[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6439-6441]
[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-5858. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to acquisitions made by the agency 
     from foreign entities during fiscal year 2007; to the 
     Committee on Appropriations.
       EC-5859. A communication from the Deputy Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the distribution of the 
     Department's depot maintenance workloads; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       EC-5860. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict and 
     Interdependent Capabilities), transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     a report relative to the training of the U.S. Special 
     Operations Forces with friendly foreign forces during fiscal 
     year 2007; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-5861. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting a report on 
     the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Michael A. 
     Hamel, United States Air Force, and his advancement to the 
     grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-5862. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting a report on 
     the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Claude V. 
     Christianson, United States Army, and his advancement to the 
     grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-5863. A communication from the Director, Defense 
     Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Contractor Personnel Authorized to Accompany U.S. Armed 
     Forces'' (DFARS Case 2005-D013) received on April 17, 2008; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.

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       EC-5864. A communication from the Senior Counsel for 
     Regulatory Affairs, Office of Investment Security, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Regulations Pertaining to Mergers, 
     Acquisitions and Takeovers'' (31 CFR part 800) received on 
     April 17, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-5865. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 707 Airplanes and 
     Model 720 and 720B Series Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket 
     No. 2007-NM-010)) received on April 17, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5866. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Learjet Model 45 Airplanes'' 
     ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. 2005-NM-007)) received on April 
     17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5867. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica 
     S.A. Model ERJ 170 and ERJ 190 Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) 
     (Docket No. 2007-NM-219)) received on April 17, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5868. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; BAE Systems Limited Model BAe 146 
     and Avro 146-RJ Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2007-
     NM-126)) received on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5869. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; EMBRAER Model EMB-135BJ 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2007-NM-099)) received 
     on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5870. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A310 Series 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2007-NM-220)) received 
     on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5871. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; EMBRAER Model EMB-120, -120ER, -
     120FC, -120QC, and -120RT Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket 
     No. 2007-NM-098)) received on April 17, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5872. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Limited Model 
     PC-12, PC-12/45, and PC-12/47 Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-
     AA64)(Docket No. 2007-CE-082)) received on April 17, 2008; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5873. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Eclipse Aviation Corporation 
     Model EA500 Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2007-CE-
     078)) received on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5874. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International GSM 85 Servo 
     Gearbox Units'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2007-CE-063)) 
     received on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5875. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 777-200 and -300 
     Series Airplanes Equipped with Rolls-Royce RB211-TRENT 800 
     Series Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2005-NM-263)) 
     received on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5876. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 Airplanes; and 
     Model A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R Series Airplanes, and 
     Model C4-605R Variant F Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket 
     No. 2006-NM-050)) received on April 17, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5877. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company CF6-50, 
     -80A1/A3, and -80C2A Series Turbofan Engines'' ((RIN2120-
     AA64)(Docket No. 98-ANE-54)) received on April 17, 2008; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5878. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 767-200 and 767-300 
     Series Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2007-NM-015)) 
     received on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5879. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319 and A320 Series 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2007-NM-075)) received 
     on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5880. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model 717-200 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2007-NM-205)) received 
     on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5881. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company 172 and 
     182 Series Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2007-CE-
     079)) received on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5882. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 727 Airplanes'' 
     ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2007-NM-116)) received on April 
     17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5883. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747-400, -400D, and 
     -400F Series Airplanes; Boeing Model 757 Airplanes; and 
     Boeing Model 767 Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2007-
     NM-118)) received on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5884. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final 2008 
     Specifications for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery'' (RIN0648-
     XB94) received on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Commerce , Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5885. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule 
     Amending the Halibut Individual Fishing Quota Program 
     Processing Restrictions'' (RIN0648-AU85) received on April 
     17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5886. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulatory 
     Amendment to Adjust the Seasonal Timing for Trip Limits for 
     Migratory Group Spanish Mackerel'' (RIN0648-AV17) received on 
     April 17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5887. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Annual 
     Specifications for the 2007/2008 Pacific Mackerel Fishing 
     Season'' (RIN0648-XB01) received on April 17, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5888. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Operations, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Prohibited Species 
     Bycatch Management'' (RIN0648-AV96) received on April 17, 
     2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5889. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Ocean Perch for Vessels in the Bering Sea and 
     Aleutian Islands Trawl Limited Access Fishery in the Eastern 
     Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian

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     Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XG59) received on April 
     17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5890. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``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'' (RIN0648-XG17) 
     received on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5891. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Sablefish Managed Under the Individual Fishing Quota 
     Program'' (RIN0648-XF29) received on April 17, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5892. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Inseason Closure of the Commercial Fishery for Gulf Group 
     King Mackerel in the Florida East Coast Subzone for the 2007-
     2008 Fishing Year'' (RIN0648-XF68) received on April 17, 
     2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5893. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Cod by Catcher Processors Using Hook-and-Line Gear in 
     the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' 
     (RIN0648-XF55) received on April 17, 2008; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5894. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Economic Exclusive Zone Off Alaska; 
     Shallow-Water Species Fishery by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in 
     the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XG28) received on April 17, 
     2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5895. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska'' 
     (RIN0648-XG19) received on April 17, 2008; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5896. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian 
     Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XF95) received on April 
     17, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5897. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the Gulf of Alaska'' 
     (RIN0648-XG09) received on April 17, 2008; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5898. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by 
     Vessels Catching Pacific Cod for Processing by the Offshore 
     Component in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of 
     Alaska'' (RIN0648-XG12) received on April 17, 2008; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5899. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Land 
     and Minerals Management, 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--Corrections and Amendments'' (RIN1010-
     AD49) received on April 17, 2008; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
       EC-5900. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Land 
     and Minerals Management, 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--Incorporate American Petroleum Institute 
     Hurricane Bulletins'' (RIN1010-AD48) received on April 17, 
     2008; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-5901. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Enforcement, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Revisions to Forms, Statements, and Reporting Requirements 
     for Natural Gas Pipelines'' (RIN1902-AD26) received on April 
     17, 2008; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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