[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 81 (Monday, June 14, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6732-S6734]
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-7886. A communication from the Secretary, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative 
     to the Department's competitive sourcing policy and Fiscal 
     Year 2004 Budget for Contracting out in accordance with 
     Division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7887. A communication from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     Department of Agriculture's Fiscal Year 2003 Competitive 
     Sourcing Efforts; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.

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       EC-7888. A communication from the Chairman and Chief 
     Executive, Office of General Counsel, Farm Credit 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Loan Policy and Operations; Funding and 
     Fiscal Affairs; Loan Policies and Operations, and Funding 
     Operations; OFI Lending'' received on June 9, 2004; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7889. A communication from the Director, Economic and 
     Policy Analysis Staff, Farm Service Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``2002 Farm 
     Bill--Conservation Reserve Program--Long Term Policy'' 
     (RIN0560-AG74) received on June 9, 2004; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7890. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Animal Welfare; Definition of 
     Animal'' (Doc. No. 98-106-3) received on June 7, 2004; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7891. A communication from the Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Humates; 
     Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL#7361-6) 
     received on June 7, 2004; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7892. A communication from the Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Indoxacarb; 
     Tolerances for Residues; Technical Correction'' (FRL#7362-4) 
     received on June 7, 2004; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7893. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas'' (Doc. 
     No. 04-036-1) received on June 7, 2004; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7894. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas'' (Doc. No. 04-025-1) 
     received on June 7, 2004; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7895. A communication from the Executive Director, 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fees for Product 
     Review and Approval'' received on June 7, 2004; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7896. A communication from the Executive Director, 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fees for Reviews of 
     the Rule Enforcement Programs of Contract Markets and 
     Registered Futures Associations'' received on June 7, 2004; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7897. A communication from the Executive Director, 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``17 CFR Part 30 
     Foreign Futures and Options Transactions'' received on June 
     7, 2004; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-7898. A communication from the Executive Director, 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``In the Matter of 
     Intermarket Clearing Corporation--Request for Vacation from 
     Designation as Derivatives Clearing Organization'' received 
     on June 7, 2004; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-7899. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense, Comptroller, Department of Defense, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report of a violation of the 
     Antideficiency Act, case number 00-01, relative to the 75th 
     Division (Exercise) United States Army Reserves, Houston, 
     Texas; to the Committee on Appropriations.
       EC-7900. A communication from the Chairman, Technology and 
     Privacy Advisory Company, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Safeguarding Privacy in the Fight Against Terrorism''; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7901. A communication from the Register Liaison Officer, 
     Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``TRICARE 
     Program; Inclusion of Anesthesiologist Assistants as 
     Authorized Providers; Coverage of Cardiac Rehabilitation in 
     Freestanding Cardiac Rehabilitation Facilities'' (RIN0720-
     AA76) received on June 9, 2004; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-7902. A communication from the Register Liaison Officer, 
     Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``TRICARE 
     Program; Inclusion of Anesthesiologist Assistants as 
     Authorized Providers; Coverage of Cardiac Rehabilitation in 
     Freestanding Cardiac Rehabilitation Facilities'' (RIN0720-
     AA76) received on June 9, 2004; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-7903. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Executive and Political Personnel, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a vacancy in the position of Under 
     Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, Department of Defense, 
     received on June 7, 2004; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7904. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense, Comptroller, Department of Defense, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the Army, Navy, and Air 
     Force Defense Working Capital Funds.
       EC-7905. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a retirement; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7906. A communication from the Chairman, National Credit 
     Union Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Administration's 2003 Annual Report; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7907. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the six-month periodic report on the 
     national emergency with respect to the proliferation of 
     weapons of mass destruction that was declared in Executive 
     Order 12938 of November 14, 1994; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7908. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Bureau of 
     the Public Debt, Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``17 CFR Part 403, Government Securities Act Regulations: 
     Protection of Customer Securities and Balances; and Order 
     Regarding the Collateral Registered Government Securities 
     Brokers and Dealers Must Pledge When Borrowing Customer 
     Securities'' received on June 7, 2004; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7909. A communication from the General Counsel, National 
     Credit Union Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``12 C.F.R. Part 745--Share 
     Insurance; Living Trust Accounts'' received on June 7, 2004; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7910. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's report on the 
     circulation of the Golden Dollar coin; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7911. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
     Marine Fisheries Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries Off West Coast States 
     and in the Western Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2003 
     Management Measures'' (RIN0648-AQ17) received on June 9, 
     2004; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7912. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
     Marine Fisheries Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule to Implement the 
     Fishery Management Plan for the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery of 
     the Atlantic'' (RIN0648-AO63) received on June 9, 2004; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7913. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
     Marine Fisheries Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule; Annual Management 
     Measures and Sport Fishing Regulations for Area 2A Pacific 
     Halibut Fisheries; and Changes to the Catch Sharing Plan'' 
     (RIN0648-AR83) received on June 9, 2004; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7914. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; 
     Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Annual Specifications and 
     Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments'' (ID050704A) 
     received on June 9, 2004; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7915. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Apportionment of the Non-specified Reserve of Groundfish in 
     the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) to 
     Rock Sole'' received on June 9, 2004; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7916. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
     Marine Fisheries Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries Off West Coast States 
     and In the Western Pacific; Highly Migratory Species 
     Fisheries'' (RIN0648-AP42) received on June 9, 2004; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7917. A communication from the Director, Bureau of 
     Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``International Services Surveys: BE-45, Quarterly Survey of 
     Insurance Transactions by U.S . Insurance Companies with 
     Foreign Persons'' (RIN0691-AA53) received on June 9, 2004; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7918. A communication from the Director, Bureau of 
     Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``International Services Surveys: BE-85, Quarterly Survey of 
     Financial Services Transactions

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     Between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Unaffiliated 
     Foreign Persons'' (RIN0691-AA50) received on June 9, 2004; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7919. A communication from the Director, Bureau of 
     Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``International Services Surveys: BE-25, Quarterly Survey of 
     Transactions Between U.S. and Unaffiliated Foreign Persons in 
     Selected Services and in Intangible Assets'' (RIN0691-AA54) 
     received on June 9, 2004; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.

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