[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 98 (Monday, June 18, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S7809]
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                   EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

  The following communications were laid before the Senate, together 
with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as 
indicated:

       EC-2292. A communication from the Executive Director, 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Rules Relating to 
     Permissible Uses of Official Seal'' (72 FR 29246) received on 
     June 13, 2007; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-2293. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report on 
     Activities and Programs for Countering Proliferation and NBC 
     Terrorism''; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-2294. A communication from the Acting Deputy, Office of 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of the Navy, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, notification of the Navy's decision to 
     conduct a public-private competition for the emergency 
     dispatch management support services at the Naval Post 
     Graduate School in Monterey, California and Naval Support 
     Activity in Culter, Maine; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-2295. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     Department's inventory of non-inherently governmental 
     activities during fiscal year 2006; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-2296. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Amendment to General Order No. 3: 
     Expansion of the General Order and Addition of Certain 
     Persons'' (RIN0694-AD99) received on June 14, 2007; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2297. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to the Western 
     Balkans that was declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 
     26, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-2298. A communication from the Interim President and 
     Chief Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of 
     Indianapolis, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``2006 Statement on System of Internal Controls of 
     the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis''; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2299. A communication from the Chairman, Board of 
     Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Board's Annual Report for calendar year 2006; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2300. A communication from the Under Secretary (Industry 
     and Security), Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report relative to the Department's intent to 
     impose new foreign-policy based export controls; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2301. A communication from the Chairman and President, 
     Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to transactions involving 
     U.S. exports to Panama including the sale of six Boeing 737-
     800 passenger aircraft; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2302. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic 
     Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries; 
     Temporary Rule; Inseason Retention Limit Adjustment'' 
     (RIN0648-XA57) received on June 14, 2007; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2303. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Temporary 
     Rule to Extend Interim Measures to Reduce Overfishing of 
     Atlantic Sea Scallops in the 2007 Fishing Year by Modifying 
     the Elephant Trunk Access Area Management Measures'' 
     (RIN0648-AV05) received on June 14, 2007; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2304. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Reporting 
     Requirements and Conservation Measures; Coastal Pelagic 
     Species Fishery Management Plan'' (RIN0648-AU72) received on 
     June 14, 2007; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-2305. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Closure of 
     the 2007 Gulf of Mexico Deep-Water Grouper Fishery'' 
     (RIN0648-XA46) received on June 14, 2007; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2306. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Section 506 of the Medicare 
     Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 
     2003--Limitation on Charges for Services Furnished by 
     Medicare Participating Inpatient Hospitals to Individuals 
     Eligible for Care Purchased by Indian Health Programs'' 
     (RIN0917-AA02) received on June 15, 2007; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-2307. A communication from the Chief of the Publications 
     and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
     of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Notice: Guidance to Clarify the Treatment of 
     Certain Distributions Under IRC Section (897)(h)(1)'' (Notice 
     2007-55) received on June 15, 2007; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-2308. A communication from the Chief of the Publications 
     and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
     of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Clarification and Modification of Rev. Proc. 
     2005-66'' (Notice 2007-44) received on June 15, 2007; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-2309. A communication from the General Counsel, 
     Department of the Treasury, transmitting, the report of a 
     draft bill that intends to modernize the Treasury Tax and 
     Loan statute; to the Committee on Finance.

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