[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6870]
[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:

       1680. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General Michael J. Byron, United States Marine 
     Corps, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general 
     on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       1681. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Department's Annual Report for the Strategic 
     Petroleum Reserve, covering calendar year 2000, pursuant to 
     42 U.S.C. 6245(a); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       1682. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the 
     Department's annual report on international terrorism 
     entitled, ``Patterns of Global Terrorism: 2000,'' pursuant to 
     22 U.S.C. 2656f; to the Committee on International Relations.
       1683. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Personnel Management, President's Pay Agent, transmitting a 
     report justifying the reasons for the extension of General 
     Schedule (GS) locality-based comparability payments to non-GS 
     categories of positions that are in more than one executive 
     agency, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5304(h)(2)(C); to the Committee 
     on Government Reform.
       1684. A letter from the Director, Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency, transmitting the Agency's Final Annual 
     Performance Plan for FY 2002; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       1685. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of 
     the U.S. Courts, transmitting the annual report on 
     applications for court orders made to federal and state 
     courts to permit the interception of wire, oral, or 
     electronic communications during calendar year 2000, pursuant 
     to 18 U.S.C. 2519(3); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       1686. A letter from the President, The Foundation of the 
     Federal Bar Association, transmitting a copy of the 
     Association's audit report for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2000, pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 1101(22) and 1103; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       1687. A letter from the Chairman, U.S. Naval Sea Cadet 
     Corps, transmitting the annual and financial reports for the 
     year 2000, pursuant to Public Law 87-655; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       1688. A letter from the Chairman, Amtrak Reform Council, 
     transmitting the Second Annual Report entitled, ``Intercity 
     Rail Passenger Service In America: Status, Problems, And 
     Options For Reform,'' pursuant to Public Law 105-134 section 
     203(h) (111 Stat. 2581); to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
       1689. A letter from the Acting Vice President, 
     Communications, Tennessee Valley Authority, transmitting a 
     copy of the Authority's statistical summary for Fiscal Year 
     2000, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 831h(a); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1690. A letter from the Attorney General, transmitting the 
     2000 annual report on the number of applications that were 
     made for orders and extension of orders approving electronic 
     surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 
     pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1807; to the Committee on Intelligence 
     (Permanent Select).
       1691. A letter from the General Counsel, General Accounting 
     Office, transmitting a report entitled, ``Elections: The 
     Scope of Congressional Authority in Election 
     Administration''; jointly to the Committees on House 
     Administration and the Judiciary.
       1692. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting a draft bill entitled, ``HCFA 
     Claims Processing User Fee Act of 2001''; jointly to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

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