[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1266-1267]
[From the U.S. 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:

       6197. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule--Gypsy 
     Moth Generally Infested Areas [Docket No. 99-042-2] received 
     February 8, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       6198. A letter from the Architect of the Capitol, 
     transmitting the report of expenditures of appropriations 
     during the period April 1, 1999 through September 30, 1999, 
     pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 162b; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       6199. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the 2000 Department of Defense Annual 
     Report to the President and the Congress, pursuant to 10 
     U.S.C. 113 (c) and (e); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       6200. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense 
     Procurement, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Defense Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation Supplement; Mentor-Protege Program Improvements 
     [DFARS Case 99-D307] received February 8, 2000, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       6201. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense 
     Procurement, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Defense Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation Supplement; People's Republic of China [DFARS Case 
     98-D305] received February 8, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       6202. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense 
     Procurement, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Defense Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation Supplement; Delegation of Class Deviation 
     Authority [DFARS Case 99-D027] received February 8, 2000, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       6203. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Home Equity 
     Conversion Mortgage Insurance; Right of First Refusal 
     Permitted for Condominium Associations [Docket No. FR-4267-F-
     02] (RIN: 2502-AG93) received February 8, 2000, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
       6204. A letter from the Department of Education, Office of 
     Postsecondary Education, transmitting a report on 
     Strengthening Institutions Programs and Developing Hispanic-
     Serving Institutions Program; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
       6205. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the department's final rule--New Drug 
     Applications; Drug Master Files [Docket No. 94N-0449] (RIN: 
     0910-AA78) received January 20, 2000; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
       6206. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory 
     Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting the Agency's final rule--National Priorities 
     List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites [FRL-6532-7] 
     received February 4, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
       6207. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Regulatory 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule--
     Regional Transmission Organizations [Docket No. RM99-2-000; 
     Order No. 2000] received January 27, 2000, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
       6208. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Copies of 
     international agreements, other than treaties, entered into 
     by the United States, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b(a); to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       6209. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting the reports containing the 
     30 September 1999 status of loans and guarantees issued under 
     the Arms Export Control Act; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       6210. A letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting 
     the semiannual report on the activities of the Inspector 
     General for the period from April 1 through September 30, 
     1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) section 
     5(b); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       6211. A letter from the Attorney General, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting the Semiannual Management Report to 
     Congress: April 1, 1999 to September 30, 1999 and the 
     Inspector General's Semiannual Report for the same period, 
     pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 4062(c); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       6212. A letter from the Comptroller General, General 
     Accounting Office, transmitting List of all reports issued or 
     released by the GAO in December 1999, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
     719(h); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       6213. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation, transmitting the 2000 Annual Performance Plan; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
       6214. A letter from the Chairman, Merit Systems Protection 
     Board, transmitting the Merit Systems Protection Board report 
     titled, ``Restoring Merit to Federal Hiring: Why Two Special 
     Hiring Programs Should be Ended.''; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       6215. A letter from the Director, National 
     Counterintelligence Center, transmitting a report of 
     activities under the Freedom of Information Act from October 
     1, 1998 to September 30, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(d); 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
       6216. A letter from the Director, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 
     and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for the Plant 
     Thlaspi californicum (Kneeland Prairie Penny-Cress) from 
     Coastal Northern California (RIN: 1018-AE55) received 
     February 8, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Resources.
       6217. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish 
     and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Marine Mammals; 
     Incidental Take During Specified Activities (RIN: 1018-AF87) 
     received February 4, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       6218. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, Office 
     of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting 
     the report on State Sex Offender Public Information Programs 
     and the Feasibility of Establishing a National Sex Offender 
     Hotline January 2000; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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       6219. A letter from the Director, Bureau of Transportation 
     Statistics, transmitting Transportation Statistics Annual 
     Report 1999, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111(f); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6220. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     transmitting the United States Government Annual Report for 
     the Fiscal Year ended from September 30, 1999, pursuant to 31 
     U.S.C. 331(b)(1)(a); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6221. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Last-
     in, First-out inventories, Department Store Indexes--December 
     1999 [Rev. Rul. 2000-10] received February 8, 2000, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6222. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--New 
     Technologies in Retirement Plans (RIN: 1545-AW78) [TD 8873] 
     received February 8, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6223. A letter from the Chairman, International Trade 
     Commission, transmitting a report on the results of its 
     monitoring of developments with respect to the domestic 
     industry since quantitative limitations on imports of wheat 
     gluten were imposed on June 1, 1998; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       6224. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting notification that the Department of 
     Health and Human Services is allotting emergency funds; 
     jointly to the Committees on Commerce and Education and the 
     Workforce.
       6225. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Election 
     Commission, transmitting the FY2001 Budget Request; jointly 
     to the Committees on House Administration, Appropriations, 
     and Government Reform.
       6226. A letter from the Commissioner, Social Security 
     Administration, transmitting the Social Security 
     Administration's Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 1999, 
     pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 904; jointly to the Committees on Ways 
     and Means, Government Reform, and the Judiciary.

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