[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 7, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H3184-H3185]
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:

       6443. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Spirodiclofen; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0398; FRL-8362-2] received April 31, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       6444. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Pyridalyl; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2004-0306; FRL-8361-4] received April 31, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       6445. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Chlorantraniliprole; Pesticide 
     Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0275; FRL-8357-3] received April 
     31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       6446. A letter from the Chairman, Commission on the 
     National Guard and Reserves, transmitting the Commission's 
     final report entitled, ``Transforming the National Guard and 
     Reserves into a 21st-Century Operational Force''; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       6447. A letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney 
     General, Department of Justice, transmitting the 2007 Annual 
     Report regarding the Department's enforcement activities 
     under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 
     1691f; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       6448. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's report 
     pursuant to the Buy American Act, pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 
     10a(b); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       6449. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a copy of a draft bill that would 
     eliminate the four-year limitation on contracts for the 
     manufacture of distinctive paper for United States currency 
     and securities; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       6450. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a copy of a draft bill, ``To authorize 
     United States participation in, and appropriations

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     for, the United States to contribute to an international 
     clean technology fund''; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
       6451. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Economic 
     Policy, Department of the Treasury, transmitting two reports 
     entitled, ``Social Security Reform: Benchmarks for Assessing 
     Fairness and Benefit Adequacy'' and ``Social Security Reform: 
     Mechanisms for Achieving True Pre-Funding''; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
       6452. A letter from the General Counsel, National Credit 
     Union Administration, transmitting the Administration's final 
     rule -- Procedures for Debt Collection -- received April 18, 
     2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       6453. A letter from the Program Manager, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Grants to States for Operation of Qualified 
     High Risk Pools [CMS-2260-F] (RIN: 0938-AO46) received April 
     24, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       6454. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Change of Address for Submission of 
     Certain Reports; Technical Correction [FRL-8563-1] received 
     April 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6455. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Revised PM2.5 Motor Vehicle Emissions 
     Budget; State of New Jersey [EPA-R02-OAR-2008-0005; FRL-8562-
     1] received April 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6456. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report on 
     International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) technical 
     assistance to Iran during calendar year 2007, pursuant to 
     Public Law 107-228; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       6457. A letter from the General Counsel, Office of 
     Management and Budget, transmitting the Office's final rule 
     -- Cost Accounting Standards Board; Contract Clauses -- 
     received April 9, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       6458. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
     Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's study report on the Angel Island Immigration 
     Station and the Pacific Coast Immigration Museum; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       6459. A letter from the Executive Director, Pacific Fishery 
     Management Council, transmitting the Council's 
     recommendations for international actions to address 
     overfishing of Eastern Pacific Yellowfin Tuna in compliance 
     with Section 304(i)(2)(B) the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
       6460. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Visas: Documentation of Nonimmigrants under the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended [Public Notice: ] 
     received April 29, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       6461. A letter from the Acting Administrator, FAA, 
     Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's 
     report on the foreign aviation authorities to which the 
     Federal Aviation Administration provided services for Fiscal 
     Year 2007, pursuant to Public Law 103-305, section 202; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6462. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Federal 
     Maritime Commission, transmitting the Commission's report on 
     the amount of acquisitions made by the commission from 
     entities that manufacture articles, materials or supplies 
     outside the United States, pursuant to Section 641 of the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6463. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Federal 
     Maritime Commission, transmitting the 46th Annual Report of 
     the activities of the Commission for fiscal year 2007, which 
     ended September 30, 2007, pursuant to 46 U.S.C. app. 1118; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6464. A letter from the Vice President, Government Affairs 
     and Corporate Communications, National Railroad Passenger 
     Corporation, transmitting Amtrak's Grant and Legislative 
     Request for FY09 and other materials, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 
     24315(a); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       6465. A letter from the President and CEO, Pacific Maritime 
     Association, transmitting the Association's 2007 Annual 
     Report; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       6466. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Department's report entitled, ``Department 
     of Energy FY 2006 -- FY 2007 Methane Hydrate Report to 
     Congress,'' pursuant to Section 4(e)(5) of the Methane 
     Hydrate Research Act of 2000; to the Committee on Science and 
     Technology.
       6467. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the 
     Department's views on H.R. 4847, the United States Fire 
     Administration (USFA) Reauthorization Act of 2007; to the 
     Committee on Science and Technology.
       6468. A letter from the Chairman, National Science Board, 
     transmitting the Board's report entitled, ``International 
     Science and Engineering Partnership: A Priority for U.S. 
     Foreign Policy and Our Nation's Innovation Enterprise''; to 
     the Committee on Science and Technology.
       6469. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Tier 1 Issue -- Section 965 Foreign Earnings 
     Repatriation Directive #2 [LMSB Control No: LMSB-4-0408-021] 
     received April 23, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6470. A letter from the Acting Assistant Director, 
     Directives and Regulations Branch, Office of Regulatory and 
     Management Services, USDA, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- National Forest 
     System Land Management Planning (RIN: 0596-AB86) received 
     April 18, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to 
     the Committees on Natural Resources and Agriculture.
       6471. A letter from the Program Manager, CMM, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     ``Major'' final rule -- Medicare Program; Inpatient 
     Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System Payment 
     Update for Rate Year Beginning July 1, 2008 (RY 2008) [CMS-
     1401-N] (RIN: 0938-AO92) received May 2, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means and Energy and Commerce.
       6472. A letter from the Program Manager, CMS, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     ``Major'' final rule -- Medicare Program; Prospective Payment 
     System for Long-Term Care Hospitals RY 2009: Annual Payment 
     Rate Updates, Policy Changes, and Clarifications; and 
     Electronic Submission of Cost Reports: Revision to Effective 
     Date of Cost Reporting Period [CMS-13930f] (RIN: 0938-AO94) 
     received May 2, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and 
     Commerce.
       6473. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting an annual report of the Department's 
     Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties for fiscal year 
     2007, pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 345(b); jointly to the Committees 
     on Homeland Security and the Judiciary.

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