[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 129 (Wednesday, November 15, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H8670-H8672]
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                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       10014. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Department's Annual Report on Federal 
     Government Energy Management and Conservation Programs during 
     Fiscal Year 2005, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6361(c); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       10015. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting the Department's FY 2005 
     annual financial report to Congress required by the 
     Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992 (PDUFA), pursuant to 
     21 U.S.C. 379g note; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       10016. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Communications and Information, 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 Public Law 108-
     494, section 104; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       10017. A letter from the Director, Office of Civilian 
     Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting a letter concerning the annual report on the 
     activities and expenditures of the Office of Civilian 
     Radioactive Waste Management, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
     3512(c)(3); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       10018. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting the FY 2005 financial report 
     for the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA), enacted on November 
     18, 2003 (Pub. L. 108-199); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       10019. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting the Department's report on 
     the Developmental Disabilities Programs for Fiscal Years 
     2003-2004, pursuant to Public Law 99-319, section 105(a)(7); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       10020. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     a copy of the Agency's report entitled, ``Environmental 
     Health and Safety in the Arts: A Guide for K-12 Schools, 
     Colleges and Artisans''; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       10021. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting the FY 2005 Superfund Five-
     Year Review Report to Congress, in accordance with the 
     requirements in Section 121(c) of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as 
     amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 
     of 1986; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       10022. A letter from the Managing Director, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting a report on Auction 
     Expenditures for FY 2005, pursuant to the Balanced Budget Act 
     of 1997, as codified in Section 309(j)(8)(B) of the 
     Communications Act of 1934, as amended; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       10023. A letter from the Director, International 
     Cooperation, Department of Defense, transmitting Pursuant to 
     Section 27(f) of the Arms Export Control Act and Section 1(f) 
     of Executive Order 11958, Transmittal No. 21-06 informing of 
     an intent to sign the Joint Strike Fighter Production, 
     Sustainment, and Follow-on Development Memorandum of 
     Understanding between Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, the 
     Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, the United Kingdom of Great 
     Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States, pursuant 
     to 22 U.S.C. 2767(f); to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       10024. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by Executive Order 13313 
     of July 31, 2003, a 6-month periodic report on the national 
     emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive 
     Order 12170 of November 14, 1979, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 
     1703(c); to the Committee on International Relations.
       10025. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     certification for FY 2006 that no United Nations organization 
     or United Nations affiliated agency grants and official 
     status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization 
     which promotes, condones, or seeks the legalization of 
     pedophilia, or which includes as a subsidiary or member any 
     such organization, pursuant to Public Law 103-236, section 
     565(b) (108 Stat. 845); to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       10026. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting pursuant to Section 62(a) of 
     the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), notification concerning 
     the Department of the Air Force's proposed lease of defense 
     articles to the Government of Greece (Transmittal No. 09-06); 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
       10027. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     Notification of the intention to excercise the authority 
     under Section 552(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, to authorize the drawdown of Department of Defense 
     services for Indonesia in support of the United Nations 
     peacekeeping operations in Lebanon; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       10028. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the 
     Department's report covering current military, diplomatic, 
     political, and economic measures that are being or have been 
     undertaken to complete out mission in Iraq successfully, 
     pursuant to Public Law 109-163, section 1227; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       10029. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     Notification of the intention to waive the prohibition on the 
     use of FY 2006 Economic Support Funds provided with respect 
     to Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Kenya, Mali, Mexico, 
     Namibia, Niger, Paraguay, Samoa, South Africa, and Tanzania, 
     pursuant to Public Law 109-102, section 574(b); to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       10030. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a copy 
     of Presidential Determination No. 2006-27, Waiving 
     Prohibition on United States Military Assistance with Respect 
     to Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Croatia, Equador, 
     Kenya, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Namibia, Niger, Paraguay, Peru, 
     Samoa, Serbia, South Africa, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, 
     Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, and Uruguay, pursuant to Public 
     Law 107-206, section 2007; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       10031. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the 
     2005 Annual Report on the United States Participation in the 
     United Nations, pursuant to Public Law 79-264, section 4(a); 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
       10032. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the 
     quarterly report of obligations and outlays of FY 2004, FY 
     2005 and FY 2006 funds under the Emergency Plan for AIDS 
     Relief through March 31, 2006 pursuant to Division D, Pub. L. 
     108-199; to the Committee on International Relations.
