[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 45 (Thursday, March 20, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4164-S4165]
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, and were referred as 
indicated:

       EC-1670. A communication from the Director, Financial 
     Management, General Accounting Office, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the Fiscal Year 2002 Annual Report of the 
     Comptrollers' General Retirement System; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1671. A communication from the Archivist of the United 
     States, National Archives and Records Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Fiscal Year 2002 Annual 
     Report for the National Archives and Records Administration; 
     to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1672. A communication from the Chairman, United States 
     Merit Systems Protection Board, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report entitled ``The Federal Selection Interview: 
     Unrealized Potential'' received on March 17, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs .
       EC-1673. A communication from the Chairman, United States 
     International Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of the fourth edition of the Commission's 
     Strategic Plan and the Performance Plan for fiscal year (FY) 
     2002, received on March 17, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs .
       EC-1674. A communication from the Chairman, Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Commercial Activity Report for the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors (BBG), received on March 17, 2003; to the Committee 
     on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1675. A communication from the Secretary of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department of State 
     Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2002, 
     received on March 17, 2003; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-1676. A communication from the Chairman, Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Fiscal Year 2002 
     Performance Report, received on March 17, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs .
       EC-1677. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     relative to surplus real property transferred for public 
     health purposes, received on March 17, 2003; to the Committee 
     on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1678. A communication from the Chairman, Equal 
     Employment Opportunity Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Equal Opportunity Commission's Government 
     Performance and Results Act Fiscal Year 2002 Annual Program 
     Performance Report, received on March 17, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1679. A communication from the Chairman, Federal 
     Election Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Annual Report regarding the implementation of the Government 
     in the Sunshine Act for Calendar Year 2002, received on March 
     12, 2003; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1680. A communication from the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report relative 
     to a plan ensuring the elimination, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, of unwarranted disparities in the pay and 
     benefits of employees being transferred to the Department of 
     Homeland Security (DHS), received on March 12, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1681. A communication from the Comptroller General, 
     General Accounting Office, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     list of General Accounting Office reports for the month of 
     January 2003; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1682. A communication from the Chairman, Federal 
     Maritime Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Federal Maritime Commission's Annual Program Performance 
     Report covering Fiscal Year 2002, received on March 17, 2003; 
     to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1683. A communication from the Chairman and President, 
     Export-Import Bank, transmitting, the 2003 annual report for 
     the Export-Import Bank's Sub-Saharan African Initiative, 
     received on March 12, 2003; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1684. A communication from the Director, Regulations and 
     Management, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Listing of Color Additives Exempt from Certification; Mica-
     Based (Pearlescent Pigments; Confirmation of Effective Date) 
     (Doc . No. 00C-1321)'' received on March 17, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-1685. A communication from the Deputy Chief Counsel, 
     Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``31 CFR Parts 560-575--Authorization of Certain Humanitarian 
     Activities by Nongovernmental Organizations in Iraq and 
     Iran'' received on March 17, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-1686. A communication from the Deputy Chief Counsel, 
     Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Cuban Assets Control Regulations: Family and Educational 
     Travel-Related Transactions, Remittance of Inherited Funds, 
     Activities of Cuban Nationals in the United States, Support 
     for the Cuban People, Humanitarian Projects, and Technical 
     Amendments'' received on March 18, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-1687. A communication from the Chief, Regulations 
     Branch, Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Implementation of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug 
     Eradication Act (1515-AD19)'' received on March 18, 2003; to 
     the Committee on Finance .
       EC-1688. A communication from the Chief, Regulations 
     Branch, Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Trade Benefits Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act 
     (RIN 1515-AD20)'' received on March 17, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-1689. A communication from the Chief, Regulations 
     Branch, Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Compliance with Inflation Adjustment Act (RIN 1515-AD25)'' 
     received on March 17, 2003; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-1690. A communication from the Chief, Regulations 
     Branch, Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Trade Benefits Under Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act 
     (RIN 1515-AD22)'' received on March 17, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-1691. A communication from the Chief, Regulations 
     Branch, Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Entry of Certain Steel Products (RIN 1515-AD15)'' received 
     on March 17, 2003; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-1692. A communication from the Chief, Regulations 
     Branch, Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Deferral of Duty on Large Yachts Imported For Sale (RIN 
     1515-AC58)'' received on March 17, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-1693. A communication from the Deputy Secretary of 
     Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report relative 
     to options for sustaining the space launch industrial base 
     and developing an integrated, long-range, and adequately 
     funded plan for assuring access to space by the United 
     States, received on March 19, 2003; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-1694. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report relative to certification that 
     Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan,

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     Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are committed to the courses of 
     action described in section 1203(d) of the cooperative Threat 
     Reduction Act of 1993, received on March 18, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1695. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of 
     Missouri (FRL 7467-8)'' received on March 18, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1696. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of 
     Missouri (FRL 7468-1)'' received on March 18, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1697. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of 
     Missouri (FRL 7468-4)'' received on March 18, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1698. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Interim Final Determination to Stay and/or Defer Sanctions, 
     Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and San Joaquin 
     Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (FRL 7460-6)'' 
     received on March 18, 2003; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-1699. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Revision to the Arizona State Implementation Plans, Arizona 
     Department of Environmental Quality (FRL 7460-9)'' received 
     on March 18, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-1700. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Bay 
     Area Air Quality Management District, Sacramento Metropolitan 
     Air Quality Management District, and San Joaquin Valley 
     Unified Air Pollution Control District (FRL 7460-5)'' 
     received on March 18, 2003; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-1701. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, 
     Imperial County Air Pollution Control District, Mendocino 
     County Air Quality Management District, and Monterey Bay 
     Unified Air Pollution Control District (FRL 7456-6)'' 
     received on March 18, 2003; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-1702. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Revision to the California State Implementation Plan, 
     Imperial County Air Pollution Control District (FRL 7460-8)'' 
     received on March 18, 2003; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-1703. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``State Implementation Plan Revisions to Particulate Matter, 
     California--San Joaquin Valley (FRL 7470-6)'' received on 
     March 18, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-1704. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Withdrawal of Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and 
     Management Regulation and Revisions to the National Pollutant 
     Discharge Elimination System Program in Support of Revisions 
     to the Water Quality Planning and Management Regulations (FRL 
     7470-2)'' received on March 18, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1705. A communication from the Director, Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of 
     Endangered Status for the Sonoma County District Population 
     Segment of the California Tiger Salamander (1018-AI61)'' 
     received on March 18, 2003; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-1706. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Imazethapyr; Pesticide Tolerance (FRL7294-1)'' received on 
     March 18, 2003; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-1707. A communication from the Board of Director, 
     National Railroad Retirement Investment Board, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Annual Management report on operations 
     and financial condition; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1708. A communication from the Board Members, Railroad 
     Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, the calendar 
     year 2002 annual report, received on March 18, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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