[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 151 (Tuesday, November 15, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H10224-H10225]
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:

       5191. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- 2-Bromo-2-Nitro-1, 3-Propanediol 
     (Bronopol); Exemptions from the Requirement of a Tolerance 
     [OPP-2005-0280; FRL-7743-5] received November 8, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       5192. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Flucarbazone-sodium; Time-Limited 
     Pesticide Tolerance [OPP-2005-0254; FRL-7740-8] received 
     November 8, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       5193. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- S-metolachlor; Pesticide Tolerance 
     Technical Correction [OPP-2004-0326; FRL-7741-7] received 
     November 14, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       5194. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Sulfosulfuron; Pesticide 
     Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions [OPP-2005-0270; FRL-7740-
     1] received November 14, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       5195. A letter from the Under Secretary for Acquisition, 
     Technology and Logistics, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     the Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) for the quarter 
     ending September 30, 2005, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2432; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       5196. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions involving 
     U.S. exports to Qatar pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
       5197. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions involving 
     U.S. exports to Mexico pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
       5198. 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; Redesignation of Greene County 
     and Jackson County 8-hour Ozone Nonattainment Areas to 
     Attainment for Ozone [R05-OAR-2005-IN-0009; FRL-7995-9] 
     received November 8, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5199. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Implementation Plans for Air Quality Planning Purposes; 
     California -- South Coast and Coachella [CA-314-0483; FRL-
     7975-7] received November 8, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5200. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Designation of Areas for Air 
     Quality Planning Purposes; Arizona; Correction of Boundary of 
     Phoenix Metropolitan 1-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area [OAR-
     2005-0150a; FRL-7995-3] received November 8, 2006, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       5201. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Interim Final Determination to 
     Stay and/or Defer Sanctions, Pinal County Air Quality Control 
     District [R09-OAR-2005-AZ-0007, FRL-7994-6] received November 
     8, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       5202. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Revisions to the Requirements on 
     Variability in the Composition of Additives Certified Under 
     the Gasoline Deposit Control Program; Final Rule [OAR-2004-
     0029; FRL-7996-2] (RIN: 2060-AK62) received Novemebr 8, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       5203. 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; Maryland; Metropolitan 
     Washington D.C. 1-Hour Ozone Attainment Plan, Lifting of 
     Earlier Rules Resulting in Removal of Sanctions and Federal 
     Implementation Clocks [RME NO. R03-OAR-2004-MD-0010; FRL-
     7997-5] received November 14, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5204. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Air Quality Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants, 
     Commonwealth of Virginia; Control of Emissions From Hospital/
     Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator Units; Correction 
     [VA139-5073a; FRL-7997-6] received November 14, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       5205. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Control of Air Pollution From 
     Aircraft and Aircraft Engines; Emission Standards and Test 
     Procedures [OAR-2002-0030; FRL-7997-3] (RIN: 2060-AK01) 
     received November 14, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5206. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Control of Air Pollution from New 
     Motor Vehicles; Revisions to Motor Vehicle Diesel Fuel Sulfur 
     Transition Provisions; and Technical Amendments to the 
     Highway Diesel, Nonroad Diesel, and Tier 2 Gasoline Programs 
     [OAR-2005-0153; FRL-7996-9] (RIN: 2060-AJ71) received 
     November 14, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5207. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Determination of Attainment, 
     Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and 
     Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; 
     Indiana; Redesignation of Delaware County to Attainment of 
     the 8-Hour Ozone Standard [R05-OAR-2005-IN-0008; FRL-7997-8] 
     received Novemebr 14, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5208. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Final Rule to Implement the 8-Hour 
     Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard -- Phase 2; Final 
     Rule to Implement Certain Aspects of the 1990 Amendments 
     Relating to New Source Review and Prevention of Significant 
     Deterioration as they Apply in Carbon Monoxide, Particulate 
     Matter and Ozone NAAQS; Final Rule for Reformulated Gasoline 
     [OAR 2003-0079; FRL-7996-8] (RIN: 2060-AJ99) received 
     November 14, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5209. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for 
     Hazardous Air Pollutnats for Brick and Structural Clay 
     Products Manufacturing: Reconsideration [OAR-2002-0054; FRL-
     7997-9] (RIN: 2060-AM94) received November 14, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       5210. A letter from the Chief, Policy and Rules Division, 
     Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule -- Amendment of Part 2 of the 
     Commission's Rules to Allocate Spectrum Below 3 GHz for 
     Mobile and Fixed Services to Support the Introduction of New 
     Advanced Wireless Services, including Third Generation 
     Wireless Systems [ET Docket No. 00-258] received October 27, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       5211. A letter from the Legal Advisor to the Bureau Chief, 
     Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of Section 73.202(b) 
     Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations. (Goldendale, 
     Washington) [MB Docket No. 05-8; RM-11142]; (Port Angeles, 
     Washington) [MB Docket No. 05-11; RM-11144]; (Ty Ty, Georgia) 
     [MB Docket No. 05-12; RM-11145] received October 27, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       5212. A letter from the Legal Advisor to the Bureau Chief, 
     Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of Section 73.202(b) 
     Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations. (Cameron and 
     Hackberry, Louisiana) [MB Docket NO. 05-138; RM-11162; RM-
     11266] received October 27, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5213. A letter from the Legal Advisor to the Bureau Chief, 
     Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of Section 
     73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations. 
     (Glenville, Clyde, and Weaverville, North Carolina and 
     Tazewell,

