[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 95 (Thursday, July 14, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H5910-H5912]
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:

       2688. A letter from the Executive Director, Commodity 
     Futures Trading Commission, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Investment of Customer Funds and Record of 
     Investments (RIN: 3038-AC15) received June 21, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2689. A letter from the Executive Director, Commodity 
     Futures Trading Commission, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- In the Matter of the New York Mercentile 
     Exchange, Inc. Petition To Extend Interpretation Pursuent to 
     Section 1a(12)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act -- received 
     June 21, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       2690. A letter from the Executive Director, Commodity 
     Futures Trading Commission, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Revision of Federal Speculative Position Limits 
     (RIN: 3038-AC24) received June 21, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2691. A letter from the Executive Director, Commodity 
     Futures Trading Commission, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Distribution of ``Risk Disclosure Statement'' 
     by Futures Commission Merchants and Introducing Brokers (RIN: 
     3038-AC16) received June 21, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2692. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Onions Grown in Certain 
     Designated Counties in Idaho, and Malheur County, OR; 
     Decreased Assessment Rate [Docket No. FV05-958-1 IFR] 
     received June 17, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       2693. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Irish Potatoes Grown in 
     Certain Designated Counties in Idaho, and Malheur County, OR; 
     Relaxation of Handling Regulations [Docket No. FV05-

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     945-1 IFR] received June 17, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2694. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Dried Prunes Produced in 
     California; Suspension of Handling and Reporting 
     Requirements, Extension of the Suspension of Outgoing 
     Inspection and Volume Control Regulations, and Extension of 
     the Suspension of the Prune Import Regulation [Docket No. 
     FV05-993-2 IFR] received June 17, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2695. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Milk in the Pacific Northwest 
     Marketing Area: Order Amending the Order [Docket No. AO-368-
     A30; DA-01-08-PNW] received April 13, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2696. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Milk in the Northeast 
     Marketing Area; Order Amending the Order [Docket No. AO-14-
     A70; DA-02-01] received April 13, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2697. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Irish Potatoes Grown in 
     Colorado; Decreased Assessment Rate [Docket No. FV05-948-2 
     IFR] received June 30, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2698. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Apricots Grown in Designated 
     Counties in Washington; Decreased Assessment Rate [Docket No. 
     FV05-922-1 IFR] received June 30, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2699. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Avocadoes Grown in South 
     Florida; Increased Assessment Rate [Docket No. FV05-915-1 FR] 
     received June 30, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       2700. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Irish Potatoes Grown in 
     Washington; Increased Assessment Rate [Docket No. FV05-946-1 
     FR] received June 27, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2701. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Avodadoes Grown in South 
     Florida; Changes in Container and Reporting Requirements 
     [Docket No. FV05-915-2 IFR] received June 27, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2702. A letter from the Management Analyst, Rural Utilities 
     Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Assistance to High Energy Cost 
     Rural Communities (RIN: 0572-AB91) received June 17, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       2703. A letter from the Administrator, Rural Business-
     Cooperative Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Intermediary Relending Program 
     (RIN: 0570-AA42) received June 30, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2704. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Food Safety 
     and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Termination of 
     Designation of the State of North Dakota With Respect to the 
     Inspection of Poultry Products [Docket No. 04-036F] (RIN: 
     0583-AD13) received June 30, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2705. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     APHIS, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Mexican Fruit Fly; Interstate 
     Movement of Regulated Articles [Docket No. 03-059-3] received 
     June 29, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       2706. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     APHIS, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza; 
     Additional Restrictions [Docket No. 04-011-2] received June 
     23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       2707. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     APHIS, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Phytophthora Ramorum; Vacuum Heat 
     Treatment for Bay Leaves [Docket No. 04-092-2] received June 
     23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       2708. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     APHIS, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Citrus Canker; Quarantined Areas 
     [Docket No. 05-005-2] received June 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2709. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     APHIS, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to 
     Quarantined Areas [Docket No. 05-027-1] received May 26, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       2710. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     APHIS, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Oriental Fruit Fly [Docket No. 02-
     096-5] received June 27, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2711. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Review Group, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Designated Marketing Associations for Peanuts 
     (RIN: 0560-AH20) received June 20, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2712. A letter from the Administrator, Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Emerging Markets Program (RIN: 
     0551-AA62) received June 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2713. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Rural 
     Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Rural Broadband Access Loans 
     and Loan Guarantees (RIN: 0572-AB81) received April 7, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       2714. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Rural 
     Ulitities Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Specifications and Drawings 
     for 12.4/7.2 kV Line Construction -- received April 7, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       2715. A letter from the Chief, Regulatory Review Group, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Extra Long Staple Cotton Prices (RIN: 0560-
     AH36) received June 16, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2716. A letter from the Chairman, Farm Credit 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Assessment and Apportionment of Administrative Expenses; 
     Loan Policies and Operations; Funding and Fiscal Affairs, 
     Loan Policies and Operations, and Funding Operations; 
     Disclosure to Shareholders; Capital Adequacy Risk-Weighting 
     Revisions (RIN: 3052-AC09) received June 17, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       2717. A letter from the Chairman, Farm Credit 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Borrower Rights (RIN: 3052-AC24) received April 18, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       2718. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Licensed Policy for Entities 
     Sanctioned under Specified Statutes; License Requirement for 
     Certain Sanctioned Entities; and Imposition of License 
     Requirement for Tula Instrument Design Bureau [Docket No. 
     041222360-5141-02] (RIN: 0694-AD24) received June 27, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       2719. A letter from the Publications Control Officer, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule -- Motor Vehicle Traffic Supervision (RIN: 0702-AA43) 
     received June 16, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       2720. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and 
     Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Defense Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation Supplement; DoD Pilot Mentor-Protege Program 
     [DFARS Case 2004-D028] received May 31, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       2721. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and 
     Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Defense Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation Supplement; Approval of Service Contracts and Task 
     and Delivery Orders [DFARS Case 2002-D024] received May 31, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       2722. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and 
     Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Defense Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation Supplement; Incentive Program for Purchase of 
     Capital Assets Manfuactured in the United States [DFARS Case 
     2005-D003] received May 31, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       2723. A letter from the Senior Procurement Executive, OCAO, 
     General Services Administration, transmitting the 
     Administration's final rule -- Federal Acquisition Circular 
     2005-02 -- received April 14, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       2724. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulatory Service, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Smaller Learning Communities 
     Program -- received April 21, 2005, pursuant