       10033. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     consistent with the Authorization for Use of Military Force 
     Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-243), the 
     Authorization for the Use of Force Against Iraq Resolution 
     (Pub. L. 102-1), and in order to keep the Congress fully 
     informed, a report prepared by the Department of State for 
     the August 15, 2006 -- October 15, 2006 reporting period 
     including matters relating to post-liberation Iraq under 
     Section 7 of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-
     338); to the Committee on International Relations.
       10034. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a 
     report concerning methods employed by the Government of Cuba 
     to comply with the United States-Cuba September 1994 ``Joint 
     Communique'' and the treatment by the Government of Cuba of 
     persons returned to Cuba in accordance with the United 
     States-Cuba May 1995 ``Joint Statement,'' together known as 
     the Migration Accords, pursuant to Public Law 105-277, 
     section 2245; to the Committee on International Relations.
       10035. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the 
     national emergency with respect to Sudan that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997, as required by 
     section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 
     1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergency 
     Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), and pursuant to 
     Executive Order 13313 of July 31, 2003; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       10036. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the 
     National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 
     204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 
     U.S.C. 1703(c), and pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of July 
     31, 2003, a six-month periodic report on the national 
     emergency with respect to significant narcotics traffickers 
     centered in Colombia that was declared in Executive Order 
     12978 of October 21, 1995; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       10037. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting certification that the export to the 
     People's Republic of China of the specified items is not 
     detrimental to the United States space launch industry, and 
     that the material and equipment, including any indirect 
     technical benefit that could be derived from such exports, 
     will not measurably improve the missile or space launch 
     capabilities of the People's Republic of China, pursuant to 
     Public Law 105-261, section 1512; (H. Doc. No. 109-151); to 
     the Committee on International Relations and ordered to be 
     printed.
       10038. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting certification that the export to the 
     People's Republic of China of the specified items is not 
     detrimental to the United States space launch

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     industry, and that the material and equipment, including any 
     indirect technical benefit that could be derived from such 
     exports, will not measurably improve the missile or space 
     launch capabilities of the People's Republic of China, 
     pursuant to Public Law 105-261, section 1512; (H. Doc. No. 
     109-152); to the Committee on International Relations and 
     ordered to be printed.
       10039. A letter from the Secretary, Commission of Fine 
     Arts, transmitting the Commission's Strategic Plan for FY 
     2006 through 2011; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       10040. A letter from the Associate Director for Human 
     Resources, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for 
     the District of Columbia, transmitting the D.C. Pretrial 
     Services Agency's report on the use of the Category Rating 
     System for the period October 2004 through September 2005 and 
     October 2005 through September 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     3319(d); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       10041. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration and Management, Competitive Sourcing Official, 
     Department of Labor, transmitting pursuant to the provisions 
     of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998 
     (Pub. L. 105-270), the Department's Inventory of Inherently 
     Governmental Activities and Inventory of Commercial 
     Activities for 2005; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       10042. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's Strategic Plan 
     for Fiscal Years 2006 through 2011; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       10043. A letter from the Chair, Equal Employment 
     Opportunity Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2007 through 2012, pursuant 
     to Public Law 103-62; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       10044. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Housing Finance 
     Board, transmitting pursuant to the requirements of Sections 
     3 and 4 of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 
     and Part 6 of Circular A-11 of the United States Office of 
     Management and Budget, the Board's strategic plan for FY 2007 
     through 2012 and its Annual Performance Budget for fiscal 
     year 2007; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       10045. A letter from the Chairman, Holocaust Memorial 
     Museum, transmitting the Museum's FY 2006 Report on Audit and 
     Investigative Activities in accordance with the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       10046. A letter from the Chairman, International Trade 
     Commission, transmitting the sixth edition of the United 
     States International Trade Commission's Strategic Plan, which 
     covers the period from fiscal year 2006 through fiscal year 
     2011, pursuant to Public Law 103-62; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       10047. A letter from the Chairman, Merit Systems Protection 
     Board, transmitting the Board's report entitled, ``Reforming 
     Federal Hiring: Beyond Faster and Cheaper,'' pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 1204(a)(3); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       10048. A letter from the Chairman, National Endowment for 
     the Humanities, transmitting the Endowment's Strategic Plans 
     for Fiscal Years 2007 through 2012, as required by the 
     Government Performance and Results Act of 1993; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       10049. A letter from the Director, National Gallery of Art, 
     transmitting an FY 2006 annual report on audit and 
     investigative coverage required by the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, and the Federal Managers' Financial 
     Integrity Act, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) 
     section 5(b); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       10050. A letter from the Inspector General, Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting a copy of the FY 2006 
     Commercial and Inherently Governmental Activities Inventories 
     for the Commission as required by the Federal Activities 
     Inventory Reform Act of 1998 and guidance issued by the 
     Office of Management and Budget; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       10051. A letter from the Director, Office of Management and 
