[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 97 (Thursday, June 25, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H7443-H7444]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       2429. A letter from the Executive Director, Commodity 
     Futures Trading Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule -- Conflicts of Interest in Self-Regulation and 
     Self-Regulatory Organizations (RIN: 3038-AC28) received June 
     22, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       2430. A letter from the Executive Director, Commodity 
     Futures Trading Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule -- Confidential Information and Commission Records 
     and Information (RIN: 3038-AC44) received June 22, 2009, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       2431. A letter from the Co-Chairs, Commission on Wartime 
     Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, transmitting the 
     Commission's Interim Report, pursuant to Public Law 110-181, 
     section 841; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       2432. A letter from the Under Secretary for Acquisition, 
     Technology and Logistics, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     a certification on the review of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye 
     (AHE) program, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2433a; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       2433. A letter from the Chief, Congressional Inquiries 
     Division Office of Legislative Liaison, Department of the Air 
     Force, transmitting notification that the Department reached 
     a performance and final decision on the public-private 
     competition affecting the Central Heat Plant Function, 341st 
     Space Wing, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, on May 21, 
     2009; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       2434. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Department of 
     the Treasury, transmitting the Department's annual report on 
     material violations or suspected material violations of 
     regulations relating to Treasury auctions and other Treasury 
     securities offerings during the period Janaury 1, 2008 
     through December 31, 2008, pursuant to Public Law 103-202, 
     section 202; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       2435. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Reserve System, 
     transmitting the System's 95th Annual Report covering 
     operations for calendar year 2008; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       2436. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Education, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Student 
     Assistance General Provisions; Teacher Education Assistance 
     for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program; 
     Federal Pell Grant Program; Academic Competitiveness Grant 
     Program and National Science and Mathematics Access To Retain 
     Talent Grant Program [Docket ID: ED-2009-OPE-0001] (RIN: 
     1840-AC96) received June 22, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and Labor.
       2437. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Standards, Regulations, and

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     Variances, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Mine Rescue Teams (RIN: 1219-AB66) received 
     June 22, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
       2438. A letter from the President and Chief Executive 
     Officer, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, transmitting 
     the Corporation's 2008 annual report on the provision of 
     services to minority and diverse audiences by public 
     broadcasting entities and public telecommunication entities, 
     pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 396(m)(2); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       2439. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's report entitled, 
     ``A National Assessment of Demand Response Potential'', 
     pursuant to Section 529(a) of the Energy Independence and 
     Security Act of 2007; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       2440. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule -- List of Approved Spent Fuel 
     Storage Casks: Standardized NUHOMS System Revision 10 [NRC-
     2009-0162] (RIN: 3150-AI62) received June 22, 2009, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       2441. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the ninth annual 
     Trafficking in Persons Report, pursuant to Public Law 106-
     386, section 110; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       2442. A letter from the Performing the Duties of the Under 
     Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the Department's compilation of Fiscal 
     Year 2008 reports regarding implementation of the 
     Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
     Retaliation Act of 2002 as required by Title II of the Act 
     and by regulation of the Office of Personnel Management at 
     Title 5, CFR, Part 724.302; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       2443. A letter from the President and Chief Executive 
     Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, transmitting 
     the Bank's 2008 Statement on the System of Internal Controls, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       2444. A letter from the Inspector General, Office of 
     Inspector General, U.S. House of Representatives, 
     transmitting a report entitled, ``Audit Report -- 
     Improvements are Needed to the House In and Out Processing 
     Procedures (Report No. 09-HOC-11); to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
       2445. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting a determination that, for the West Coast salmon 
     fisheries, the fishery resource disaster under Section 308(d) 
     of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act and the commercial 
     fishery failure under Section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens 
     Fishery Conservation and Management Act, originally 
     determined on May 1, 2008, continue in 2009 due to continued 
     low returns of Sacramento River fall Chinook; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       2446. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting notification that the Department has 
     recently accepted a gift of $1,450,000 from the Resources 
     Legacy Fund Foundation and will use such funds to acquire, 
     for the amount of the approved appraised value, a 73-acre 
     tract of land located within Point Reyes National Seashore 
     and adjacent to that portion of the National Seashore that 
     has been designated by the Act of July 19, 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
     1132) as the Phillip Burton Wilderness, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 
     1135, section 6; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       2447. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting the Department's biennial report regarding the 
     activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration's Chesapeake Bay Office activities during 
     fiscal years 2007 and 2008, pursuant to Public Law 107-372; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       2448. A letter from the Attorney General, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting notification that the Department has 
     determined not to file a petition for a writ of certiorari in 
     Doe v. Holder, 549 F.3d 861 (2d Cir. 2008); to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
       2449. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's First 
     Quarter Report for 2009 on Settlements by the United States 
     with Nonmonetary Relief Exceeding Three Years and Settlements 
     Against the United States Exceeding $2 Million, pursuant to 
     Public Law 107-273, section 202(a)(1)(c); to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       2450. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting a letter regarding the plans and 
     potential for high-speed rail, and notification on reviewing 
     applications using a transparent merit-based process; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       2451. A letter from the Director, National Science 
     Foundation, transmitting the Foundation's report on their 
     support of basic research that can be considered high-risk, 
     high reward that: meets fundamental technological or 
     scientific challenges, involves multidisciplinary work, and 
     involves a high degree of novelty, pursuant to Public Law 
     110-69, section 1008(c); to the Committee on Science and 
     Technology.
       2452. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Qualified Plug-in Electric Vehicle 
     Credit [Notice 2009-54] received June 15, 2009, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       2453. A letter from the chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Update for Weighted Average Interest Rates, 
     Yield Curves, and Segment Rates [Notice 2009-56] received 
     June 17, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       2454. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Procedures for Treating Intercompany 
     Transactions on a Separate Entity Basis Under Treas. Reg. 
     Section 1.1502-13(E)(3) (Rev. Proc. 2009-31) received June 
     17, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       2455. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Election of Investment Tax Credit in 
     Lieu of Production Tax Credit; Coordination with Department 
     of Treasury Grants for Specified Energy Property in Lieu of 
     Tax Credits [Notice 2009-52] received June 12, 2009, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       2456. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Guidance Under Section 7874 Regarding 
     Surrogate Foreign Corporations [TD 9453] (RIN: 1545-BI81) 
     received June 12, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
       2457. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Application of Separate Limitations 
     to Dividends from Noncontrolled Section 902 Corporations [TD 
     9452] (RIN: 1545-BB28) received June 12, 2009, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       2458. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Bureau of 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a 
     certification under Section 609(b) of Public Law 101-162 
     Regarding the Incidental Capture of Sea Turtles in Commercial 
     Shrimping Operations; jointly to the Committees on Natural 
     Resources and Appropriations.

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