[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 106 (Thursday, September 9, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H6994-H6996]
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:

       9478. A letter from the Principal Deputy Secretary for 
     Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     a report on the Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance 
     (FSSA) program, covering the period October 1, 2002, through 
     September 30, 2003, pursuant to 37 U.S.C. 402(a) Public Law 
     106-398, section 604(a); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       9479. A letter from the Actuary, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting an updated copy, current as of September 30, 
     2003, of a tabulation showing the distribution of DoD 
     military retirees and survivors by State and Congressional 
     districts as well as tabulations showing Congressional 
     district ranking by number of retirees and monthly annuity 
     payments from DoD; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       9480. A letter from the Director, Legislative and 
     Regulatory Activities Division, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Risk-Based 
     Capital Guidelines; Capital Adequacy Guidelines; Capital 
     Maintenance: Consolidation of Asset-Backed Commercial Paper 
     Programs and Other Related Issues [Regulation H and Y; Docket 
     No. R-1162] Department of the Treasury, Office of the 
     Comptroller of the Currency [Docket No. 04-19] (RIN: 1557-
     AC76); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (RIN: 3064-
     AC75); Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift 
     Supervision [No. 2004-36] (RIN: 1550- AB79) received July 30, 
     2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       9481. A letter from the Under Secretary for Domestic 
     Finance, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the annual 
     report on the Resolution Funding Corporation for calendar 
     year 2003, pursuant to Public Law 101-73, section 501(a) (103 
     Stat. 387); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       9482. A letter from the Acting General Counsel/FEMA, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Changes in Flood Elevation 
     Determinations [Docket No. FEMA-B-7446] received July 14, 
     2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       9483. A letter from the Acting General Counsel/FEMA, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Final Flood Elevation 
     Determinations -- received July 14, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       9484. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Eligibility of 
     Mortgages on Hawaiian Home Lands Insured Under Section 247 
     [Docket No. FR-4779-l-01] (RIN: 2502-AH92) received June 28, 
     2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       9485. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- FHA Single Family 
     Mortgage Insurance; Lender Accountability for Appraisals 
     [Docket No. FR-4722-F-02] (RIN: 2502-AH78) received July 30, 
     2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       9486. A letter from the Counsel for Legislation and 
     Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Requirements for 
     Notification, Evaluation, and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint 
     Hazards in Housing Receiving Federal Assistance and Federally 
     Owned Residential Property Being Sold, Conforming Amendments 
     and Corrections [Docket No. FR-3482-C-10] (RIN: 2501-AB57) 
     received July 7, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
       9487. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Division of 
     Market Regulation, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Covered 
     Securities Pursuant to Section 18 of the Securities Act of 
     1933 [Release No. 33-8442; File No. S7-17-04] (RIN: 3235-
     AJ03) received July 15, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       9488. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Division of 
     Investment Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
     transmitting the Commisison's final rule -- Disclosure 
     Regarding Portfolio Managers of Registered Management 
     Investment Companies [Release Nos. 33-8458; 34-50227; IC-
     26533; File No. S7-12-04] (RIN: 3235-AJ16) received August 
     30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.

