[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 168 (Wednesday, November 19, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H11648-H11649]
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:

       5468. A letter from the Principal Deputy, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the Department's report entitled 
     ``Effects of FY 2000 Compensation Initiatives on Recruiting 
     and Retention,'' pursuant to 37 U.S.C. 1015, Public Law 106--
     65, section 673; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       5469. A letter from the Chairman and Secretary, Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting Pursuant to section 103(d) of the 
     Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, a report concerning financial holding 
     companies; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       5470. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a copy of the 
     determination and memorandum of justification pursuant to 
     Section 2(b)(6) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as 
     amended; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       5471. A letter from the Senior Staff Attorney, United 
     States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, transmitting 
     an opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the 
     District of Columbia Circuit (No. 03-1407 -- Maroni v. Pemi-
     Baker Regional School District (October 9, 2003)); to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       5472. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting an annual report to the President and 
     to the Congress on the audit of the Telecommunications 
     Development Fund, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 614; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       5473. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     report entitled, ``Preliminary Fleet Alternative Fuel 
     Vehicles Program Report for Fiscal Year 2003'' October 20, 
     2003, pursuant to Public Law 105--388; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       5474. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Commuications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), FM Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast 
     Stations. (Magnolia, Arkansas and Oil City, Louisiana) [MB 
     Docket No. 02-199 RM-10514] received October 28, 2003, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       5475. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communication Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast 
     Stations. (DeRidder, De Quincy, and Merryville, Louisiana and 
     Newton, Texas) [MM Docket No. 02-56 RM-10391 RM-10581] 
     received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5476. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communication Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast 
     Stations. (Washington, Watkinsville, Gray, Forsyth, Irwinton, 
     and Atlanta, Georgia) [MM Docket No. 01-281 RM-10287] 
     received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5477. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.622(b), Table of Allotments, Digital Television 
     Broadcast Stations. (Conway, South Carolina) [MB Docket No. 
     03-110 RM-10700] received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5478. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b) Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations. 
     (Broken Bow, Oklahoma) [MM Docket No. 01-209 RM-10224] 
     received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5479. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Mass Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast 
     Stations. (Taccoa, Sugar Hill, and Lawrenceville Georgia] 
     received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5480. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.606(b), Table of Allotments, Television Broadcast 
     Stations; and 73.622(b), Table of Allotments, Digital 
     Broadcast Television Stations (Asheville, North Carolina and 
     Greenville, South Carolina) [MB Docket No. 02-363 RM-10604] 
     received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5481. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast 
     Stations. (Okmulgee and Glenpool, Oklahoma) [MM Docket No. 
     02-15 RM-10364] received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5482. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), FM Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast 
     Stations. (Depoe Bay, Garibaldi, Cottage Grove, Veneta and 
     Toledo, Oregon) [MB Docket No. 02-255 RM-10524] received 
     October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5483. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast 
     Stations. (Auburn, Northport, Tuscaloosa, Camp Hill, 
     Gardendale, Homewood, Birmingham, Dadeville, Orrville, 
     Goodwater, Pine Level, Jemison, and Thomaston, Alabama) [MM 
     Docket No. 01-104 RM-10103 RM-10323 RM-10324] received 
     October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5484. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast 
     Stations. (Wapanucka, Oklahoma) [MM Dkt No.01-181 RM-10201]; 
     (Evant, Texas) [MM Dkt No.01-188 RM-10203]; (Comanche, Texas) 
     [MM Dkt No.01-190 RM-10210]; (Hollis, Oklahoma) [MM Dkt 
     No.01-217 RM-10236]; (Santa Anna, Texas) [MM Dkt No.01-220 
     RM-10239]; (Mooreland, Oklahoma) [MM Dkt No.01-226 RM-10254]; 
     (Junction, Texas) [MM Dkt No.01-228 RM-10256]; (Alton, 
     Missouri) [MM Dkt No.01-233 RM-10261]; (Taos, New Mexico) [MM 
     Dkt No.01-282 RM-10293]; (McCamey, Texas) [MM D kt No.01-283 
     RM-10294]; (Dickens, Texas) [MM Dkt No.01-284 RM-10295]; 
     (Hamlin, Texas) to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5485. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Mass Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast 
     Stations. (Macon, Mississippi) [MM Docket No. 01-38 RM-10064] 
     received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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       5486. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.622(b), Table of Allotments, Digital Television 
     Broadcast Stations. (Sault Saint Marie, Michigan) [MB Docket 
     No. 02-83 RM-10404] received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5487. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Mass Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast 
     Stations. (Old Fort, Fletcher, and Asheville, North Carolina; 
     Surgoinville, Tennessee, and Augusta, GA) [MM Docket No. 01-
     175 RM-10197] received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5488. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of the 
     Television Table of Allotments to Delete Noncommercial 
     Reservation to Channel 16, 482-488 MHz, Pittsburgh, 
     Pennsylvania [MM Docket No. 01-276 Facility ID Number 41314] 
     received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5489. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Chief, 
     Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of Section 73.202(b) 
     Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations. (Kernville, 
     California) [MB Docket No. 03-111 RM-10701] received October 
     28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       5490. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Chief, 
     Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of Section 
     73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations. 
