[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8312-8313]
[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:

       7935. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- 
     Eligibility of Suspended Health Care Providers to Receive 
     Payment of Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Funds; 
     Financial Sanctions of Health Care Providers Participating in 
     the Federal Health Benefits Program (RIN: 3206-AJ42) received 
     March 25, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       7936. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- 
     Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the North Dakota and 
     Duluth, MN, Appropriated Fund Wage Areas (RIN: 3206-AJ78) 
     received March 31, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
       7937. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish, 
     Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Safe Harbor Agreements and 
     Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances; Revisions 
     to the Regulations (RIN: 1018-AI85) received April 29, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       7938. A letter from the Assistanat Secretary, Land and 
     Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Oil and Gas an Sulphur 
     Operations in the Outer Continental -- Relief or Reduction in 
     Royalty Rates -- Deep Gas Provisions (RIN: 1010-AD01) 
     received April 27, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Resources.
       7939. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- New Mexico Regulatory Program [NM-043-FOR] 
     received April 9, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Resources.
       7940. 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; Final Determination of Threatened Status for the 
     Beluga Sturgeon (Huso huso) (RIN: 1018-AI11) received April 
     15, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Resources.
       7941. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of 
     Mexico and South Atlantic; Trip Limit Reduction [Docket No. 
     001005281-0369-02; I.D. 031804A] received April 27, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       7942. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Bering 
     Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No. 
     031124287-4060-02; I.D. 040804B] received April 21, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       7943. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; 
     Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian 
     Islands Management Area [Docket No. 031124287-4060-02; I.D. 
     040504B] received April 22, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       7944. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western 
     Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Amendment 16-2 
     [Docket No. 031125288-4102-02; I.D. 110303A] (RIN: 0648-AR35) 
     received April 22, 2004, pursuant to 5

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     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       7945. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Update on Future of the EP 
     Determination Letter Program [Announcement 2004-32] received 
     April 23, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       7946. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Request for Comments on Revenue 
     Procedure for Pre-Approved Plans [Announcement 2004-33] 
     received April 23, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       7947. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Split-Interest Trust 
     Distributions to Private Foundations: Distributable Amount 
     [Notice 2004-36] received April 23, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       7948. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Distributions to Private 
     Foundations from Trusts or Estates; Net Investment Income 
     [Notice 2004-35] received April 23, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       7949. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Partner's Distributive Share: 
     Foreign Tax Expenditures [TD 9121] (RIN: 1545-BD11) received 
     April 23, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       7950. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Determination of Issue Price in 
     the Case of Certain Debt Instruments Issued for Property 
     (Rev. Rul. 2004-44) received April 23, 2004, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       7951. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 
     the Service's final rule -- Guidance under Section 1502; 
     Stock Basis after a Group Structure Change [TD 9122] (RIN: 
     1545-BC28) received April 27, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       7952. A letter from the Regulations Officer, Social 
     Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule -- Title II Cost of Living Increases in Primary 
     Insurance Accounts (RIN: 0960-AF14) received April 22, 2004, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.

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