[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 130 (Tuesday, September 15, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H9547-H9548]
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:

       3352. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting authorization of an officer to wear the 
     authorized insignia of the grade of major general, pursuant 
     to 10 U.S.C. 777; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       3353. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a report to Congress specifying each 
     Reserve component the additional items of equipment that 
     would be procured and additional military construction 
     projects for FY 2010, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 10543(c); to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       3354. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a quarterly report of withdrawals or 
     diversions of equipment from Reserve component units; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       3355. A letter from the Acting Deputy Under Secretary, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting a report on the action 
     taken by the department to identify and evaluate at all the 
     stages of the acquisition of commercial computer software, 
     pursuant to Public Law 110-417, section 803; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       3356. A letter from the Assistant to the Board, Federal 
     Reserve System, transmitting the Department's ``Major'' final 
     rule -- Capital Adequacy Guidelines; Small Bank Holding 
     Company Policy Statement: Treatment of Subordinated 
     Securities Issued to the United States Treasury under the 
     Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 [Regulation Y; 
     Docket No. R-1356] received September 8, 2009, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       3357. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Legislation and Regulatory Law, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Department's ``Major'' final rule -- Energy 
     Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 
     Refrigerated Bottled or Canned Beverage Vending Machines 
     [Docket No.: EERE-2006-STD-0125] (RIN: 1904-AB58) received 
     September 11, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3358. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's FY 2008 annual 
     financial report to Congress required by the Prescription 
     Drug User Fee Act of 1992 (PDUFA); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       3359. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting Food and Drug Administration's 
     Report to Congress ``Changing the Future of Drug Safety: FDA 
     Initiatives to Strengthen and Transform the Drug Safety 
     System''; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3360. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the 
     National Emergency with respect to persons who commit, 
     threaten to commit, or support terrorism that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, pursuant to 50 
     U.S.C. 1641(c); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3361. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Department 
     of Commerce, transmitting a report to Congress on the intent 
     to impose additional foreign policy export controls on 
     transfers (in-country) to certain persons specified on the 
     Entity List; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3362. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting a periodic report on the National Emergency 
     caused by the lapse of the Export Administration Act of 1979 
     for February 26, 2008 -- February 25, 2009; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs.
       3363. A letter from the Deputy Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     Transmittal No. 09-44, pursuant to the reporting requirements 
     of Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as 
     amended; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3364. A letter from the Deputy Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     Transmittal No. 09-50, pursuant to the reporting requirements 
     of Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as 
     amended; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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       3365. A letter from the Deputy Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     Transmittal No. 09-51, pursuant to the reporting requirements 
     of Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as 
     amended; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3366. A letter from the Deputy Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     Transmittal No. 09-47, pursuant to the reporting requirements 
     of Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as 
     amended; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3367. A letter from the Director, International 
     Cooperation, Department of Defense, transmitting Pursuant to 
     Section 27(f) of the Arms Export Control Act and Section 1(f) 
     of Executive Order 11958, Transmittal No. 10-09 informing of 
     an intent to sign a Project Agreement with Australia; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3368. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting pursuant to 
     section 3(d) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, 
     certification regarding the proposed transfer of major 
     defense equipment from the Government of Canada (Transmittal 
     No. RSAT-08-1657); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3369. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the 
     national emergency with respect to Zimbabwe that was declared 
     in Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs.
       3370. A letter from the Executive Director, Commodity 
     Futures Trading Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     Year 2009 Inventory of Commercial Activities, as required by 
     the Federal Activities Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3371. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting a report pursuant 
     to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3372. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's fiscal 
     year 2008 annual report prepared in accordance with Section 
     203(a) of the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-
     discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act), 
     Public Law 107-174; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       3373. A letter from the Office of Human Resources, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3374. A letter from the Office of Human Resources, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3375. A letter from the Office of Human Resources, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3376. A letter from the Office of Human Resources, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3377. A letter from the Director, Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting a report entitled, ``Fiscal Year 2008 Accounting 
     of Drug Control Funds''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       3378. A letter from the Deputy Associate Director for 
     Management and Administration, Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies 
     Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       3379. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting a copy of a report 
     required by Section 202(a)(1)(C) of Pub. L. 107-273, the 
     ``21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations 
     Authorization Act'', related to certain settlements and 
     injunctive relief, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 530D Public Law 107-
     273, section 202; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       3380. A letter from the Attorney General, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting Constitutionality of Certificates of 
     the Non-Existance of Records; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       3381. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's Status Report on 
     the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act 
     Pilot Project for Fiscal Year 2008; jointly to the Committees 
     on Natural Resources and Agriculture.
       3382. A letter from the Administrator, FEMA, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's report on 
     the Preliminary Damage Assessment information for the state 
     of Texas; jointly to the Committees on Homeland Security, 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations.
       3383. A letter from the Administrator, FEMA, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's report on 
     the Preliminary Damage Assessment information on FEMA-1851-DR 
     for the State of Tennessee, pursuant to Public Law 110-239, 
     section 539; jointly to the Committees on Homeland Security, 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations.

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