[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 105 (Wednesday, September 8, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H6895-H6897]
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:

       9416. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report on U.S. 
     military personnel and U.S. individual civilians retained

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     as contractors involved in supporting Plan Colombia, pursuant 
     to Public Law 106-246, section 3204 (f) (114 Stat. 577); to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       9417. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary for 
     Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting notification that the Group II Mission 
     Computer Replacement Program (GrIIM RePr), manufactured by 
     Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST), is a commercial 
     item and, therefore, is excluded from core logistics 
     capability requirements, as well as the justification for 
     such a decision, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2464(c); to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       9418. A letter from the Principal Deputy Under Secretary 
     for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting Authorization of Major General John F. Sattler, 
     United States Marine Corps, to wear the insignia of the grade 
     of lieutenant general in accordance with title 10, United 
     States Code, section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       9419. A letter from the Principal Deputy Under Secretary 
     for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting authorization of the enclosed list of officers 
     to wear the insignia of the next higher grade in accordance 
     with title 10, United States Code, section 777; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       9420. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department's quarterly report as of June 30, 
     2004, entitled, ``Acceptance of contributions for defense 
     programs, projects and activities; Defense Cooperation 
     Account,'' pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2608; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       9421. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting notification with respect to 
     a proposed Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) to sell 
     defense articles and services, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b); 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
       9422. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a 
     report covering defense articles and services that were 
     licensed for export under section 38 of the Arms Export 
     Control Act during FY 2002, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c); to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
       9423. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the 
     Department's annual report entitled ``Report to Congress on 
     Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Studies 
     Completed in 2003,'' pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2579; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       9424. A letter from the Chairman, Christopher Columbus 
     Fellowship Foundation, transmitting pursuant to the 
     Accountability of Tax Dollars Act, the Foundation's quarterly 
     financial statement, prepared by the U.S. General Services 
     Administration; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       9425. A letter from the Executive Director, Consumer 
     Product Safety Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     inventories of Commercial and Inherently Governmental 
     Activities for Year 2004 as pursuant to the Federal 
     Activities Inventory Reform Act; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       9426. A letter from the Chief Executive Officer, 
     Corporation for National and Community Service, transmitting 
     the semiannual report of the Office of the Inspector General 
     for the period October 1, 2003 through March 31, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) section 5(b); to 
     the Committee on Government Reform.
       9427. A letter from the Director, Office of White House 
     Liaison, Department of Commerce, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       9428. A letter from the Director, Office of White House 
     Liaison, Department of Commerce, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       9429. A letter from the Director, Office of White House 
     Liaison, Department of Commerce, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       9430. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary for 
     Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting in accordance with Section 647(b) of Division F 
     of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY 2004, Pub. L. 108-
     199, and the Office of Management and Budget Memorandum 04-
     07, the Department's report on competitive sourcing efforts 
     for FY 2003; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       9431. A letter from the White House Liaison, Department of 
     Education, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       9432. A letter from the White House Liaison, Department of 
     Education, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       9433. A letter from the White House Liaison, Department of 
     Education, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       9434. A letter from the Director, Office of Human Resources 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       9435. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       9436. A letter from the Office of the District of Columbia 
     Auditor, transmitting a report entitled, ``Contract Awarded 
     by the Water and Sewer Authority Was Poorly Monitored and 
     Managed''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       9437. A letter from the Office of the District of Columbia 
     Auditor, transmitting a report entitled, ``Certification of 
     the Sufficiency of the Washington Convention Center 
     Authority's Projected Revenue and Excess Reserve to Meet 
     Projected Operating and Debt Service Expenditures and Reserve 
     Requirements for FY 2005''; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       9438. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting the 2003 Annual Report for the Office 
     of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), pursuant 
     to 30 U.S.C. 1211(f), 1267(g), and 1295; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       9439. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Policy, 
     Management and Budget, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting a draft bill ``To amend the Federal Land 
     Transaction Facilitation Act of July 25, 2000 to remove the 
     timeframe that limits the Secretary of the Interior's use of 
     decisions in the Bureau of Land Management land use plans to 
     dispose of lands, to reallocate funds for land acquisitions 
     and other uses, to extend the sunset provision currently 
     contained in the Act and for other purposes''; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       9440. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting a letter responding to 
     the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000's grant 
     reporting requirement with respect to Fiscal Years 2002 and 
     2003 funds and conveys, for greater clarity of the DNA 
     analysis backlog issue, the study to assess the number of 
     untested rape examination kits that currently exist 
     nationwide, as required by Pub. L. 107-273, the 21st Century 
     Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       9441. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended--Elimination of 
     Crew List Visas [Public Notice: 4654] (RIN: 1400-AB49) 
     received July 30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       9442. 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 
     First Circuit (No. 03-1922 -- Dieudonna Georcely v. John 
     Ashcroft (July 12, 2004)); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       9443. 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 
     First Circuit (No.03-1922 -- Dieudonna Georcely v. John 
     Ashcroft (July 12, 2004)); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       9444. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge 
     Operation Regulations; White River, Clarendon, Arkansas 
     [CGD08-04-022] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received August 4, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9445. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge 
     Operation Regulations; Rigolets Pass, New Orleans, LA. 
     [CGD08-04-025] received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9446. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge 
     Operation Regulations: Newtown Creek, Dutch Kills, English 
     Kills, and their tributaries, NY. [CGD01-04-076] received 
     August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9447. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge 
     Operation Regulation: Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, LA 
     [CGD08-04-026] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received August 4, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9448. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge 
     Operation Regulations: Jamaica Bay and connecting waterways, 
     NY. [CGD01-04-080] received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9449. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge 
     Operation Regulations: Raritan River, NJ. [CGD01-04-091] 
     received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9450. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge

