[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12086-12087]
[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, and were referred as 
indicated:

       EC-2388. A communication from the Secretary of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a document entitled ``Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and 
     Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003 (SAFETEA)'' 
     received on May 14, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-2389. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Program, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Olives Grown in California; 
     Increased Assessment Rate (Doc. No. FV03-932-1 FR)'' received 
     on May 14, 2003; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-2390. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Program, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Winter Pears Grown in Oregon and 
     Washington; Order Amending Marketing Agreement and Order No. 
     927 (Doc. No. FV00-927-03)'' received on May 14, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2391. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Program, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Grapes Grown in a Designated Area 
     of Southeastern California; Establishment of Safeguards and 
     Procedures for Suspension of Packing Holidays (Doc. No. FV03-
     925-2 IFR)'' received on May 14, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2392. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, PACA Branch, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act 
     (PACA): Amending Regulations to Extend PACA Coverage to

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     Fresh and Frozen Fruits and Vegetables that are Coated or 
     Battered (Doc. No. FV02-369)'' received on May 14, 2003; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2393. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Pyraflufen-ethyl; Pesticide Tolerance (7306-1)'' received 
     on May 14, 2003; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-2394. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Pyriproxyfen; Pesticide Tolerance (7305-9)'' received on 
     May 14, 2003; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-2395. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Indoxacard; Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions 
     (7305-2)'' received on May 14, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2396. A communication from the Chairman, Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a document entitled ``Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission's Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2002'' received on 
     May 13, 2003; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-2397. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Water and Science, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a document entitled ``Final 
     Engineering Report (FER), Volumes I and II, for the Fort Peck 
     Assiniboine and Sioux Water Supply System and the Dry Prairie 
     Rural Water System'' received on May 12, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-2398. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a legislative proposal entitled ``To amend title 
     28, United States Code, to eliminate the requirements for a 
     separate system of pay and benefits for FBI police'' received 
     on May 14, 2003; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-2399. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Exemption of 
     Chemical Mixtures Containing the List I Chemicals: Ephedrine, 
     N-Methylephedrine, N-Methylpseudoephedrine, Nor-pseudo-ephed-
     rine, Phenylpropanolamine, and Pseudoephedrine''; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-2400. A communication from the Director, Administrative 
     Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of two documents entitled ``2002 Activities 
     of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts'' 
     and ``2002 Judicial Business of the United States Courts'' 
     received on May 14, 2003; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-2401. A communication from the White House Liaison and 
     Executive Director, White Commission on the National Moment 
     of Remembrance, transmitting, pursuant to law, the first 
     Annual Report of the White House Commission on the National 
     Moment of Remembrance; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-2402. A communication from the Director, Defense Finance 
     and Accounting Service, Department of Defense, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report relative to the decision to 
     perform a competition of the Marine Corps Accounting 
     function, received on May 14, 2003; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-2403. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense, Comptroller, Department of Defense, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report relative to the transfer of 
     appropriated funds out of the Defense Working Capital Fund to 
     the Operation and Maintenance appropriations of the Army, 
     Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense-wide, received on 
     May 14, 2003; to the Committee on Appropriations.
       EC-2404. A communication from the Director, Regulations 
     Policy and Management, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Medical Devices; Exemptions From Premarket 
     Notification; Class II Devices; Optical Impression System for 
     Computer Assisted Design and Manufacturing (Doc. No. 02P-
     0494)'' received on May 14, 2003; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-2405. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser 
     for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report relative to international 
     agreements other than treaties entered into by the United 
     States under the Case-Zablocki Act with Australia, Kazakstan 
     and Egypt, received on May 14, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.

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