[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 93 (Monday, July 17, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H5277-H5279]
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:
       8562. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting notification that the Nunn-McCurdy 
     Unit Cost has breached the ``Original'' Acquisition Program 
     Baseline (APB) for the enclosed programs, pursuant to 10 
     U.S.C. 2433(e)(1); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       8563. A letter from the Under Secretary for Acquisitions, 
     Technology and Logisitics, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the budgeting of the Department of 
     Defense for the sustainment of key military equipment, 
     pursuant to Public Law 109-163, section 361; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       8564. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System, transmitting the sixteenth annual 
     report on the Profitability of Credit Card Operations of 
     Depository Institutions, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1637 note. 
     Public Law 100-583, section 8 (102 Stat. 2969); to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       8565. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Ninety-Second Annual 
     Report of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
     System covering operations during

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     calendar year 2005; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       8566. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the 
     Department's status of the quardrennial report mandated by 
     Section 721 of the Defense Producation Act of 1950, pursuant 
     to 50 U.S.C. 2170(k); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       8567. A letter from the Acting Chairman and President, 
     Export-Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions 
     involving U.S. exports to Angola pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) 
     of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       8568. A letter from the Acting Chairman and President, 
     Export-Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions 
     involving U.S. exports to Turkey pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) 
     of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       8569. A letter from the Acting Chairman and President, 
     Export-Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions 
     involving U.S. exports to Chile pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) 
     of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       8570. A letter from the Director, Office of Management and 
     Budget, transmitting a supplemental update of the Budget for 
     Fiscal Year 2007, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1106; (H. Doc. No. 
     109-122); to the Committee on the Budget and ordered to be 
     printed.
       8571. A letter from the Acting Administrator, National 
     Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of 
     Commerce, transmitting the Department's report on the 
     activites to improve coordination and communication with 
     respect to the implementation of E-911 services, pursuant to 
     47 U.S.C. 942 Public Law 108-494, section 104; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8572. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's report, 
     pursuant to section 101 of the Public Health Security and 
     Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8573. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Education, 
     transmitting the fifty-second Semiannual Report to Congress 
     on management decisions and final actions taken on audit 
     recommendations, covering the period October 1, 2005 through 
     March 31, 2006 in compliance with the Inspector General Act 
     Amendments of 1988, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. 
     Act) section 5(b); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       8574. A letter from the Chief Administrative Officer, 
     transmitting the quarterly report of receipts and 
     expenditures of appropriations and other funds for the period 
     April 1, 2006 through June 30, 2006 as compiled by the Chief 
     Administrative Officer, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 104a Public Law 
     88-454; (H. Doc. No. 109-121); to the Committee on House 
     Administration and ordered to be printed.
       8575. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting notification of payments to eligible 
     governments in the State of Illinois for Fiscal Year 2006 
     under the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       8576. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Operations, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Seasonal Closure of Chiniak Gully in the Gulf of Alaska to 
     Trawl Fishing [Docket No. 060307059-6135-02; I.D. 030106B] 
     (RIN: 0648-AU15) received June 9, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8577. 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; Gulf of Mexico Recreational Grouper Fishery 
     Management Measures [Docket No. 060322083-6147-02; I.D. 
     032006C] (RIN: 0648-AU04) received July 6, 2006, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8578. A letter from the Acting 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 [Docket No. 
     060227052-6139-02; I.D. 021606B] (RIN: 0648-AU06) received 
     June 16, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       8579. A letter from the Acting Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the 
     Administration's final rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern 
     United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Framework 18 
     [Docket No. 060314069-6138-002; I.D. 030306B] (RIN: 0648-
     AT25) received June 16, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8580. A letter from the Acting Deputy Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- NOAA Information Collection Requirements Under the 
     Paperwork Reduction Act; OMB Control Numbers; Fisheries Off 
     West Coast States; Fisheries in the Western Pacific; 
     Correction [Docket No. 060327086-6130-02; I.D. 032306A] (RIN: 
     0648-AU21) received June 9, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8581. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     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; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of 
     Mexico; Limited Access Program for Gulf Charter Vessels and 
     Headboats [Docket No. 060216043-6123-02; I.D. 021306C] (RIN: 
     0648-AS70) received June 16, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8582. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing 
     Operations; Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan 
     Regulations; Sea Turtle Conservation; Restrictions to Fishing 
     Activities [Docket No. 040903253-5337-02; I.D. 081104H] (RIN: 
     0648-AR39) received June 8, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8583. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Monkfish 
     Fishery [Docket No. 060315071-6101-02; I.D. 030906C] (RIN: 
     0648-AT22) received May 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8584. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea 
     Scallop Fishery; Emergency Rule [Docket No. 060608158-6158-
     01; I.D. 051806E] (RIN: 0648-AU47) received June 26, 2006, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       8585. A letter from the Director, National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     2005 report to Congress on the ``The Status of U.S. 
     Fisheries''; to the Committee on Resources.
       8586. 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; 
     Yellowfin Sole by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in Bering Sea and 
     Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No. 060216045-6045-
     01; I.D. 041906C] received May 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8587. 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 
     Mackeral, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Closure of the 
     Quarter II Fishery for Loligo Squid [Docket No. 051209329-
     5329-01; I.D. 051806A] received June 7, 2006, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8588. 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 Less Than 60 ft. (18.3m) LOA 
     Using Pot or Hook-and-Line Gear in the Bering Sea and 
     Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No. 060216045-6045-
     01; I.D. 052206A] received June 9, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8589. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish 
     Fishery; Suspension of the Primary Pacific Whiting Season for 
     the Shore-based Sector South of 42 degrees North Latitude 
     [Docket No. 060424110-6110-01; I.D. 052406B] received June 
     13, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Resources.
       8590. 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; Tilefish 
     Fishery; Quota Harvested for Part-time Category [Docket No. 
     010319075-1217-02; I.D. 032206A] received July 10, 2006, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       8591. 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; 
     Yellowfin Sole in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
     Management Area [Docket No. 060216045-6045-01; I.D. 061506A] 
     received July 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       8592. 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 
     Bluefish Fishery; Quota Transfer [Docket No. 051104293-5344-
     02; I.D. 061206B] received July 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8593. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final

