[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 115 (Wednesday, September 14, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H7945-H7947]
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:

       3868. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation, 
     ``To amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act to 
     authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide certain 
     financial assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia, 
     the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of 
     Palau''; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       3869. A letter from the Secretary, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting the Twenty-Seventh Annual Report to 
     Congress consistent with Section 815 of the Fair Debt 
     Collection Practices Act, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1692m; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       3870. A letter from the Secretary of the Council, Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of Council 
     Resolution 16-226, ``Sense of the Council in Favor of Fair 
     Compensation Resolution of 2005,'' pursuant to D.C. Code 
     section 1--233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       3871. A letter from the Chairman, Christopher Columbus 
     Fellowship Foundation, transmitting pursuant to the 
     Accountability of Tax Dollars Act, the Foundation's Form

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     and Content Reports for the third quarter of FY 2005 as 
     prepared by the U.S. General Services Administration; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       3872. A letter from the Acting Inspector General, General 
     Services Administration, transmitting the Audit Report 
     Register, including all financial recommendations, for the 
     period ending March 31, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. 
     (Insp. Gen. Act) section 5(b); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       3873. A letter from the Librarian of Congress, Library of 
     Congress, transmitting the Annual Report of the Library of 
     Congress, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
     pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 139; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
       3874. A letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant 
     Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting a proposed plan under the Indian Tribal 
     Judgement Funds Act, 25 U.S.C. 1401et seq., for the use and 
     distribution of the settlement funds to the Confederated 
     Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation (Tribe); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       3875. A letter from the Acting Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Operations, NMFS, National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery; Framework Adjustment 1 to 
     the Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery Management Plan 
     [Docket No. 050510127-5190-02; I.D. 050305D] (RIN: 0648-AS35) 
     received August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       3876. A letter from the Director, National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     2004 report to Congress on the ``The Status of U.S. 
     Fisheries''; to the Committee on Resources.
       3877. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian 
     Islands Management Area [Docket No. 041126332-5039-02; I.D. 
     08045C] received August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       3878. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western 
     Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #4 -- 
     Adjustment of the Commercial Salmon Fishery from the U.S.-
     Canada Border to Cape Falcon, Oregon [Docket No. 050426117-
     5117-01; I.D. 072205G] received August 4, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       3879. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western 
     Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #3 -- 
     Adjustment of the Commercial Salmon Fishery from the U.S.-
     Canada Border to Cape Falcon, Oregon [Docket No. 050426117-
     5117-01; I.D. 0722205F] received August 4, 2005, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       3880. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Trip Limit 
     Reduction for Gulf of Mexico Grouper Fishery [Docket No. 
     050209033-5033-01; I.D. 071505C] received August 4, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       3881. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western 
     Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #2 -- 
     Adjustment of the Commercial Salmon Fishery from the U.S.-
     Canada Border to Cape Falcon, Oregon [Docket No. 040429134-
     4135-01; I.D.072205E] received August 4, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       3882. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Ocean Perch in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf 
     of Alaska [Docket No. 041126333-5040-02; I.D.071505B] 
     received August 2, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       3883. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the 2004 annual report on 
     the activities and operations of the Public Integrity 
     Section, Criminal Division, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 529; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       3884. A letter from the Secretary of the Council, Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of Council 
     Resolution 16-225, ``Sense of the Council in Favor of the 
     Renewal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Resolution of 
     2005,'' pursuant to D.C. Code section 1--233(c)(1); to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       3885. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
     Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting a 
     recommendation of the Army Coprs of Enginneer's plan to 
     deepening and widening of a section Jackson Harbor, Florida; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3886. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Tampa Bay, FL [COTP Tampa 05-093] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received 
     August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3887. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Tampa Bay, FL [COTP Tampa 05-095] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received 
     August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3888. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone for 
     Albert Whitted Air Show; Tampa Bay, FL [COTP Tampa 05-027] 
     (RIN: 1625-A00) received August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       3889. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Illinois River Mile Marker 50.0 to Mile Marker 187.0, IL 
     [COTP St. Louis-05-001] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 25, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3890. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Sabine-Neches Canal, Sabine River, Orange, TX [COTP Port 
     Arthur-05-005] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 25, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3891. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Sabine Pass, Sabine, TX [COTP Port Arthur-05-007] (RIN: 1625-
     AA00) received August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       3892. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Sabine-Neches Canal, Sabine River, Orange, TX [COTP Port 
     Arthur-05-006] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 25, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3893. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Sabine Pass, Sabine, TX [COTP Port Arthur-05-008] (RIN: 1625-
     AA00) received August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       3894. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Neches River, Port Neches, TX [COTP Port Arthur-05-009] (RIN: 
     1625-AA00) received August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       3895. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Sabine-Neches Canal; Port Arthur, TX [COTP Port Arthur-05-
     011] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       3896. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Colorado River, Parker, AZ [COTP San Diego 05-011] (RIN: 
     1625-AA00) received August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       3897. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; Napa 
     River, California [COTP San Francisco Bay 05-005] (RIN: 1625-
     AA00) received August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       3898. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; Las 
     Mareas Bay, Guayama, Puerto Rico [COTP San Juan 05-046] (RIN: 
     1625-AA00) received August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       3899. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; Red 
     River, 500 feet North and South of Mile Marker 103.2, in the 
     vicinity of the Jackson Street Bridge, Pineville, LA [COTP 
     New Orleans-05-026] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 25,2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3900. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Jefferson Parish, 4 Nautical Miles West of Barataria Pass, 
     extending from the North Shore of Hackberry Bay to the South 
     Shore

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     of West Champagne Bay, in the vicinity of Mendicant Island, 
     LA [COTP New Orleans-05-027] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 
     25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3901. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; St. 
     Louis Bay, Bay St. Louis, MS [COTP New Orleans-05-028] (RIN: 
     1625-AA00) received August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       3902. A letter from the Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; 
     Cumberland River, Mile Markers 124.0 to 125.0, Clarksville, 
     TN [COTP Ohio Valley-05-001] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 
     25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3903. A letter from the Deputy Director, Bureau of 
     Transportation Statistics, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting the Transportation Statistics Annual Report 
     2004, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111(f); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3904. A letter from the Administrator, General Services 
     Administration, transmitting an informational copy of a 
     Report of Building Project Survey for Council Bluffs, IA, 
     pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 606(a); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3905. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Ocean Perch in the Central Aleutian District of the 
     Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No. 
     041126332-5039-02; I.D. 071205A] received August 2, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3906. A letter from the Chairman, United States 
     International Trade Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     report entitled, ``The Year in Trade 2004: Operation of the 
     Trade Agreements Program,'' prepared in conformity with 
     Section 163(c) of the Trade Act of 1974; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       3907. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator for 
     Congressional Relations, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting two proposed bills to amend the Toxic Substances 
     Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and 
     Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); jointly to the Committees on 
     Agriculture and Energy and Commerce.
       3908. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Policy, 
     Management and Budget, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting the Department's report on the impacts of the 
     Compacts of Free Association with the Republic of Palau, the 
     Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands, pursuant to Public Law 108-188, section 
     104(e)(8); jointly to the Committees on Resources and 
     International Relations.

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