[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 25, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H6999-H7001]
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:

       9298. A letter from the Small Business Advocacy Chair, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--Fenbuconazole; Extension of Tolerances for 
     Emergency Exemptions [OPP-301021; FRL-6596-6] (RIN: 2070-AB) 
     received July 20, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       9299. A letter from the Under Secretary, Acquisition and 
     Technology, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's annual report on the Defense Environmental 
     Quality Program for Fiscal Year 1999, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 
     2706(b)(1); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       9300. A letter from the Principal Deputy Under Secretary, 
     Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the Cooperative 
     Threat Reduction Multi-Year Program Plan Fiscal Year 2000, 
     pursuant to Public Law 103--337, section 1314(a) (108 Stat. 
     2895); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       9301. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting 
     the Annual Report of the Reserve Forces Policy Board for 
     Fiscal Year 1999, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 113 (c) and (e); to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       9302. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Health 
     Affairs, Department of Defense,

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     transmitting a interim summary report of activities to date 
     to outline plans for completing the final report as required 
     by the FY98 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       9303. A letter from the Under Secretary, Acquisition and 
     Technology, Department of Defense, transmitting an update on 
     the pilot program for revitalization of Department of Defense 
     laborities; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       9304. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting 
     the approved retirement and advancement to the grade of 
     admiral on the retired list of Admiral Jay L. Johnson; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       9305. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting 
     a report entitled, ``Joint Demilitarization Technology 
     Program''; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       9306. A letter from the General Counsel, National Credit 
     Union Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Prompt Corrective Action; Risk-Based Net Worth 
     Requirement--received July 20, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
       9307. A letter from the Office of Postsecondary Education, 
     Department of Education, transmitting Final Regulations----
     Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Family 
     Education Loan Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan 
     Program, and State Incentive Grant Program, pursuant to 20 
     U.S.C. 1232(f); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       9308. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Elementary 
     and Secondary Education, Department of Education, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule-- Safe and Drug-Free 
     Schools and Communities National Programs-Federal Activities 
     Grants Program-The Challenge Newsletter--received June 7, 
     2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       9309. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Elementary 
     and Secondary Education, Department of Education, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule-- Office of 
     Elementary and Secondary Education---Safe and Drug-Free 
     Schools and Communities National Programs---Federal 
     Activities---Grant Competetion to Prevent High-Risk Drinking 
     and Violent Behavior Among College Students-- received June 
     7, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
       9310. A letter from the Office of Elementary and Secondary 
     Education, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--School Improvement Programs Native 
     Hawaiian Curriculum Development, Teacher Training and 
     Recruitment Program--received June 28, 2000, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       9311. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Elementary and 
     Secondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule-- Notice of Final Priority, 
     Eligible Applicants, and Selection Criteria-- received June 
     7, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
       9312. A letter from the Chairperson, National Commission on 
     Libraries and Information Science, transmitting a report on 
     the Commission's activities, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1504; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       9313. A letter from the Financial Assistant Secretary, 
     Department of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of 
     material violations or suspected material violations of 
     regulations of the Secretary, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3121 nt.; 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
       9314. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulatory Law, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable 
     Energy, Department of Energy, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Energy Savings Performance Contracting; Technical 
     Amendments (RIN: 1904-AB07) received July 19, 2000, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       9315. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulatory Law Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
     Energy, Department of Energy, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, 
     Development, and Demonstration Program; Petroleum-Equivalent 
     Fuel Economy Calculation [Docket No. EE-RM-99-PEF] (RIN 1904-
     AA40) received June 15, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       9316. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator, 