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     rule -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Closure of 
     the 2006 Deep-Water Grouper Commercial Fishery [I.D. 060806E] 
     received July 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       8594. 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 
     Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Modification of the Gear 
     Retsrictions for the U.S./Canada Management Area [Docket No. 
     040112010-4114-02; I.D. 061306A] received July 6, 2006, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       8595. 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 Vessels Using Trawl Gear in Bering Sea and 
     Aleutian Islands Management [Docket No. 060216045-6045-01; 
     I.D. 060706B] received June 22, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8596. 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; 
     Yellowfish Sole by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in Bering Sea and 
     Aleutian Islands Management [Docket No. 060216045-6045-01; 
     I.D. 060706C] received June 22, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8597. 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 Economic Exclusive Zone Off Alaska; 
     Shallow-Water Species Fishery by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in 
     the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 060216044-6044-01; I.D. 
     060806A] received June 22, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       8598. A letter from the Executive Director and Chief 
     Executive Officer, American Chemical Society, transmitting 
     the Society's Annual Report and the Audited Finanical 
     Statements for the calendar year 2005, pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 
     1101(2) and 1103; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       8599. A letter from the Congressional Scouting Caucus, 
     transmitting the 2005 Boy Scouts of America Annual Report; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       8600. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's annual 
     report on U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Trafficking in 
     Persons in Fiscal Year 2005, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
     7103(d)(7); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       8601. A letter from the Assistant Attorney, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting the Department's report providing an 
     estimate of the dollar amount of claims (together with 
     related fees and expenses of witnesses) that, by reason of 
     the acts or omissions of free clinic health professionals are 
     paid for 2005, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 233(o); to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
       8602. A letter from the Attorney, National Council on 
     Radiation Protection and Measurements, transmitting the 2005 
     Annual Report of independent auditors who have audited the 
     records of the National Council on Radiation Protection and 
     Measurements, pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 10101(b)(1) and 150909; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       8603. A letter from the Director, National Legislative 
     Commission, American Legion, transmitting a copy of the 
     Legion's financial statements as of December 31, 2005; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       8604. A letter from the Staff Director, United States 
     Commission on Civil Rights, transmitting notification that 
     the Commission recently appointed members to the Florida and 
     Kentucky advisory committees; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       8605. A letter from the Staff Director, United States 
     Sentancing Commission, transmitting the Department's report 
     on the Impact of United States v. Booker on Federal 
     Sentancing as required by S. Report. No. 109-109, which 
     accompanied Pub. L. 109-115; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       8606. A letter from the Chairman and General Counsel, 
     Washington Legal Foundation, transmitting the Foundation's 
     2005 Annual Report; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       8607. A letter from the 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 
     Commonwealth of Massachusetts, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       8608. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Civil 
     Works, Department of the Army, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Administration's position on the budgeting 
     of the Arkansas River Navigation Study-McClellan-Kerr 
     Arkansas River Navigation System, Arkansas and Oklahoma; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       8609. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     and Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting the Department's annual report 
     regarding actions of foreign-flag vessels and their Flag 
     Administrations for 2006; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
       8610. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting a report entitled, ``Fundamental 
     Properties of Asphalts and Modified Asphalts-II'' submitted 
     in accordance with Section 6016(e) of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), Pub. L. 102-
     240, and Section 5117(b)(5) of the Transportation Equity Act 
     of the 21st Century (TEA-21) and the extension of those 
     provisions through FY 2005; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.

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