[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 119 (Tuesday, September 28, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9810-S9812]
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-9450. A communication from the Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Allethrin, 
     Bendiocarb, Burkholderia cepacia, Fendidazon potassium, and 
     Molinate; Tolerance Actions'' (FRL#7679-7) received on 
     September 28, 2004; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-9451. A communication from the Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fenamidone; 
     Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL#7681-3) received on September 28, 
     2004; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-9452. A communication from the Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fludiooxonil; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL7682-3) received 
     on September 28, 2004; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-9453. A communication from the Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Methoxyfenozide; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL#7681-6) 
     received on September 28, 2004; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-9454. A communication from the Principal Deputy for 
     Personnel and Readiness, Office of the Under Secretary of 
     Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the approval of 
     wearing the insignia of the grade of rear admiral; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-9455. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Executive and Political Personnel, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a nomination 
     confirmed for the position of Assistant Secretary of the Army 
     for Financial Management, received on September 28, 2004; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-9456. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Executive and Political Personnel, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a designation of 
     acting officer and nomination for the position of Assistant 
     Secretary of the Army for Financial Management, Department of 
     Defense, received on September 28, 2004; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       EC-9457. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Executive and Political Personnel, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     discontinuation of service in acting role for the position of 
     Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management, 
     Department of Defense, received on September 28, 2004; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-9458. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Executive and Political Personnel, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a vacancy and 
     designation of acting officer for the position of Assistant 
     Secretary of the Army for Financial Management, Department of 
     Defense, received on September 28, 2004; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       EC-9459. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Executive and Political Personnel, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a designation of 
     acting officer for the position of Assistant Secretary of the 
     Army for Installations and Environment, Department of 
     Defense, received on September 28, 2004; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.

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       EC-9460. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Executive and Political Personnel, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a vacancy and 
     designation of acting officer for the position of Assistant 
     Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment, 
     Department of Defense, received on September 28, 2004; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-9461. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Executive and Political Personnel, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a nomination 
     confirmed for the position of Under Secretary of Defense, 
     Comptroller, Department of Defense, received on September 28, 
     2004; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-9462. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Executive and Political Personnel, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     discontinuation of service in acting role for the position of 
     Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, Department of 
     Defense, received on September 28, 2004; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       EC-9463. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Executive and Political Personnel, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the designation 
     of acting officer for the position of Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense for Networks and Information Integration, Department 
     of Defense, received on September 28, 2004; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       EC-9464. A communication from the Chairman, Defense Nuclear 
     Facilities Safety Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Annual Report on Commercial Activities at the Board; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-9465. A communication from the Deputy Chief of Naval 
     Operations for Manpower and Personnel, Department of the 
     Navy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the notification of a 
     decision to implement performance by the Most Efficient 
     Organization (MEO) for Research, Development, Test, and 
     Evaluation Support Services in Philadelphia, PA; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-9466. A communication from the Deputy Chief of Naval 
     Operations for Manpower and Personnel, Department of the 
     Navy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the notification of a 
     decision to implement performance by the Most Efficient 
     Organization (MEO) for Retail Supply Southwest in San Diego, 
     CA; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-9467. A communication from the Army Federal Register 
     Liaison Officer, Department of the Army, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Publication of Rules Affecting the Public'' 
     (RIN0702-AA40) received on September 28, 2004; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-9468. A communication from the Deputy Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the 
     national emergency declared in Executive Order 13224 of 
     September 23, 2001 with respect to persons who commit, 
     threaten to commit, or support terrorism; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-9469. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Flood Elevation 
     Determination; 69 FR 50324'' (44 CFR 67) received on 
     September 28, 2004; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-9470. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Changes in Flood 
     Elevation Determination; 69 FR 50320'' (44 CFR 65) received 
     on September 28, 2004; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-9471. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Changes in Flood 
     Elevation Determination; 69 FR 50320'' (44 CFR 65) received 
     on September 28, 2004; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-9472. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Flood Elevation 
     Determination; 69 FR 50331'' (44 CFR 67) received on 
     September 28, 2004; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-9473. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Flood Elevation 
     Determination; 69 FR 50332'' (44 CFR 67) received on 
     September 28, 2004; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-9474. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Flood Elevation 
     Determination; 69 FR 50325'' (44 CFR 67) received on 
     September 28, 2004; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-9475. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Changes in Flood 
     Elevation Determination; 69 FR 50325'' (44 CFR 65) received 
     on September 28, 2004; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-9476. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Suspension of Community 
     Eligibility; 69 FR 42584'' (44 CFR 64) received on September 
     28, 2004; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-9477. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Changes in Flood 
     Elevation Determination; 69 FR 50318'' (44 CFR 65) received 
     on September 28, 2004; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-9478. A communication from the Assistant to the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Rules of Practice for 
     Hearings'' received on September 28, 2004; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-9479. A communication from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, a draft of proposed legislation to ``allow the 
     guarantee fee to be included in the single-family housing 
     guaranteed loan''; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-9480. A communication from the Chairman, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Commission's Auctions Expenditure Report for fiscal year 
     2003; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-9481. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, 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; Western 
     Pacific Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fishery; Fishing 
     Moratorium'' () received on September 28, 2004; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9482. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule 
     to Allow Processors to Use Offal from Salmon and Halibut 
     Intended for Prohibited Species Donation Program'' (RIN0648-
     AR64) received on September 28, 2004; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9483. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Notice of Closure of the Spring Commercial Red Snapper 
     Component, Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico'' received 
     on September 28, 2004; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-9484. 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; 
     West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #8--Adjustment 
     of the Commercial Salmon Fishery from Humbug Mountain, Oregon 
     to the Oregon-California Border'' received on September 28, 
     2004; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-9485. 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; 
     West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #6--Adjustments 
     of the Commercial Fishery from the U.S.-Canada Border to Cape 
     Falcon, Oregon'' received on September 28, 2004; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9486. 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; 
     West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #7--Adjustments 
     of the Recreational Fishery from the Queets River, Washington 
     to Cape Falcon, Oregon'' received on September 28, 2004; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9487. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Rule to Remove a Harvest Restriction for the Harvest 
     Limit Area Atka Mackerel Fishery in the Aleutian Islands 
     Subarea'' (RIN0648-AS10) received on September 28, 2004; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9488. 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 of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka 
     Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; Closure and 
     Openings'' received on September 28, 2004; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9489. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, 
     Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a nomination for the position of Advisory Board 
     Member, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 
     Department of Transportation, received on September 28, 2004; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9490. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled

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     ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna 
     Fisheries; Adjustment of Recreational Retention Limits'' 
     received on September 28, 2004; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9491. A communication from the Assistant Administrator, 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark 
     Management Measures'' (RIN0648-AS07) received on September 
     28, 2004; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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