     Office of Diversion Control, Department of Justice, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Facsimile 
     Transmission of Prescriptions for Patients Enrolled in 
     Hospice Programs [DEA-1901] (RIN: 1117-AA54) received July 
     21, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
       9317. A letter from the Small Business Advocacy Chair, 
     Enviromental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Maryland; Approval of Revisions to 
     COMAR 26.11.12 Control of Batch Type Hot-Dip Galvanizing 
     Installations [MD042-3051; FRL-6838-3] received July 20, 
     2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       9318. A letter from the Small Business Advocacy Chair, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--New Stationary Sources; Supplemental Delegation 
     of Authority to the State of North Carloina [NC-AT-2000-01; 
     FRL-6728-8] received July 20, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       9319. A letter from the Small Business Advocacy Chair, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Approval 
     of Revisions to Volatile Organic Compounds Regulations 
     [PA158-4103a; FRL-6735-7] received July, 20, 2000, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       9320. A letter from the Small Business Advocacy Chair, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation 
     Plans; California----Santa Barbara [CA-225-0230; FRL-6731-4] 
     received July 20, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
       9321. A letter from the Small Business Advocacy Chair, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--Commonwealth of Virginia: Final Authorization of 
     State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [FRL-6840-
     9] received July 20, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
       9322. A letter from the Small Business Advocacy Chair, 
     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 and 
     South Coast Air Quality Management District [CA 013-0139; FRL 
     6729-8] received July 20, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       9323. A letter from the Small Business Advocacy Chair, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--National Priorities List for Uncontrolled 
     Hazardous Waste Sites [FRL-6841-3] received July 21, 2000, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       9324. A letter from the Small Business Advocacy Chair, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--Revisions to the California State Implementation 
     Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District and the 
     Kern County Air Pollution Control District [CA 105-0242; FRL-
     6733-6] received July 20, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       9325. A letter from the Small Business Advocacy Chair, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--New Stationary Sources; Supplemental Delegation 
     of Authority to the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and 
     Tennessee and to Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee [FRL-
     6728-9] received July 20, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       9326. A letter from the Small Business Advocacy Chair, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste 
     Management Program Revision [FRL-6840-7] received July 20, 
     2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       9327. A letter from the Small Business Advocacy Chair, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 
     Plans; Texas; Revisions to Emergency Episode Plan Regulations 
     [TX-125-1-7463a; FRL-6840-3] received July 20, 2000, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       9328. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule--Antitrust Review Authority: 
     Clarification (RIN:3150-AG38) received July 19, 2000, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       9329. A letter from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting 
     the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan (the Plan) Amendment No. 
     6--Regional Distillate Reserve in the Northeast; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       9330. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting notification of 
     the termination of the designation as a danger pay location 
     for Eritrea, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5928; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       9331. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Amendments to the International Traffic in Arms 
     Regulation: NATO Countries, Australia and Japan--received 
     July 18, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       9332. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report on 
     ``Overseas Surplus Property''; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       9333. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District 
     of Columbia, transmitting a copy of a report entitled, 
     ``Certification Review of the Washington Convention Center 
     Authority's Projected Revenues to meet Projected Operated and 
     Debt Service Expenditures and Debt Service Expenditures and 
     Reserve Requirements for Fiscal Year 2001,'' pursuant to D.C. 
     Code section 1--233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       9334. A letter from the Comptroller General, General 
     Accounting Office, transmitting the Month in Review: April 
     2000 Reports, Testimony, Correspondence, and Other 
     Publications; to the Committee on Government Reform.

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       9335. A letter from the Comptroller General, General 
     Accounting Office, transmitting the Month in Review: May 2000 
     Reports, Testimony, Correspondance, and Other Publications; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
       9336. A letter from the Inspector General, Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting the semiannual report on 
     activities of the Inspector General for the period of October 
     1, 1999, through March 31, 2000, and the Management Response 
     for the same period, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. 
