[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H4422-H4423]
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:

       8191. A letter from the Directors, Congressional Budget 
     Office and Office of Management and Budget, transmitting a 
     joint report on the technical assumptions to be used in 
     preparing estimates of National Defense Function (050) fiscal 
     year 2006 outlay rates and prior year outlays, pursuant to 10 
     U.S.C. 226(a); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       8192. A letter from the Under Secretary for Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization 
     of the enclosed list of officers 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.
       8193. A letter from the Under Secretary for Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization 
     of the enclosed list of officers 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.
       8194. A letter from the Under Secretary for Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization 
     of the enclosed list of officers 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.
       8195. A letter from the Under Secretary for Acquisitions, 
     Technology and Logistics, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     the Department's report presenting the specific amounts of 
     staff-years of technical effort to be allocated for each 
     Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) 
     during Fiscal Year 2007, pursuant to Public Law 109-148, 
     section 8026(e); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       8196. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department's quarterly report as of March 
     31, 2006, entitled, ``Acceptance of contributions for defense 
     programs, projects and activities; Defense Cooperation 
     Account,'' pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2608; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       8197. A letter from the Under Secretary for Acquisitions, 
     Technology and Logistics, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     the Department's report required by Section 812 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, Pub. 
     L. 108-136, entitled, ``Foreign Sources of Supply: Assessment 
     of the United States Defense Industrial Base for Fiscal Year 
     2005''; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       8198. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Reserve 
     Affairs, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's 
     STARBASE Program 2005 Annual Report, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 
     2193b(g); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       8199. A letter from the Under Secretary for Acquisitions, 
     Technology and Logisitics, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department's report on the amount of 
     acquisitions made by the Department from entities that 
     manufacture the articles, materials, or supplies outside the 
     United States in Fiscal Year 2005, pursuant to Public Law 
     108-447, section 641; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       8200. A letter from the Principal Deputy Under Secretary 
     for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting notification of the Department's intention to 
     close the Defense commissary store at Bad Kissingen (Daley 
     Village Army housing area) by July 14, 2006; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       8201. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Employee 
     Benefits Security Administration,

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     Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule-- Class Exemption for Services Provided in Connection 
     With the Termination of Abandoned Individual Account Plans 
     [ZRIN 1210-ZA05; Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2006-06; 
     Application No. D-11201] received April 21, 2006, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       8202. A letter from the Legal Advisor to the Bureau Chief, 
     MB, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule--Amendement of Section 73.202(b) 
     Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations. (Coupeville and 
     Sequim, Washington) [MB Docket No. 04-280; RM-11037; RM-
     11117] received April 25, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8203. A letter from the Assistant Director, Executive & 
     Political Personnel, Department of Defense, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
       8204. A letter from the Deputy Solicitor for National 
     Operations, Department of Labor, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Revision of the Department of Labor 
     Freedom of Information Act Regulations and Implementation of 
     Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996; 
     Final Rule (RIN: 1290-AA17) received May 23, 2006, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       8205. A letter from the Secretary for Regulatory Policy and 
     Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Individuals and Groups Considered to 
     Have Performed Active Military, Naval, or Air Service (RIN: 
     2900-AM39) received May 18, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       8206. A letter from the Office of Regulatory Policy and 
     Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Remarriage of a Surviving Spouse 
     (RIN: 2900-AM24) received May 18, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       8207. A letter from the Office of Regulatory Policy and 
     Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Amended Delegation of Authority--
     Property Management Contractor (RIN: 2900-AM38) received May 
     24, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
       8208. A letter from the Regulations Officer, Social 
     Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule--Extension of the Expiration Date for the 
     Digestive Listings (RIN: 0960-AG39) received May 15, 2006, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       8209. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Department 
     of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule--Medicare Program; Requirements for Providers and 
     Suppliers to Establish and Maintain Medicare Enrollment [CMS-
     6002-F] (RIN: 0938-AH73) received April 21, 2006, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means and Energy and Commerce.

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