[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 82 (Monday, May 19, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H4149-H4150]
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:

       6665. A letter from the Executive Director, Commodity 
     Futures Trading Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule -- Conflicts of Interest in Self-Regulation and 
     Self-Regulatory Organizations (RIN: 3038-AC28) received April 
     30, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       6666. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Milk 
     in the Appalachian, Florida and Southeast Marketing Areas; 
     Interim Order Amending the Orders [AMS-DA-07-0059; AO-388-
     A22; AO-356-A43 and AO-366-A51; Docket No. DA-07-03-A] 
     received April 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       6667. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Raisins Produced from Grapes Grown in California; Final Free 
     and Reserve Percentages for 2007-08 Crop Natural (sun-dried) 
     Seedless Raisins [Docket No. AMS-FV-07-0130; FV08-989-1 IFR] 
     received April 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       6668. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Olives Grown in California; Decreased Assessment Rate [Docket 
     No. AMS-FV-07-0155; FV08-932-1 IFR] received April 30, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       6669. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Tart 
     Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, et al.; Final Free 
     and Restricted Percentages for the 2007-2008 Crop Year for 
     Tart Cherries [Docket No. AMS-FV-07-0119; FV07-930-3 FR] 
     received April 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       6670. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Avocados Grown in South Florida; Order Amending Marketing 
     Order No. 915 [Docket No. AO-254-A10; AMS-FV-06-0220; FV06-
     915-2] received April 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       6671. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting [Docket No. AMS-07-0047; 
     DA-06-07] (RIN: 0581-AC66) received February 5, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       6672. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and 
     Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Defense Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation Supplement; Contractor Personnel Authorized to 
     Accompany U.S. Armed Forces [DFARS Case 2005-D013] (RIN: 
     0750-AF25) received March 26, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       6673. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Ninety-Fourth Annual 
     Report of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
     System covering operations during calendar year 2007; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       6674. A letter from the Chief Counsel, FEMA, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations [Docket No. 
     FEMA-B-7772] received April 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       6675. A letter from the Chief Counsel, FEMA, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Final Flood Elevation Determinations -- received April 30, 
     2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       6676. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Financial 
     Institutions Examination Council, transmitting the Council's 
     2007 Annual Report, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 3305; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       6677. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- 
     DISCLOSURE OF DIVESTMENT BY REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES 
     IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUDAN ACCOUNTABILITY AND DIVESTMENT ACT OF 
     2007 [Release Nos. 34-57711; IC-28254; File No. S7-02-08] 
     (RIN: 3235-AK05) received April 25, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       6678. A letter from the Deputy Director, Pension Benefit 
     Guaranty Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final 
     rule -- Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; 
     Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest 
     Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits -- received May 
     6, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Education and Labor.
       6679. A letter from the Deputy Chief, CGB, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule -- In the Matter of Implementation of the 
     Subscriber Carrier Selection Changes Provisions of the 
     Telecommunications Act of 1996 Policies and Rules Concerning 
     Unauthorized Changes of Consumers' Long Distance Carriers [CC 
     Docket No. 94-129] received April 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6680. 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; Listing the Potential Sonoran Desert Bald Eagle 
     Distinct Population Segment as Threatened Under the 
     Endangered Species Act [FWS-R2-ES-2008-0044; 40120-1113-0000-
     B3] (RIN: 1018-AW12) received May 2, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       6681. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Virginia Regulatory Program [VA-124-FOR; Docket 
     ID OSM-2007-0013] received April 22, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       6682. A letter from the Director, U.S. Geological Survey, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's 
     report entitled, ``Mineral Commodity Summaries 2008''; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       6683. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Tier II Issue -- Interchange and Merchant 
     Discount Fees Directive #1 [LMSB Control No.: LMSB-04-0208-
     002] received April 28, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       6684. A letter from the Executive Director, Marine Mammal 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's report entitled, 
     ``The Biological Viability of the Most Endangered Marine 
     Mammals and the Cost-Effectiveness of Protection Programs''; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       6685. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic 
     Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Specifications and 
     Management Measures [Docket No. 070717340-8451-02] (RIN: 
     0648-AV40) received April 22, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       6686. A letter from the Acting Director Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Cod by Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessels 
     Catching Pacific Cod for Processing by the Offshore Component 
     in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket 
     No. 070213032-7032-01] (RIN: 0648-XF93) received April 30, 
     2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       6687. A letter from the Acting Director Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer 
     Flounder Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for New Jersey 
     [Docket

