[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15356-15357]
[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-7585. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the date 
     on which a report on the budgeting of the Department of 
     Defense for the sustainment of key military equipment will be 
     submitted; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7586. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Executive and Political Personnel, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, (3) reports relative to 
     vacancy announcements within the Department, received on July 
     17, 2006; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7587. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil 
     Produced in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quantity 
     and Allotment Percentage for Class 3 (Native) Spearmint Oil 
     for the 2006-2007 Marketing Year'' (Docket No. FV06-985-2 
     IFR) received on July 13, 2006; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7588. 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 ``Bacillus 
     Thuringiensis Cry1A.105 Protein and the Genetic Material 
     Necessary for Its Production in Corn in or on All Corn 
     Commodities; Temporary Exemption From the Requirement of a 
     Tolerance'' (FRL No. 8076-5) received on June 13, 2006; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7589. A communication from the President and Chief 
     Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Bank's 2005 Statement on 
     System of Internal Controls, audited financial statements, 
     and Report of Independent Auditors on Internal Control over 
     Financial Reporting; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7590. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Board's 92nd Annual Report, which covers 
     the Board's operations for calendar year 2005; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7591. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Board's semiannual Monetary Policy 
     Report; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-7592. A communication from the Director, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report that funding for the 
     Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a result of the influx of 
     evacuees from areas struck by Hurricane Katrina beginning on 
     August 29, 2005, and continuing, has exceeded $5,000,000; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7593. A communication from the Counsel for Legislation 
     and Regulations, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Debenture Interest Payment Charges'' 
     ((RIN2502-

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     AI41)(FR-4945-F-01)) received on July 17, 2006; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7594. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Agreement 
     on the Establishment of the ITER International Fusion Energy 
     Organization for the Joint Implementation of the ITER 
     Project''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-7595. A communication from the Director, Minerals 
     Management Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Oil and Gas 
     and Sulphur Operations and Leasing in the Outer Continental 
     Shelf (OCS)--Recovery of Costs Related to the Regulation of 
     Oil and Gas Activities on the OCS'' (RIN1010-AD23) received 
     on July 18, 2006; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-7596. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser 
     for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, 
     the report of the texts and background statements of 
     international agreements, other than treaties (List 06-155-
     06-169); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7597. A communication from the Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     Development Assistance and Child Survival and Health Programs 
     Fund; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7598. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to Section 589 of the 
     Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Act, 2006 (``the Act'') in regards to permitting the 
     continued use of funds appropriated by the Act for assistance 
     to the Government of the Russian Federation; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7599. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the semi-annual report on the continued 
     compliance of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, the Russian 
     Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan with the 1974 Trade 
     Act's freedom of emigration provisions, as required under the 
     Jackson-Vanik Amendment; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-7600. A communication from the Assistant Administrator, 
     Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, U.S. Agency for 
     International Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a program to be initiated in Nepal by the 
     U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of 
     Transition Initiatives (OTI); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.

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