[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17895-17896]
[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:

       8057. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting a copy of draft legislation 
     entitled, ``To amend the United States Grain Standards Act to 
     authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to recover through 
     user fees the cost of standardized activities''; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       8058. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa Proteins 
     in Corn and Cotton; Exemption from the Requirement of a 
     Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0830; FRL-8374-2] received July 
     31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       8059. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Difenoconazole; Pesticide Tolerances 
     for Emergency Exemptions [EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0484; FRL-8375-5] 
     received July 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       8060. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Dodine; Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-HQ-
     OPP-2007-0221; FRL-8367-5] received July 31, 2008, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       8061. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Mississippi: Final Authorization of 
     State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [EPA-R04-
     RCRA-2007-1185; FRL-8699-7] received July 31, 2008, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       8062. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; [EPA-R05-OAR-2006-
     0003; FRL-8696-3] received July 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8063. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana [EPA-R05-OAR-2008-0501; 
     FRL-8698-7] received July 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8064. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Amendment to 
     Massachusetts' State Implementation Plan for Transit System 
     Improvements [EPA-R01-OAR-2006-1018; A-1-FRL-8691-5] received 
     July 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8065. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Texas; El Paso County Carbon Monoxide 
     Redesignation to Attainment, and Approval of Maintenance Plan 
     [EPA-R06-OAR-2006-0386; FRL-8699-9] received July 31, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       8066. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Drinking Water: Regulatory 
     Determinations Regarding Contaminants on the Second Drinking 
     Water Contaminant Candidate List [EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0068; FRL-
     8699-1] (RIN: 2040-AE60) received July 31, 2008, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       8067. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Outer Continental Shelf Air 
     Regulations Update to Include New York State Requirements 
     [EPA-R02-OAR-2007-0553; FRL-8688-3] received July 31, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       8068. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- July -- September 2008 Section 42 Bond Factor 
     Amounts (Rev. Rul. 2008-36) received August 1, 2008, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       8069. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Severance of a Trust for Generation-Skipping 
     Transfer (GST) Tax Purposes [TD 9421] (RIN: 1545-BE70) 
     received August 1, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       8070. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Converting an IRA Annuity to a Roth 
     IRA [TD 9418] (RIN: 1545-BE65) received August 1, 2008, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       8071. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Mortality Tables for Determining Present Value 
     [TD 9419] (RIN: 1545-BG30) received August 1, 2008, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       8072. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Section 42 Utility Allowance 
     Regulations Update [TD 9420] (RIN: 1545-BC22) received August 
     1, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       8073. A letter from the Program Manager, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     ``Major'' final rule -- Medicare Program; Changes to the 
     Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal 
     Year 2009 Rates; Payments for Graduate Medical Education in 
     Certain Emergency Situations; Changes to Disclosure of 
     Physician Ownership in Hospitals and Physician Self-Referral 
     Rules; Updates to the Long-Term Care Prospective Payment 
     System; Updates to Certain IPPS-Excluded Hospitals; and 
     Collection of Information Regarding Financial Relationships 
     Between Hospitals [[CMS-1390-F]; [CMS-1531-IFC1]; [CMS-1531-
     IFC2] [CMS-1385-F4]] (RIN: 0938-AP15; RIN: 0938-AO35; RIN: 
     0938-AO65) Received July 31, 2008, pursuant jointly to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
       8074. A letter from the Program Manager, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     ``Major'' final rule -- Medicare Program; Prospective Payment 
     System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing 
     Facilities for FY 2009 [CMS-1534-F] (RIN: 0938-AP11) received 
     July 31, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to 
     the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
       8075. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting a draft bill to permit the transfer to the 
     Bureau of the

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     Census of monies available in any Department of Commerce 
     appropriation to the extent necessary to further activities 
     in support of the 2010 Decennial Census; jointly to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, and 
     Oversight and Government Reform.

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