[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 27, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H8384-H8386]
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:

       4195. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Tebuconazole; Pesticide Tolerances 
     for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-2005-0208; FRL-7727-5] received 
     August 2,2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       4196. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Fenpropathrin; Pesticide Tolerance 
     [OPP-2005-0133; FRL-7738-7] received September 23, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       4197. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Kasugamycin; Pesticide Tolerance 
     [OPP-2005-0017; FRL-7736-4] received September 23, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       4198. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Muscodor albus QST 20799 and the 
     Volatiles Produced on Rehydration; Exemption from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerance [OPP-2005-0244; FRL-7739-5] 
     received September 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4199. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Pesticides; Removal of Expired Time-
     Limited Tolerance Exemptions [OPP-2005-0238; FRL-7735-8] 
     received September 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4200. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Pyridaben; Pesticide Tolerance [OPP-
     2005-0267; FRL-7738-6] received September 23, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4201. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Pyriproxyfen; Pesticide Tolerance 
     [OPP-2005-0246; FRL-7737-8] received September 23, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       4202. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Myclobutanil; Pesticide Tolerances 
     for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-2005-0225; FRL-7731-2] received 
     August 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       4203. A letter from the Chairman, Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, transmitting the annual report of the Securities 
     Investor Protection Corporation for the year 2004, pursuant 
     to 15 U.S.C. 78ggg(c)(2); to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
       4204. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Revisions to the State of Hawaii 
     State Implementation Plan, Update to Materials Incorporated 
     by Reference [HI 125-NBK; FRL-7946-7] received August 2, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       4205. 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 Program; Mercury 
     Containing Equipment [RCRA-2004-0012; FRL-7948-1] (RIN: 2050-
     AE52) received August 2, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4206. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Revisions to the Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands State Implementation Plan, Update to 
     Materials Incorporated by Reference [CMNI 124-NBK; FRL-7938-
     6] received August 2, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4207. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Texas; Transportation Control Measures 
     in the Dallas/Fort Worth Ozone Nonattainment Area [TX-126-1-
     7691; FRL-7947-7] received September 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4208. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality 
     Planning Purposes; Indiana; Lake County Sulfur Dioxide 
     Regulations, Redesignation and Maintenance Plan [R05-OAR-
     2005-IN-0004; FRL-7972-6] received September 23, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       4209. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--North Dakota; Final Authorization of 
     State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [FRL-7974-
     3] received September 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4210. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Ocean Dumping; Site Designation 
     [FRL-7973-8] received September 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4211. 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; Texas; Dallas-Fort Worth 
     Voluntary Mobile Emission Reduction Program [TX 126-1-7690; 
     FRL-7960-4] received August 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4212. 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; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Revised 
     Format for Materials Being Incorporated by Reference [TN-
     200524-FRL-7952-3] received August 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4213. 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; Knox County, Tennessee; Revised 
     Format for Materials Being Incorporated by Reference [TN-
     2000506; FRL-7952-2] received August 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4214. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality 
     Planning Purposes; Wallula, Washington, Area [R10-OAR-2005-
     WA-0005; FRL-7959-6] received August 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4215. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans for Kentucky; Regulatory Limit on 
     Potential to Emit [R04-OAR-2003-KY-0001-200410(a); FRL-7958-
     8] received August 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4216. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Extension of the Deferred Effective 
     Date for 8-hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards 
     for Early Action Compact Areas [OAR-2003-0090; FRL-7959-2] 
     received August 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4217. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Limited Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Texas;

