[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 17, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H7980-H7981]
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:

       2543. A letter from the Counsel for Legislation and 
     Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Manufactured Home 
     Dispute Resolution Program [Docket No. FR-4813-F-03] (RIN: 
     2502-AH98) received June 4, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       2544. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development, transmitting a copy of proposed 
     legislation to update the National Housing Act and modernize 
     the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance 
     program to ensure that the FHA continues to play a key role 
     in serving low- and moderate-income homebuyers; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       2545. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development, transmitting a copy of proposed 
     legislation to reauthorize the American Dream Downpayment 
     Act, Section 271 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
     Housing Act; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       2546. A letter from the Senior Vice President for Resource 
     Management, Export-Import Bank, transmitting the Bank's Buy 
     American Act reporting for fiscal year 2006, pursuant to 
     section 837 of Division A of the fiscal year 2006 Departments 
     of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development 
     Appropriations Act, Pub. L. 109-115; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       2547. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank of the United States, transmitting a report on 
     transactions involving U.S. exports to Republic of Panama 
     pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 
     1945, as amended, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 635(b)(3)(i); to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       2548. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Alachlor, Chlorothalonil, 
     Metribuzin; Denial of Objections [EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0050; FRL-
     8135-3] received July 13, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       2549. 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; Minnesota [EPA-R05-OAR-2006-
     0772; FRL-8439-7] received July 13, 2007, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       2550. 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; Minnesota [EPA-R05-OAR-2006-
     0772; FRL-8439-8] received July 13, 2007, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       2551. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Determination of Attainment, 
     Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and 
     Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; 
     Indiana; Redesignation of the Clark and Floyd Counties 8-hour 
     Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment [EPA-R05-OAR-2006-
     0715; FRL-8440-2] received July 13, 2007, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       2552. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Determination of Attainment, 
     Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and 
     Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; 
     Indiana; Redesignation of LaPorte County To Attainment for 
     Ozone [EPA-R05-OAR-2006-0459; FRL-8440-4] received July 13, 
     2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       2553. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Determination of Attainment, 
     Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and 
     Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; 
     Indiana; Redesignation of the South Bend-Elkhart 8-hour Ozone 
     Nonattainment Area to Attainment [EPA-R05-OAR-2006-0305; FRL-
     8440-3] received July 13, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       2554. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Public Hearings and Submission of 
     Plans [EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0903; FRL-8439-6] received July 13, 
     2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       2555. 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. 07-07 informing of 
     an intent to sign the Joint U.S./U.K. Weapon and Sensor 
     Resource Management Algorithm Development and Evaluation 
     Project Arrangement between the United States and the United 
     Kingdom, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2767(f); to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       2556. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting pursuant to Section 62(a) of 
     the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), notification concerning 
     the Department of the Army's proposed lease of defense 
     articles to the Government of Singapore (Transmittal No. 02-
     07); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       2557. A letter from the Chairman, Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors, transmitting the semiannual report on the 
     activities of the Office of Inspector General for the period 
     October 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. 
     (Insp. Gen. Act) section 5(b); to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
       2558. A letter from the Librarian of Congress, Library of 
     Congress, transmitting the Annual Report of the Library of 
     Congress, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 
     pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 139; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
       2559. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's report 
     entitled, ``Report to Congress on the Social and Economic 
     Conditions of Native Americans: Fiscal Years 1995-2000,'' 
     pursuant to Section 811A of the Native American Programs Act 
     of 1974; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       2560. A letter from the Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence 
     Board, Department of the Interior, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Subsistence Management Regulations 
     for Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart C; Nonrural 
     Determinations (RIN: 1018-AT99) received July 12, 2007, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       2561. A letter from the Assistant Director, Fisheries & 
     Habitat Conservation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Department 
     of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Injurious Wildlife Species; Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys 
     molitrix) and Largescale Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys 
     harmandi) (RIN: 1018-AT29) received July 12, 2007, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
       2562. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Endangered and 
     Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical 
     Habitat for the Peck's Cave Amphipod, Comal Springs Dryopid 
     Beetle, and Comal Springs Riffle Beetle (RIN: 1018-AU75) 
     received July 16, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
       2563. A letter from the Director, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 
     and Plants; Removing the Bald Eagle in the Lower 48 States 
     From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife (RIN: 
     1018-

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     AF21) received July 16, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       2564. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting a copy of draft legislation entitled, 
     ``Cooperative Conservation Enhancement Act''; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       2565. A letter from the Acting Director, Minerals 
     Management Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's report on the Minerals Management Service 
     Royalty-in-Kind Operation for Fiscal Year 2006, as required 
     by Section 342 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       2566. A letter from the Executive Director, Department of 
     the Interior, transmitting the 2005 annual report of the 
     National Center for Preservation Technology and Training 
     (National Center), pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       2567. A letter from the Associate Deputy Secretary, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a draft 
     bill entitled, ``The Fiscally Responsible Energy Amendments 
     Act of 2007''; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       2568. A letter from the Director, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's 2006 report to Congress on 
     the ``The Status of U.S. Fisheries''; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       2569. A letter from the Director, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's biennial report regarding 
     the administration of the Endangered Species Act from October 
     1, 2004 to September 30, 2006; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
       2570. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting a copy of the Annual Report to 
     Congress on the Refugee Resettlement Program for the period 
     October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005 as required by 
     section 413(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
     pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 1523(a); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       2571. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Civil 
     Works, Department of the Army, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Administration's position on the budgeting 
     for the Cedar Bayou, Texas Navigation Improvement Project; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       2572. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Civil 
     Works, Department of the Army, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Administration's position on the budgeting 
     for the Unalaska, Alaska Navigation Improvement Project; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       2573. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting the 2005 Annual Report of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training of the 
     Department of Labor, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 4107(c); to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       2574. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, transmitting a copy of a draft bill entitled, ``To 
     amend title 38, United States Code, to improve veterans' 
     health care benefits, and for other purposes''; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       2575. A letter from the Chief, Trade and Commercial 
     Regulations Branch, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- United States -- 
     Jordan Free Trade Agreement [USCBP-2007-0001 CBP Dec. 07-50] 
     (RIN: 1505-AB75) received June 25, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       2576. A letter from the Chief, Border Security Regulations 
     Branch, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Advance Electronic Presentation of 
     Cargo Information for Truck Carriers Required to be 
     Transmitted through ACE Truck Manifest as Ports in the States 
     of Maine and Minnesota [CBP Dec. 07-53] received July 12, 
     2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       2577. A letter from the Chief, Trade and Commercial 
     Regulations Branch, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- United States-
     Morocco Free Trade Agreement [USCBP-2007-0056 CBP Dec. 07-51] 
     (RIN: 1505-AB76) received June 27, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       2578. A letter from the Chief, Trade and Commercial 
     Regulations Branch, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- EXTENSION OF 
     IMPORT RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON PRE-CLASSICAL AND CLASSICAL 
     ARCHAEOLOGICAL OBJECTS AND BYZANTINE PERIOD ECCLESIASTICAL 
     AND RITUAL ETHNOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM CYPRUS [CBP Dec. 07-52] 
     (RIN: 1505-AB80) received July 12, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       2579. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Guidance under Subpart F Relating to 
     Partnerships [TD 9326] (RIN: 1545-BE34) received July 13, 
     2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       2580. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Withholding Exemptions [TD 9337] (RIN: 1545-
     BE21) received July 13, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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