[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 130 (Friday, August 1, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H7804-H7805]
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:

       8057. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting a copy of draft legislation 
     entitled, ``To amend the United States Grain Standards Act to 
     authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to recover through 
     user fees the cost of standardized activities''; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       8058. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa Proteins 
     in Corn and Cotton; Exemption from the Requirement of a 
     Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0830; FRL-8374-2] received July 
     31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       8059. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Difenoconazole; Pesticide Tolerances 
     for Emergency Exemptions [EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0484; FRL-8375-5] 
     received July 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       8060. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Dodine; Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-HQ-
     OPP-2007-0221; FRL-8367-5] received July 31, 2008, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       8061. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Mississippi: Final Authorization of 
     State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [EPA-R04-
     RCRA-2007-1185; FRL-8699-7] received July 31, 2008, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       8062. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; [EPA-R05-OAR-2006-
     0003; FRL-8696-3] received July 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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       8063. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana [EPA-R05-OAR-2008-0501; 
     FRL-8698-7] received July 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8064. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Amendment to 
     Massachusetts' State Implementation Plan for Transit System 
     Improvements [EPA-R01-OAR-2006-1018; A-1-FRL-8691-5] received 
     July 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8065. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Texas; El Paso County Carbon Monoxide 
     Redesignation to Attainment, and Approval of Maintenance Plan 
     [EPA-R06-OAR-2006-0386; FRL-8699-9] received July 31, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       8066. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Drinking Water: Regulatory 
     Determinations Regarding Contaminants on the Second Drinking 
     Water Contaminant Candidate List [EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0068; FRL-
     8699-1] (RIN: 2040-AE60) received July 31, 2008, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       8067. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Outer Continental Shelf Air 
     Regulations Update to Include New York State Requirements 
     [EPA-R02-OAR-2007-0553; FRL-8688-3] received July 31, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       8068. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- July -- September 2008 Section 42 Bond Factor 
     Amounts (Rev. Rul. 2008-36) received August 1, 2008, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       8069. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Severance of a Trust for Generation-Skipping 
     Transfer (GST) Tax Purposes [TD 9421] (RIN: 1545-BE70) 
     received August 1, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       8070. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Converting an IRA Annuity to a Roth 
     IRA [TD 9418] (RIN: 1545-BE65) received August 1, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       8071. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Mortality Tables for Determining Present Value 
     [TD 9419] (RIN: 1545-BG30) received August 1, 2008, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       8072. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Section 42 Utility Allowance 
     Regulations Update [TD 9420] (RIN: 1545-BC22) received August 
     1, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       8073. A letter from the Program Manager, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     ``Major'' final rule -- Medicare Program; Changes to the 
     Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal 
     Year 2009 Rates; Payments for Graduate Medical Education in 
     Certain Emergency Situations; Changes to Disclosure of 
     Physician Ownership in Hospitals and Physician Self-Referral 
     Rules; Updates to the Long-Term Care Prospective Payment 
     System; Updates to Certain IPPS-Excluded Hospitals; and 
     Collection of Information Regarding Financial Relationships 
     Between Hospitals [[CMS-1390-F]; [CMS-1531-IFC1]; [CMS-1531-
     IFC2] [CMS-1385-F4]] (RIN: 0938-AP15; RIN: 0938-AO35; RIN: 
     0938-AO65) Received July 31, 2008, pursuant jointly to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
       8074. A letter from the Program Manager, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     ``Major'' final rule -- Medicare Program; Prospective Payment 
     System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing 
     Facilities for FY 2009 [CMS-1534-F] (RIN: 0938-AP11) received 
     July 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to 
     the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
       8075. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting a draft bill to permit the transfer to the 
     Bureau of the Census of monies available in any Department of 
     Commerce appropriation to the extent necessary to further 
     activities in support of the 2010 Decennial Census; jointly 
     to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, 
     and Oversight and Government Reform.

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