[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 111 (Thursday, July 24, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S9902]
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                   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-3439. A communication from the Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Bacillus 
     Subtilis Var. Amyloliquefacines Stain FZB24; Exemption from 
     the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL7309-8) received on July 
     23, 2003 ; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-3440. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, 
     two pieces of proposed legislation relative to the Emergency 
     Food and Shelter Program; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3441. A communication from the Chief, Regulations Unit, 
     Internal Revenue Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Variable Contracts'' (Rev. Rul. 
     2003-92) received on July 22, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-3442. A communication from the Chief, Regulations Unit, 
     Internal Revenue Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Section 269B Notice'' (Notice 
     2003-50) received on July 22, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-3443. A communication from the Chief, Regulations Unit, 
     Internal Revenue Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Reallocation of Income and 
     Deductions Among Unrelated Parties to a Lease Strip'' (Rev. 
     Rul. 2003-96) received on July 22, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-3444. A communication from the Chief, Regulations Unit, 
     Internal Revenue Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Update of Notice 95-53 (Lease 
     Stripping)'' (Notice 2003-55) received on July 22, 2003; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3445. A communication from the Chief, Regulations Unit, 
     Internal Revenue Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Equity Investments Prior to a New 
     Markets Credit Allocation'' (Notice 2003-56) received on July 
     22, 2003; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3446. A communication from the Chief, Regulations Unit, 
     Internal Revenue Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Variable Contracts'' (Rev Rul. 
     2003-91) received on July 22, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-3447. A communication from the Chief, Regulations Unit, 
     Internal Revenue Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``TD: Prohibited Allocations of 
     Securities in an S Corporation'' (RIN1545-BC33) received on 
     July 22, 2003; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3448. A communication from the Chief, Regulations Unit, 
     Internal Revenue Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Applicable Federal Rates-August 
     2003'' (Rev. Rul. 2003-94) received on July 22, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-3449. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC-MPC 
     Revision'' (RIN3150-AH20) received on July 22, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3450. A communication from the Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Protection 
     of Stratospheric Ozone: Ban on Trade of Methyl Bromide with 
     Non-Parties to Montreal Protocol'' (FRL7529-6) received on 
     July 23, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3451. A communication from the Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Revised 
     Motor Vehicle Emissions Inventories for 1996, 2005, and 2007 
     and Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for 2005 and 2007 Using 
     MOBILE6'' (FRL7535-4) received on July 23, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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