[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 21 (Tuesday, March 1, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H843-H845]
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:

       901. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerances 
     for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-2004-0341; FRL-7691-2] received 
     January 26, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       902. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Fluroxypyr; Pesticide Tolerances for 
     Emergency Exemptions [OPP-2005-0008; FRL-7695-2] received 
     January 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       903. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Quinoxyfen; Pesticide Tolerances for 
     Emergency Exemptions [OPP-2005-0009; FRL-7695-3] received 
     January 26, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       904. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Chlorfenapyr; Pesticide Tolerance 
     [OPP-2004-0362; FRL-7696-5] received January 26, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       905. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Bifenazate; Pesticide Tolerances for 
     Emergency Exemptions [OPP-2005-0012; FRL-7696-2] received 
     January 26, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       906. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Syrups, Hydrolyzed Starch, 
     Hydrogenated; Exemptions from the Requirement of a Tolerance 
     [OPP-2005-0026; FRL-7697-9] received February 14, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       907. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Quizalofop-ethyl; Pestidide 
     Tolerance [OPP-2004-0324; FRL-7694-4] received February 14, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       908. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Octanamide, N, N-dimethyl and 
     Decanamide, N, N-dimethyl; Exemptions from the Requirement of 
     a Tolerance [OPP-2005-0031; FRL-7698-3] received February 14, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       909. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Glyphosate; Pesticide Tolerance 
     [OPP-2005-021; FRL-7697-7] received February 14, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       910. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Clothianidin; Pesticide Tolerance 
     [OPP-2004-0406; FRL-7690-2] received February 14, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       911. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Avermectin B1 and its delta-8, 9-
     isomer; Pesticide Tolerance [OPP-2004-0400; FRL-7695-7] 
     received February 14, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       912. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Acibenzolar-S-methyl; Pesticide 
     Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-2004-0214; FRL-7697-
     8] received February 14, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       913. A letter from the Chairman and Chief Executive 
     Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting 
     notification of the 2005 compensation program adjustments, 
     including the Agency's current salary range structure and the 
     performance-based merit pay matrix, in accordance with 
     Section 1206 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, 
     and Enforcement Act of 1989; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       914. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of Major 
     General Edward Soriano, United States Army, and his 
     advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired 
     list; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       915. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's semiannual 
     Monetary Policy Report pursuant to Pub. L. 106-569; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       916. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting the annual report on the Emergency Steel Loan 
     Guarantee Program, as required by Section 101(i) of Chapter 1 
     of Pub. L. 106-51; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       917. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting the annual report on the Emergency Oil and Gas 
     Guaranteed Loan Program as required by Section 201(h) of 
     Chapter 2 of Pub. L. 106-51; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
       918. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions involving 
     U.S. exports to Austria pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
       919. A letter from the President, James Madison Memorial 
     Fellowship Foundation, transmitting the Foundation's Annual 
     Report for the year ending September 30, 2004, pursuant to 20 
     U.S.C. 4513; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       920. A letter from the Director, Agency for Healthcare 
     Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting as required by Sections 913(b)(2) and 
     Section 902(g) of the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 
     1999 (Pub. L. 106-129), reports entitled ``The National 
     Healthcare Quality Report 2004'' (NHQR) and ``The National 
     Healthcare Disparities Report 2004'' (NHDR); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       921. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--National Priorities List for 
     Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites [FRL-7864-1] received 
     January 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       922. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Georgia: Final Authorization of 
     State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [FRL-7864-
     6] received January 26, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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       923. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Ohio [OH 159-3; FRL-7862-8] received 
     January 26, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       924. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; New York; Low Emission Vehicle Program 
     [Region II Docket No. R02-OAR-2004-NY-0002, FRL-7851-1] 
     received January 26, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       925. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans South Carolina: Definitions and General 
     Requirements [R04-OAR-2004-SC-0002/0003-200421(a); FRL-7863-
     5] received January 26, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       926. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--OMB Approvals Under the Paperwork 
     Reduction Act; Technical [FRL-7869-5] received February 2, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       927. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--National Emission Standards for 
     Hazardous Air Pollutants for Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic 
     Cracking Units, Catalytic Reforming Units, and Sulfur 
     Recovery Units [OAR-2002-0033; AD-FRL-7969-9] (RIN: 2060-
     AK51) received February 2, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       928. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--National Emission Standards for 
     Hazardous Air Pollutants for Leather Finishing Operations 
     [OAR-2003-0194; FRL-7869-7] (RIN: 2060-AL89) received 
     February 2, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       929. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Hazardous Waste Management System; 
     Modification of the Hazardous Waste Manifest System [FRL-
     7867-4] (RIN: 2050-AE21) received February 2, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       930. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; State of Missouri [R07-OAR-2004-MO-0005 
     FRL-7867-2] received February 2, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       931. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans Florida: Citrus Juice Processing [FL-87; 
     FL-89-200501, FRL-7869-2] received February 2, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       932. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; Portable Fuel Containers 
     [R01-OAR-2004-ME-0003; A-1-FRL-7863-2] received February 2, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       933. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Ocean Dumping; De-designation of 
     Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites and Designation of New 
     Sites [FRL-7877-9] received February 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       934. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Implementation Plans; Texas; Revision to the Rate of Progress 
     Plan for the Houston/Galveston (HGA) Ozone Nonattainment Area 
     [R06-OAR-2005-TX-0004; FRL-7872-7] received February 14, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       935. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Adequacy of Minnesota Municipal 
     Solid Waste Landfill Program [FRL-7873-1] received February 
     14, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       936. A letter from the Legal Advisor to the Bureau Chief, 
     Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's final rule--Amendment of Section 73.202(b) 
     Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations. (Crosbyton, 
     Texas) [MB Docket No. 04-340, RM-11062] (Union Gap, 
     Washington) [MB Docket No. 04-327, RM-11063] received 
     February 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       937. A letter from the Legal Advisor to the Bureau Chief, 
     Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's final rule--Amendment of Section 73.606(b), 
     Table of Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations. 
     (Gainesville, Florida) [MB Docket No. 04-31, RM-10852] 
     received February 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       938. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Copies of 
     international agreements, other than treaties, entered into 
     by the United States, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b(a); to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       939. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the 
     National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 
     204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 
     U.S.C. 1703(c), and pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of July 
     31, 2003, a six-month periodic report on the national 
     emergency blocking property of persons undermining democratic 
     processes or institutions in Zimbabwe that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       940. A letter from the President, African Development 
     Foundation, transmitting a letter fulfilling the annual 
     requirements contained in the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
     as amended, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) 
     section 5(b); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       941. A letter from the Inspector General, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting in compliance with the ``Federal 
     Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998,'' (Pub. L. 105-270, 
     the FAIR Act), the inventory of commercial and inherently 
     government activities for FY 2004; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       942. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary for 
     Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department's 2004 inventory of activities 
     that are not inherently governmental functions as required by 
     Section 2 of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) 
     Act of 1998, Public Law 105-270; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       943. A letter from the Director, Office of Civilian 
     Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the 20th Annual Report on the activities and 
     expenditures of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste 
     Management, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       944. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation, transmitting a copy of the annual report in 
     compliance with the Government in the Sunshine Act during the 
     calendar year 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       945. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Election 
     Commission, transmitting a copy of the annual report in 
     compliance with the Government in the Sunshine Act for the 
     calendar year 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(j); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       946. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Martime 
     Commission, transmitting in accordance with OMB Circular No. 
     A-11, Part 2, and the Government Performance and Results Act, 
     the Commission's Annual Program Performance Report covering 
     FY 2004; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       947. A letter from the Counsel to the Inspector General, 
     General Services Administration, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       948. A letter from the Administrator, Small Business 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's inventories 
     of Commercial and Inherently Governmental Activities for 
     Fiscal Year 2004 as pursuant to the Federal Activities 
     Inventory Reform Act, pursuant to Public Law 105--270, 
     section 2(c)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       949. A letter from the Chair, Election Assistance 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's FY 2004 Annual 
     Report, submitted in accordance with Section 207 of the Help 
     America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA); to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
       950. A letter from the Secretary, Judicial Conference of 
     the United States, transmitting the Conference's February 
     2005 recommendation for the authorization of additional 
     bankruptcy judgeships and to seek support in passing 
     legislation to create the enclosed list of positions, 
     pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 152(b)(2); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       951. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary of the 
     Army for Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Final Ecosystem Resotoration Feasibility Report and 
     Environmental Impact Statement for the Upper Newport Bay, 
     Orange County, California, pursuant to Section 101(b)(9) of 
     the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2000; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       952. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's annual report 
     on the regulatory status of the National Transportation 
     Safety Board's (NTSB) ``Most Wanted'' Recommendations to the 
     Department and its Operating Administrations for calendar 
     year ended 2004, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 1135(d) Public Law 
     108-168, section 6; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       953. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's

