[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 133 (Wednesday, October 19, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H8983-H8985]
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:

       4576. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- West 
     Indian Fruit Fly; Regulated Articles [Docket No. 04-127-2] 
     received October 4, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4577. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Mexican Fruit Fly; Quarantined Areas and Treatments for 
     Regulated Articles [Docket No. 02-129-5] received October 4, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       4578. A letter from the Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, 
     and Consumer Services, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Commodity 
     Supplemental Food Program -- Plain Language, Program 
     Accountability, and Program Flexibility (RIN: 0584-AC84) 
     received August 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4579. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final

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     rule -- Asian Longhorned Beetle; Removal of Regulated Areas 
     [Docket No. 05-011-2] received August 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4580. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Brucellosis in Swine; Add Florida to List of Validated 
     Brucellosis-Free States [Docket No. 05-009-2] received August 
     23, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       4581. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Noxious Weed Control and Eradication Act; Delegation of 
     Authority [Docket No. 05-012-1] received September 27, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       4582. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegtable Programs, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil 
     Produced in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quantity 
     and Allotment Percentage for Class 1 (Scotch) and Class 3 
     (Native) Spearmint Oil for 2005-2006 Marketing Year [Docket 
     No. FV05-985-2 IFR] received September 27, 2005, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4583. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegtable Programs, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Nectarines and Peaches Grown in California; Increased 
     Assessment Rates [Docket No. FV05-916-3 FR] received 
     September 27, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       4584. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegtable Programs, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Amendment to the Peanut Promotion, Research, and Information 
     Order [FV-05-701-IFR] received September 27, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4585. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Services, Department of Agriculture, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Milk in the Mideast Marketing 
     Area; Interim Order Amending the Order [Docket No. AO-166-
     A39; DA-05-01-A] received September 27, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4586. A letter from the Agricultural Marketing Agency, 
     Science and Technology Programs, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Plant Variety 
     Protection Office, Fee Increase [Doc. No. ST-05-02] (RIN: 
     0581-AC42) received September 27, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4587. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting a report of a violation of the Antideficiency 
     Act by the Department of the Navy, Case Number 04-06, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       4588. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting a report of a violation of the Antideficiency 
     Act by the Department of the Navy, Case Number 04-05, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       4589. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting a report of a violation of the Antideficiency 
     Act by the Department of the Navy, Case Number 04-02, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       4590. A letter from the Under Secretary for Acquisition, 
     Technologyand Logistics, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     revisions to the National Defense Stockpile Annual Materials 
     Plan (AMP) for fiscal year 2006, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 98d; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       4591. A letter from the Assistant to the Secretary, Nuclear 
     and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting revisions to the Counterproliferation 
     Program Review Committee report entitled, ``Report on 
     Activities and Programs for Countering Proliferation and NBC 
     Terrorism''; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       4592. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel, Division 
     of Regulatory Services, Department of Education, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Safe and Drug-Free Schools 
     Programs, Final Priority and Other Application Requirements 
     -- received August 11, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       4593. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel, Division 
     of Regulatory Services, Department of Education, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Innovation for Teacher Quality 
     (RIN: 1855-AA04) received July 1, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       4594. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel, Division 
     of Regulatory Services, Department of Education, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Alcohol and Other Drug 
     Prevention Models on College Campuses -- received August 11, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       4595. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Office of 
     Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Community 
     Technology Centers Program -- September 20, 2005, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       4596. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Department's Annual Report on Federal 
     Government Energy Management and Conservation Programs during 
     Fiscal Year 2003, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6361(c); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4597. A letter from the Secretary, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting the Report to Congress for 2003 
     pursuant to the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising 
     Act, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1337(b); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       4598. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the 
     President's determination and certification for Fiscal Year 
     2006 under Section 102(a)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act, 
     pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2799aa-2; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       4599. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     notification of an Accountability Review Board to examine the 
     facts and the circumstances of the loss of life at a U.S. 
     mission abroad and to report and make recommendations, 
     pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 4834(d)(1); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       4600. A letter from the NSPS Senior Executive, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting comments on proposed regulations for 
     the National Security Personnel System from unions 
     representing Department of Defense employees; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       4601. A letter from the Executive Director, Commission on 
     Federal Election Reform, transmitting the Commission's report 
     entitled, ``Building Confidence in U.S. Election: The Report 
     of the Commission on Federal Election Reform''; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
       4602. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting a progress report on the Department's 
     continuing effort to provide an historical accounting for 
     individual Indian monies; to the Committee on Resources.
       4603. A letter from the Under Secretary for Emergency 
     Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting notification that funding under Title V, 
     subsection 503(b)(3) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, has exceeded 
     $5 million for the response to the emergency declared as a 
     result the influx of evacuees from areas struck by Hurricane 
     Katrina beginning on August 29, 2005 in the State of Texas, 
     pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4604. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
     Civil Works, Department of the Army, transmitting a 
     legislative proposal regarding the Civil Works program of the 
     Army Corps of Engineers; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
       4605. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Civil Works, 
     Department of the Army, transmitting the Department's status 
     report on the Great Lakes Tributary Model required by Section 
     516(e-g) of the Water Resources Development Act; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4606. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Administration's March 2005 
     report to Congress entitled, ``Use of Dedicated Trains for 
     Transportation of High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent 
     Nuclear Fuel,'' pursuant to Public Law 101-615, section 15; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       4607. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- 
     Determination of Amount of Original Issue Discount (Rev. Rul. 
     2005-47) received August 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       4608. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- 
     Changes in accounting periods and in methods of accounting. 
     (Rev. Proc. 2005-47) received August 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       4609. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- 
     Value of Life Insurance Contracts when Distributed from a 
     Qualified Retirement Plan [TD 9223] (RIN: 1545-BC20) received 
     September 1, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       4610. 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 8, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       4611. 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 8, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       4612. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Additional Relief for Certain

