[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 117 (Wednesday, July 16, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H6672-H6673]
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:

       7580. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System, transmitting the eighteenth annual 
     report on the Profitability of Credit Card Operations of 
     Depository Institutions, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1637 note. 
     Public Law 100-583, section 8 (102 Stat. 2969); to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       7581. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Annual 
     Report to Congress on the Presidential $1 Coin Program, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 5112 Public Law 109-145, section 
     104(3)(B); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       7582. A letter from the Senior Vice President, Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Export-Import Bank, transmitting the 
     Bank's report on export credit competition and the Export-
     Import Bank of the United States for the period January 1, 
     2007 through December 31, 2007; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
       7583. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions involving 
     U.S. exports to Mexico pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
       7584. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions involving 
     U.S. exports to Mexico pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
       7585. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Education, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- The Teacher 
     Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) 
     Grant Program and Other Federal Student Aid Programs [Docket 
     ID ED-2008-OPE-0001] (RIN: 1840-AC93) received July 8, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
       7586. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's report on the 
     Community Services Block Grant Statistical Report and Report 
     on Performance Outcomes for Fiscal Year 2005; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
       7587. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting notification terminating the suspensions 
     pertaining to the issuance of temporary munitions export 
     licenses for exports to the People's Republic of China, 
     pursuant to Public Law 101-246, section 902(b)(2) (104 Stat. 
     85); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7588. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Copies of 
     international agreements, other than treaties, entered into 
     by the United States, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7589. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     certification for FY 2008 that no United Nations organization 
     or United Nations affiliated agency grants an official 
     status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization 
     which promotes, condones, or seeks the legalization of 
     pedophilia, or which includes as a subsidiary or member any 
     such organization, pursuant to Public Law 103-236, section 
     565(b) (108 Stat. 845); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7590. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Texts of 
     Conventions and Recommendations adopted by the International 
     Labor Conference at Geneva, pursuant to Art. 19 of the 
     Constitution of the International Labor Organization; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7591. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, 
     certification regarding the proposed technical assistance 
     agreement for technical data, defense services, and defense 
     articles to the United Arab Emirates (Transmittal No. DDTC 
     003-08); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7592. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting pursuant to 
     section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, certification 
     of a proposed agreement for the export of defense articles or 
     defense services to the Government of Japan (Transmittal No. 
     DDTC 012-08); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7593. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting pursuant to 
     section 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act, certification 
     regarding the proposed license for the manufacture of 
     military equipment to the Government of the United Kingdom 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 045-08); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
       7594. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     pursuant to section 36(c) and (d) of the Arms Export Control 
     Act, certification regarding an application for a license for 
     the manufacture of military equipment abroad and the export 
     of defense services, including technical data, and defense 
     articles to the Government of Poland (Transmittal No. DDTC 
     071-08); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7595. A letter from the Board of Directors, Tusiad, 
     transmitting an analysis of the factual and legal 
     deficiencies of H. Res. 106; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
       7596. A letter from the Adjutant General, Veterans of 
     Foreign Wars of the U.S., transmitting proceedings of the 
     108th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of 
     the United States, held in Kansas City, Missouri, August 18-
     23, 2007, pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 118 and 44 U.S.C. 1332; (H. 
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     132); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and ordered to be 
     printed.
       7597. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Notification of 
     the intention to waive the prohibition on the use of FY 2007 
     Economic Support Funds provided with respect to Bolivia, 
     Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Kenya, Mali, Mexico, Namibia, 
     Niger, Paraguay, Peru, Samoa, South Africa, and Tanzania, 
     pursuant to Public Law 109-102, section 574; jointly to the 
     Committees on Foreign Affairs and Appropriations.
       7598. A letter from the Board Members, Railroad Retirement 
     Board, transmitting the 2008 annual report on the financial 
     status of the railroad unemployment insurance system, 
     pursuant to Public Law 100-647, section 7105; jointly to the 
     Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Ways and 
     Means.

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