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     final rule--Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Maine; Control of Total Reduced Sulfur 
     From Kraft Pulp Mills [R01-OAR-2004-ME-0002a; A-1-FRL-7876-8] 
     received February 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       954. A letter from the Chairman, Amtrak Board of Directors, 
     National Railroad Passenger Corporation, transmitting 
     Amtrak's annual report to Congress, reviewing the progress 
     the company has made in the past two years and outlining 
     Amtrak's prospects beyond FY05 with and without adequate 
     funding, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 24315(a)(1); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       955. A letter from the Chair, Barry Goldwater Scholarship 
     and Excellence in Education Foundation, transmitting the 
     annual report of the activities of the Goldwater Foundation 
     for FY 2004, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 4710(b); to the Committee 
     on Science.
       956. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Special Medical Advisory 
     Group's Annual Report to Congress for FY 2004, pursuant to 38 
     U.S.C. 4112(a); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       957. A letter from the Acting Inspector General, Department 
     of Health and Human Services, transmitting A report on the 
     study relating to the use of hospital lifetime reserve days, 
     pursuant to (117 Stat. 2428); to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       958. A letter from the Acting Inspector General, Department 
     of Health and Human Services, transmitting a final report on 
     the study of the appropriateness of alternative Medicare 
     payment methodologies for the costs of training medical 
     residents in nonhospital settings, pursuant to Public Law 
     108--173; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce 
     and Ways and Means.
       959. A letter from the Chairman, Medicare Payment Advisory 
     Commission, transmitting a copy of the the Commission's 
     ``Report to the Congress: Benefit Design and Cost Sharing in 
     Medicare Advantage Plans,'' pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395w--21 
     note Public Law 108--173, section 211(h)(2); jointly to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

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