[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 134 (Thursday, December 7, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H8977-H8978]
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:

       10459. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a report of a violation of the 
     Antideficiency Act by the Department of the Air Force, Case 
     Number 05-03, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the Committee 
     on Appropriations.
       10460. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a report of a violation of the 
     Antideficiency Act by the Department of the Army, Case Number 
     05-12, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       10461. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a report of a violation of the 
     Antideficiency Act, Case Number 05-01, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
     1517(b); to the Committee on Appropriations.
       10462. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a report of a violation of the 
     Antideficiency Act, Case Number 05-02, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
     1517(b); to the Committee on Appropriations.
       10463. A letter from the Administrator, National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting a report 
     of a violation of the Antideficiency Act by the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
     1517(b); to the Committee on Appropriations.
       10464. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
     for Installations and Environment, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting Notification of an initial performance decision 
     to convert functions currently performed by Department of the 
     Nay personnel to contract performance for Satellite 
     Operations in Oxnard, CA; Finegayan, GU; Prospect Harbor, ME; 
     and Falcon AFB, CO; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       10465. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the Department's quarterly report as of 
     September 30, 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.
       10466. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting a letter on the approved retirement Vice Admiral 
     Charles L. Munns, United States Navy, and his advancement to 
     the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       10467. A letter from the Under Secretary for Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on 
     the approved retirement Vice Admiral Walter B. Massenburg, 
     United States Navy, and his advancement to the grade of vice 
     admiral on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       10468. A letter from the Under Secretary for Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on 
     the approved retirement of General James L. Jones, Jr., 
     United States Marine Corps, and his advancement to the grade 
     of general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       10469. A letter from the Under Secretary for Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on 
     the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Jan C. Huly, 
     United States Marine Corps, and his advancement to the grade 
     of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       10470. 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.
       10471. A letter from the Under Secretary for Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on 
     the approved retirement of Lieutenant General John R. Vines, 
     United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of 
     lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       10472. A letter from the Under Secretary for Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on 
     the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Robert T. 
     Clark, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade 
     of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       10473. A letter from the Under Secretary for Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on 
     the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Larry J. 
     Dodgen, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade 
     of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       10474. A letter from the Under Secretary for Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on 
     the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Edward Hanlon, 
     Jr., United States Marine Corps, and his advancement to the 
     grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       10475. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting a letter on the approved retirement Vice Admiral 
     Justin D. McCarthy, United States Navy, and his advancement 
     to the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       10476. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions involving 
     U.S. exports to Mexico pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
       10477. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions involving 
     U.S. exports to the Republic of Korea, Luxembourg and other 
     countries yet to be determined pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of 
     the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       10478. A letter from the Chairman, Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, transmitting the annual report of the Securities 
     Investor Protection Corporation for the year 2005, pursuant 
     to 15 U.S.C. 78ggg(c)(2); to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
       10479. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Education, transmitting the annual report of the National 
     Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity for 
     Fiscal Year 2006, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1145(e); to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       10480. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting the twenty-sixth annual 
     report on the implementation of the Age Discrimination Act of 
     1975 by departments and agencies which administer programs of 
     Federal financial assistance, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6106a(b); 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       10481. A letter from the Chairperson, National Council on 
     Disability, transmitting a copy of the NCD's ``National 
     Disability Policy: A Progress Report,'' as required by 
     Section 401(b)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
     amended, covering the period from December 2004 through 
     December 2005, pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 781(a)(8); to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       10482. A letter from the Chairperson, National Council on 
     Disability, transmitting the Council's report entitled, 
     ``Creating Livable Communities,'' pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 
     781(a)(8); to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       10483. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's annual 
     report, covering the fiscal year from October 1, 2004, 
     through September 30, 2005, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 797(d); to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       10484. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting the Department's report 
     entitled ``Performance Improvement 2006: Evaluation 
     Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
     Services,'' as required by Section 241(b) of the Public 
     Health Service (PHS) Act; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       10485. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's report 
     entitled, ``Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced 
     Metering,'' as required by Section 1252 of the Energy Policy 
     Act of 2005; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       10486. A letter from the Executive Director and Chief 
     Operating Officer, American Battle Monuments Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's annual report in accordance 
     with the FAIR Act of 1998, 31 U.S.C. 501; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       10487. A letter from the Assistant to the President for 
     Presidential Personnel, Office of Presidential Personnel, 
     transmitting Notification that the Office is working to make 
     an appointment to the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, 
     pursuant to Pub. L. 101-163; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.