     Budget, transmitting a report entitled ``Statistical Programs 
     of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 2007,'' pursuant 
     to 44 U.S.C. 3504(e)(2); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       10052. A letter from the Executive Director, Office of 
     Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, transmitting the FY 2006 
     annual report under the Federal Managers' Fiscal Integrity 
     Act (FMFIA) of 1982, and the Inspector General Act of 1988; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
       10053. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting a legislative proposal entitled, 
     ``To make improvements to the Civil Service Retirement System 
     and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other 
     purposes''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       10054. A letter from the Office of the District of Columbia 
     Auditor, transmitting a copy of the report entitled, ``Audit 
     of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C for Fiscal Years 2004 
     through 2006, as of March 31, 2006''; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       10055. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the 2005 annual report on 
     the activities and operations of the Public Integrity 
     Section, Criminal Division, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 529; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       10056. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of 
     the United States Courts, transmitting the Conference's 
     opposition to H.R. 5219, ``the Judicial Transparency and 
     Ethics Enhancement Act of 2006''; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       10057. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of 
     the United States Courts, transmitting a report on compliance 
     within the time limitations established for deciding habeas 
     corpus death penalty petitions under Title I of the 
     Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, 
     pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2266(b) and (c); to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       10058. A letter from the Staff Director, Commission on 
     Civil Rights, transmitting notification that the Commission 
     recently appointed members to the Illinois Advisory 
     Committee; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       10059. A letter from the Staff Director, Commission on 
     Civil Rights, transmitting notification that the Commission 
     recently appointed members to the Georgia advisory committee; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       10060. A letter from the Staff Director, Commission on 
     Civil Rights, transmitting notification that the Commission 
     recently appointed members to the Utah Advisory Committee; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       10061. A letter from the Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting a copy of drafte 
     legislation to amend the federal crime restitution statutes 
     to allow victims of identity theft to recover for the value 
     of the time they spend attempting to remediate the harm 
     caused by a criminal defendent; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       10062. A letter from the Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's report 
     describing the organization and resources of the Department 
     with respect to privacy and related information managment 
     functions, pursuant to Public Law 109-162, section 1174; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       10063. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's report 
     to Congress for 2004 on Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation 
     and Safe Exchange Services and Programs, pursuant to 42 
     U.S.C. 10420(d); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       10064. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting As 
     required by Section 417(b) of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 
     (Public Law 107-56), the annual report on the status of the 
     implementation of machine-readable passports (MRPs) in 
     countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       10065. A letter from the Staff Director, United States 
     Sentancing Commission, transmitting a technical correction in 
     Amendment 10 of the document entitled, ``Amendments to the 
     Sentancing Guidelines''; to the Committeeon the Judiciary.
       10066. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Civil 
     Works, Department of the Army, transmitting the Department's 
     eighth report of projects, or separable elements of projects, 
     which have been authorized, but for which no funds have been 
     obligated for planning, design or construction during the 
     preceding seven full fiscal years, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 
     579a; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       10067. A letter from the Acting Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the National Plan of Integrated 
     Airport Systems (NPIAS), 2007-2011, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 
     app. 2203(b)(1); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       10068. A letter from the Acting Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's report on the 
     Tribal-State Road Maintenance Agreements, pursuant to Public 
     Law 109-59, section 1119(k); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       10069. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's summary and 
     detailed breakdown of the disability-related complaints that 
     U.S. and foreign passenger carriers operating to and from the 
     U.S. received during the 2005 calendar year, pursuant to 
     section 707 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and 
     Reform Act for the 21st Century; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       10070. A letter from the Administrator, FAA, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting notification of compliance with 
     FAA safety standards and fulfillment of the requirement of 
     Section 7 of the Wright Amendment Reform Act of 2006, 
     pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 40101; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       10071. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Civil 
     Works, Department of the Army, transmitting the Department's 
     report on the Mississippi River Headwaters Reservoirs, 
     pursuant to Public Law 100-676, section 21; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       10072. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting the Department's report 
     entitled, ``Impact of Increased Financial Assistance to 
     Medicare Advantage Plans''; jointly to the Committees on 
     Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
       10073. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a copy 
     of Presidential Determination No. 2007-2, pursuant to Section 
     534(d) of the Foreign Operations, Export

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     Financing and Related Program Appropriations Act of 2006, 
     Pub. L. 109-102; jointly to the Committees on International 
     Relations and Appropriations.

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