[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 59 (Tuesday, April 15, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H2352-H2354]
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:


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       6078. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Ferric Citrate; Inert Ingredient; 
     Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-
     2006-0479; FRL-8071-2] received March 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       6079. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Fenhexamid; Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2007-0303; FRL-8357-2] received April 3, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       6080. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Buprofezin; Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2007-0426; FRL-8356-9] received April 3, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       6081. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- S-Abscisic Acid, Temporary Exemption 
     From the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0092; 
     FRL-8357-4] received March 27, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       6082. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Flonicamid; Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2007-0338; FRL-8356-7] received March 27, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       6083. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Dicamba; Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-HQ-
     OPP-2007-0325; FRL-8356-6] received March 27, 2008, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       6084. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Acequinocyl; Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2006-0678; FRL-8356-6] received March 27, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       6085. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Flumioxazin; Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2007-0308; FRL-8352-5] received February 29, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       6086. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Bifenazate; Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2007-0302; FRL-8351-6] received February 29, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       6087. A letter from the Directors, Congressional Budget 
     Office and Office of Management and Budget, transmitting a 
     joint report on the technical assumptions to be used in 
     preparing estimates of National Defense Function (050) fiscal 
     year 2009 outlay rates and prior year outlays, pursuant to 10 
     U.S.C. 226; to the Committee on the Budget.
       6088. A letter from the Chairman, National Endowment for 
     the Arts and Member Federal Council on the Arts and the 
     Humanities, National Foundation on the Arts and the 
     transmitting the Federal Council on the Arts and the 
     Humanities' thirty-second annual report on the Arts and 
     Artifacts Indemnity Program for Fiscal Year 2007, pursuant to 
     20 U.S.C. 959(c); to the Committee on Education and Labor.
       6089. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting as required by Sections 
     913(b)(2) and Section 902(g) of the Healthcare Research and 
     Quality Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106-129), reports entitled ``The 
     National Healthcare Quality Report 2007'' (NHQR) and ''The 
     National Healthcare Disparities Report 2007'' (NHDR); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6090. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environment Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- National Perchloroethylene Air 
     Emission Standards for Dry Cleaning Facilities [EPA-HQ-OAR-
     2005-0155; FRL-8547-4] (RIN: 2060-AO52) received March 27, 
     2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       6091. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Federal Implementation Plan for the 
     Billings/Laurel, Montana, Sulfur Dioxide Area [EPA-R08-OAR-
     2006-0098; FRL-8551-2] (RIN: 2008-AA01) received March 31, 
     2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       6092. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Delegation of New Source Performance 
     Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
     Pollutants for the States of Arizona and Nevada [AZ and NV-
     EPA-R09-OAR-2006-1014 FRL-8551-1] received March 31, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       6093. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Delegation of National Emission 
     Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories; 
     State of Nevada, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection 
     [EPA-R09-OAR-2008-0229; FRL-8550-9] received March 31, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       6094. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Alabama: Final Authorization of State 
     Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [EPA-R04-RCRA-
     2007-0992; FRL-8550-3] received March 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6095. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Final 8-hour Ozone National Ambient 
     Air Quality Standards Designations for the Early Action 
     Compact Areas [EPA-HQ-2008-0006; FRL-8550-1] (RIN: 2060-AO83) 
     received March 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6096. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State Air 
     Quality Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; State 
     of Maryland; Control of Large Municipal Waste Combustor 
     (LMWC) Emissions from Existing Facilities [EPA-R03-OAR-2008-
     MD-0209; FRL-8552-5] received April 3, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6097. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Revisions to the Nevada State 
     Implementation Plan; Updated Statutory and Regulatory 
     Provisions; Rescissions [EPA-R09-OAR-2007-1155; FRL-8548-8] 
     received April 3, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6098. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; North Carolina: Approval of Revisions 
     to the 1-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan for the Raleigh/Durham 
     and Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point Areas [EPA-R04-OAR-
     2008-0036-200801(a); FRL-8551-9] received April 3, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       6099. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Virginia: Final Authorization of State 
     Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [EPA-R03-RCRA-
     2008-0256; FRL-8548-9] received March 27, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6100. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Revision to the California State 
     Implementation Plan, Bay Area Air Quality Management District 
     [EPA-R09-OAR-2007-0970; FRL-8547-6] received March 27, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       6101. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- NESHAP: National Emission Standards 
     for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Standards for Hazardous Waste 
     Combustors; Amendments [EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0022 FRL-8549-4] 
     (RIN: 2050-AG35) received March 27, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6102. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; State of Missouri [EPA-R07-OAR-2008-
     0103; FRL-8549-8] received March 27, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6103. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; State of Missouri [EPA-R07-OAR-2008-
     0100; FRL-8549-6] received March 27, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6104. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Utah: Final Authorization of State 
     Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions [EPA-R08-RCRA-
     2006-0127; FRL-8538-1] received February 29, 2008, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       6105. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Partial Withdrawal of Direct Final 
     Rule Revising the California State Implementation Plan, 
     Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District and San 
     Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District [EPA-R09-OAR-
     2007-1074, FRL-8537-9] received February 29, 2008, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       6106. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental

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     Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- 
     Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; Commonwealth of Virginia; Control of Particulate 
     Matter from Pulp and Paper Mills; Correction [EPA-R03-OAR-
     2005-VA-0011; FRL-8537-6] received February 29, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       6107. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; State of Maryland; Revised 
     Definition of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) [EPA-R03-OAR-
     2007-1157; FRL-8532-4] received February 21, 2008, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       6108. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's FY 2007 Annual 
     Report required by Section 203 of the Notification and 
     Federal Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002, Pub. 
     L. 107-174; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6109. A letter from the Inspector General, U.S. House of 
     Representatives, transmitting the Inspector General's final 
     report on the Management Advisory review of the Exchange 2003 
     Implementation; to the Committee on House Administration.
       6110. A letter from the Acting Administrator, FAA, 
     Department of Transportation, transmitting the Federal 
     Aviation Administration's Capital Investment Plan (CIP) for 
     fiscal years 2009-2013, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. app. 
     2203(b)(1); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       6111. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
     Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Administration's position on the budgeting for the Park River 
     at Grafton, North Dakota, flood damage reduction project; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6112. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting a report entitled, ``Fundamental 
     Properties of Asphalts and Modified Asphalts-II'' submitted 
     in accordance with Section 6016(e) of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), Pub. L. 102-
     240, and Section 5117(b)(5) of the Transportation Equity Act 
     of the 21st Century (TEA-21) and the extension of those 
     provisions through FY 2007; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6113. A letter from the President and Chief Executive 
     Officer, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 
     transmitting Amtrak's Grant and Legislative Request for FY09, 
     pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 24315(b); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6114. A letter from the Board of Trustees, National 
     Railroad Retirement Investment Trust, transmitting the 
     National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust's annual 
     management report covering FY 2007, pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 
     231n Public Law 107-90, section 105; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6115. A letter from the Director, National Science 
     Foundation, transmitting the Foundation's Performance 
     Highlights for FY 2007; to the Committee on Science and 
     Technology.
       6116. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Veterans' 
     Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a copy 
     of the Report of the Chairman for FY 2007; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
       6117. 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.
       6118. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's biennial report 
     on evaluation, research and technical assistance activities 
     supported by ``The Promoting Safe and Stable Families 
     Program''; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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