[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 115 (Wednesday, September 22, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H7440-H7441]
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:

       9660. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the 2003 Annual Report 
     regarding the Department's enforcement activities under the 
     Equal Credit Opportunity Act, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1691f; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
       9661. 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; Atka 
     Mackeral Lottery in Areas 542 and 543 [Docket No. 031126295-
     3295-01; I.D. 081104A] received August 30, 2004, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9662. A letter from the Assistant Director, Executive and 
     Political Personnel, Department of Defense, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
       9663. A letter from the Assistant Director, Executive and 
     Political Personnel, Department of Defense, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
       9664. A letter from the Assistant Director, Executive and 
     Political Personnel, Department of Defense, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
       9665. A letter from the Assistant Director, Executive and 
     Political Personnel, Department of Defense, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act

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     of 1998; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       9666. A letter from the Assistant Director, Executive and 
     Political Personnel, Department of Defense, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
       9667. A letter from the Assistant Director, Executive and 
     Political Personnel, Department of Defense, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
       9668. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Indiana Regulatory Program and Abandoned Mine 
     Land Reclaimation Plan [Docket No. IN-155-FOR] received 
     September 9, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       9669. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Texas Regulatory Program [Docket No. TX-053-
     FOR] received September 9, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9670. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Maryland Regulatory Program [MD-054-FOR] 
     received September 9, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9671. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Illinois Regulatory Program and Illinois 
     Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan [IL-102-FOR] received 
     July 19, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       9672. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     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 Groundfishery; Pacific Whiting; 
     Routine Management Measure; Closure Authority [Docket No. 
     040726215-4215-01; I.D. 071604d] (RIN: 0648-AS48) received 
     August 30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       9673. 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 Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Fish 
     Meal [Docket No. 040427134-4230-02; I.D.042004D] (RIN: 0648-
     AR64) received September 7, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9674. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, 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 [Docket No. 
     040624193-4193-01; I.D. 060304A] (RIN: 0648-AS43) received 
     July 22, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       9675. A letter from the Deputy Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Closure of 
     the 2004 Deep-Water Grouper Commercial Fishery [I.D. 070104K] 
     received July 22, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       9676. 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; 
     ``Other Flatfish'' in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
     [Docket No. 031124287-4060-02; I.D. 081004F] received August 
     30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Resources.
       9677. 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 Zone Off Alaska; Rock Sole in 
     the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands [Docket No. 031124287-
     4060-02; I.D. 081004E] received August 30, 2004, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9678. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
     Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery; Implementation of the 
     Yellowtail Flounder Landing Limit for Western and Eastern 
     U.S./Canada Areas [Docket No. 040112010-4114-02; I.D. 
     081204C] Recieved August 30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9679. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries off the West Coast States and in the Western 
     Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; End of the Pacific 
     Whiting Primary Season for the Shore-based Sector and the 
     Resumption of Trip Limits [Docket No. 031216314-4118-03; I.D. 
     081104I] received August 30, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9680. 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; 
     Pacific Ocean Perch in the Eastern Aleutian District of the 
     Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands [Docket No. 031124287-4060-
     02; I.D. 070804A] received July 20, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9681. 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; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #7 -- 
     Adjustments of the Recreational Fishery from the Queets 
     River, Washington to Cape Falcon, Oregon [Docket No. 
     040429134-4135-01; I.D. 081704C] received September 8, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       9682. 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; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #6 -- 
     Adjustments of the Commercial Fishery from the U.S.-Canada 
     Border to Cape Falcon, Oregon [Docket No. 040429134-4135-01; 
     I.D. 081604A] received September 8, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9683. 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; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason #8 -- 
     Adjustments of the Commercial Salmon Fishery from Humbug 
     Mountain, Oregon to the Oregon-California Border [Docket No. 
     040429134-4135-01; I.D. 081704D] received September 8, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       9684. 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 Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Closure of 
     the Spring Commerical Red Snapper Component [I.D. 082404C] 
     received September 8, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       9685. 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; 
     Pollock in Statistical Area 620 of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket 
     No. 031125292-4061-02; I.D. 082704A] received September 9, 
     2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       9686. 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; 
     Pollock in Statistical Aera 630 of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket 
     No. 031125292-4061-02; I.D. 082704B] received September 9, 
     2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       9687. A letter from the Chairman, U.S. International Trade 
     Commission, transmitting pursuant to Section 2104(f) of the 
     Trade Act of 2002, a report on the Commission's investigation 
     entitled ``U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade 
     Agreement: Potential Economywide and Selected Sectoral 
     Effects, Inv. No. TA-2104-13, USITC Publication 3717''; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
       9688. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a two-
     part report to the Congress on various conditions in Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina. Part I responds to the requirements of 
     section 7 of Pub. L. 105-174 (1998 Supplemental 
     Appropriations and Rescissions Act) and outlines the latest 
     developments in our continuing efforts to achieve a 
     sustainable peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Part II responds 
     to the supplementary reporting requirements contained in 
     section 1203(a) of Pub. L. 105-261 (Strom Thurmond National 
     Defense Authorization Act for FY 1999), covering the period 
     from January 1 to June 30, 2004; jointly to the Committees on 
     International Relations, Armed Services, and Appropriations.

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