[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 110 (Friday, September 8, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H6367-H6368]
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:

       9241. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- 2, 6-Diisopropylnaphthalene; Time-
     Limited Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0373; FRL-8081-
     9] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       9242. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Benthiavalicarb-Isopropyl; 
     Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0035; FRL-8084-6] 
     received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       9243. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Paraquat Dichloride; Pesticide 
     Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0664; FRL-8089-3] received 
     September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       9244. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Propoxycarbazone; Pesticide 
     Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0504;

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     FRL-8091-4] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       9245. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Inert Ingredient; Revocation of 
     the Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol (THFA) Tolerance Exemption 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0251; FRL-8082-2] received August 3, 2006, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       9246. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Inert Ingredients; Revocation of 
     Tolerance Exemptions with Insufficient Data for Reassessment 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0230; FRL-8084-1] received August 3, 2006, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       9247. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Inert Ingredient; Revocation of 
     the Tolerance Exemption for Mono- and Bis- (1H, 2H, 2H-
     perfluoralkyl) Phosphates Where the Alkyl Group is Even 
     Numbered and in the C6-C12 Range [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0253; FRL-
     8082-3] received August 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       9248. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Isophorone; Exemption from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0582; FRL-8082-1] 
     received August 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       9249. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; VOC Regulations 
     and One-hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration Shortfall [EPA-
     R01-OAR-2005-CT-0001; A-1-FRL-8209-6] received September 5, 
     2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       9250. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; Ford Motor Company 
     Adjusted Standard [EPA-R05-OAR-2006-0436; FRL-8214-2] 
     received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       9251. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans for Kentucky: Air Permit Regulations 
     [EPA-R04-OAR-2006-0337-200613(f); FRL-8216-7] received 
     September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       9252. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Implementation Plans; Texas; Discrete Emission Credit Banking 
     and Trading Program [EPA-R06-OAR-2005-TX-0029; FRL-8216-5] 
     received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       9253. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Implementation Plans; Texas; Emission Credit Banking and 
     Trading Program [EPA-R06-OAR-2005-TX-0006; FRL-8216-3] 
     received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       9254. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Implementation Plans; Texas; Highly Reactive Volatile Organic 
     Compound Emissions Cap and Trade Program for the Houston/
     Galveston/Brazoria Ozone Nonattainment Area [EPA-R06-OAR-
     2005-TX-0033; FRL-8216-6] received September 5, 2006, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       9255. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Implementation Plans; Texas; Revisions for the Mass Emissions 
     Cap and Trade Program for the Houston/Galveston/Brazoria 
     Ozone Nonattainment Area [EPA-R06-OAR-2005-TX-0023; FRL-8216-
     4] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       9256. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Texas; Revisions to the Ozone 
     Attainment Plan for the Houston/Galveston/Brazoria 
     Nonattainment Area [EPA-R06-OAR-2005-TX-0018; FRL-8216-1] 
     received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       9257. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Texas; Rules for the Control of 
     Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds in the Houston/
     Galveston/Brazoria Ozone Nonattainment Area [EPA-R06-OAR-
     2004-TX-0014; FRL-8216-2] received September 5, 2006, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       9258. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Revisions to the Nevada State 
     Implementation Plan [EPA-R09-OAR-2006-0464; FRL-8210-2] 
     received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       9259. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Alabama; Nitrogen Oxides Budget and 
     Allowance Trading Program, Phase II; Correcting Amendment 
     [EPA-R04-OAR-2005-AL-0001-200520c; FRL-8205-2] received 
     August 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       9260. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality 
     Planning Purposes; State of Arizona; Finding of Attainment 
     for Rillito Particulate Matter of 10 Microns of Less (PM10) 
     Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding Applicability of 
     Certain Clean Air Act Requirements; Correction [EPA-R09-OAR-
     2006-AZ-0388; FRL-8206-4] received August 3, 2006, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       9261. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Las Vegas Valley Carbon Monoxide 
     Attainment Plan [EPA-R09-OAR-2006-0322; FRL-8190-2] received 
     August 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       9262. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary for Industry 
     and Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting a report 
     that the Department intends to expand foreign policy-based 
     export controls on certain items to Iraq under the authority 
     of Section 6 of the Export Administration Act of 1979; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       9263. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting pursuant to 
     Section 620C(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
     amended, and in accordance with section 1(a)(6) of Executive 
     Order 13313, a report prepared by the Department of State and 
     the National Security Council on the progress toward a 
     negotiated solution of the Cyprus question covering the 
     period June 1, 2006 through July 31, 2006; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
       9264. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Department's report entitled, ``Planning for 
     U.S. Fusion Community Participation in the ITER Program,'' in 
     accordance with Section 972(c)(5)(D) of the Energy Policy Act 
     of 2005; to the Committee on Science.
       9265. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting the Department's report entitled, ``2005 
     Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor,'' pursuant to 19 
     U.S.C. 2464; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       9266. A letter from the Special Inspector General for Iraq 
     Reconstruction, transmitting the July 2006 Quarterly Report 
     pursuant to Section 3001(i) of Title III of the 2004 
     Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense and for the 
     Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan (Pub. L. 108-106) as 
     amended by Pub. L. 108-375; jointly to the Committees on 
     International Relations and Appropriations.
       9267. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's report 
     entitled, ``The Medicare Quality Improvement Organization 
     (QIO) Program -- Response to IOM Study,'' as required by 
     Section 109(d)(2) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
     Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003; jointly to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.
       9268. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's report 
     entitled, ``Report to Congress on the Evaluation of the 
     Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program for Medicare 
     Beneficiaries for Fiscal Year 2005,'' as required by Section 
     1161 of the Social Security Act; jointly to the Committees on 
     Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.
       9269. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's report 
     entitled, ``Finalizing Medicare Regulations under Section 902 
     of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 
     Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 for Calendar Year 2005''; 
     jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and 
     Commerce.
       9270. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a copy of a draft 
     bill, ``To amend the R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 
     1986 to implement the International Agreement Concerning the 
     Shipwrecked Vessel RMS Titanic''; jointly to the Committees 
     on Resources, International Relations, Ways and Means, the 
     Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure.




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