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       10488. A letter from the Inspector General, U.S. House of 
     Representatives, transmitting a copy of the Audit Report -- 
     Improvements Are Needed in the House Transit Benefit Program 
     (Report No. 06-CCS-07); to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
       10489. A letter from the Staff Director, Commission on 
     Civil Rights, transmitting the corrected charters for the 
     Connecticut, Georgia, North Carolina and Utah advisory 
     committees to the Commission on Civil Rights; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       10490. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health 
     and Human Service, transmitting the Department's 
     determination on a petition on behalf of a class of workers 
     from the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies Cancer 
     Research Hospital in Oak Ridge, Tennessee be added to the 
     Special Exposure Cohort (SEC), pursuant to the Energy 
     Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 
     2000 (EEOICPA); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       10491. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's report 
     on the postconviction DNA testing remedy for federal cases, 
     pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3600; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       10492. A letter from the Secretary, Judicial Conference of 
     the United States, transmitting a Joint Proposal from the 
     United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the District 
     of Columbia to consolidate their clerks' offices, pursuant to 
     28 U.S.C. 156(d); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       10493. A letter from the Director, 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 during the periods of August 29, 2005 through October 
     1, 2005, in the State of Arizona, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       10494. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's report on 
     obligations and unobligated balances of funds provided for 
     Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs 
     for Fiscal Year 2004, pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 104(j); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       10495. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's Report entitled, 
     ``Report to Congress on Implementing the BEACH Act of 2000,'' 
     required by Section 7 of the Beaches Environmental Assessment 
     and Coastal Health Act of 2000; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       10496. A letter from the United States Trade 
     Representative, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting the Report on Trade-Related Barriers to the 
     Export of Greenhouse Gas Intensity Reducing Technologies, 
     pursuant to Section 1611 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
       10497. A letter from the United States Trade 
     Representative, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting the Report of the Labor Advisory Committee on 
     the United States -- Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, 
     pursuant to Section 2104(e) of the Trade Act of 2002 and 
     Section 135(e) of the Trade Act of 1974; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       10498. A letter from the Commissioner, Social Security 
     Administration, transmitting the Commission's report on 
     Social Seucity and Supplemental Security Income payment 
     increases; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       10499. A letter from the Commissioner, Social Security 
     Administration, transmitting a consolidated report of the 
     Administration's processing of continuing disability reviews 
     for FY 2005; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       10500. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Transportation Security Administration, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Administration's 
     certification that the level of screening services and 
     protection provided at San Francisco International Airport 
     will be equal to or greater than the level that would be 
     provided at the aiport by TSA Transportation Security 
     Officers, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44920(d); to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security.
       10501. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting Notification of funding transfers made 
     during FY 2006 under the authority of Section 8005 of the 
     Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006, and Section 
     1001 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2006; jointly to the Committees on Armed Services and 
     Appropriations.
       10502. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Civil 
     Rights, Department of Education, transmitting the 
     Department's Fiscal Year 2005 Annual Report to Congress for 
     the Office For Civil Rights, in accordance with the 
     requirements of the Department of Education Organization Act; 
     jointly to the Committees on Education and the Workforce and 
     the Judiciary.
       10503. A letter from the Executive Director, Citizens' 
     Health Care Working Group, transmitting the Group's annual 
     report submitted in compliance with a requirement of Section 
     1014(m) of the Medicare Modernization Act; jointly to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
       10504. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting the Department's report 
     entitled, ``Collaborative Demonstration-Based Review of 
     Physician Practice Expense Geographic Adjustment Data,'' 
     pursuant to Public Law 108-173, section 605; jointly to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
       10505. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting Notification concerning the 
     report mandated by Section 609 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and 
     SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000; 
     jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and 
     Commerce.
       10506. A letter from the Inspector General, Department of 
     Health and Humans Services, transmitting the Department's 
     report entitled, ``Review of Medicare Contractor Information 
     Security Program Evaluations for Fiscal Year 2004,'' pursuant 
     to Section 912 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
     Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003; jointly to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.
       10507. A letter from the Inspector General, Special 
     Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, transmitting the 
     October 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 Armed Services, Government 
     Reform, and International Relations.

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