[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8022-8023]
[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:


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       972. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Mgmt. Staff, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Medical Devices; 
     Reprocessed Single-Use Devices; Requirement for Submission of 
     Validation Data [Docket No. 2006N-0335] received March 18, 
     2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       973. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Mgmt. Staff, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Medical Devices; 
     Reprocessed Single-Use Devices; Requirement for Submission of 
     Validation Data; Withdrawal [Docket No. 2006N-0335] received 
     March 18, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       974. A letter from the Deputy Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting reports in accordance with 
     Section 36(a) of the Arms Export Control Act, pursuant to 22 
     U.S.C. 2776(a); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       975. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report providing 
     information on steps taken by the U.S. Government to bring 
     about an end to the Arab League boycott of Israel and to 
     expand the process of normalization between Israel and the 
     Arab League countries, as requested in Section 535 of the 
     Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Pub. L. 109-102); to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       976. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting extension of the 
     waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act, Pub. L. 
     102-511, with respect to assistance to the Government of 
     Azerbaijan; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       977. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting pursuant to 
     Section 620C(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
     amended, and in accordance with section 1(a)(6) of Executive 
     Order 13313, a report prepared by the Department of State and 
     the National Security Council on the progress toward a 
     negotiated solution of the Cyprus question covering the 
     period December 1, 2006 through January 31, 2007; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       978. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Department of 
     State, transmitting the Department's report on the status of 
     the use of Pub. L. 107-228 Authority for Russian Federation 
     Debt Reduction for Nonproliferation; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       979. A letter from the Assistant Secy for Administration & 
     Management, Department of Labor, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       980. A letter from the Assistant Secy for Administration & 
     Management, Department of Labor, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       981. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish, 
     Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habit for the 
     Spikedace (Meda fulgida) and the Loach Minnow (Tiaroga 
     cobitis) (RIN: 1018-AU33) received March 22, 2007, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
       982. 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; 
     Reclassification of the American Crocodile Distinct 
     Population Segment in Florida from Endangered to Threatened 
     (RIN: 1018-AI41) received March 22, 2007, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       983. A letter from the Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence 
     Board, Department of the Interior, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Subsistence Management Regulations 
     for Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart C and Subpart D-2007-08 
     Subsistence Taking of Fish and Shellfish Regulations (RIN: 
     1018-AU57) received March 22, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       984. 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 Rule Designating the Greater Yellowstone Area 
     Population of Grizzly Bears as a Distinct Population Segment; 
     Removing the Yellowstone Distinct Population Segment of 
     Grizzly Bears From the Federal List of Endangered and 
     Threatened Wildlife; 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List as 
     Endangered the Yellowstone Distinct Population Segment of 
     Grizzly Bears (RIN: 1018-AT38) received March 22, 2007, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       985. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; 2007 and 2008 Final Harvest 
     Specifications for Groundfish [Docket No. 070213033-7033-01; 
     I.D. 112706A] received March 18, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.

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