[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 119 (Friday, September 29, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H8550-H8551]
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:

       10374. A letter from the Administrator, RMA, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule--Common 
     Crop Insurance Regulations; Rice Crop Insurance Provisions--
     received September 28, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       10375. A letter from the Associate Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Increase in Fees 
     and Charges for Egg, Poultry, and Rabbit Grading [Docket No. 
     PY-00-002] (RIN: 0581-AB89) received September 28, 2000, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       10376. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--Triallate, (S-2,3,3-trichloroallyl 
     diisopropylthiocarbamate); Pesticide Tolerance [OPP-301063; 
     FRL-6744-8] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received September 26, 2000, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       10377. A letter from the Chairmen, Board of Governors of 
     the Federal Reserve System and Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, transmitting a report on the Markets for Small 
     Business and Commercial Mortgage- Related Securities; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       10378. A letter from the Director, Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency, transmitting a draft of proposed 
     legislation to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
     to reduce losses to properties for which multiple flood 
     insurance claim payments have been made, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       10379. A letter from the Director, Office of Equal 
     Opportunity Programs, Agency for International Development, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--Nondiscrimination on 
     the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities 
     Receiving Federal Financial Assistance--received September 
     28, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
       10380. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Indian 
     Affairs, Department of the Interior, transmitting the 
     Department's ``Major'' final rule--Southwestern Indian 
     Polytechnic Institute Personnel System (RIN: 1076-AE02) 
     received September 22, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       10381. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Employment 
     and Training, Department of Labor, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Workforce Investment Act (RIN: 1205-
     AB20) received September 26, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       10382. A letter from the Director, Office of Small Business 
     and Civil Rights, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's final rule--Nondiscrimination on the Basis 
     of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal 
     Financial Assistance--received September 28, 2000, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
       10383. A letter from the Director, Lieutenant General, 
     Defense Security Cooperation Agency, transmitting 
     notification concerning the Department of the Army's Proposed 
     Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) to the Taipei 
     Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United 
     States for defense articles and services (Transmittal No. 00-
     68), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       10384. A letter from the Director, Lieutenant General, 
     Defense Security Cooperation Agency, transmitting 
     notification concerning the Department of the Navy's Proposed 
     Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) to the Taipei 
     Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United 
     States for defense articles and services (Transmittal No. 00-
     70), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       10385. A letter from the Director, Lieutenant General, 
     Defense Security Cooperation

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     Agency, transmitting notification concerning the Department 
     of the Air Force's Proposed Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance 
     (LOA) to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative 
     Office in the United States for defense articles and services 
     (Transmittal No. 00-71), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b); to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
       10386. A letter from the Director, Lieutenant General, 
     Defense Security Cooperation Agency, transmitting 
     notification concerning the Department of the Air Force's 
     Proposed Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) to Singapore 
     for defense articles and services (Transmittal No. 00-72), 
     pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       10387. A letter from the Director, Lieutenant General, 
     Defense Security Cooperation Agency, transmitting 
     notification concerning the Department of the Army's Proposed 
     Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) to Israel for defense 
     articles and services (Transmittal No. 00-77), pursuant to 22 
     U.S.C. 2776(b); to the Committee on International Relations.
       10388. A letter from the Director, USAF, Department of 
     Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, transmitting 
     notification concerning the Department of the Army's Proposed 
     Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) to Italy for defense 
     articles and services (Transmittal No. 00-76), pursuant to 22 
     U.S.C. 2776(b); to the Committee on International Relations.
       10389. A letter from the Director, USAF, Department of 
     Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, transmitting 
     notification concerning the Department of the Army's Proposed 
     Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) to the Taipei 
     Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United 
     States for defense articles and services(Transmittal No. 00-
     69), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       10390. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     certification of a proposed license for the export of defense 
     articles or defense services sold commercially under a 
     contract to the Netherlands [Transmittal No. DTC 138-00], 
     pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       10391. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a 
     report on the redesignation of Burma, China, Iran, Iraq and 
     Sudan as ``countries of particular concern'' for having 
     engaged in or tolerated particulary severe violations of 
     religious freedom; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       10392. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries Services, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting 
     the Administration's final rule--An Emergency Interim Rule to 
     Amend the Regulations Implementing the Summer Flounder, Scup 
     and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP)--Revision to 
     the FMP Objective to be Achieved--by the Annual 
     Specifications for the 2001 Summer Flounder Fishery--received 
     September 28, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       10393. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Last-
     in; First-out Inventories [Rev. Rul. 2000-46] received 
     September 27, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       10394. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting a report on the Fiscal Year 
     1996 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program; jointly to 
     the Committees on Commerce and Education and the Workforce.
       10395. A letter from the Administrator, National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting a draft of 
     proposed legislation entitled the ``National Aeronautics and 
     Space Administration Federal Employment Reduction Assistance 
     Act Amendments''; jointly to the Committees on Science and 
     Government Reform.
       10396. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting a draft bill entitled, ``Nursing Home 
     Staffing and Quality Improvement Act of 2000''; jointly to 
     the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce.

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