[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 115 (Thursday, September 6, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9195-S9197]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   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-3578. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to military 
     personnel accounts; to the Committees on Appropriations; the 
     Budget; and Armed Services.
       EC-3579. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the appropriations report; to 
     the Committee on the Budget.
       EC-3580. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser 
     for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of the texts and background 
     statements of international agreements, other than treaties; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-3581. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the funding of the 
     Foreign Comparative Testing Program Projects for Fiscal Year 
     2002; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-3582. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense, Acquisition and Technology, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report for Department purchases from foreign 
     entities in Fiscal Year 2000; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-3583. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting, the report of a retirement; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       EC-3584. A communication from the Director of the Defense 
     Finance and Accounting Service, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report on Conversion of Department of Defense 
     Commercial Activity to a Private Contractor; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       EC-3585. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain 
     Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2001-02 
     Early Season'' (RIN1018-AH79) received on August 17, 2001; to 
     the Committee on Indian Affairs.
       EC-3586. A communication from the Executive Director of the 
     National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Annual Report for 1998 and 
     1999; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-3587. A communication from the General Counsel for the 
     National Science Foundation, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Non-Governmental Antarctic 
     Expeditions'' (RIN3145-AA36) received on August 15, 2001; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-3588. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Solid Minerals Reporting Requirements'' received on August 
     17, 2001; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-3589. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``2001-2002 Refuge-Specific 
     Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations'' (RIN1018-AG58) 
     received on August 22, 2001; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
       EC-3590. A communication from the Register of Copyrights, 
     Library of Congress, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``DMCA Section 104 Report''; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       EC-3591. A communication from the Deputy Secretary of 
     Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     Gulf War Veterans for Calendar Years 1999 and 2000; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       EC-3592. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulations Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Veterans Benefits 
     Administration Nomenclature Changes'' received on August 16, 
     2001; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       EC-3593. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulations Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Duty to Assist'' 
     (RIN2900-AK69) received on August 23, 2001; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
       EC-3594. 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 Brazil; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3595. 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 the Democratic and Popular Republic of 
     Algeria; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-3596. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report of a transaction involving U.S. 
     exports to the People's Republic of China; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3597. A communication from the Deputy Congressional 
     Liaison, Federal Reserve Board, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Credit by Brokers and 
     Dealers (Regulation T); List of Foreign Margin Stocks'' 
     received on August 20, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3598. A communication from the Secretary of the Division 
     of Market Regulation, United States Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``240.3a55-1: Method for determining market 
     capitalization and dollar value of average daily trading 
     volume; application of the definition of narrow-based 
     security index. 240.a55-2: Indexes underlying futures 
     contracts trading for fewer than 30 days. 240.3a55-3: Futures 
     contracts on security indexes trading on or subject to the 
     rules of a foreign board of trade.'' (RIN3235-AI13) received 
     on August 20, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-3599. A communication from the Counsel for Regulations, 
     Government National Mortgage Association, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Government National Mortgage 
     Association Mortgage-Backed Securities Program-Payments to 
     Security Holders; Book-Entry Procedures'' (RIN2503-AA16) 
     received on August 22, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3600. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report of a transaction involving U.S. 
     exports to Austria; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-3601. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a transaction involving U.S. 
     exports to Malaysia; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3602. A communication from the Deputy Secretary of the 
     Division of Market Regulation, United States Securities and 
     Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Registration of Broker-Dealers 
     Pursuant to Section 15(b)(11) of the Securities Exchange Act 
     of 1934'' (RIN3235-AI21) received on August 30, 2001; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3603. 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 
     ``Railroad Track Maintenance Costs'' (Rev. Proc. 2001-46) 
     received on August 21, 2001; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3604. A communication from the Regulations Officer of 
     the Social Security Administration, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Old-Age, 
     Survivors, and Disability Insurance; Revision to Medical-
     Vocational Guidelines'' (RIN0960-AE42) received on August 22, 
     2001; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3605. 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 
     ``Applicable Federal Rates--September 2001'' (Rev. Rul. 2001-
     43) received on August 22, 2001; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3606. 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 
     ``Revise Form W-9'' (Ann. 2001-91) received on August 27, 
     2001; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3607. 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 
     ``2001 National Pool'' (Rev. Proc. 2001-44) received on 
     August 27, 2001; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3608. 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 
     ``Weighted Average Interest Rate Update Notice'' (Notice 
     2001-52) received on August 27, 2001; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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       EC-3609. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Branch, United States Customs Service, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Change in Flat Rate of Duty on Articles Imported 
     for Personal or Household Use or as Bona Fide Gifts'' 
     (RIN1515-AC90) received on August 30, 2001; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
       EC-3610. 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 
     ``Guidance on Amendment of Section 401(a)(17) of the Code by 
     EGTRRA'' (Notice 2001-56) received on September 4, 2001; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3611. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the deep-draft 
