[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 114 (Tuesday, September 13, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S9984]
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                   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-3707. A communication from the Executive Director for 
     Operations, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report of the designation of an officer 
     for the position of Agency Environmental Executive; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3708. A communication from the Acting Chairman, Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Commission's monthly report on the status of its licensing 
     and regulatory duties; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-3709. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National 
     Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
     Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing'' (FRL No. 7961-
     9) received August 31, 2005; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-3710. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Minnesota; 
     Revised Format of 40 CFR Part 52 for Materials Being 
     Incorporated by Reference; Correction'' (FRL No. 7962-6) 
     received August 31, 2005; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-3711. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Protection 
     of Stratospheric Ozone: Process for Exempting Critical Uses 
     of Methyl Bromide for the 2005 Supplemental Request'' (FRL 
     No. 7962-4) received August 31, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3712. A communication from the General Counsel, Office 
     of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of action on a 
     nomination for the position of Controller, Office of Federal 
     Financial Management, received on August 17, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-3713. A communication from the General Counsel, Office 
     of Government Ethics, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Office of Government Ethics' FAIR Act Inventory for Fiscal 
     Year 2005; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-3714. A communication from the General Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Suspension of Community Eligibility'' ((Docket No. FEMA-
     7885) (44 CFR Part 64)) received on August 23, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-3715. A communication from the Deputy Archivist of the 
     United States, National Archives and Records Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Records Center Facility Standards'' (RIN3095-AB31) received 
     on August 31, 2005; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-3716. A communication from the Director, Division for 
     Strategic Human Resources Policy, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Information Technology Exchange Program'' 
     (RIN3206-AJ91) received on August 31, 2005; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-3717. A communication from the Director, Center for 
     Talent and Capacity Policy, Office of Personnel Management, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Examining System'' (RIN3206-AK85) received on August 23, 
     2005; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-3718. A communication from the Director, Division for 
     Strategic Human Resources Policy, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Excepted Service; Career and Career-
     Conditional Employment'' (RIN3206-AJ28) received on August 
     23, 2005; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-3719. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and 
     Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Exclusion of U.S. Captive-
     Bred Scimitar-Horned Oryx, Addax, and Dama Gazelle From 
     Certain Prohibitions'' (RIN1018-AT95) received on August 31, 
     2005; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-3720. A communication from the Director, Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Rule to List of 
     Scimitar-Horned Oryx, Addax, and Dama Gazelle as Endangered'' 
     (RIN1018-AI82) received on August 31, 2005; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-3721. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Flonicamid; 
     Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7731-6) received August 31, 
     2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-3722. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Methoxyfenozide; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency 
     Exemptions'' (FRL No. 7732-3) received August 31, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-3723. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Halosulfuron-methyl; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency 
     Exemption'' (FRL No. 7719-8) received August 31, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-3724. A communication from the Director, Regulations 
     Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Exceptions to Definition of Date of 
     Receipt Based on Natural or Man-made Disruption of Normal 
     Business Practices'' (RIN2900-AL12) received on August 31, 
     2005; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       EC-3725. A communication from the Chief, Regulations 
     Management, Office of Policy, Planning, and Preparedness, 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Audits of States, Local 
     Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations; Grants and 
     Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, 
     and other Non-Profit Organizations'' (RIN2900-AJ62) received 
     on August 23, 2005; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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