[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 144 (Thursday, September 11, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8373-S8375]
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-7522. A communication from the Administrator, Risk 
     Management Agency, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Common Crop 
     Insurance Regulations; Coverage Enhancement Option'' 
     (RIN0563-AC15) received on August 26, 2008; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7523. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department

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     of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area 
     Classifications; Texas'' (Docket No. APHIS-2008-0003) 
     received on August 27, 2008; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7524. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Agriculture (Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Management of Donated Foods in Child Nutrition Programs, 
     the Nutrition Services Incentive Program, and Charitable 
     Institutions'' (RIN0584-AD45) received on August 27, 2008; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7525. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a violation of the Antideficiency Act that occurred 
     within the Department of the Army and has been assigned case 
     number 05-13; to the Committee on Appropriations.
       EC-7526. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a violation of the Antideficiency Act that occurred 
     within the Department of the Air Force and has been assigned 
     case number 06-01; to the Committee on Appropriations.
       EC-7527. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a violation of the Antideficiency Act that occurred 
     within the Department of the Navy and has been assigned case 
     number 07-04; to the Committee on Appropriations.
       EC-7528. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, nine quarterly Selected 
     Acquisition Reports (SARs) for the quarter ending June 30, 
     2008; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7529. A communication form the Principal Deputy Under 
     Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the Department of 
     Defense's review of programs designed to prevent recruiter 
     misconduct; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7530. A communication from the Principal Deputy, Office 
     of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), 
     transmitting the report of (6) officers authorized to wear 
     the insignia of the grade of brigadier general in accordance 
     with title 10, United States Code, section 777; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7531. A communication from the Chief, Programs and 
     Legislation Division, Department of the Air Force, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to public-
     private competitions affecting the 82nd Training Wing, 
     Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-7532. A communication from the Deputy Chief of 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of the Navy, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, notification of the department's decision to 
     convert to contract the aircraft maintenance functions 
     currently performed by 101 military personal of the Fleet 
     Logistics Support Squadrons at Andrews Air Force Base, 
     Maryland; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7533. A communication from the Deputy Chief of 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of the Navy, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the results of the 
     Department's A-76 public-private competition; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7534. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP); 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7535. A communication from the Principal Deputy, Office 
     of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), 
     transmitting the report of (3) officers authorized to wear 
     the insignia of the grade of brigadier general in accordance 
     with title 10, United States Code, section 777; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7536. A communication from the Chairman, U.S. 
     International Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled, ``The Year in Trade 2007''; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-7537. A communication from the Acting Chief of the Trade 
     and Commercial Regulations Branch, Customs and Border 
     Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``First Sale 
     Declaration Requirement'' (RIN1505-AB96) received on August 
     20, 2008; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7538. A communication from the Acting Chief of the Trade 
     and Commercial Regulations Branch, Customs and Border 
     Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Entry 
     Requirements for Certain Softwood Lumber Products Exported 
     from Any Country into the United States'' (RIN1505-AB98) 
     received on August 20, 2008; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7539. A communication from the Chief of Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Applicable Federal Rates--September 2008'' (Rev. 
     Rul. 2008-46) received on August 20, 2008; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
       EC-7540. A communication from the Chief of Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``IRC 965 Dividend Repatriation Audit Guidelines'' 
     (LMSB-4-0808-043) received on September 2, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-7541. A communication from the Chief of Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Qualified Forestry Conservation Bonds'' (Notice 
     2008-70) received on September 2, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-7542. A communication from the Chief Justice of the 
     Supreme Court of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Report of the Proceedings of the 
     Judicial Conference of the United States for the March 2008 
     Session''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-7543. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Attorney General, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 
     Act of 2006; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-7544. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     State, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Aliens Inadmissible Under the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act, as Amended: Unlawful Voters'' (RIN1400-AC04) 
     received on August 26, 2008; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       EC-7545. A communication from the Staff Director, U.S. 
     Commission on Civil Rights, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Commission's recent appointment of 
     members to the Wisconsin Advisory Committee; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
       EC-7546. A communication from the Staff Director, U.S. 
     Commission on Civil Rights, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Commission's recent appointment of 
     members to the Arkansas Advisory Committee; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
       EC-7547. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     the addition of workers from Spencer Chemical/Jayhawk Works 
     near Pittsburg, Kansas, to the Special Exposure Cohort; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7548. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a petition to add workers from the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, 
     Tennessee, to the Special Exposure Cohort; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7549. A communication from the Deputy Director for 
     Operations, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; 
     Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest 
     Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts 
     4022 and 4044) received on August 27, 2008; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7550. A communication from the Director, Regulations 
     Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Food 
     Labeling; Health Claim; Soluble Fiber From Certain Foods and 
     Risk of Coronary Heart Disease'' (Docket No. FDA-2008-P-0090) 
     received on August 29, 2008; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7551. A communication from the Director of 
     Communications and Legislative Affairs, Equal Employment 
     Opportunity Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, an 
     annual report relative to the federal work force for fiscal 
     year 2007; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-7552. A communication from the Secretary of Labor, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``The 
     Department of Labor's 2007 Findings on the Worst Forms of 
     Child Labor''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
       EC-7553. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to an annual 
     plan for the Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas 
     and Other Petroleum Resources Research and Development 
     Program; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-7554. A communication from the Administrator, Energy 
     Information Administration, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Annual 
     Energy Outlook 2008''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-7555. A communication from the Chairman, Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to progress made in licensing and 
     constructing the Alaska natural gas pipeline; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-7556. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Utah 
     Regulatory Program'' (Docket No. UT-042-FOR) received on 
     August 25, 2008; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-7557. A communication from the Acting Chief, Regulatory 
     Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Recreation and Public 
     Purposes Act; Solid Waste Disposal'' (RIN1004-AE03) received 
     on August 27, 2008; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-7558. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting,

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     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; 
     Electric Generating Unit Multi-Pollutant Regulation'' (FRL 
     No. 8708-6) received on August 25, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.

       EC-7559. 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; Pennsylvania; Determination of Attainment of Fine 
     Particle Standard'' (FRL No. 8707-3) received on August 25, 
     2008; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

       EC-7560. 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 and 
     Operating Permits Program; State of Iowa'' (FRL No. 8707-7) 
     received on August 25, 2008; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.

       EC-7561. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Cyprodinil; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8377-8) 
     received on August 25, 2008; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.

       EC-7562. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``2008-2009 Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing 
     Regulations (Additions)'' (RIN1018-AV20) received on August 
     27 2008; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

       EC-7563. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, the report of the draft of a bill, ``To amend 
     the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act to 
     provide certain authorities for dam removal and mitigation 
     activities, and for other purposes''; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.

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