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       9489. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Department's Annual Report for the Strategic 
     Petroleum Reserve, covering calendar year 2003, pursuant to 
     42 U.S.C. 6245(a); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       9490. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting the sixth and final annual report mandated by 
     the International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 
     1998 (IAFCA); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       9491. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting the Department of the 
     Defense's proposed lease of defense articles to the 
     Government of the United Kingdom (Transmittal No. 04-04), 
     pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2796a(a); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       9492. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting certification of a 
     proposed license for the export of defense articles or 
     defense services sold commercially under a contract to Sweden 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 054-04), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c); 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
       9493. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Fiscal Year 
     2003 annual report on U.S. Government Assistance to Eastern 
     Europe under the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) 
     Act, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 5474(c); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       9494. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Export 
     Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Export and Reexport Controls for 
     Iraq [Docket No. 040302078-4078-01] (RIN: 0694-AC84) received 
     July 30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       9495. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel for Equal 
     Opportunity and Administrative Law, Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development, transmitting report pursuant to the 
     Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       9496. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel for Equal 
     Opportunity and Administrative Law, Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development, transmitting a report pursuant to the 
     Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       9497. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel for Equal 
     Opportunity and Administrative Law, Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development, transmitting a report pursuant to the 
     Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       9498. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel for Equal 
     Opportunity and Administrative Law, Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development, transmitting a report pursuant to the 
     Federal Vancancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       9499. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel for Equal 
     Opportunity and Administrative Law, Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development, transmitting a report pursuant to the 
     Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       9500. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel for Equal 
     Opportunity and Administrative Law, Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development, transmitting a report pursuant to the 
     Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       9501. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Maritime 
     Commission, 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 Commission's report on competitive 
     sourcing efforts for FY 2003; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       9502. A letter from the Commissioner, Social Security 
     Administration, transmitting the semiannual report on the 
     activities of the Office of 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.
       9503. A letter from the Executive Director, Advisory 
     Council on Historic Preservation, transmitting the Council's 
     final rule -- Protection of Historic Properties (RIN: 3010-
     AA06) received July 14, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9504. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish 
     and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Joint Counterpart 
     Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation Regulations 
     (RIN: 1018-AI95) received July 30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9505. A letter from the Director, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 
     and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for the 
     California Tiger Salamander; and Special Rule Exemption for 
     Existing Routine Ranching Activities (RIN: 1018-AI68) 
     received July 30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       9506. A letter from the Assist. Secretary for Fish and 
     Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for 
     Arabis perstellata (Braun's Rock-cress) (RIN: 1018-AI74) 
     received July 16, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       9507. A letter from the Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence 
     Board, Department of the Interior, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Subsistence Management Regulations 
     for Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart C and Subpart D -- 2004-
     05 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife Regulations (RIN: 
     1018-AJ25) received June 23, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9508. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish, 
     Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for 
     Three Threatened Mussels and Eight Endangered Mussels in the 
     Mobile River Basin (RIN: 1018-AI73) received July 16, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       9509. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Fish and 
     Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Federal Protection Status 
     from Two Manatee Protection Areas in Florida (RIN: 1018-AJ23) 
     received July 16, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       9510. A letter from the Director, Office of Sustainabale 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Ocean Perch in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf 
     of Alaska [Docket No. 031125292-4061-02; I.D. 071604B] 
     received July 30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       9511. A letter from the Director, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Ocean Perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the 
     Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 031125292-4061-02; I.D. 071604A] 
     received July 30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       9512. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Recreational 
     Measure for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 
     Fisheries; Fishing Year 2004 [Docket No. 040326103-4198; I.D. 
     031504A] (RIN: 0648-AQ82) received July 16, 2004, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9513. A letter from the Director, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Ocean Perch in the Western Aleutian District of the 
     Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands [Docket No. 031124287-4060-
     02; I.D. 071604C] received July 30, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9514. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pelagic Shelf Rockfish in the West Yakutat District of the 
     Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 031125292-4061-02; I.D. 072004C] 
     receivedJuly 30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       9515. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Pelagic Longline 
     Fishery [Docket No. 040202035-4197-02; I.D. 112403A] received 
     July 30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       9516. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Access to Tissue Specimen Samples from the National Marine 
     Mammal Tissue Bank [Docket No. 021017237-4194-02; I.D. 
     090302F] (RIN: 0648-AQ51) received July 16, 2004, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9517. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western 
     Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Annual 
     Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments 
     [Docket No. 031216314-3314-01; I.D. 040104B] received July 
     16, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Resources.
       9518. A letter from the Executive Director & CEO, American 
     Chemical Society, transmitting the Society's annual report 
     for the calendar year 2003 and the comprehensive report to 
     the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society on 
     the examination of their books and records for the year 
     ending December 31, 2003, pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 1101(2) and 
     1103; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       9519. A letter from the Attorney General, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting the FY 2003 Performance and 
     Accountability Report for the Department of Justice; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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       9520. A letter from the Staff Director, United States 
     Sentencing Commission, transmitting the Annual Report and 
     Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics covering FY 2002, 
     pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 997; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       9521. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Small 
     Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule -- Small Business Size Regulations; Government 
     Contracting Programs; HUBzone Program (RIN: 3245-AE66) 
     received July 30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Small Business.
       9522. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Small 
     Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule -- Small Business Size Regulations; Governement 
     Contracting Programs (RIN: 3245-AF16) received July 30, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Small 
     Business.
       9523. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Small 
     Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule -- Small Business Size Regulations; Rules of 
     Procedure Governing Cases Before the Office of Hearings and 
     Appeals (RIN: 3245-AE92) received July 30, 2004, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Small Business.
       9524. A letter from the United States Trade Representative, 
     Executive Office of the President, transmitting the 
     Environmental Review of the United States-Morocco Free Trade 
     Agreement; the United States Employment Impact Review of the 
     United-States Morocco Free Trade Agreement; and the Morocco 
     Labor Rights Report; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       9525. A letter from the United States Trade Representative, 
     Executive Office of the Presient, transmitting the reports of 
     the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, and 
     the policy, sectoral, and functional trade advisory 
     committees chartered under those Acts, on the U.S.-Bahrain 
     Free Trade Agreement, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2155(e)(1); to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.

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