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     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
       2725. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulatory Service, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Credit Enhancement for Charter 
     School Facilities Program (RIN: 1855-AA02) received April 21, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       2726. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulatory Service, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Tech-Prep Demonstration Program -- 
     received April 21, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       2727. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulatory Service, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Comprehensive School Reform 
     Quality Initiatives -- received April 21, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       2728. A letter from the Asst. Gen. Counsel, Division of 
     Regulatory Services, Department of Education, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Higher Education Programs -- 
     received April 21, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       2729. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulatory Service, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Arts in Education Model 
     Development and Dissemination Program -- received April 21, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       2730. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulatory Service, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Professional Development for Arts 
     Educators Program -- received April 21, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       2731. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulatory Service, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Teaching American History -- 
     received April 21, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       2732. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Standards, Regulations and Variances, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Diesel 
     Particulate Matter Exposure of Underground Metal and Nonmetal 
     Miners (RIN: 1219-AB29) received July 7, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       2733. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Head of 
     Contracting Activity (HCA) Change for Exploration Systems 
     Directorate -- received May 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Science.
       2734. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Mgt., Office of 
     Regulation Policy and Management, Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Presumptions of Service Connection for Disease Associated 
     with Service Involving Detention or Internment as a Prisoner 
     of War (RIN: 2900-AM09) received June 27, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       2735. A letter from the Assistant Director, Directives and 
     Regulations Branch, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Special Areas; State Petition 
     for Inventoried Roadless Area Management (RIN: 0596-AC10) 
     received May 31, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     jointly to the Committees on Agriculture and Resources.
       2736. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Department 
     of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Medicare Program; Electronic Submission of Cost 
     Reports: Revision to Effective Date of Cost Reporting Period 
     [CMS-1199-IFC] (RIN: 0938-AN87) received May 27, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Committees 
     on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

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