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     No. 061020273-7001-03] (RIN: 0648-XE00) received April 30, 
     2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       6688. A letter from the Deputy Director Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; 
     Republication of Gulf Red Snapper Interim Management Measures 
     [Docket No. 061121304-7053-02; I.D. 112006B] (RIN: 0648-AT87) 
     received April 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       6689. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- List of Fisheries for 2008 [Docket No. 070417093-7582-02] 
     (RIN: 0648-AV54) received May 6, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       6690. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of 
     the U.S. Courts, transmitting the annual report on 
     applications for court orders made to federal and state 
     courts to permit the interception of wire, oral, or 
     electronic communications during calendar year 2007, pursuant 
     to 18 U.S.C. 2519(3); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       6691. A letter from the Staff Director, United States 
     Sentencing Commission, transmitting a copy of the 2007 Annual 
     Report and Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics, 
     pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(w)(3); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       6692. A letter from the Chief Counsel, FEMA, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Disaster Assistance; Change in Federal Share for Alternate 
     Projects for Public Facilities [Docket ID FEMA-2008-0003] 
     (RIN: 1660-AA59) received April 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       6693. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's 2008 Annual 
     Report on the regulatory status of the National 
     Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) ``Most Wanted'' 
     Recommendations to the Department and its Operating 
     Administrations; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       6694. A letter from the Executive Director, National 
     Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final report entitled, 
     ``Transportation for Tomorrow''; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6695. A letter from the Director of Regulations Management, 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Notice and Assistance Requirements and 
     Technical Correction (RIN: 2900-AM17) received April 30, 
     2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
       6696. A letter from the Program Manager, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Medicare Program; Changes for Long-Term Care 
     Hospitals Required by Certain Provisions of the Medicare, 
     Medicaid, SCHIP Extension Act of 2007: 3-Year Delay in the 
     Application of Payment Adjustments for Short Stay Outliers 
     and Changes to the Standard Federal Rate [CMS-1493-IFC] (RIN: 
     0938-AP33) received May 2, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6697. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Reissuance Standards for State and Local Bonds 
     [Notice 2008-27] received April 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6698. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Suspension of Statutes of Limitations 
     in Third-Party and John Doe Summons Disputes and Expansion of 
     Taxpayers' Rights to Receive Notice and Seek Judicial Review 
     of Third-Party Summonses [TD 9395] (RIN: 1545-BA31) received 
     May 2, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       6699. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Application of Normalization 
     Accounting Rules to Balances of Excess Deferred Income Taxes 
     and Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credits of Public 
     Utilities Whose Assets Cease to be Public Utility Property 
     [TD 9387] (RIN: 1545-AY75) received April 30, 2008, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6700. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Source Rules Involving U.S. 
     Possessions and Other Conforming Changes [TD 9391] (RIN: 
     1545-BF85) received April 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6701. 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, 
     483, 642, 807, 846, 1288, 7520, 7872.) (Rev. Rul. 2008-24) 
     received April 21, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6702. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- COORDINATED ISSUE PAPER ALL 
     INDUSTRIES VARIABLE PREPAID FORWARD CONTRACTS INCORPORATING 
     SHARE LENDING ARRANGEMENTS UIL: 1001.00-00 [LMSB-04-1207-077] 
     received April 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6703. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Update for Weighted Average Interest 
     Rates, Yield Curves, and Segment Rates [Notice 2008-24] 
     received February 7, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6704. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Section 1274.--Determination of 
     Issued Price in the Case of Certain Debt Instruments Issue 
     for Property (Also Sections 42, 280G, 382, 412, 467, 468, 
     482, 483, 642, 807, 846, 1288, 7520, 7872.) (Rev. Rul. 2008-
     9) received April 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6705. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Coordinated Issue Paper Agriculture Industry 
     Section 118 -- Characterization of Bioenergy Program Payments 
     UIL: 118.01-04 [LMSB-04-0308-019] received April 15, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       6706. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Section 1091.--Loss from Wash Sales 
     of Stock or Securities 26 CFR 1.1091-1: Losses from wash 
     sales of stock or securities. (Rev. Rul. 2008-5) received 
     April 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       6707. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Treatment of Overall Foreign and 
     Domestic Losses [TD 9371] (RIN: 1545-BH14) received April 30, 
     2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       6708. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting the Department's report on the 
     Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
     2007, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 530D; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security.

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