[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 23213-23214]
[From the U.S. 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, which were referred 
as indicated:

       EC-5431. A communication from the Director, Defense 
     Procurement, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Reform of Affirmative 
     Action in Federal Procurement'' (DFARS Case 98-D007), 
     received September 24, 1999; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-5432. A communication from the Deputy Assistant Judge 
     Advocate General (Administrative Law), Department of the 
     Navy, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Navy Regulations'' (RIN0703-
     AA55), received September 27, 1999; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-5433. A communication from the Executive Director, 
     Committee for Purchase from People who are Blind or Severely 
     Disabled, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     relative to additions to the Procurement List, received 
     September 13, 1999; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-5434. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Executive Office for Immigration Review, Office of the Chief 
     Administrative Hearing Officer, Department of Justice, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative Hearings 
     Before Administrative Law Judges in Cases Involving 
     Allegations of Unlawful Employment of Aliens, Unfair 
     Immigration-Related Employment Practices, and Document 
     Fraud'' (RIN1125-AA17), received September 27, 1999; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-5435. A communication from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to over-
     obligations of appropriation and apportionment of the Food 
     Safety and Inspection Service account for fiscal year 1997; 
     to the Committee on Appropriations.
       EC-5436. A communication from the Chief, Regulations Unit, 
     Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Rev. Rul. 99-42, BLS-LIFO Department Store Indexes--August 
     1999'' (Rev. Rul. 99-42), received September 7, 1999; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-5437. A communication from the Secretary of Labor, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the need 
     for worker adjustment assistance training funds under the 
     Trade Act of 1974; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-5438. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulations Management, Veterans Benefit Administration, 
     Department of

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     Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Advance Payments and Lump-Sum Payments 
     of Educational Assistance'' (RIN2900-AI31), received 
     September 28, 1999; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       EC-5439. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Marketing and Regulatory 
     Programs, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Oranges, Grapefruit, 
     Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in Florida, Limiting the 
     Volume of Small Red Seedless Grapefruit'' (Docket No. FV99-
     905-3 IFR), received September 22, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-5440. A communication from the General Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Final Flood Elevation 
     Determinations; 64 FR 51071; 09/21/99'', received September 
     28, 1999; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-5441. A communication from the General Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Changes in Flood Elevation 
     Determinations; 64 FR 51070; 09/21/99'' (Docket # FEMA-7300), 
     received September 28, 1999; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-5442. A communication from the General Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Changes in Flood Elevation 
     Determinations; 64 FR 51067; 09/21/99'', received September 
     28, 1999; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-5443. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Standards, Regulations and Variances, Mine Safety and 
     Health Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Training and 
     Retraining of Miners Engaged in Shell Dredging or Employed at 
     Sand, Gravel, Surface Stone, Surface Clay, Colloidal 
     Phosphate, or Surface Limestone Mines'' (RIN1219-AB17), 
     received September 27, 1999; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-5444. A communication from the Commissioner, Bureau of 
     Reclamation, Department of the Interior, transmitting a draft 
     of proposed legislation relative to collections received 
     pursuant to the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-5445. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``West 
     Virginia Regulatory Program'' (WV-082-FOR), received 
     September 28, 1999; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-5446. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Wyoming 
     Regulatory Program'' (SPATS # WY-028-FOR), received September 
     28, 1999; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-5447. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Mining Claims Under the General Mining Law; 
     Surface Management'' (RIN1004-AB36), received September 27, 
     1999; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-5448. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``43 CFR part 3500--Leasing of Solid Minerals Other 
     than Coal and Oil Shale'' (RIN1004-AC49), received September 
     28, 1999; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-5449. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; Delaware; Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and 
     Maintenance'' (FRL #6449-2), received September 27, 1999; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5450. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; District of Columbia; GAS Central and West Heating 
     Plants'' (FRL #6448-9), received September 27, 1999; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5451. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated 
     Facilities and Polutants: Tennessee'' (FRL #6448-3), received 
     September 27, 1999; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-5452. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks; (VSC-24) 
     Revision'', received September 27, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5453. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Industry Codes and Standards; Amended Requirements'' 
     (RIN3150-AE26), received September 27, 1999; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5454. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive 
     Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod'', 
     received September 28, 1999; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5455. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Prohibition of Retention of 
     Pacific Ocean Perch in the Western Aleutian District of the 
     Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'', received 
     September 28, 1999; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-5456. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Inseason Adjustment--Opens the D 
     Fishing Season for Pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the 
     Gulf of Alaska for 12 Hours'', received September 28, 1999; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5457. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries off West Coast States 
     and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 
     Fixed Gear Sablefish Mop-UP'', received September 28, 1999; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5458. A communication from the Assistant Administrator 
     for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department 
     of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Local Area 
     Management Plan for the Halibut Fishery in Sitka Sound'' 
     (RIN0648-AL18), received September 28, 1999; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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