     navigation project for Savannah Harbor, Georgia; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3612. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; 
     State of Missouri'' (FRL7032-2) received on August 8, 2001; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3613. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Clean Air Act Full Approval of Operating Permits 
     Program in Washington'' (FRL7031-6) received on August 8, 
     2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3614. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Hazardous Waste Management Systems; Identification 
     and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Final Exclusion'' (FRL7025-3) 
     received on August 8, 2001; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-3615. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Idaho: Final Authorization of State Hazardous 
     Waste Management Program Revision'' (FRL7013-5) received on 
     August 8, 2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3616. A communication from the Chairman of the Nuclear 
     Regulator Commission, transmitting, the Monthly Status Report 
     on the Licensing Activities and Regulatory Duties for June 
     2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3617. A communication from the Director of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to funding for the emergency declared as a 
     result of extreme fire hazards in the State of Texas; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3618. A communication from the Inspector General of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Annual Super Fund Report for Fiscal Year 2000; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3619. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Amendments for Testing and Monitoring Provision 
     Removal of a Provision for Opacity Monitoring'' (FRL7039-2) 
     received on August 21, 2001; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-3620. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Conversion of the 
     Conditional Approval of the 15 Percent Plan for the 
     Pennsylvania Portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton 
     Nonattainment Area to a Full Approval'' (FRL7043-5) received 
     on August 21, 2001; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-3621. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Finding of Attainment for PM-10; Shoshone County 
     (City of Pinehurst and Pinehurst Expansion Area'' (FRL7042-5) 
     received on August 21, 2001; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-3622. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Interim Final Determination that the State of 
     California has Corrected Deficiencies and Stay of Sanctions, 
     El Dorado County Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL7028-9) 
     received on August 21, 2001; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-3623. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Revisions to the California State Implementation 
     Plan, El Dorado County Air Pollutions Control District'' 
     (FRL7028-7) received on August 21, 2001; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3624. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Migratory Bird 
     Hunting; Final Frameworks for Early Season Migratory Bird 
     Hunting Regulations'' (RIN1018-AH79) received on August 21, 
     2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3625. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Migratory Bird 
     Hunting: Early Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for 
     Certain Migratory Game Birds in the Contiguous United States, 
     Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands'' 
     (RIN1018-AH79) received on August 23, 2001; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3626. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Idaho: Final Authorization of State Hazardous 
     Waste Management Program Revision'' (FRL7031-5) received on 
     August 23, 2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3627. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; 
     State of Tennessee'' (FRL7044-4) received on August 23, 2001; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3628. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, a report entitled ``The Role of 
     Screening-Level Risk Assessments and Refining Contaminants of 
     Concern in Baseline Risk Assessments (2001)'' received on 
     August 24, 2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3629. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, a report entitled ``Reuse Assessments: 
     Tool to Implement Superfund Land Use'' received on August 24, 
     2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3630. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, a report entitled ``Operation and 
     Maintenance in the Superfund Program'' received on August 24, 
     2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3631. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, a report entitled ``Local Emergency 
     Planning Committees and Deliberate Releases'' received on 
     August 24, 2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3632. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, a report entitled ``Drop Out Box Slag 
     Generated at Electric Arc Furnaces'' received on August 24, 
     2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3633. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, a report entitled ``FACTSHEET: Tier II 
     Submit'' received on August 24, 2001; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3634. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, a report entitled ``Superfund Post 
     Construction Completion'' received on August 24, 2001; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3635. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, a report entitled ``Recreational Use of 
     Land Above Hazardous Waste Containment Areas'' received on 
     August 24, 2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3636. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, a report entitled ``Comprehensive Five-
     Year Review Guidance'' received on August 24, 2001; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3637. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to Ocean City, Maryland, 
     and Vicinity Water Resource Study, Final Integrated 
     Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3638. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Unregulated Containment Monitoring Regulation for 
     Public Water Systems; Amendment to the List 2 Rule and 
     Partial Delay of Reporting of Monitoring Results'' (FRL7048-
     8) received on August 30, 2001; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3639. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Ozone Attainment Plan 
     and Finding of Failure to Attain; State of California, San 
     Francisco

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     Bay Area'' (FRL7048-1) received on August 30, 2001; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3640. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Clean Air Act Final Full Approval of Operating 
     Permit Programs; North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, and 
     Western North Carolina'' (FRL7047-2) received on August 30, 
     2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3641. A communication from the Deputy Inspector General, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Audit Report on Superfund Financial Transactions for Fiscal 
     Year 2000; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3642. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final 
     Designation of Critical Habitat for Sidalcea oregana var. 
     calva (Wenatchee Mountains checker-mallow)'' (RIN1018-AH05) 
     received on September 4, 2001; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3643. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final 
     Designation of Critical Habitat for the Kootenai River 
     Population of the White Sturgeon'' (RIN1018-AH06) received on 
     September 4, 2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3644. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Maryland; Control of VOC Emissions from 
     Marine Vessels Coating Operations'' (FRL7049-3) received on 
     September 4, 2001; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3645. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``FY02 Wetland Program Development Grants 
     Guidelines'' (FRL7047-9) received on September 4, 2001; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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