[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 164 (Sunday, December 18, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H12195-H12197]
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: 
       5861. A letter from the Administrator, Housing and 
     Community Facilities Programs, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Direct Single 
     Family Housing Loans and Grants (RIN: 0575-AC54) received 
     December 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       5862. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Bifenazate; Pesticide Tolerances 
     for Emergency Exemptions [EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0276; FRL-7746-5] 
     received December 15, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       5863. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental

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     Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- 
     Acetic acid, [(5-chloro-8-quinolinyl) oxy]-, 1-methylhexyl 
     ester (Cloquintocet-mexyl); Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-
     2005-0234; FRL-7753-4] received December 12, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       5864. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense 
     Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Defense Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation Supplement, Prohibition of Foreign 
     Taxation on U.S. Assistance Programs [DFARS Case 2004-D012] 
     received October 7, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       5865. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense 
     Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Defense Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Foreign Acquisition [DFARS 
     Case 2003-D008] received December 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       5866. A letter from the Publications Control Officer, 
     Department of the Army, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Amred Forces Disciplinary 
     Control Boards and Off-Installation Liason and Operations 
     (RIN: 0702-AA50) received December 18, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       5867. A letter from the Counsel for Legislation and 
     Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Eligibility of 
     Adjustable Rate Mortgages [Docket No. FR-4946-F-02] (RIN: 
     2502-AI26) received December 18, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       5868. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- 
     Commission Guidance Regarding Accounting for Sales of 
     Vaccines and Bioterror Countermeasures to the Federal 
     Government for Placement into the Pediatric Vaccine Stockpile 
     or the Strategic National Stockpile [Release Nos. 33-8642; 
     34-52885; IC-27178] received December 6, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       5869. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Education, 
     transmitting the annual report of the National Advisory 
     Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity for Fiscal 
     Year 2005, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1145(e); to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       5870. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's report on the 
     Community Services Block Grant Statistical Report and Report 
     on Performance Outcomes for Fiscal Years 2000 through 2003; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       5871. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Protection of Stratospheric Ozone; 
     Process for Exempting Critical Uses of Methyl Bromide for the 
     2005 Supplemental Request [FRL-8007-9] (RIN: 2060-AN13) 
     received December 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5872. 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; CO; PM10 Designation of Areas 
     for Air Quality Planning Purposes, Lamar; State 
     Implementation Plan Correction [CO-001-0076a; FRL-8004-9] 
     received December 6, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5873. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Texas; Revisions to Regulations for 
     Control of Air Pollution by Permits for New Construction or 
     Modification [R06-OAR-2005-TX-0030; FRL-8005-9] received 
     December 6, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5874. 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 and New Motor Vehicle Engines: Technical 
     Amendments to Evaporative Emissions Regulations, Dyamometer 
     Regulations, and Vehicle Labeling [OAR-2004-0011; FRL-8004-7] 
     (RIN: 2060-AM32) received December 6, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5875. 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 and New Motor Vehicle Engines; Modification of 
     Federal On-board Diagnostic Regulations for Light-Duty 
     Vehicles, Light-Duty Trucks, Medium Duty Passenger Vehicles, 
     Complete Heavy Duty Vehicles and Engines Intended for Use in 
     Heavy Duty Vehicles weighing 14,000 pounds GVWR or less [FRL-
     8005-4] (RIN: 2060-AJ77) received December 6, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       5876. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for 
     Hazardous Air Pollutants; Delegation of Authority to Oklahoma 
     Department of Environmental Quality [R06-OAR-2005-OK-0003; 
     FRL-8006-7] received December 6, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5877. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- New Source Performance Standards 
     and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; 
     Delegation of Authority to Albuquerque -- Bernalillo County 
     Air Quality Control Board [R06-OAR-2005-NM-0005; FRL-8006-2] 
     received December 6, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5878. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Regulation of Fuels and Fuel 
     Additives: Modifications to Standards and Requirements for 
     Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline Incuding Butane 
     Blenders and Attest Engagements [OAR-2003-0019; FRL-8006-5] 
     (RIN: 2060-AK77) received December 6, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5879. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Standards of Performance for New 
     Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing 
     Sources: Other Solid Waste Incineration Units [EPA-HQ-OAR-
     2003-0156; FRL-8005-5] (RIN: 2060-AG31) received December 6, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       5880. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans and Operating Permits Program; State of 
     Iowa [EPA-R07-OAR-2005-IA-0006; FRL-8010-9] received December 
     6, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       5881. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- List of Hazardous Air Pollutants, 
     Petition Process, Lesser Quantity Designations, Source 
     Category List [OAR-2003-0028; FRL-8009-5] (RIN: 2060-AI72) 
     received December 15, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5882. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- NESHAP: National Emission 
     Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Standards for 
     Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste Combustors [FRL-
     8009-3] received December 15, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5883. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- TSCA Inventory Update Reporting 
     Partially Exempted Chemicals List Addition of Certain 
     Aluminum Alkyl Chemicals [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0047; FRL-7732-6] 
     (RIN: 2070-AC61) received December 15, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5884. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- TSCA Inventory Update Reporting 
     Revisions [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2004-0106; FRL-7743-9] (RIN: 2070-
     AC61) received December 15, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5885. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Memoranda of Understanding between 
     Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Commission 
     on Environmental Quality [EPA-R06-OAR-2004-TX-0001; FRL-8007-
     5] received December 12, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5886. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Exemption of Certain Area Sources 
     from Title V Operating Permit Programs [OAR-2004-0010; FRL-
     8008-5] (RIN: 2060-AM31) received December 12, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       5887. A letter from the Secretary, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's first annual report 
     on Ethanol Market Concentration, pursuant to Section 
     1501(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       5888. A letter from the Secretary, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's report providing a 
     detailed analysis of the effectiveness and enforcement of the 
     provisions of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited 
     Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, pursuant to Public Law 
     108-187, section 10; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5889. 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.
