[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 147 (Tuesday, November 8, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12525-S12526]
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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-4582. A communication from the Acting 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; Determination of 
     Threatened Status for the Southwest Alaska Distinct 
     Population Segment of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris 
     kenyoni)'' (RIN1018-AI44) received on November 2, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4583. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Fish, 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; Designation of Critical Habitat for 
     Allium munzii (Munz's Onion)'' (RIN1018-AJ10) received on 
     November 2, 2005; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-4584. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Fish, 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; Final Listing with Designation of 
     Critical Habitat for Gila Chub'' (RIN1018-AG16) received on 
     November 1, 2005; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-4585. 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; Delaware; 
     Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone and Fine Particulate 
     Matter'' (FRL7992-3) received on November 1, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4586. 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; Maryland; 
     Repeal of NOx Budget Program COMAR 26.11.27 and 26.11.28'' 
     (FRL7992-5) received on November 1, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4587. 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; State of 
     Utah; Provo Attainment Demonstration of the Carbon Monoxide 
     Standard, Redesignation to Attainment, Designation of Areas 
     for Air Quality Planning Purposes, and Approval of Related 
     Revisions'' (FRL7992-6) received on November 1, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4588. 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; Virginia; 
     Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference'' (FRL7985-6) 
     received on November 1, 2005; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-4589. 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 for Primary 
     Aluminum Reduction Plants'' (FRL7992-8) received on November 
     1, 2005; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4590. 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 ``Revision to 
     the Guideline on Air Quality Models (appendix W to 40 CFR 
     Part 51): Adoption of a Preferred General Purpose (Flat and 
     Complex Terrain) Dispersion Model and Other Revisions'' 
     (FRL7990-9) received on November 1, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4591. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense, Reserve Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on the differing Army and Air Force policies for 
     taking adverse administrative actions

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     against National Guard officers in a state status and a 
     determination by the Secretary of Defense as to whether 
     changes are needed in those policies; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       EC-4592. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Personnel and Readiness, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a list of 24 officers authorized to wear the insignia 
     of the grade of brigadier general; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-4593. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Personnel and Readiness, transmitting, 
     authorization of Lieutenant General William T. Hobbins, 
     United States Air Force, to wear the insignia of the grade of 
     general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, 
     section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4594. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Personnel and Readiness, transmitting, 
     authorization of Major General Michael W. Peterson, United 
     States Air Force, to wear the insignia of the grade of 
     lieutenant general in accordance with title 10, United States 
     Code, section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4595. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Personnel and Readiness, transmitting, 
     authorization of Major General Michael D. Maples, United 
     States Army, to wear the insignia of the grade of lieutenant 
     general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, 
     section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4596. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Personnel and Readiness, transmitting, 
     authorization of Rear Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, United States 
     Navy, to wear the insignia of the grade of vice admiral in 
     accordance with title 10 United States Code, section 777; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4597. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to advance billing in the month of September, 
     2005; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4598. A communication from the Administrator, Food 
     Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Addition of San Marino to the List of Countries Eligible to 
     Export Meat Products to the United States'' (RIN0583-AC91) 
     received on November 4, 2005 to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4599. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State 
     Children's Health Insurance Program: Final Report to 
     Congress''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-4600. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and 
     Toxins--Reconstructed Replication Competent Forms of the 1918 
     Pandemic Influenza Virus Containing Any Portion of the Coding 
     Regions of All Eight Gene Segments'' received on November 4, 
     2005; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-4601. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Statistical Programs of the United States Government: 
     Fiscal Year 2006''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-4602. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Prevailing Rate Systems; 
     Redefinition of the Central North Carolina Appropriated Fund 
     Wage Area'' (RIN3206-AK83) received on November 4, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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