[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 31 (Tuesday, March 15, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2733-S2734]
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-1276. A communication from the Acting Chief, 
     Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue 
     Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Weighted Average 
     Interest Rate Update Notice--Pension Funding Equity Act of 
     2004'' (Notice 2005-26) received on March 14, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-1277. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a biennial 
     report relative to the Physician Group Practice 
     demonstration; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-1278. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Review Group, Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Tobacco Transition Assessments'' (RIN0560-AH31) received on 
     March 14, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-1279. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Oriental Fruit Fly; Removal of 
     Quarantined Area'' (APHIS Docket No. 02-096-4) received on 
     March 14, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-1280. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; 
     Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of Commodities: Partial 
     Delay of Applicability'' (RIN0579-AB73) received on March 14, 
     2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-1281. A communication from the Railroad Retirement 
     Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, the annual report of 
     the Railroad Retirement Board under the Government in the 
     Sunshine Act for calendar year 2004; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1282. A communication from the Comptroller General, 
     Government Accountability Office, transmitting, a report 
     entitled ``21st Century Challenges: Reexamining the Base of 
     the Federal Government''; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1283. A communication from the President and Chairman of 
     the Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of transactions involving exports 
     to Chile; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-1284. A communication from the Associate General 
     Counsel, Office of General Counsel, National Credit Union 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Loans to Members and Lines of Credit to 
     Members'' (12 C.F.R. Part 701) received on March 14, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1285. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Secretary of the Army (Project Planning and Review), 
     Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on Dallas Floodway 
     Extension, Trinity River Basin, Texas; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       EC-1286. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense, transmitting, the report of a retirement; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1287. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense, transmitting, the report of a retirement; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.

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       EC-1288. A communication from the Acting Secretary of the 
     Air Force, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of and Average Procurement Unit Cost (APUC) 
     breach; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1289. A communication from the Secretary, Judicial 
     Conference of the United States, transmitting, a draft of 
     proposed legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-1290. A communication from the Secretary, Judicial 
     Conference of the United States, transmitting, a draft of 
     proposed legislation to amend the Higher Education Act of 
     1965; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-1291. A communication from the Chairman, Office of 
     General Counsel, Federal Election Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rules 
     and Explanation and Justification on Political Party 
     Committees Donating Funds to Certain Tax-Exempt Organizations 
     and Political Organizations'' received on March 14, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration.
       EC-1292. A communication from the Chairman, Office of 
     General Counsel, Federal Election Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Filing 
     Documents by Priority Mail, Express Mail, and Overnight 
     Delivery Service'' received on March 14, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
       EC-1293. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the 
     President, transmitting, the report of the Office's objection 
     to the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) finding of 
     violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.

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