     Act) section 5(b); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       9337. A letter from the Chairman, Postal Rate Commission, 
     transmitting 1999 International Mail Volumes, Costs and 
     Revenues; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       9338. A letter from the Chief Operating Officer/President, 
     Resolution Funding Corporation, transmitting a copy of the 
     Resolution Funding Corporation's Statement on Internal 
     Controls and the 1999 Audited Financial Statements, pursuant 
     to Public Law 101--73, section 511(a) (103 Stat. 404); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       9339. A letter from the Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence 
     Board, Department of the Interior, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule-- Subsistence Management Regulations 
     for Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart C and Subpart D---2000-
     2001 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife Regulations 
     [RIN: 1018-AF74; RIN: 1018-AG03] received June 21, 2000, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       9340. 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; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Central 
     Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 000211039-
     0039-01; I.D. 071400B] received July 23, 2000, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       0. A letter from the transmitting ; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       9341. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a draft bill entitled, the 
     ``Collateral Modernization Act of 2000''; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       9342. A letter from the Director, Policy Directives and 
     Instructions Branch, Department of transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Delegation of the Adjudication of 
     Certain Temporary Agricultural Worker (H-2A) Petitions, 
     Appellate and Revocation Authority for Those Petitions to the 
     Secretary of Labor [INS No. 1946-98, AG Order No. 2313-2000] 
     (RIN:1115-AF29) received July 19, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       9343. A letter from the Director, Policy Directives and 
     Instructions Branch, Department of transmitting the 
     Department's final rule-- Implementation of Hernandez v. Reno 
     Settlement Agreement; Certain Aliens Eligible for Family 
     Unity Benefits After Sponsoring Family Member's 
     Naturalization; Additional Class of Aliens Ineligible for 
     Family Unity Benefits [INS No. 1823-96] (RIN:1115-AE72) 
     received July 19, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       9344. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, Office 
     of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting 
     the 1999 Annual Report of the Office of the Police Corps and 
     Law Enforcement Education; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       9345. A letter from the Deputy Administrator, National 
     Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting a report entitled, ``Update on 
     the Status of Splash and Spray Suppression Technology for 
     Large Trucks''; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9346. A letter from the Small Business Advocacy Chair, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--FY2001 Wetlands Program Development Grants [FRL-
     6838-7] received July 20, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9347. A letter from the Associate Administrator for 
     Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule--Acquisition 
     Planning--received July 18, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Science.
       9348. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulations 
     Management, Department of Veterans transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Increase in Rates Payable Under the 
     Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty (RIN: 2900-AJ89) received 
     July 19, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       9349. A letter from the Administrator, Office of Workforce 
     Security, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Unemployment Insurance Program Letter 41-98, 
     change 1-Application of the Prevailing Conditions of Work 
     Requirement- Questions and Answers--received July 20, 2000, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       9350. A letter from the Regulations Officer, Social 
     Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule--Rescission of Social Security Acquiesance Ruling 
     93-2(2) and 87-4(8)--received July 6, 2000, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       9351. A letter from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting 
     the Twelfth Annual Report entitled, ``Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act''; 
     jointly to the Committees on Commerce and Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9352. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Progress made 
     toward opening the United States Embassy in Jerusalem and 
     notification of Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem 
     Embassy Act [Presidental Determination No. 2000-24], pursuant 
     to Public Law 104--45, section 6 (109 Stat. 400); jointly to 
     the Committees on International Relations and Appropriations.
       9353. A letter from the Administrator, U.S. Agency for 
     International Development, transmitting the quarterly update 
     of the report required by Section 653(a) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, entitled ``Development 
     Assistance and Child Surval/Diseases Program Allocations-FY 
     2000''; jointly to the Committees on International Relations 
     and Appropriations.
       9354. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Secretary's 
     ``CERTIFICATION TO THE CONGRESS: Regarding the Incidental 
     Capture of Sea Turtles in Commercial Shrimping Operations,'' 
     pursuant to Public Law 101--162, section 609(b)(2) (103 Sat. 
     1038); jointly to the Committees on Resources and 
     Appropriations.
       9355. A letter from the Board Members, Railroad Retirement 
     Board, transmitting a copy of the 21st Actuarial Valuation of 
     the Assets and Liabilities Under the Railroad Retirement 
     Acts, pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 231f--1; jointly to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means and Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9356. A letter from the Commissioner of Social Security, 
     transmitting a draft bill to make amendments to the 
     Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program in support of the 
     President's fiscal year 2001 budget with respect to the 
     Social Security Administration; jointly to the Committees on 
     Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, 
     and the Budget.

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