received April 18, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8473. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, 
     transmitting a draft bill entitled, ``Hardrock Mining 
     Production Payments Act''; to the Committee on Resources.
       8474. A letter from the Register of Copyrights and 
     Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, 
     Department of Commerce and the Library of Congress, 
     transmitting the Joint Study of Section 1201(g) of The 
     Digital Millennium Copyright

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     Act, pursuant to Public Law 105-304 section 1201(g)(5) 112 
     stat. 2868; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       8475. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
     Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting a report on 
     the Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet Feasibility Study; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       8476. A letter from the Chief, Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--SAFETY ZONE: Parade 
     of Tall Ships Newport 2000, Newport, RI [CGD01-99-198] (RIN: 
     2115-AA97) received June 2, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       8477. A letter from the Chief, Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Drawbridge 
     Operating Regulations; China Basin, Mission Creek, San 
     Francisco, CA [CGD11-00-003] (RIN: 2115-AE47) received June 
     2, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       8478. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Passenger Facility Charges [Docket No. FAA-2000-7402; 
     Amendment No. 158-2] (RIN: 2120-AH05) received May 25, 2000, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       8479. A letter from the Director, Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency, transmitting a draft legislation to amend 
     the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act to authorize programs for predisaster 
     mitigation, to apply section 404(b) open space requirements 
     to any FEMA assisted acquisitions for open space purposes, to 
     control the Federal costs of disaster assistance, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       8480. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulations 
     Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Children suffering from Spina Bifida 
     who are Children of Vietnam Veterans (RIN: 2900-AJ25) 
     received June 2, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       8481. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Planning 
     and Analysis, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a 
     draft bill, ``To amend chapter 37 of title 38, United States 
     Code, to extend the program for making direct housing loans 
     to Native American Veterans, to repeal little-used loan 
     authorities, to make technical amendments to the guaranteed 
     housing loan program for veterans, and for other purposes''; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       8482. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Planning 
     and Analysis, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a 
     draft bill, ``To authorize major medical facility projects 
     for the Department of Veterans Affairs for Fiscal Year 2001 
     and for other purposes''; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
       8483. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a draft bill, ``To amend the Customs 
     user fee statute to extend for seven years the authorization 
     for collection of such fees''; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       8484. A letter from the Acting General Counsel, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting a draft bill entitled, ``Social 
     Security Military Wage Credits''; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       8485. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Department of 
     the Interior, transmitting a draft bill, ``To authorize the 
     Use and Distribution of the Western Shoshone Judgement Funds 
     in Docket Nos. 326-K, 326-A-1, and 326-A-3''; jointly to the 
     Committees on Resources and Ways and Means.
       8486. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Policy 
     Management and Under Secretary for Natural Resources and 
     Environment, Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, 
     transmitting a draft bill, ``To authorize the Secretary of 
     the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to establish 
     permanent recreational fee authority''; jointly to the 
     Committees on Resources and Agriculture.
       8487. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
     Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting a draft bill 
     entitled, ``Water Resources Development Act of 2000''; 
     jointly to the Committees on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure and Resources.
       8488. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, 
     transmitting a proposed bill, ``To authorize appropriations 
     out of the Highway Trust Fund for the motor vehicle safety 
     programs of the National Highway Trafic Safety Administration 
     for fiscal year 2001''; jointly to the Committees on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure and Commerce.
       8489. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Planning 
     and Analysis, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a 
     draft bill entitled, ``Enhanced Veterans' Education Benefits 
     Act of 2000''; jointly to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs 
     and Armed Services.
       8490. A letter from the Director, Executive Office of the 
     President, transmitting the Annual Report to Congress on 
     Combating Terrorism, pursuant to Public Law 105-85 section 
     1031(b) (111 Stat. 1880); jointly to the Committees on Armed 
     Services, the Judiciary, and Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       8491. A letter from the Secretary of Energy and Secretary 
     of the Interior, transmitting proposed legislation to: (1) 
     transfer the majority of Naval Oil Shale Reserve No. 2 (NOSR-
     2) to the Ute Indian Tribe (subject to certain conditions for 
     environmental protection), and (2) authorize the Department 
     of Energy to take remedial action at the mill tailings site; 
     jointly to the Committees on Armed Services, Resources, and 
     Commerce.
       8492. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the draft bill entitled, ``Child 
     Support Enforcement Amendments of 2000''; jointly to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, Commerce, and the Judiciary.

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