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     Excess Emissions During Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction 
     Activities [R06-OAR-2005-TX-0022; FRL-7959-5] received August 
     23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       4218. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Standards of Performance for New and 
     Existing Stationary Sources; Electric Utility Steam Genrating 
     Units [OAR-2002-0056; FRL-7960-1] (RIN: 2060-AJ65) received 
     August 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4219. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule--Stay of the Findings of Significant 
     Contribution and Rulemaking for Georgia for Purposes of 
     Reducing Ozone Interstate Transport [Docket No. OAR-2004-
     0440; FRL-7960-2] (RIN: 2060-AN06) received August 23, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       4220. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     transmitting the 2004 Report on CFE Compliance pursuant to 
     the resolution of advice and consent to ratification of the 
     Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on 
     Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, 
     (``the CFE Flank Document''); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       4221. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the 
     designation as ``foreign terrorist organization'' pursuant to 
     Section 219of the Immigration and Nationality Act; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       4222. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Mentor 
     Harbor Offshore Powerboat Race, Mentor, Ohio [CGD09-05-026] 
     (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4223. A letter from the Acting Chief, Office of Regulations 
     and Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting the Department's final rule--Security 
     Zones; Port of Fredericksted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin 
     Islands [COTP SAN JUAN 04-138] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received May 
     11, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4224. A letter from the Acting Chief, Office of Regulations 
     and Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting the Department's final rule--Security 
     Zone; Savannah River, Savannah, GA [COTP Savannah-05-022] 
     (RIN: 1625-AA00) received May 11, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4225. A letter from the Acting Chief, Office of Regulations 
     and Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting the Department's final rule--Security 
     Zone; Atchafalaya River, Eugene Island Sea Buoy to Mile 
     Marker 119.8, Berwick, LA [COTP Morgan City-04-015] (RIN: 
     1625-AA87) received May 11, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4226. A letter from the Acting Chief, Office of Regulations 
     and Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting the Department's final rule--Security 
     Zone; Bayou Grande, Pensacola, FL [COTP Mobile-05-003] (RIN: 
     1625-AA87) received May 11, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4227. A letter from the Acting Chief, Office of Regulations 
     and Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting the Department's final rule--Security 
     Zone; Bayou Chico, Pensacola, FL [COTP Mobile-05-004] (RIN: 
     1625-AA87) received May 11, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4228. A letter from the Acting Chief, Office of Regulations 
     and Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting the Department's final rule--Security 
     Zone; Captain of the Port Detroit Zone, Detroit River, 
     Detroit, MI [CGD09-05-0002] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received May 11, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4229. A letter from the Acting Chief, Office of Regulations 
     and Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting the Department's final rule--Security 
     Zone; Ohio River, Mile 602.0 to 606.0, in Louisville, KY 
     [COTP Louisville-05-006] (RIN: 2115-AA87) received May 11, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4230. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; St. 
     Johns River, Palatka, FL [COTP Jacksonville 05-050] (RIN: 
     1625-AA00) received August 12, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4231. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Jones 
     Beach Air Show, Jones Beach, NY [CGD01-05-033] (RIN: 1625-
     AA00) received August 12, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4232. 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 05-062] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 
     12, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4233. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Captain of the Port Detroit Zone [CGD09-05-022] received 
     August 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4234. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Indian 
     River, New Smyrna, FL. [COTP Jacksonville 05-076] (RIN: 1625-
     AA00) received August 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4235. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Tacoma 
     Tall Ships 2005, Commencement Bay, Washington [CGD13-05-021] 
     (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4236. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; St. 
     Johns River, Jacksonville, FL. [COTP Jacksonville 05-051] 
     (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4237. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zones; 
     Fireworks displays in the Captain of the Port Portland Zone. 
     [CGD13-05-022] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 9, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4238. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone 
     Regulations, Freedom Fair Air Show Performance, Commencement 
     Bay, WA [CGD13-05-024] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 9, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4239. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone: 
     Independance Day Celebration Fireworks--Ipswich, 
     Massachusetts. [CGD01-05-053] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received 
     August 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4240. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Tank Level or 
     Pressure Monitoring Devices on Single-hull Tank Ships and 
     Single-Hull Tank Barges Carrying Oil or Oil Residue as Cargo 
     [USCG-2001-9046] (RIN: 1625-AA94) received August 2, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4241. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--IFR 
     Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No. 30448; Amdt. 
     No. 455] received August 12, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4242. A letter from the Administrator, National Aeronautics 
     and Space Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     report on the Exploration Systems Architecture Study; to the 
     Committee on Science.
       4243. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule--Treatment of Certain Amounts Paid 
     to Section 170(c) Organizations under Certain Employer Leave-
     Based Donation Programs [Notice 2005-68] received September 
     19, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       4244. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule--Sherwin-Williams Co. Employee 
     Health Plan Trust v. Commissioner, 330 F.3rd 449 (6th Cir. 
     2003), rev'g 115 T.C. 440 (2000) received September 19, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       4245. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule--Returns Prepared For or Executed by Secretary 
     (Rev. Rul. 2005-59) received September 2, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       4246. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule--Determination of Interest Rate (Rev. Rul. 2005-
     62) received September 2, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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       4247. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule--Updating Estimated Income Tax Regulations Under 
     Section 6654 [TD 9224] (RIN: 1545-BD17) received September 2, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       4248. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Health 
     Affairs Under Secretary for Benefits, Departments of Defense 
     and Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Departments' report 
     entitled, ``VA/DOD Single Seperation Examinations at Benefits 
     Delivery at Discharge Sites,'' pursuant to Public Law 107--
     107, section 734; jointly to the Committees on Armed Services 
     and Veterans' Affairs.
       4249. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, CMS, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Medicare Program; Conditions for 
     Payment of Power Mobility Devices, including Power 
     Wheelchairs and Power-Operated Vehicles [CMS-3017-IFC] (RIN: 
     0938-AM74) received August 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Committees on Energy and 
     Commerce and Ways and Means.

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