[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 156 (Wednesday, December 7, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H11218-H11219]
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:

       5510. A letter from the Regulatory Specialist, Legislative 
     and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 
     of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- One-Year Post-Employment 
     Restrictions for Senior Examiners [Docket No. 05-19] (RIN: 
     1557-AC94) received November 22, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       5511. A letter from the Regulatory Specialist, Legislative 
     and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 
     of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Assessment of Fees [Docket No. 05-
     20] (RIN: 1557-AC96) received November 22, 2005, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
       5512. A letter from the Regulatory Specialist, Legislative 
     and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 
     of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Fair Credit Reporting Medical 
     Information Regulations [Docket No. 05-18] (RIN: 1557-AC85) 
     received November 28, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       5513. A letter from the Legal Information Assistant, Office 
     of Thrift Supervision, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- One-Year Post-
     Employment Restrictions for Senior Examiners [No. 2005-48] 
     (RIN: 1550-AB99) received November 17, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       5514. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Department's report entitled, ``Report to 
     Congress on Energy Savings Performance Contracts,'' as 
     required by section 1090 of the Ronald W. Reagan National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5515. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, transmitting 
     the Administration's final rule -- Medical Devices; 
     Immunology and Microbiology Devices; Classification of Cystic 
     Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Gene Mutation 
     Detection System [Docket No. 2005P-0397] received November 
     14, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       5516. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, transmitting 
     the Administration's final rule -- Public Information 
     Regulations [Docket No. 2004N-0214] Recceived August 4, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       5517. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- 
     Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Adams-Denver, 
     CO, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area (RIN: 3206-AK91) received 
     November 18, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       5518. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- 
     Prevailing Rate Systems; Change in the Survey Cycle for the 
     Harrision, Mississippi, Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage 
     System Wage Area (RIN: 3206-AK96) received November 18, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       5519. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- 
     Solicitation of Federal Civilian and Uniformed Service 
     Personnel for Contributions to Private Voluntary 
     Organizations -- Sanctions Compliance Certification (RIN: 
     3206-AK71) received November 18, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       5520. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- 
     Department of Defense Human Resources Management and Labor 
     Relations Systems (RIN: 3206-AK76) (RIN: 0790-AH82) received 
     November 8, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       5521. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
     Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the 2004 annual report of the National Center for 
     Preservation Technology and Training (National Center), 
     pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       5522. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmosperhic 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer 
     Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer [Docket No. 041110317-4364-
     02; I.D. 053105F] received November 24, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       5523. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmosperhic 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic 
     Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Suspension of Minimum 
     Atlantic Surfclam Size Limit for Fishing Year 2006 [Docket 
     No. 031015257-3308-02; I.D. 101705B] received November 14, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       5524. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Operations, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmosperhic 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Comprehensive Amendment to the Fishery Management 
     Plans of the U.S. Caribbean [Docket No. 050729208-5267-02; 
     I.D. 060805B] (RIN: 0648-AP51) received November 14, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       5525. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Operations, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmosperhic 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western 
     Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Spiny Dogfish; 
     Open Access; Routine Management Measure; Closure Authority 
     [Docket No. 050302053-5120-03; I.D. 042605G] (RIN: 0648-AT38) 
     received November 18, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       5526. A letter from the Acting Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic 
     and Atmosperhic Administration, transmitting the 
     Administration's final rule -- Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fishery of the 
     Northeastern United States; Extension of Emergency Fishery 
     Closure Due to the Presence of the Toxin That Causes 
     Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning [Docket No. 050613158-5237-02; 
     I.D. 090105A] (RIN: 0648-AT48) received November 18, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       5527. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmosperhic 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
     Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Closure of the Eastern U.S./
     Canada Area and the Eastern U.S./Canada Haddock Special 
     Access Program Pilot Program [Docket No. 040804229-4300-02; 
     I.D. 081705H] received November 18, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       5528. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Operations, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmosperhic 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea 
     Scallop Fishery [Docket No. 051028281-5281-01; I.D. 101705C] 
     (RIN: 0648-AT99) received November 18, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       5529. A letter from the National President, American Gold 
     Star Mothers, Incorporated, transmitting the organization's 
     report and financial audit for the years ending June 30, 2005 
     and 2004, pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 1101(63) and 1103; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       5530. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Civil 
     Works, Department of the Army, transmitting the Department's 
     review and recommendation on the Louisiana Coastal Area 
     (LCA), Louisiana, Ecosystem Restoration Program Report (the 
     LCA study report) produced by the Army Corps of Engineers in 
     December 2004; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       5531. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Management 
     and Chief Financial Officer, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting in accordance with Section 645(a) of Division F 
     of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY 2004, Pub. L. 108-
     199, a report of the amount of acquisitions made by the 
     Department from entities that manufacture articles, 
     materials, or supplies outside the United States in Fiscal 
     Year 2004; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       5532. A letter from the Administrator, AMS, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Milk 
     in the Arizona-Las Vegas Marketing Area; Order Amending the 
     Order [Docket No. AO-271-A37; DA-03-04-A] received November 
     29, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       5533. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of Employment 
     Training, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- State Accomplishment of Performance Goals for 
     Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and North America Free 
     Trade Agreement Transitional Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA-
     TAA) Participants -- received November 29, 2005, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       5534. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue

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     Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- 
     Determination of Issue Price in the Case of Certain Debt 
     Instruments Issued for Property (Rev. Rul. 2005-77) received 
     November 22, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       5535. A letter from the Supervisor, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Administrative, Procedural, and 
     Miscellaneous (Rev. Proc. 2005-72) received November 16, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       5536. A letter from the Supervisor, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Administrative, Procedural, and 
     Miscellaneous (Rev. Proc. 2005-73) received November 16, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       5537. 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. 2005-73) received November 18, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       5538. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Section 7872 -- Treatment of 
     Loans with Below-Market Interest Rates (Rev. Rul. 2005-75) 
     received November 18, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       5539. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Section 1274A -- Special Rules 
     for Certain Transactions Where Stated Principal Amount Does 
     Not Exceed $2,800,000.00 (Rev. Rul. 2005-76) received 
     November 18, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       5540. A letter from the United States Trade Representative, 
     transmitting the reports of the Advisory Committee for Trade 
     Policy and Negotiations, and the policy, technical, and 
     industry trade advisory committees chartered under those 
     Acts, on the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement, pursuant to 19 
     U.S.C. 2155(e)(1); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       5541. A letter from the Acting Deputy Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting the semiannual report of the 
     Inspector General for the period April 1, 2005 through 
     September 30, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. 
     Act) section 5(b); to the Committee on Intelligence 
     (Permanent Select).
       5542. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, CMS, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Medicare Program; Exclusion of 
     Vendor Purchases Made Under the Competitive Acquisition 
     Program (CAP) for Outpatient Drugs and Biologicals Under Part 
     B for the Purpose of Calculating the Average Sales Price 
     (ASP) [CMS-1325-IFC3] (RIN: 0938-AN58) received November 3, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
       5543. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting in compliance with the requirements of 
     Subtitle F, section 3182 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Pub. L. 107-107), a 
     report on regarding the future of Rocky Flats National 
     Wildlife Refuge; jointly to the Committees on Resources and 
     Energy and Commerce.

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