[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 101 (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5751-S5753]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

  The following communications were laid before the Senate, together 
with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as 
indicated:

       EC-6630. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fenoxaprop-ethyl; Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency 
     Exemptions'' (FRL No. 8366-6) received on June 13, 2008; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6631. A communication from the Chairman, Farm Credit 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on 
     the Agency's 2008-2013 Strategic Plan; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6632. A communication from the Chairman, Defense Nuclear 
     Facilities Safety Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on the Status of Significant Unresolved Issues with 
     the Department of Energy's Design and Construction Projects; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6633. A communication from the General Counsel, Office 
     of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Risk-Based Capital 
     Regulation-Loss Severity Amendments''; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6634. A communication from the Acting Fiscal Assistant 
     Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, notification that during the period of January 1, 
     2007, through December 31, 2007, no exceptions to the 
     prohibition against favored treatment of a government 
     securities broker or government securities dealer were 
     granted by the Secretary of the Treasury; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6635. A communication from the President, Federal Home 
     Loan Bank of Cincinnati, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     2007 management statement on its system of internal controls; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6636. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and 
     Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to the Export 
     Administration Regulations Based on the 2007 Missile 
     Technology Control Regime Plenary Agreements'' (RIN0694-AE23) 
     received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6637. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and 
     Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Expansion of the Gift 
     Parcel License Exception Regarding Cuba to Authorize Mobile 
     Phones and Related Software and Equipment'' (RIN0964-AE37) 
     received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6638. A communication from the Vice President and 
     Controller, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report on the system of internal controls; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6639. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations'' (73 FR 28046) 
     received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6640. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations'' (73 FR 28044) 
     received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6641. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations'' (73 FR 26026) 
     received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6642. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Flood Elevation Determinations'' (73 FR 28350) 
     received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6643. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Flood Elevation Determinations'' (73 FR 26030) 
     received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6644. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security,

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     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Flood Elevation Determinations'' (73 FR 25560) 
     received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6645. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Flood Elevation Determinations'' (73 FR 25542) 
     received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6646. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Flood Elevation Determinations'' (73 FR 24178) 
     received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6647. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Assistance Program Under the 9/11 Heroes Stamp Act of 
     2001'' (73 FR 28357) received on June 13, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6648. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Flood Elevation Determinations'' (73 FR 23121) 
     received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6649. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Disaster Assistance; Change in Federal Share for Alternate 
     Projects for Public Facilities'' (73 FR 20549) received on 
     May 2, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-6650. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Administration, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Insurance Program; Assistance to Private 
     Sector Property Insurers; Write-your-own Arrangement'' 
     (RIN1660-AA58) received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6651. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department 
     of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Final Rule; Allocation of Trips to Closed 
     Area II Yellowtail Flounder Special Access Program'' 
     (RIN0648-AW69) received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-6652. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Operations, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``MMPA List of Fisheries 
     for 2005'' (RIN0648-AS78); to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-6653. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Temporary 
     Rule to Require Modifications to Lobster Trap/Pot and Gillnet 
     Fishing Gear to Protect Right Whales'' (ID No. 11806D) 
     received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-6654. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Temporary 
     Rule to Require Modifications to Lobster Trap/Pot and Gillnet 
     Fishing Gear to Protect Right Whales'' (ID 110806C) received 
     on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-6655. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department 
     of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Sea Turtle Conservation; Modification to 
     Fishing Activities'' (RIN0648-AU10) received on June 13, 
     2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-6656. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Administrator for Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement 
     Handbook-C.A.S.E. Reporting and Property Delegations'' 
     (RIN2700-AD40) received on June 11, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-6657. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department 
     of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Framework 19, Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery 
     Management Plan'' (RIN0648-AV90) received on June 13, 2008; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-6658. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Emergency 
     Rule to Close the Southeast U.S. Gillnet Fishery to Protect 
     Right Whales'' (RIN0698-AU95) received on June 13, 2008; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-6659. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``West 
     Virginia Regulatory Program'' (Docket No. WV-114-FOR) 
     received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
       EC-6660. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Director, Directives and Regulations Branch, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``National Forest System Land Management 
     Planning'' (RIN0596-AB86) received on April 17, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-6661. A communication from the Commissioner, Office of 
     the Secretary, Department of the Interior, transmitting a 
     draft bill entitled, ``Reclamation Title Transfer Act of 
     2008''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-6662. A communication from the Secretary of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to staffing of the Intelligent Transportation 
     Systems Program Advisory Committee; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6663. A communication from the Administrator, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, notification that the cost of 
     response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3284-EM in the State 
     of Texas has exceeded the limit for a single emergency 
     declaration; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-6664. A communication from the Administrator, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, notification that the cost of 
     response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3230-EM in the State 
     of Illinois has exceeded the limit for a single emergency 
     declaration; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-6665. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Office of the Secretary, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting a draft bill 
     entitled, ``Duck Stamp Improvement Act of 2008''; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6666. A communication from the Chairman, Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting a draft bill intended to 
     amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Energy 
     Reorganization Act of 1974; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-6667. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Alabama; 
     Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New 
     Source Review; Correction'' (FRL No. 8579-6) received on June 
     13, 2008; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6668. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of 
     Missouri'' (FRL No. 8581-7) received on June 13, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6669. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of 
     Missouri'' (FRL No. 8581-9) received on June 13, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6670. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revision of Refrigerant 
     Recovery Only Equipment Standards'' ((RIN2060-AP18)(FRL No. 
     8582-6)) received on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6671. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
     Area Source Standards for Plating and Polishing Operations'' 
     ((RIN2060-AM37)(FRL No. 8581-3)) received on June 13, 2008; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6672. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Water 
     Transfers Rule'' ((RIN2040-AE86)(FRL No. 8579-3)) received on 
     June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-6673. A communication from the Chief of the Publications 
     and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Update of Weighted Average Interest Rates, 
     Yield Curves, and Segment Rates'' (Notice 2008-53) received 
     on June 13, 2008; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-6674. A communication from the Chairman, United States 
     International Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled, ``Fiscal Year 2007 USITC Purchases 
     Manufactured Outside the United States''; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-6675. A communication from the Secretary of Labor, 
     transmitting the report of a draft bill entitled, 
     ``Unemployment Compensation Program Integrity Act of 2008''; 
     to the Committee on Finance.

