[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 114 (Friday, July 11, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6602-S6604]
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-7090. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Energy Policy and New Uses, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Designation of Biobased Items for Federal Procurement'' 
     (RIN0503-AA32) received on

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     July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-7091. A communication from the Secretary, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting proposed legislation intended to 
     amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the 
     Department to collect and retain user fees for enforcement 
     activities related to mandatory country of origin labeling; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7092. A communication from the Secretary of the Army, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, notification that the Average 
     Procurement Unit Cost and Program Acquisition Cost metrics 
     for the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter program have exceeded 
     the 25 percent critical cost growth threshold; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7093. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Major 
     General James R. Helmly, United States Army Reserve, and his 
     placement on the retired list in the grade of lieutenant 
     general; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7094. A communication from the Director, Defense 
     Procurement, Acquisition Policy, and Strategic Sourcing, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Export-Controlled Items'' (DFARS 
     Case 2004-D010) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       EC-7095. A communication from the President and Chief 
     Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the Bank's system 
     of internal controls for fiscal year 2007; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7096. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Financial Education Programs That Include the Provision of 
     Bank Products and Services'' (RIN3064-AD28) received on July 
     10, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-7097. A communication from the Senior Vice President and 
     Chief Accounting Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Bank's management report 
     for fiscal year 2007; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7098. A communication from the President and Chief 
     Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the Bank's system 
     of internal controls for fiscal year 2007; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7099. A communication from the President and Chief 
     Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the Bank's system 
     of internal controls for fiscal year 2007; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7100. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13348 relative to the former Liberian regime 
     of Charles Taylor; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-7101. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Cod by Trawl Catcher Processors in the Amendment 80 
     Limited Access Fishery in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
     Management Area'' (RIN0648-XI69) received on July 10, 2008; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7102. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Safety Zone Regulations (including 4 regulations 
     beginning with USCG-2008-0341)'' (RIN1625-AA00) received on 
     July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7103. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Security Zone; Liquefied Natural Gas Carriers, 
     Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts'' ((RIN1625-AA87)(USCG-2008-
     0301)) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7104. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Mill Neck Creek, 
     Oyster Bay, NY'' ((RIN1625-AA09)(USCG-2008-0010)) received on 
     July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7105. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Implementation of Vessel Security Officer Training 
     and Certification Requirements--International Convention on 
     Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for 
     Seafarers, 1978, as amended'' ((RIN1625-AB26)(USCG-2008-
     0028)) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7106. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Regulated Navigation Areas, Safety Zones, Security 
     Zones, and Deepwater Port Facilities; Navigable Waters of the 
     Boston Captain of the 
     Port Zone'' ((RIN1625-AA00)(RIN1625-AA11)(RIN1625-AA87)) 
     received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7107. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Shipping; Technical, Organizational, and 
     Conforming Amendments'' ((RIN1625-ZA18)(USCG-2008-0394)) 
     received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7108. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Navigation and Navigable Waters; Technical, 
     Organizational, and Conforming Amendments'' ((RIN1625-
     ZA16)(USCG-2008-0179)) received on July 10, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7109. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Turbomeca Makila 1A and 1A1 
     Turboshaft Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2001-NE-23)) 
     received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7110. A communication from the Secretary, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, an annual report 
     for fiscal year 2007 relative to implementation of the 
     National Do Not Call Registry; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7111. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, an 
     annual report relative to projects that have been authorized, 
     but for which no funds have been appropriated for planning, 
     design or construction during the preceding five full fiscal 
     years; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7112. 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 Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; Illinois'' (FRL No. 8578-5) received on July 10, 2008; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7113. 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 Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; Maryland; Amendments to the Control of Volatile 
     Organic Compound Emissions from Portable Fuel Containers'' 
     (FRL No. 8691-6) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7114. 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 Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; Wyoming; Revisions to New Source Review Rules'' (FRL 
     No. 8692-1) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7115. 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; 
     Reasonably Available Control Technology for Oxides of 
     Nitrogen for a Specific Source in the State of New Jersey'' 
     (FRL No. 8576-6) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7116. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry 1A.105 Protein; Exemption from 
     the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 8369-3) received on 
     July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-7117. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``National Perchloroethylene Air Emission Standards for Dry 
     Cleaning Facilities'' (FRL No. 8691-2) received on July 10, 
     2008; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7118. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, 
     Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District and Ventura 
     County Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL No. 8580-3) 
     received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-7119. A communication from the Secretary of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an annual report relative to 
     the activities of the Economic Development Administration for 
     fiscal year 2007; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-7120. A communication from the Chairman, Medicare 
     Payment Advisory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report entitled, ``Report to the Congress: Reforming

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     the Delivery System''; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7121. 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 2008-65) received 
     on July 9, 2008; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7122. 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 ``Change to Office to Which Notices of 
     Nonjudicial Sale and Request for Return of Wrongfully Levied 
     Property Must be Sent'' ((RIN1545-BF54)(TD 9410)) received on 
     July 9, 2008; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7123. 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 ``Coordinated Issue: Supplemental 
     Environmental Projects'' (LMSB-04-0608-036) received on July 
     10, 2008; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7124. 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 ``Escrow Accounts, Trusts, and Other Funds 
     Used During Deferred Exchanges of Like-Kind Property'' (TD 
     9413) received on July 9, 2008; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7125. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a certification of the 
     proposed transfer of the Baseline Phase 1R Aegis combat 
     system equipment to several companies; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-7126. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     State, transmitting, pursuant to law, the certification of a 
     proposed manufacturing license agreement for the export of 
     defense articles to Taiwan for the development of the 721S 
     VHF and UHF receiver-transmitter radio and an equipment 
     cabinet; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7127. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     State, transmitting, pursuant to law, the certification of an 
     application for a license for the transfer of defense 
     articles to South Africa in support of the manufacture of the 
     RG-33 Family of Military Vehicles; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-7128. A communication from the Secretary of Labor, 
     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 Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7129. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Services, Department of Education, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation 
     Research Projects and Centers Program--Disability and 
     Rehabilitation Research Projects and Rehabilitation Research 
     and Training Centers--Final Priorities'' received on July 10, 
     2008; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-7130. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Services, Department of Education, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation 
     Research Projects and Centers Program--Rehabilitation 
     Research and Training Centers--Final Priorities'' received on 
     July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
       EC-7131. A communication from the Secretary, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on the Community Services Block Grant Statistical 
     Report and Report on Performance Outcomes for Fiscal Year 
     2005; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-7132. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Prevailing Rate Systems: 
     Definition of the New Orleans, Louisiana, Appropriated Fund 
     Federal Wage System Wage Area'' (RIN3206-AL68) received on 
     July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-7133. A communication from the Officer for Civil Rights 
     and Civil Liberties, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     implementation of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
     for the period from October 1, 2007, to December 31, 2007; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-7134. A communication from the Program Manager, 
     Information Sharing Environment, Office of the Director of 
     National Intelligence, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report entitled, ``Annual Report to the Congress on the 
     Information Sharing Environment''; to the Select Committee on 
     Intelligence.
       EC-7135. A communication from the Deputy White House 
     Liaison, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a vacancy in the position of U.S. Attorney 
     for the Northern District of Florida, received on July 10, 
     2008; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-7136. A communication from the Board of Trustees, 
     National Tropical Botanical Garden, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Annual Audit Report for calendar year 2007; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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