       5890. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Revisions to the Import 
     Certificate Requirements in the Export

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      Administration Regulations [Docket No. 050812221-5221-01] 
     (RIN: 0694-AD50) received December 7, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       5891. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, President's Pay Agent, transmitting a report 
     justifying the reasons for the extension of locality-based 
     comparability payments to categories of positions that are in 
     more than one executive agency, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     5304(h)(2)(C); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       5892. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General for 
     Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Privacy Act of 1974; 
     Implementation [AAG/A Order No. 010-2005] received December 
     9, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Government Reform.
       5893. A letter from the President, James Madison Memorial 
     Fellowship Foundation, transmitting the Foundation's Annual 
     Report for 2005, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 4513; to the Committee 
     on Government Reform.
       5894. A letter from the Director, Peace Corps, transmitting 
     the semiannual report on the activities of the Office of 
     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 Government Reform.
       5895. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Election 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- 
     Extension of Administrative Fines Program [Notice 2005-30] 
     received December 18, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on House Administration.
       5896. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Election 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- 
     Electioneering Communications [Notice 2005-29] received 
     December 18, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
       5897. A letter from the Legal Analyst, Presidio Trust, 
     transmitting the Trust's final rule -- Debt Collection (RIN: 
     3212-AA07) received December 18, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       5898. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
     Civil Works, Department of the Army, transmitting a copy of 
     the the Final Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact of 
     the Napa Salt Marsh Restoration, California; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       5899. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Effluent Limitations Guidelines, 
     Pretreatment Standards, and New Source Performance Standards 
     for the Iron and Steel Manufacturing Point Source Category 
     [Docket No. EPA-OW-2002-0027; FRL-8007-8] (RIN: 2040-AE78) 
     received December 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       5900. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Announcement 
     of Contract Awards (RIN: 2700-AD18) received December 18, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Science.
       5901. A letter from the Director, SHRP, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- Veterans 
     Recruitment Appointments (RIN: 3206-AJ90) received December 
     8, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
       5902. A letter from the Director, Regulations and Rulings 
     Division, Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau, Department of 
     the Treasury, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Establishment of the Wahluke Slope Viticultural Area (2005R-
     026P) [T.D. TTB-40; Re: Notice No. 46] (RIN: 1513-AB01) 
     received December 16, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       5903. A letter from the Administrator, Office of Workforce 
     Security, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Allocation of Costs of Assessing and Collecting 
     State Taxes that are Collected in Conjunction with the State 
     Unemployment Compensation Tax--received November 8, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       5904. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Sickness or Accident Disability 
     Payments [TD 9233] (RIN: 1545-BC89) received December 16, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       5905. A letter from the United States Trade Representative, 
     transmitting reports of the Advisory Committee for Trade 
     Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN) and the Industry Trade 
     Advisory Committee (ITAC) 8: Information and Communication 
     Technologies, and E-Commerce, on the Agreement on Duty-Free 
     Treatment of Multi-Chip Integrated Circuits, pursuant to 
     Section 2104(e) of the Trade Act of 2002 and Section 135(e) 
     of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       5906. A letter from the Portfolio Manager, Critical 
     Infrastructure Protection, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting a copy of the National Critical Infrastructure 
     Protection Research and Development Plan; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security.
       5907. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Special 
     Operations and Low-Interest Conflict, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department's Fiscal Year 2005 annual report 
     on the Regional Defense Counterterrorism Fellowship Program, 
     pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2249c; jointly to the Committees on 
     Armed Services and International Relations.
       5908. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting pursuant to 
     section 7(a) of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 
     104-45), a copy of Presidential Determination No. 2006-5 
     suspending the limitation on the obligation of the State 
     Department Appropriations contained in sections 3(b) and 7(b) 
     of that Act for six months as well as the periodic report 
     provided for under Section 6 of the Act covering the period 
     from June 16, 2005 to the present, pursuant to Public Law 
     104-45, section 6 (109 Stat. 400); jointly to the Committees 
     on International Relations and Appropriations.
       5909. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Economic Development, Department of Commerce, transmitting 
     the annual report on the activities of the Economic 
     Development Administration for Fiscal Year 2004, pursuant to 
     42 U.S.C. 3217; jointly to the Committees on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure and Financial Services.
       5910. A letter from the Chairman, Medicare Payment Advisory 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's report entitled, 
     ``Home Health Agency Case Mix and Financial Performance,'' 
     pursuant to Public Law 108-173, section 705; jointly to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.