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       EC-6676. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the certification of a 
     proposed technical assistance agreement for the export of 
     technical data, defense services, and defense articles in the 
     amount of $50,000,000 or more to The Ministry of Defense of 
     the State of Kuwait; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-6677. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the certification of a 
     proposed technical assistance agreement for the export of 
     technical data, defense services, and defense articles in the 
     amount of $50,000,000 or more to the Government of Mexico; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-6678. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the certification of a 
     proposed manufacturing license agreement for the manufacture 
     of significant military equipment abroad and the export of 
     defense services, and defense articles in the amount of 
     $100,000,000 or more to Norway for the production of the 
     Evolved Sea Sparrow (ESSM) program rocket motor operated by 
     NATO; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-6679. A communication from the Ambassador at Large, 
     Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, notification of a correction 
     in the Department's annual report entitled, ``Country Reports 
     on Terrorism 2007''; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-6680. A communication from the Chairman, Railroad 
     Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on 
     the actuarial status of the railroad retirement system, 
     including recommendations for financing changes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-6681. A communication from the Director, Regulations 
     Policy and Management Staff, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Food Labeling: Health Claims; Dietary 
     Noncariogenic Carbohydrate Sweeteners and Dental Caries'' 
     (Docket No. FDA-2006-P-0404) received on June 13, 2008; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-6682. A communication from the Secretary of Education, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the Department's 
     Semiannual Report to Congress on Audit Follow-Up covering the 
     period of October 1, 2007, through March 31, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6683. A communication from the Chairman, Farm Credit 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of 
     Inspector General's Semiannual Report for the period of 
     October 1, 2007, through March 31, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6684. A communication from the Chairman, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of 
     Inspector General's Semiannual Report for the period of 
     October 1, 2007, through March 31, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6685. A communication from the Chair, Equal Employment 
     Opportunity Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Office of Inspector General's Semiannual Report for the 
     period ending March 31, 2008; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6686. A communication from the Director, Peace Corps, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of Inspector 
     General's Semiannual Report for the period of October 1, 
     2007, through March 31, 2008; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.

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