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     Operation Regulations; CSX Railroad, Manatee River Mile 4.5, 
     Bradenton, FL. [CGD07-04-015] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received 
     August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9451. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge 
     Operation Regulations: Mystic River, MA [CGD01-04-030] (RIN: 
     1625-AA09) received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9452. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Security Zone 
     Regulations; Elliot Bay and Lake Washington, WA [CGD-13-04-
     033] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9453. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Regulated 
     Navigation Areas, Anchorage Grounds, Safety and Security 
     Zones; Tall Ships Rhode Island 2004, Narragansett Bay, Rhode 
     Island [CGD01-04088] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received August 4, 
     2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9454. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Security Zone; 
     Cape Fear River, Eagle Island, North Carolina State Port 
     Authority Terminal, Wilmington, NC [CGD05-04-116] (RIN: 1625-
     AA87) received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9455. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Shelter Cove, Hilton Head Island, SC [COTP Savannah-04-066] 
     (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9456. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; Time 
     Warner Cable Fireworks -- Boston, Massachusetts [CGD01-04-
     081] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9457. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Democratic Governors Association Fireworks Display -- Boston, 
     Massachusetts [CGD01-04-046] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 
     4, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9458. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Bridge Demolition, Raritan River, Perth Amboy, NJ [CGD01-04-
     087] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9459. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Security Zones; 
     Democratic National Convention, Boston, MA [CGD01-04-002] 
     (RIN: 1625-AA87) received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9460. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Security Zone; 
     Captain of the Port Hampton Roads Zone, Hampton Roads, VA 
     [CGD05-04-067] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received August 4, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9461. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Security Zone; 
     Ohio River Mile 119.0 to 119.8, Natrium, WV [COTP Pittsburgh-
     03-030] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9462. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Security Zone: 
     Coronado Bay Bridge, San Diego, California [COTP San Diego 
     04-015] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9463. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zones; 
     Coast Guard Activities New York Fireworks Displays [CGD01-03-
     102] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9464. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zones; 
     Northeast Ohio [CGD09-03-202] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received 
     August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9465. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Lower Mississippi River Mile Marker 778.0 to 781.0, Osceola, 
     AR [COTP Memphis 04-001] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 4, 
     2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9466. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone: 
     Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and Connecting Waters, 
     Vicinity of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina 
     [CGD05-03-167] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 4, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9467. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Special Local 
     Regulations; Annual Kennewick, Washington, Columbia Unlimited 
     Hydroplane Races [CGD13-04-034] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received 
     August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9468. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Special Local 
     Regulations for Marine Events; Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic City, 
     NJ [CGD05-04-129] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received August 4, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9469. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Enforcement of 
     SOLAS Requirements [USCG-2004-17615] received August 4, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9470. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Unauthorized 
     entry in Cuban territorial waters [USCG-2004-17509] (RIN: 
     1625-AA86) received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9471. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Mandatory Ballast 
     Water Management Program for U.S. Waters [USCG-2003-14273] 
     (RIN: 1625-AA52) received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9472. A letter from the USCG Office of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Carriage of 
     Navigation Equipment for Ships on International Voyages 
     [USCG-2002-13057] received August 4, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       9473. A letter from the Attorney, Office of Aviation 
     Enforcement and Proceedings, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Civil Penalties 
     [Docket No. OST-2004-18560] (RIN: 2105-AD40) received July 
     14, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       9474. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting notification of his intention to 
     designate Iraq as a beneficiary developing country under the 
     Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)any such designation, 
     pursuant to Public Law 104--188, section 1952(a)(110 Stat. 
     1917); (H. Doc. No. 108--211); to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means and ordered to be printed.
       9475. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a semi-annual 
     report to Congress on the continued compliance of Armenia, 
     Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, the Russian Federation, 
     Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan with the Trade Act's 
     freedom of emigration provisions, as required under the 
     Jackon-Vanik Amendment, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2432(c) and (d) 
     19 U.S.C. 2439(b); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       9476. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's report entitled, 
     ``Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act 
     Pilot Project Status Report to Congress FY 2003''; jointly to 
     the Committees on Resources and Agriculture.
       9477. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
     Economic Development Administration, transmitting the annual 
     report on the activities of the Economic Development 
     Administration for Fiscal Year 2002, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
     3217; jointly to the Committees on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure and Financial Services.

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