[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 59 (Monday, May 15, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H2596]
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:

       7497. A letter from the Executive Director, Commodity 
     Futures Trading Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule -- Alternative Market Risk and Credit Risk Capital 
     Charges for Futures Commission Merchants and Specified 
     Foreign Currency Forward and Inventory Capital Charges (RIN: 
     3038-AC05) received March 9, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7498. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Review Group, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Milk Income Loss Contract Program (RIN: 0560-
     AH47) received April 26, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7499. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Emerald Ash Borer; Quarantined Areas [Docket 
     No. 02-125-4] received March 27, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7500. A letter from the Legislative Affairs Branch, Chief, 
     NRCS, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Grassland Reserve Program (RIN: 
     0578-AA38) received April 27, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7501. A letter from the Administrator, AMS, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Milk 
     in the Northeast and Other Marketing Areas; Order Amending 
     Orders [Docket No. AO-14-A75, et al.; DA-06-06] received May 
     2, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       7502. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, transmitting 
     the Administration's final rule -- Listing of Color Additives 
     Exempt From Certification; Tomato Lycopene Extract and Tomato 
     Lycopene Concentrate [Docket No. 2001C-0486] (formerly Docket 
     No. 01C-0486) received March 10, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7503. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, transmitting 
     the Administration's final rule -- Food Additives Permitted 
     for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Glycerides 
     and Polyglycides [Docket No. 1991F-0457] (formerly Docket No. 
     91F-0457] received March 27, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7504. A letter from the Under Secretary for Acquisition, 
     Technology, and Logistics, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the 2005 Report on National Defense Stockpile 
     Requirements, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 98h-5; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       7505. A letter from the Assistant to the Board, Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the 
     Board's final rule -- Capital Adequacy Guidelines for Bank 
     Holding Companies; Small Bank Holding Company Policy 
     Statement; Definition of a Qualifying Small Bank Holding 
     Company [Regulation Y; Docket No. 1235] received March 7, 
     2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       7506. A letter from the Counsel for Legislation and 
     Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Conversion of 
     Developments from Public Housing Stock; Methodology for 
     Comparing Costs of Public Housing and Tenant-Based Assistance 
     [Docket No. FR-4718-F-02] (RIN: 2577-AC33) received April 4, 
     2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       7507. A letter from the Director, Financial Crimes 
     Enforcement Network, Department of the Treasury, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Financial Crimes Enforcement 
     Network; Anti-Money Laundering Programs; Special Due 
     Diligence Programs for Certain Foreign Accounts (RIN: 1506-
     AA29) received March 27, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       7508. A letter from the Director, Financial Crimes 
     Enforcement Network, Department of the Treasury, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Financial Crimes Enforcement 
     Network; Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations -- 
     Imposition of Special Measure Against Commercial Bank of 
     Syria, Including Its Subsidiary, Syrian Lebanese Commercial 
     Bank, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering 
     Concern (RIN: 1506-AA64) received March 13, 2006, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
       7509. 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.
       7510. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Sixth Annual 
     Report to Congress on the Inter-American Convention Against 
     Corruption; to the Committee on International Relations.
       7511. A letter from the Chairman, Defense Nuclear 
     Facilities Safety Board, transmitting the Board's Performance 
     and Accountability Report for FY 2005, as required by the 
     Government Performance and Results Act and the Accountability 
     of Tax Dollars Act of 2002; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       7512. A letter from the Inspector General Liaison, 
     Selective Service System, transmitting the semiannual report 
     in accordance with the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) section 
     5(b); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       7513. A letter from the Director, Federal Judicial Center, 
     transmitting the Federal Judicial Center's Annual Report for 
     the 2005 calendar year, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 623(b); to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       7514. A letter from the Deputy Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting notification that the 
     Department intends to use unobligated 2001 funds out of the 
     ``X-year'' account to fund International Military Education 
     and Training students in the English Language Instructors 
     Course during FY 2006; jointly to the Committees on 
     Appropriations and International Relations.
       7515. A letter from the Acting Secretary, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting the Department's report on the impacts 
     of the Compacts of Free Association with the Federated States 
     of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands for 
     Fiscal Year 2005, pursuant to Public Law 108-188, section 
     104(h); jointly to the Committees on Resources and 
     International Relations.

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