[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 51 (Wednesday, May 3, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3983-S3984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   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-6652. A communication from the Secretary of the Navy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of increases in the 
     Program Acquisition Unit Cost or Average Procurement Unit 
     Cost of at least 30 percent to the ``Original'' Acquisition 
     Program Baseline in the following programs: Expeditionary 
     Fighting Vehicle, F/A-18E/F, MH-60S, and Virginia Class 
     submarine. Additionally, the report of the cancellation of 
     the Advanced Seal Delivery System Major Defense Acquisition 
     Program; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6653. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     quarterly report entitled ``Acceptance of Contributions for 
     Defense Programs, Projects, and Activities; Defense 
     Cooperation Account for the Period Ending March 31, 2006''; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6654. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, the report 
     of (2) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the next 
     higher grade in accordance with title 10, United States Code, 
     section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6655. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, the report 
     of (2) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the grade 
     of brigadier general in accordance with title 10, United 
     States Code, section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6656. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Health Affairs), transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Department of Defense Evaluation of the TRICARE Program 
     Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Report; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-6657. A communication from the General Counsel of the 
     Department of Defense, transmitting, a report of proposed 
     legislation as part of the National Defense Authorization 
     Bill for Fiscal Year 2007; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-6658. A communication from the Acting Director, Defense 
     Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Incremental Funding of Fixed-Price Contracts'' (DFARS Case 
     1990-037) received on May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-6659. A communication from the Acting Director, Defense 
     Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Prohibition of Foreign Taxation on U.S. Assistance 
     Programs'' (DFARS Case 2004-D012) received on May 1, 2006; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6660. A communication from the Acting Director, Defense 
     Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Labor Laws'' (DFARS Case 2003-D019) received on May 1, 
     2006; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6661. A communication from the Acting Director, Defense 
     Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Transition of Weapons-Related Prototype Projects to Follow-
     On Contracts'' (DFARS Case 2003-D106) received on May 1, 
     2006; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6662. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Department's Buy American Act Report for Fiscal Year 
     2005; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-6663. A communication from the Administrator, Energy 
     Information Administration, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Executive Summary to the 
     Energy Information Administration's report entitled 
     ``Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2004''; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-6664. A communication from the Administrator, Energy 
     Information Administration, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Summary to the Energy 
     Information Administration's report entitled ``Voluntary 
     Reporting of Greenhouse Gases 2004''; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-6665. A communication from the Administrator, Energy 
     Information Administration, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Energy Information 
     Administration's report entitled ``Performance Profiles of 
     Major Energy Producers 2004''; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
       EC-6666. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, 
     transmitting, a report of proposed legislation to repeal 
     subtitle J, Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas 
     and Other Petroleum Resources, of title IX of the Energy 
     Policy Act of 2005; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-6667. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, 
     transmitting, a report of proposed legislation to amend 
     section 161k. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide 
     executive protection authorities for the Department of Energy 
     (DOE) Federal Executive Protection Detail; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-6668. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Cost and 
     Performance Goals for the Office of Fossil Energy Coal-Based 
     Technologies''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-6669. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Annual Report for calendar 
     year 2005, entitled ``Department of Energy Activities 
     Relating to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board''; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-6670. A communication from the Acting Secretary of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Compacts of Free Association with the Federated States of 
     Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands for 
     Fiscal Year 2005''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-6671. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Fish 
     and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, the report of a draft bill entitled ``National 
     Park System Uniform Penalty Amendment Act''; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-6672. A communication from the Deputy CHCO/Director, 
     OHCM, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a vacancy and the designation of an acting 
     officer for the position of Chief Financial Officer, received 
     on May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-6673. A communication from the Attorney, Office of 
     Assistant General Counsel for Legislation and Regulatory Law, 
     Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: Test 
     Procedures for Distribution Transformers'' (RIN1904-AA85) 
     received on April 28, 2006; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
