[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15440-15442]
[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-2853. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Fiscal 
     Year 2006 Funding for Department of Homeland Security 
     Counternarcotics Activities''; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2854. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, two semiannual 
     reports which were prepared separately by both the Treasury 
     Department's Office of Inspector General and Inspector 
     General for Tax Administration for the period ended March 31, 
     2005; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-2855. A communication from the Chairman, Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Semiannual Report of the Office of the Inspector General for 
     the period of October 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2856. A communication from the Federal Co-Chair, 
     Appalachian Regional Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the semiannual report of the Office of Inspector General 
     for the period September 30, 2004, through March 31, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2857. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report entitled ``Physicians' Comparability Allowance Program 
     Fiscal Year 2005''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2858. A communication from the Chairman and Chief 
     Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Inspector General's Semiannual Report 
     and the Semiannual Management Report on the Status of Audits 
     for the period of October 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2859. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Department's Inspector General Report 
     for the period October 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2860. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Department's Fiscal Year 2006 Annual 
     Performance Plan; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2861. A communication from the Deputy Director of 
     Communications and Legislative Affairs, Equal Employment 
     Opportunity Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Commission's Annual Report on the Federal Work Force for 
     Fiscal Year 2004; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-2862. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Fiscal 
     Year 2004 Prescription Drug User Fee Act Financial Report; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-2863. A communication from the Director, Regulations 
     Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Dental 
     Devices; Reclassification of Tricalcium Phosphate Granules 
     and Classification of Other Bone Grafting Material for Dental 
     Bone Repair'' (Docket No. 2002P-0520) received on June 23, 
     2005; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-2864. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal 
     Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects'' received on 
     June 22, 2005; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
       EC-2865. A communication from the Director, Division of 
     Policy, Planning and Program Development, Office of Federal 
     Contract Compliance Programs, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Obligations of 
     Contractors and Subcontractors; Compliance Evaluations in ALL 
     OFCCP Programs'' (RIN 1215-AB28, 1215-AB27, 1215-AB23) 
     received on June 23, 2005; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-2866. A communication from the Political Personnel and 
     Advisory Communication Management Specialist, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     reports relative to a vacancy in the position of Assistant 
     Secretary for Public Health and Science, received on June 23, 
     2005; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-2867. A communication from the Political Personnel and 
     Advisory Communication Management Specialist, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     reports relative to a vacancy in the position of Assistant 
     Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, received on June 23, 
     2005; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-2868. A communication from the Political Personnel and 
     Advisory Communication Management Specialist, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a vacancy in the position of Secretary of 
     Health

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     and Human Services, received on June 23, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-2869. A communication from the Political Personnel and 
     Advisory Communication Management Specialist, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a vacancy in the position of Commissioner, 
     Food and Drug Administration, received on June 23, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-2870. A communication from the Political Personnel and 
     Advisory Communication Management Specialist, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a vacancy in the position of 
     Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
     received on June 23, 2005; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-2871. A communication from the Political Personnel and 
     Advisory Communication Management Specialist, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a vacancy in the position of Deputy 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services, received on June 23, 
     2005; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-2872. A communication from the Political Personnel and 
     Advisory Communication Management Specialist, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a vacancy in the position of Director, 
     Indian Health Service, received on June 23, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-2873. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), Department of Defense, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to a study to determine 
     the feasibility of constructing a project for flood damage 
     reduction in Southwest Valley, Bernalillo County, New Mexico; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2874. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of 
     Colorado; State Implementation Plan Correction'' (FRL No. 
     7931-7) received on June 28, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2875. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Minnesota'' 
     (FRL No. 7931-2) received on June 28, 2005; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2876. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Spokane 
     PM10 Nonattainment Area Limited Maintenance Plan and 
     Redesignation Request'' (FRL No. 7927-2) received on June 28, 
     2005; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2877. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Correction 
     to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air 
     Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 7932-3) received on 
     June 28, 2005; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-2878. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Deletion of 
     Methyl Ethyl Ketone; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; 
     Community Right-to-Know'' (FRL No. 7532-5) received on June 
     28, 2005; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2879. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National 
     Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
     Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing'' (FRL No. 7932-
     2) received on June 28, 2005; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-2880. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Ocean 
     Dumping; De-designation of Ocean Dredged Material Disposal 
     Sites and Designation of New Sites; Correction'' (FRL No. 
     7930-7) received on June 28, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2881. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regional 
     Haze Regulations and Guidelines for Best Available Retrofit 
     Technology (BART) Determinations'' (FRL No. 7925-9) received 
     on June 28, 2005; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-2882. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Cyprodinil; 
     Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7718-3) received 
     on June 28, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-2883. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of 
     Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions (Multiple Chemicals)'' 
     (FRL No. 7722-3) received on June 28, 2005; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2884. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Ethyl 
     Maltol; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL 
     No. 7717-1) received on June 28, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2885. A communication from the Acting Chief, 
     Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue 
     Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Election Out of GST 
     Deemed Allocations'' ((RIN1545-BB54) (TD 9208)) received on 
     June 28, 2005; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-2886. A communication from the Administrator, Small 
     Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Administration's Minority Small Business and Capital 
     Ownership Development Report for Fiscal Year 2004; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
       EC-2887. A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, 
     Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Interconnection for Wind Energy'' (Docket No. 
     RM05-4-000) received on June 27, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-2888. A communication from the Chairman, National Credit 
     Union Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2004 
     Annual Report of the National Credit Union Administration; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2889. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the periodic report 
     on the national emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear 
     proliferation created by the accumulation of weapons-usable 
     fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation 
     that was declared in Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2890. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the periodic report 
     on the national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans 
     that was declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2891. A communication from the Under Secretary, 
     Emergency Preparedness and Response, Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     that funding for the State of Ohio as a result of the record 
     snow on December 22-24, 2004, has exceeded $5,000,000; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2892. A communication from the Chairman, Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the profitability of 
     the credit card operations of depository institutions; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2893. A communication from the Regulatory Specialist, 
     Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fair Credit Reporting Medical Information 
     Regulations (Part 41)'' (RIN1557-AC85) received on June 22, 
     2005; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-2894. A communication from the Acting Chief Counsel, 
     Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Reporting, Procedures and Penalties Regulations; Sudanese 
     Sanctions Regulations'' (31 CFR Part 501; 31 CFR Part 538) 
     received on June 22, 2005; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2895. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulations, the Government National Mortgage 
     Association, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Removal of Regulation Specifying Minimum Face Value of 
     Ginnie Mae Securities'' ((RIN2503-AA17) (FR-4856-F-02)) 
     received on June 23, 2005; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2896. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
     transmitting,

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     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Deposit 
     Insurance Coverage; Accounts of Qualified Tuition Savings 
     Programs Under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code'' 
     (RIN3064-AC90) received on June 23, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2897. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fair Credit Reporting Medical Information Regulations'' 
     received on June 23, 2005; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2898. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Bureau of 
     Public Debt, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``U.S. 
     Treasury Securities--State and Local Government Series'' (31 
     CFR Part 344) received on June 27, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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