     (Othello and Basin City, Washington) [MB Docket No. 03-25 RM-
     10637] received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5491. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Chief, 
     Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of Section 
     73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations. 
     (Roundup, Montana) [MB Docket No. 02-127 RM-10449] received 
     October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5492. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Chief, 
     Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of Section 
     73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations. 
     (Orange, Midlothian, and South Hill, Virginia, and 
     Reidsville, North Carolina) [MB Docket No. 03-47 RM-10592] 
     received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5493. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Chief, 
     Mass Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast 
     stations. (Farmington, Grass Valley, Jackson, Lindon, 
     Placerville and Fair Oaks, California, and Carson City and 
     Sun Valley, Nevada) [MM Docket No. 90-189 RM-6904 RM-7114 RM-
     7186 RM-7415 RM-7298] received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       5494. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Chief, 
     Mass Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast 
     Stations. (Cadiz and Oak Grove, Kentucky) [MM Docket No. 93-
     314 RM-8396] received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5495. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor, Media Bureau, 
     Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule -- Amendment of Section 73.202(b), 
     Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations. (Savannah, 
     Springfield and Tybee Island, Georgia) [MB Docket No. 03-119 
     RM-10694] received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5496. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Consumer & 
     Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- 
     Provision of Improved Telecommunications Relay Services and 
     Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and 
     Speech Disabilities [CC Docket No. 98-67] received October 
     28, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       5497. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau 
     Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications COmmission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast 
     Stations. (Marion and Johnston City, Illinois) [MB Docket No. 
     03-13 RM-10628] received October 28, 2003, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committeeon Energy and Commerce.
       5498. A letter from the Director, International 
     Cooperation, Department of Defense, transmitting a copy of 
     Transmittal 20-03 informing of an intent to sign the Second 
     Amendment to the Addendum to the Multilateral Memorandum of 
     Understanding (MMOU) on NATO Airborne Early Warning and 
     Control (AEW&C), pursuant to Section 27(f) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act and Section 1(f) of Executive Order 11958, 
     pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2767(f); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       5499. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting certification of a 
     proposed license for the export of major defense equipment 
     and defense articles to the United Kingdom (Transmittal No. 
     DTC 108-03), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c); to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
       5500. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting certification of a 
     proposed license for the export of major defense equipment 
     and defense articles to the Czech Republic (Transmittal No. 
     DDTC 114-03), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c); to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
       5501. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting notification of 
     export of Items to Iraq in the National Interest of the 
     United States pursuant to section 1504 of the Emergency 
     Wartime Supplemental Appropriation Act, 2003 (Transmittal No. 
     DTC 03IZ-03); to the Committee on International Relations.
       5502. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report 
     concerning Cuban emigration policies, pursuant to Public Law 
     105--277, section 2245; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       5503. A letter from the Inspector General, Department of 
     the Interior, transmitting the Department's inventory of 
     commercial and inherently governmental activities prepared in 
     accordance with the Federal Activities Reform (FAIR) Act of 
     1998 (P.L. 105-270) and the Office of Management and Budget 
     (OMB) Circular No. A-76; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       5504. A letter from the Chairman and Chief Executive 
     Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting the 
     semiannual report on the activities of the Office of 
     Inspector General for the period April 1, 2003 through 
     September 30, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. 
     Act) section 8G(h)(2); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       5505. A letter from the Director, Office of Management and 
     Budget, transmitting a report entitled ``Statistical Programs 
     of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 2004,'' pursuant 
     to 44 U.S.C. 3504(e)(2); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       5506. A letter from the Register of Copyrights and Under 
     Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Copyright 
     Office and the Patent and Trademark Office, transmitting a 
     copy of the joint report on the effectiveness of the Vessel 
     Hull Design Protection Act, as mandated by section 504 of the 
     Digital Millennium Copyright Act and section 5005 of the 
     Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       5507. A letter from the Chair, United States Sentencing 
     Commission, transmitting an emergency ammendment passed by 
     unanimous vote on October 8, 2003, and the accompanying 
     report in response to section 401(m) of the Prosecutorial 
     Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children 
     Today Act of 2003, Pub. L. No. 108-21 (the ``PROTECT Act''); 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       5508. A letter from the Deputy Director, Bureau of 
     Transportation Statistics, transmitting the Transportation 
     Statistics Annual Report 2003, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111(j); 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       5509. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Border and 
     Transportation Security, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's Annual Report of the Task Force 
     on the Prohibition of Importation of Products of Forced or 
     Prison Labor from the People's Republic of China, pursuant to 
     22 U.S.C. 6961; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       5510. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting notification of funding transfers made during FY 
     2003, as required by section 8005 of the Department of 
     Defense Appropriations Acts, 2001, 2002, and 2003; and 
     section 1001 of the National Defense Authorization Acts for 
     fiscal years (FY) 2001, 2002, and 2003; and notification of 
     funding transfers made during FY 2003 under the authority of 
     the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, the 
     Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003, and the 
     Homeland Security Act, 2003; jointly to the Committees on 
     Armed Services and Appropriations.
       5511. A letter from the Attorney General and Secretary, 
     Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting the sixth Annual Report on the Health Care Fraud 
     and Abuse Control (HCFAC) Program for Fiscal Year 2002, 
     pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395i; jointly to the Committees on 
     Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.

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