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     Employee Benefit Plans as a Result of Hurricane Katrina 
     [Notice 2005-60] received September 23, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       4613. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Last-in, first-out inventories. 
     (Rev. Rul. 2005-45) received August 11, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       4614. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Converting an IRA Annuity to a 
     ROTH IRA [TD 9220] (RIN: 1545-BE66) received August 23, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       4615. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Examination of returns and claims 
     for refund, credit or abatement; determination of tax 
     liability (Rev. Proc. 2005-64) received August 23, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       4616. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Administrative, Procedural, and 
     Miscellaneous (Rev. Proc. 2005-66) received September 1, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       4617. A letter from the Chairman, International Trade 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's report on 
     investigation No. TA-204-12, entitled, ``Steel: Evaluation of 
     the Effectiveness of Import Relief,'' pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 
     2254(d)(3); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       4618. A letter from the Chairman, United States 
     International Trade Commission, transmitting the eleventh 
     annual report on the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) 
     entitled ``Impact on U.S. Industries and Consumers and on 
     Drug Crop Eradication and Crop Substitution,'' pursuant to 19 
     U.S.C. 3204; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       4619. A letter from the Under Secretary for Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's notification to Congress of determinations that 
     institutions of higher education have a policy or practice of 
     denying military recruiting personnel entry to campuses, 
     access to students on campus, or access to student recruiting 
     information, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 983; jointly to the 
     Committees on Armed Services and Education and the Workforce.
       4620. A letter from the Inspector General, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting a report on the 
     adequacy of reimbursement rate under the new methodology for 
     Medicare reimbursement of drugs and biologicals, pursuant to 
     42 U.S.C. 1395w-3a note Public Law 108-173, section 
     303(c)(3)(B); jointly to the Committees on Energy and 
     Commerce and Ways and Means.
       4621. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Administration's draft 
     proposal that would protect and strengthen the financing of 
     the Medicare program, as described in the President's fiscal 
     year 2006 Budget; jointly to the Committees on Energy and 
     Commerce and Ways and Means.
       4622. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting a waiver of certain Medicare, 
     Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program 
     Requirements, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1320b-5 Public Law 107-
     188, section 143(a)(1135)(f); jointly to the Committees on 
     Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.
       4623. A letter from the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, 
     Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's 
     March 2005 ``Treasury Bulletin,'' pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 
     9602(a); jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means, 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, Resources, Energy and 
     Commerce, Education and the Workforce, and Agriculture.

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