[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 71 (Tuesday, June 4, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4965-S4966]
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-7276. A communication from the Chairman of the Federal 
     Election Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Brokerage Loans and Lines of 
     Credit'' received on May 30, 2002; to the Committee on Rules 
     and Administration.
       EC-7277. A communication from the Deputy Commissioner for 
     Education Statistics, Office of Educational Research and 
     Improvement, Department of Education, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the annual statistical report of the National Center 
     for Education Statistics for 2002; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7278. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Office of General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``National Security; Prevention of 
     Acts of Violence and Terrorism'' (RIN1120-AB08) received on 
     June 3, 2002; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-7279. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Vinclozonlin; Tolerance Revocations and Notice of 
     Channels of Trade Provision Guidance'' (FRL6835-6) received 
     on May 30, 2002; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-7280. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Methyl Parathion and Ethyl Parathion; Tolerance 
     Revocations'' (FRL7179-9) received on May 30 , 2002; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7281. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Cyhalofop-butyl; Time-Limited Pesticide 
     Tolerance'' (FRL7178-5) received on May 30, 2002; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7282. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Change in Disease Status of Estonia with Regard to 
     Rinderpest and Foot-and-Mouth Disease'' (Doc. No. 01-041-2) 
     received on May 31, 2002; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7283. A communication from the Acting General Counsel of 
     the Department of Defense, transmitting, a draft of proposed 
     legislation relative to interest payments on student loans 
     for service in the Armed Forces; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-7284. A communication from the Assistant to the 
     Secretary of Defense, Nuclear and Chemical and Biological 
     Defense Programs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Annual 
     Report on Chemical and Biological Defense Program dated April 
     2002 and a report on the Chemical and Biological Defense 
     Program for Fiscal Years 2001 through 2003; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       EC-7285. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense, Acquisition and Technology, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the Independent Study of Secondary Inventory and 
     Parts Shortages Report; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7286. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense, Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Fiscal Year 2001 
     Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Annual 
     Information Assurance Report; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-7287. A communication from the Deputy Secretary of 
     Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Joint Medial 
     Executive Skills Program Report; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-7288. A communication from the Deputy Secretary of 
     Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the Air Force pursuing a multiyear contract for the C-17 
     aircraft to the Boeing Company and a multiyear contract to 
     the United Technologies Corporation, Pratt and Whitney 
     Aircraft Group for the engines; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-7289. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense, Comptroller, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to the Navy pursuing a multiyear contract for F/A-
     18E/F aircraft engines for Fiscal Years 2002 through 2006; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7290. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Locating , Recording, and Maintaining Mining 
     Claims or Sites'' (RIN1004-AD52) received on May 30, 2002; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-7291. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Kentucky 
     Regulatory Program'' (KY-235-FOR) received on May 31, 2002; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-7292. A communication from the General Counsel, Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Standards for Business 
     Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline'' (Doc. No. 
     RM96-1-019) received on June 3, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-7293. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Law, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
     Energy, Department of Energy, transmitting,

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     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Energy 
     Conservation Program for Consumer Products; Central Air 
     Conditioners and Heat Pumps Energy Conservation Standards'' 
     (RIN1904-AA77) received on June 3, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-7294. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
     Pollutants for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production'' 
     (FRL7222-4) received on May 30, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7295. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Revision to Regulations Implementing the Federal 
     Permits Program in Areas for Which the Indian Country Status 
     is Question'' (FRL7221-6) received on May 30, 2002; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7296. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 
     Modifications to Reformulated Gasoline Covered Area 
     Provisions'' (FRL7222-5) received on May 30, 2002; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7297. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
     Pollutants for Source Categories: Generic Maximum Achievable 
     Control Technology Standards'' (FRL7222-3) received on May 
     30, 2002; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7298. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles; 
     Second Amendment to the Tier 2/Gasoline Sulfur Regulations'' 
     (FRL7221-9) received on May 30, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7299. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles; 
     Amendment to the Tier 2/Gasoline Sulfur Regulations'' 
     (FRL7221-5) received on May 30, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7300. 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 Approval of Revisions to Operating 
     Permits Program in Oregon'' (FRL7223-5) received on May 30, 
     2002; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7301. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval of the Clean Air Act, Section 112(1), 
     Delegation of Authority to the Oregon Department of 
     Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Pollution 
     Authority'' (FRL7223-3) received on May 30, 2002; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7302. 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; 
     Indiana'' (FRL7213-5) received on May 30, 2002; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7303. 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, Ventura County, Air Pollution Control District'' 
     (FRL7219-2) received on May 30, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7304. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Notice of 
     Modification of Beneficiary Assessment Requirements for 
     Skilled Nursing Facilities'' (CMS-1209-N) received on May 30, 
     2002; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7305. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Health Insurance Reform: Standard 
     Unique Health Identifier for Health Care Providers'' 
     (RIN0938-AH99) received on May 30, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-7306. A communication from the Commissioner of the 
     Social Security Administration, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Annual Report of the Supplemental Security Income 
     Program for 2002; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7307. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Loss Limitation Rules'' (RIN7545-BA74) received on May 31, 
     2002; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7308. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Loss Limitation Rules'' (RIN1545-BA52) received on May 31, 
     2002; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7309. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Rev. Proc. 2002-30'' (RP-124153-02) received on May 31, 
     2002; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7310. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Plan Amendment as a Result of Final and Temporary Minimum 
     Distribution Regulations'' (Rev. Proc. 2002-29) received on 
     May 31, 2002; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7311. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Carryback of Consolidated Net Operating Losses to Separate 
     Return Years'' (RIN1545-BA76; TD8997) received on May 31, 
     2002; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7312. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Importation of Distilled Spirits, Wines, 
     and Beer; Recodification of Regulations'' (RIN1512-AC47) 
     received on June 3, 2002; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7313. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, Presidential 
     Determination Number 2002-21, relative to the Republic of 
     Belarus; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7314. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``Clinical Preventive Services for Older 
     Americans''; to the Committee on Finance.

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