[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 144 (Wednesday, September 26, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H10938-H10939]
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:

       3473. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Tepraloxydim; Pesticide Tolerance 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0145; FRL-8148-1] received September 21, 
     2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       3474. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Sulfosulfuron; Pesticide Tolerance 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0206; FRL-8147-4] received September 21, 
     2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       3475. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Pyraclostrobin; Pesticide 
     Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0522; FRL-8148-6] received 
     September 21, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       3476. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Methamidophos, Oxydemeton-methyl, 
     Profenofos, and Trichlorfon; Tolerance Actions [EPA-HQ-OPP-
     2007-0261; FRL-8147-6] received September 21, 2007, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       3477. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Alachlor; Pesticide Tolerance 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0146; FRL-8147-2] received September 21, 
     2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       3478. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions involving 
     U.S. exports to Turkey pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
       3479. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Mgmt. Staff, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Current Good 
     Manufacturing Practice for Blood and Blood Components; 
     Notification of Cosignees and Transfusion Recipients 
     Receiving Blood and Blood Components at Increased Risk of 
     Transmitting Hepatitis C Virus Infection (``Lookback'') 
     [Docket No. 1999N-2337 (formerly Docket No. 99N-2337)] (RIN: 
     0910-AB76) received September 21, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3480. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Technical Amendments to Approval 
     and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
     Pennsylvania; Correction of Effective Date Under 
     Congressional Review Act [EPA-R03-OAR-2007-0174; FRL-8473-1] 
     received September 21, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3481. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Award of United States-Mexico 
     Border Program and Alaska Rural and Native Villages Program 
     Grants Authorized by the Revised Continuing Appropriations 
     Resolution, 2007 [FRL-8472-1] received September 21, 2007, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       3482. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Arkansas; Clean Air Interstate Rule 
     Nitrogen Oxides Ozone Season Trading Program [EPA-R06-OAR-
     2007-0886; FRL-8473-3] received September 21, 2007, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       3483. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; State of Missouri [EPA-R07-OAR-2007-
     0926; FRL-8471-9] received September 21, 2007, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3484. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Louisiana; Clean Air Interstate Rule 
     Nitrogen Oxides Trading Programs [EPA-R06-OAR-2007-0651; FRL-
     8473-5] received September 21, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3485. 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; Ohio [EPA-R05-OAR-2006-0544 
     FRL-8470-7] received September 21, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3486. A letter from the Deputy Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting pursuant to the reporting 
     requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control 
     Act, as amended, Transmittal No. 07-60, concerning the 
     Department of the Air Force's proposed Letter(s) of Offer and 
     Acceptance to Iraq for defense articles and services; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3487. A letter from the Associate General Counsel for 
     General Law, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3488. A letter from the Director of Administration, 
     National Labor Relations Board, transmitting the Board's 
     Inherently Governmental and Commercial Activities Inventory 
     for FY 2007, as required by the Federal Activities Inventory 
     Reform Act of 1998 (the FAIR ACT); to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       3489. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Mississippi Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation 
     Plan [Docket No. MS-021-FOR] received

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     September 24, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       3490. A letter from the Secretary, Judicial Conference of 
     the United States, transmitting the Conference's report 
     entitled, ``Report on the Necessity and Desirability of 
     Amending the Federal Rules of Evidence to Codify a `Harm to 
     Child' Exception to the Marital Privileges,'' pursuant to 
     Public Law 109-248, section 214; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       3491. A letter from the Acting Chief, Trade and Commercial 
     Regulations, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- EXTENSION OF IMPORT 
     RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM MALI 
     [CBP Dec. 07-77 USCBP 2007-0075] (RIN: 1505-AB86) received 
     September 20, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       3492. A letter from the Acting Chief, Trade and Commercial 
     Regulations, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- EXTENSION OF IMPORT 
     RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM 
     GUATEMALA [CBP Dec. 07-79 USCBP-2007-0074] (RIN: 1505-AB87) 
     received September 21, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       3493. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Temporary Closing of the Determination Letter 
     Program for Adopters of Pre-Approved Defined Contribution 
     Plans [Announcement 2007-90] received September 20, 2007, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       3494. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Section 1274.---Determination of 
     Issue Price in the Case of Certain Debt Instruments Issued 
     for Property (Also Sections 42, 280G, 382, 412, 467, 468, 
     482, 642, 807, 846, 1288, 7520, 7872.) (Rev. Rul. 2007-63) 
     received September 20, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       3495. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Section 61.--Gross Income Defined 26 CFR 1.61-
     21: Taxation of fringe benefits. (Rev. Rul. 2007-55) received 
     September 20, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       3496. A letter from the Secretary, Judicial Conference of 
     the United States, transmitting the views of the Conference 
     regarding provisions included in S. 274, the ``Federal 
     Employee Protection of Disclosures Act'' and H.R. 985, the 
     ``Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007''; jointly 
     to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and the 
     Judiciary.

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