[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 139 (Friday, October 3, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12447-S12448]
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-4643. A communication from the Chairman, International 
     Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Commission's report on The Impact of the Caribbean Basin 
     Economic Recovery Act (CBERA); to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-4644. A communication from the Chairman, International 
     Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Commission's report on the Andean Trade Preference Act 
     (ATPA)--Impact on U.S. Industries and Consumers and on Drug 
     Crop Eradication

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     and Crop Substitution; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-4645. A communication from the Chairman, International 
     Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Commission's Strategic Plan which covers the fiscal period 
     2003 through 2008; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-4646. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to the Arms 
     Export Control Act, the report of a proposed license for the 
     export of defense articles or defense services sold 
     commercially under a contract in the amount of $50,000,000 or 
     more to Taiwan; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-4647. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to the Arms 
     Export Control Act, the report of a proposed license for the 
     export of defense articles or defense services sold 
     commercially under a contract in the amount of $50,000,000 or 
     more to Algeria and the United Kingdom; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-4648. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to the Arms 
     Export Control Act, the report of a proposed license for the 
     export of defense articles that are firearms controlled under 
     category I of the United States Munitions List sold 
     commercially under a contract in the amount of $1,000,000 or 
     more to Colombia; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-4649. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to the Emergency 
     Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, the report of a 
     license for the export of items in the national interest of 
     the United States to Iraq; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-4650. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management and the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to funding 
     for benefits attributable to the military service of current 
     and former employees of the Postal Service; to the Committee 
     on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-4651. A communication from the Archivist of the United 
     States, transmitting, the Strategic Plan of the National 
     Archives and Records Administration; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-4652. A communication from the Postmaster General, 
     United States Postal Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     two reports relative to military service of current and 
     former Postal Service employees and a proposal to expend 
     savings accrued to the Postal Service as a result of P.L. 
     108-18; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-4653. A communication from the Chairman, National 
     Capital Planning Commission, transmitting, a report entitled 
     ``Designing for Security in the Nation's Capitol''; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-4654. A communication from the Secretary of Labor, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a letter relative to the 
     Department of Labor's expenditure of a portion of the special 
     $1000 filing fees paid by employers who seek access to H-1B 
     nonimmigrant employees; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-4655. A communication from the Secretary of Labor, 
     transmitting, the Department of Labor's Strategic Plan for 
     Fiscal Years 2003 through 2008; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-4656. A communication from the Railroad Retirement 
     Board, transmitting, the Board's Strategic Plan for 2003 
     through 2008; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
       EC-4657. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Charitable 
     Choice Regulations Applicable to States Receiving Substance 
     Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grants, Projects for 
     Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, Formula Grants, 
     and to Public and Private Receiving Discretionary Funding 
     from SAMHSA'' (RIN0930-A11) received on September 30, 2003; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-4658. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Charitable 
     Choice Provisions Applicable to Programs Authorized Under the 
     Community Services Block Grant Act'' (RIN0970-AC13) received 
     on September 30, 2003; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-4659. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Charitable 
     Choice Provisions Applicable to the Temporary Assistance for 
     Needy Families Program'' (RIN0970-AC12) received on September 
     30, 2003; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-4660. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medicare 
     Program; Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2004'' (RIN0938-
     AM67) received on September 30, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-4661. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     activities and operations of the Public Integrity Section, 
     Criminal Division , and reporting nationwide Federal law 
     enforcement effort against public corruption; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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