[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 7, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H642-H644]
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:

       6473. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export-
     Import Bank of the United States, transmitting a report on 
     transactions involving U.S. exports to India pursuant to 
     Section 2(b)(3) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as 
     amended, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 635(b)(3)(i); to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
       6474. A letter from the Secretary, Deparment of the 
     Threasury, transmitting a six month periodic report on the 
     national emergency with respect to Zimbabwe that was declared 
     in Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003, pursuant to 50 
     U.S.C. 1641(c); to the Committee on International Relations.
       6475. A letter from the Director, International 
     Cooperation, Department of Defense, transmitting pursuant to 
     Section 27(f) of the Arms Export Control Act and Section 1(f) 
     of Executive Order 11958, a copy of Transmittal No. 06-06 
     which informs of an intent to sign a Project Arrangement 
     between the United States and Singapore for Analysis and 
     Testing of Braided Composite Structures and Joints, pursuant 
     to 22 U.S.C. 2767(f); to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       6476. A letter from the Director, International 
     Cooperation, Department of Defense, transmitting pursuant to 
     Section 27(f) of the Arms Export Control Act and Section 1(f) 
     of Executive Order 11958, a copy of Transmittal No. 07-06 
     which informs of an intent to sign a Project Arrangement 
     between the United States and Singapore for Motheye 
     Antireflective Structure for ZGP Crystal, pursuant to 22 
     U.S.C. 2767(f); to the Committee on International Relations.
       6477. A letter from the Director, International 
     Cooperation, Department of Defense, transmitting pursuant to 
     Section 27(f) of the Arms Export Control Act and Section 1(f) 
     of Executive Order 11958, a copy of Transmittal No. 01-06 
     which informs of an intent to sign a Project Arrangement to 
     the Research and Development Projects Memorandum of 
     Understanding between the United States and the United 
     Kingdom, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2767(f); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       6478. 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.
       6479. A letter from the White House Liaison, Department of 
     Education, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       6480. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration & Management, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies 
     Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       6481. 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.
       6482. A letter from the Attorney, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       6483. A letter from the Assistant Administrator, OARM, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       6484. A letter from the Assistant Administrator, OARM, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       6485. A letter from the Assistant Administrator, OARM, 
     Environmental Protection

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     Agency, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       6486. A letter from the Assistant Administrator, OARM, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       6487. A letter from the General Counsel, Office of 
     Management and Budget, transmitting a report pursuant to the 
     Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       6488. A letter from the Deputy Director, Office of 
     Protected Resources, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Taking and Importing Marine Mammals Incidental to Rocket 
     Launches from Kodiak Island, AK [Docket No. 011011247-6006-
     03; I.D. 082701E] (RIN: 0648-AP62) received February 13, 
     2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       6489. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Subsistence Fishing [Docket No. 
     040607171-5078-02; I.D. 051804C] (RIN: 0648-AR88) received 
     February 14, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       6490. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Operations, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
     Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery; 2006 and 2007 
     Fishing Quotas for Ocean Quahogs [Docket No. 051017270-5339-
     02; I.D. 093005B] (RIN: 0648-AT85) received February 27, 
     2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       6491. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Operations, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
     Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Extension of Emergency Fishery Closure Due to the Presence of 
     the Toxin That Causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning [Docket 
     No. 050613158-5262-03; I.D. 090105A] (RIN: 0648-AT48) 
     received February 27, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       6492. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Operations, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna 
     Fisheries [I.D. 122805B] received January 17, 2006, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       6493. A letter from the Director, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka 
     Mackerel Lottery in Areas 542 and 543 [Docket No. 041126332-
     5039-02; I.D. 011306A] received February 3, 2006, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       6494. A letter from the Director, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna 
     Fisheries [I.D. 011206I] received February 3, 2006, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       6495. A letter from the Director, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna 
     Fisheries [I.D. 011906B] received February 3, 2006, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       6496. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
     Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Haddock Incidental Catch 
     Allowance for the Atlantic Herring Fishery [Docket No. 
     050517132-5132-01; I.D. 051105D] (RIN: 0648-AT36) received 
     January 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       6497. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Shrimp Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic States; 
     Amendment 6 [Docket No. 050314071-5230-02; I.D. 030105E] 
     (RIN: 0648-AS16) received January 17, 2006, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       6498. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Allocating Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner 
     Crab Fishery Resources; Correction [Docket No. 040831251-
     5309-05; I.D. 082504A] (RIN: 0648-AS47) received January 17, 
     2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       6499. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Northeatsern United States; Atlantic 
     Bluefish and Summer Flounder Fisheries [Docket No. 050708184-
     5235-02; I.D. 070105B] (RIN: 0648-AT50) received January 23, 
     2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       6500. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Gulf 
     Grouper Recreational Management Measures [Docket No. 
     050708183-5183-01; I.D. 070505D] (RIN: 0648-AT45) received 
     February 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       6501. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Spiny 
     Dogfish; Framework Adjustment 1; Establishing a Multiple-year 
     Specifications Process [Docket No. 051104291-5350-02; I.D. 
     100405F] (RIN: 0648-AT29] received February 6, 2006, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       6502. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer 
     Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 2006 Summer 
     Flounder, Scrup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications; 
     Preliminary 2006 Quota Adjustments; 2006 Summer Flounder 
     Quota for Delaware [Docket No. 051104293-5344-02; I.D. 
     102705B] (RIN: 0648-AT27) received February 27, 2006, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       6503. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; North 
     Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Cost 
     Recovery Program [I.D. 120805C] received February 3, 2006, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       6504. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket 
     No. 041126333-5040-02; I.D. 012006A] received February 8, 
     2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       6505. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exlcusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka 
     Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management 
     Area [Docket No. 041126332-5039-02; I.D. 011806K] received 
     February 8, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       6506. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exculsive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket 
     No. 041126333-5040-02; I.D. 030805C] received February 8, 
     2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       6507. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of 
     Mexico and South Atlantic; Trip Limit Increases [Docket No. 
     001005281-0369-02; I.D. 012406A] received February 14, 2006, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       6508. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket 
     No. 041126333-5040-02; I.D. 012506A] received February 17, 
     2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       6509. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels 60 Feet (18.3 Meters) Length 
     Overall and Using Pot Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian 
     Islands Management Area [Docket No. 041126332-5039-02; I.D. 
     020106A] received February 17, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       6510. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Sablefish Managed Under the Individual Fishing Quota Program 
     [I.D. 020606B] received February 22, 2006, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.

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       6511. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Reallocation of Pollock from the Aleutian Islands Subarea to 
     the Bering Sea Subarea [Docket No. 041126332-5039-02; I.D. 
     020606A] received February 22, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       6512. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
     Provisios; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Modification of the 
     Yellowtail Flounder Landing Limit for Western and Eastern 
     U.S./Canada Areas [Docket No. 040804229-4300-02; I.D. 
     010606A] received February 22, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       6513. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic 
     Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Closure of the 
     Quarter I Fishery for Loligo Squid [Docket No. 051209329-
     5329-01; I.D. 020306B] received February 27, 2006, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       6514. A letter from the Acting Director, FEMA, 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 Florida, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6515. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
     Civil Works, Department of the Army, transmitting a copy of 
     the Central and Southern Florida Project Indian River Lagoon-
     South Feasibility Study; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.

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