       EC-6674. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, a report of proposed 
     legislation to improve hurricane and storm protection in the 
     greater New Orleans metropolitan area; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6675. A communication from the Assistant Administrator, 
     OARM, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, (3) reports relative to vacancy announcements within 
     the Agency, received on May 1, 2006; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6676. A communication from the Federal Co-Chairman, 
     Delta Regional Authority (DRA), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the DRA's Fiscal Year 2005 (FY05) Activities and 
     Projects Report; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-6677. 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 Implementation Plans: Revisions to the 
     Tennessee Nitrogen Oxides Budget and Allowance Trading 
     Program'' (FRL No. 8163-3) received on May 1, 2006; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6678. 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 
     ``Implementation of the Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2002'' (FRL 
     No. 8163-8) received on May 1, 2006; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6679. 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 ``Missouri: 
     Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management 
     Program Revisions'' (FRL No. 8163-4) received on May 1, 2006; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6680. 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; Delegation 
     of Authority to Texas'' (FRL No. 8164-6) received on May 1, 
     2006; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6681. 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 ``Protection 
     of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2006 Critical Use Exemption from 
     the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide'' (FRL No. 8163-1) received on 
     May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-6682. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
     (FDIC), transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Deposit Insurance Regulations; Inflation Index; 
     Certain Retirement Accounts and Employee Benefit Accounts'' 
     (RIN3064-AD01) received on May 1, 2006; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6683. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     Sections 1807 and 1862 of the Foreign Intelligence 
     Surveillance Act of 1978 (the ``Act''),

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     as amended, and Sections 106 and 118 of the USA PATRIOT 
     Improvement and Reauthorization Act, Pub. L. No. 109-177 
     (2006); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-6684. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Department's Buy American Act Report for 
     Fiscal Year 2005; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6685. A communication from the Director of Selective 
     Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Agency's Buy 
     American Act Report for Fiscal Year 2005; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6686. A communication from the Director, Financial 
     Management, Government Accountability Office, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the fiscal year 2005 annual report of the 
     Comptrollers' General Retirement System; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6687. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to extended assignment incentives for the period 
     (May 2, 2003, through December 31, 2005); to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6688. A communication from the Chief Clinical Officer, 
     Department of Mental Health, District of Columbia, and the 
     Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Director, 
     Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services 
     University of the Health Sciences, transmitting, a cdrom 
     entitled ``Code Yellow Code Orange: How Will We Respond?''; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-6689. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 16-342, ``Closing of a Portion of a Public 
     Alley in Square 1030, S.O. 02-2103, Act of 2006'' received on 
     May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6690. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 16-343, ``Financial Institutions Deposit 
     and Investment Act of 2006'' received on May 1, 2006; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6691. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 16-344, ``Advisory Commission on 
     Sentencing Amendment Act of 2006'' received on May 1, 2006; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-6692. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 16-345, ``Government Facility Security 
     Amendment Act of 2006'' received on May 1, 2006; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6693. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 16-346, ``Closing of a Portion of a Public 
     Alley in Square 5230, S.O. 04-9922, Act of 2006'' received on 
     May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6694. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 16-347, ``Low-Emissions Motor Vehicle Tax 
     Exemption Amendment Act of 2006'' received on May 1, 2006; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6695. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 16-348, ``Non-Health Related Occupations 
     and Professions Licensure Amendment Act of 2006'' received on 
     May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6696. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 16-349, ``New Columbia Community Land 
     Trust 20th and Channing Streets, N.E. Tax Exemption Act of 
     2006'' received on May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6697. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 16-350, ``Washington Metropolitan Area 
     Transit Authority Fund Act of 2006'' received on May 1, 2006; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-6698. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 16-351, ``Closing of Public Alleys in 
     Square 743N, S.O. 04-12457, Act of 2006'' received on May 1, 
     2006; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-6699. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 16-352, ``District Department of 
     Transportation DC Circulator Temporary Amendment Act of 
     2006'' received on May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6700. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 16-354, ``Oak Hill Construction 
     Streamlining Temporary Amendment Act of 2006'' received on 
     May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.

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