[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 36 (Monday, March 19, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H957-H959]
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:


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       1242. A letter from the the Director, the Office of 
     Management and Budget, transmitting the cumulative report on 
     rescissions and deferrals of budget authority as of March 1, 
     2001, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 685(e); (H. Doc. No. 107--52); to 
     the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
       1243. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the approved retirement and advancement to the 
     grade of lieutenant general on the retired list of Lieutenant 
     General John Costello, United States Army; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       1244. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting a report on the effect of the six-
     year bar to retroactive benefits; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       1245. A letter from the Principal Deputy Under Secretary, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting a letter regarding the 
     Department's goal of building a stronger future acquisition 
     workforce; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       1246. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the Department's final rule--Food 
     Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human 
     Consumption; Dimethyl Dicarbonate [Docket No. 00F-0812] 
     received March 12, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       1247. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the Department's final rule--Revision 
     of Administrative Practices and Procedures; Meetings and 
     Correspondence; Public Calendars; Partial Stay, Amendments, 
     and Correction [Docket No. 98N-1042] received March 7, 2001, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       1248. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Amendment to the 
     Massachusetts Port Authority/Logan Airport Parking Freeze and 
     City of Boston/East Boston Parking Freeze [MA-01-082-7212a; 
     A-1-FRL-6931-3] received March 6, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       1249. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; State of Utah; Ogden City Carbon 
     Monoxide Redesignation to Attainment, Designation of Areas 
     for Air Quality Planning Purposes, and Approval of Revisions 
     to the Oxygenated Gasoline Program [UT-001-0022a, UT-001-
     0024a, UT-001-0025a, UT-001-0026a, UT-001-0027a, UT-001-
     0030a, UT-001-0031a; FRL-6888-9] received March 6, 2001, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       1250. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's 
     final rule--Standards of Performance for New Stationary 
     Sources; Supplemental Delegation of Authority to the State of 
     Colorado [CO-001-0056 and CO-001-0057; FRL-6951-1] received 
     March 2, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       1251. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional 
     Affairs, NMSS, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's final rule--List of Approved Spent Fuel 
     Storage Casks: HI-STAR 100 Revision (RIN: 3150-AG67) received 
     March 13, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       1252. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a 
     report on the 2001 International Narcotics Control Strategy, 
     pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2291(b)(2); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       1253. A letter from the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting reports on FY 2000 
     audited financial statements; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       1254. A letter from the General Counsel, Federal Retirement 
     Thrift Investment Board, transmitting the Board's final 
     rule--Correction of Administrative Errors--received March 13, 
     2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       1255. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Cod by Vessels Catching Pacific Cod for Processing by 
     the Inshore Component in the Central Regulatory Area of the 
     Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 010112013-1013-01; I.D. 030201A] 
     received March 12, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       1256. A letter from the Acting Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Scup and 
     Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 2001 Specifications; Commercial 
     Quota Harvested for Winter I Scup Period; Commercial Quota 
     Harvested for Black Sea Bass Quarter I Period [Docket No. 
     001121328-1041-02; I.D. 111500C] (RIN: 0648-AN71) received 
     March 6, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       1257. A letter from the Acting Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program [Docket 
     No. 000629198-1038-02; I.D. 051500D] received March 9, 2001, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       1258. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Atka Mackerel in the Western Aleutian District and Bering Sea 
     Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands [Docket No. 
     010112013-1013-01; I.D. 030601B] received March 13, 2001, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       1259. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; 
     Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Change in Pacific Mackerel 
     Incidental Catch [Docket No. 000831250-0250-01; I.D. 013100D] 
     received March 5, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       1260. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Establishment of Class D Airspace; Sacramento Mather Airport, 
     CA [Airspace Docket No. 00-AWP-6] received March 9, 2001, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1261. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Modification of Class D and E Surface Areas; Sacramento 
     Executive Airport, CA [Airspace Docket No. 00-AWP-15] 
     received March 9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1262. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Establishment of a Class E Enroute Domestic Airspace Area, El 
     Centro, CA [Airspace Docket No. 01-AWP-1] received March 9, 
     2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1263. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Amendment to Class E Airspace; Monroe City, MO [Airspace 
     Docket No. 01-ACE-1] received March 9, 2001, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1264. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous 
     Amendments [Docket No. 30232; Amdt. No. 2037] received March 
     9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1265. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous 
     Amendments [Docket No. 30233; Amdt. No. 2038] received March 
     9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1266. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
     Revision of Legal Descriptions of Multiple Federal Airways in 
     the Vicinity of Douglas; WY [Airspace Docket No. 00-ANM-33] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA66) received March 9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1267. A letter from the the Board of Trustees, Federal Old-
     Age And Survivors Insurance And Disability Insurance Trust 
     Funds, transmitting the 2001 Annual Report of the Board of 
     Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
     Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, 
     pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 401(c)(2), 1395i(b)(2), and 
     1395t(b)(2); (H. Doc. No. 107--55); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means and ordered to be printed.
       1268. A letter from the the Board Of Trustees, Federal 
     Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, transmitting the 2001 Annual 
     Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital 
     Insurance Trust Fund, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 401(c)(2), 
     1395i(b)(2), and 1395t(b)(2); (H. Doc. No. 107--54); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
       1269. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Pension 
     and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Interim Final Rules 
     for Nondiscrimination in Health Coverage in the Group Market 
     (RIN: 1210-AA77) received March 12, 2001, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1270. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Weighted Average Interest Rate Update [Notice 2001-20] 
     received March 12, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1271. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Determination of Interest Rate [Rev. Rul. 2001-16] received 
     March 9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.

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       1272. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Low-
     Income Housing Tax Credit-2001 Calendar Year Resident 
     Population Estimates [Notice 2001-21] received March 12, 
     2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       1273. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--
     Coordinated Issue Shipping And Gaming Industries Class Life 
     Of Floating Gaming Facilities--received March 12, 2001, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       1274. A letter from the Chairman, Defense Nuclear 
     Facilities Safety Board, transmitting the Eleventh Annual 
     Report describing the Board's health and safety activities 
     relating to the Department of Energy's defense nuclear 
     facilities during the calendar year 2000; jointly to the 
     Committees on Armed Services and Energy and Commerce.
       1275. A letter from the the Board Of Trustees, Federal 
     Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, transmitting the 
     2001 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal 
     Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, pursuant to 42 
     U.S.C. 401(c)(2), 1395i(b)(2), and 1395t(b)(2); (H. Doc. No. 
     107--53); jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and 
     Energy and Commerce, and ordered to be printed.

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