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     Tennessee) [MB Docket No. 02-352; RM-10602; RM-10776; RM-
     10777] received October 27, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5214. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Copies of 
     international agreements, other than treaties, entered into 
     by the United States, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b(a); to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       5215. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting pursuant to the reporting 
     requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control 
     Act, as amended, Transmittal No. 06-07, concerning the 
     Department of the Air Force's proposed Letter(s) of Offer and 
     Acceptance to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative 
     Office for defense articles and services; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       5216. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the 
     Department's annual report of the activities of the United 
     Nations and of the participation of the United States during 
     the calendar year 2004; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       5217. A letter from the Chief Human Capital Officer, 
     Corporation for National and Community Service, transmitting 
     a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 
     1998; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       5218. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       5219. A letter from the Chief Administrative Officer, 
     United States Capitol Police, transmitting the semiannual 
     report of receipts and expenditures of appropriations and 
     other funds for the period April 1, 2005 through September 
     30, 2005 as compiled by the Chief Administrative Officer, 
     pursuant to Public Law 109-55, section 1005; (H. Doc. No. 
     109-69); to the Committee on House Administration and ordered 
     to be printed.
       5220. 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 
     Minnesota; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       5221. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's eigth report to 
     Congress and sixth report to the President entitled, ``The 
     National Initiative for Increasing Safety Belt Use, Buckle Up 
     America Campaign''; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       5222. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's summary and 
     detailed breakdown of the disability-related complaints that 
     U.S. and foreign passenger carriers operating to and from the 
     U.S. received during the 2004 calendar year, pursuant to 
     section 707 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and 
     Reform Act for the 21st Century; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       5223. A letter from the Administrator, General Services 
     Administration, transmitting an informational copy of a 
     Report of Building Project Survey for Lancaster, PA, pursuant 
     to 40 U.S.C. 606(a); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       5224. A letter from the President, John F. Kennedy Center 
     for the Performing Arts, transmitting the report due on 
     October 31, 2005 of the John F. Kennedy Center for the 
     Performing Arts, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 76l(c); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       5225. A letter from the Chairman, Labor Member, Management 
     Member, Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting the Board's 
     2005 report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, 
     pursuant to section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act 
     and section 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act; 
     jointly to the Committees on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure and Ways and Means.
       5226. A letter from the Admiral, United States Coast Guard, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a copy of a 
     draft bill, ``To implement Annex VI to the International 
     Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, 
     as amended by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto.''; 
     jointly to the Committees on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, Armed Services, and the Judiciary.

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