[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 127 (Wednesday, October 2, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H6981]
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:

       9469. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Pork 
     Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order: Rules 
     and Regulations-Decrease in Assessment Rate and Decrease of 
     Importer Assessments [No. LS-02-09] received September 26, 
     2002, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       9470. A letter from the Administrator, Regulatory Contact, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- United States Standards for Milled Rice -- 
     received September 26, 2002, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       9471. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development, transmitting a report of a violation 
     of the Antideficiency Act by the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1351; to the 
     Committee on Appropriations.
       9472. A letter from the Director, Corporate Policy and 
     Research Department, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 
     transmitting the Corporation's final rule -- Benefits Payable 
     in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in 
     Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing and 
     Paying Benefits -- received October 1, 2002, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       9473. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Clinical 
     Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices; Reclassification 
     of Cyclosporine and Tacrolimus Assays [Docket Nos. 01P-0119 
     and 01P-0235] received October 1, 2002, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       9474. A letter from the White House Liaison, Department of 
     Education, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       9475. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish 
     and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting a draft bill approving the location of a 
     Memorial to former President John Adams and his legacy in the 
     Nation's Capital; to the Committee on Resources.
       9476. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish 
     and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Injurious 
     Wildlife Species; Snakeheads (family Channidae) (RIN: 1018-
     AI36) received October 1, 2002, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9477. A letter from the Director, Office of Hearings and 
     Appeals, Department of Interior, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Special Rules Applicable to 
     Surface Coal Mining Hearings and Appeals (RIN: 1090-AA82) 
     received October 1, 2002, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       9478. 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; 
     Thornyhead Rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the 
     Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 011218304-1304-01; I.D. 091902E] 
     received October 1, 2002, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       9479. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule -- Salary Offset Procedures for 
     Collecting Debts Owed by Federal Employees to the Federal 
     Government (RIN: 3150-AG96) received September 26, 2002, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       9480. A letter from the Actig Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge 
     Operation Regulations; Hobe Sound bridge (SR 708), Atlantic 
     Intracoastal Waterway, mile 996.0, Hobe Sound, Martin County, 
     FL [CGD07-02-119] received October 1, 2002, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9481. A letter from the Acting Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Special Local 
     Regulations for Marine Events; Cape Fear River, Wilmington, 
     NC [CGD05-02-075] (RIN: 2115-AE46) received October 1, 2002, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9482. A letter from the Acting Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; Gulf 
     Intracoastal Waterway Mile 134.0, Cypremort Point, Louisiana 
     [COTP Morgan City-02-004] (RIN: 2115-AA97) received October 
     1, 2002, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9483. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- 
     Examination of returns and claims for refund, credit, or 
     abatement; determination of correct tax liability (Rev. Proc. 
     2002-63) received September 30, 2002, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       9484. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Department 
     of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Medicare Program; Supplementary Medical 
     Insurance Premium Surcharge Agreements [CMS-1221-F] (RIN: 
     0938-AK42) received September 27, 2002, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Committees on Energy and 
     Commerce and Ways and Means.
       9485. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Department 
     of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Programs of 
     All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); Program Revisions 
     [CMS-1201-IFC] (RIN: 0938-AL59) received September 27, 2002, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Committees 
     on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

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