[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12618-12619]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

   Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, executive communications were taken 
from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       1806. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Importation of Table Eggs From Regions Where 
     Exotic Newcastle Disease Exists [Docket No.: APHIS-2007-0014] 
     (RIN: 0579-AC47) received May 11, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1807. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines and Tangelos Grown in Florida 
     and Imported Grapefruit; Relaxation of Size Requirements for 
     Grapefruit [Doc. No.: AMS-FV-09-0002; FV09-905-1 IFR] 
     received May 11, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       1808. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Calcium Lactate Pentahydrate; 
     Exemption from the Requirment of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-
     2008-0093; FRL-8412-5] received May 11, 2009, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1809. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Candida oleophila Strain O; Exemption 
     from the Requirment of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0164; 
     FRL-8412-9] received May 11, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1810. A letter from the Acting Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, U.S. 
     Agency for International Development, transmitting the 
     Agency's second fiscal year 2009 quarterly report on 
     unobligated and unexpended appropriated funds, pursuant to 
     Public Law 111-8, section 7002; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       1811. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department's quarterly report entitled, 
     ``Acceptance of contributions for defense programs, projects, 
     and activities; Defense Cooperation Account'', pursuant to 10 
     U.S.C. 2608; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       1812. A letter from the Under Secretary for Acquisition, 
     Technology, and Logistics, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department's biennial strategic plan on 
     research areas of the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
     Agency, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2352; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       1813. A letter from the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 
     for Logistics and Material Readiness, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department's annual report on operations of 
     the National Defense Stockpile (NDS), pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 
     98h-2(a), section 11(a); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       1814. A letter from the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Department's report presenting the specific 
     amounts of staff-years of technical effort to be allocated 
     for each defense Federally Funded Research and Development 
     Center during fiscal year 2010, pursuant to Division C, DoD 
     Appropriations Act, 2009 and Public Law 110-329, section 
     8026(e); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       1815. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     forty-second report prepared pursuant to Section 3204(f) of 
     the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000 (Div. B, P.L. 106-246), 
     as amended; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       1816. A letter from the Special Inspector General, Office 
     of the Special Inspector General For The Troubled Asset 
     Relief Program, transmitting the Office's quarterly report on 
     the actions undertaken by the Department of the Treasury 
     under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the activities of 
     SIGTARP, and SIGTARP'S recommendations with respect to 
     operations of TARP; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       1817. A letter from the Acting Director, Pension Benefit 
     Guaranty Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final 
     rule -- Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; 
     Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits -- 
     received May 6, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Education and Labor.
       1818. 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; Tennessee; Approval of 
     Revisions to the Knox County Portion [EPA-R04-OAR-2008-0676-
     200820 (a); FRL-8903-6] received May 11, 2009, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       1819. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Methoxyfenozide; Pesticide Tolerances 
     for Emergency Exemptions [EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0020; FRL-8410-3] 
     received May 11, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       1820. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Texas: Final Authorization of State 
     Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [EPA-R06-RCRA-
     2008-0755-; FRL-8901-1] received May 11, 2009, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       1821. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Media Bureau, 
     Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule -- In the Matter of Amendment of 
     Section 73.622(i), Final DTV Table of Allotments, Television 
     Broadcast Stations. (Scranton, Pennsylvania) [MB Docket No.: 
     08-244 RM-11507] received April 27, 2009, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       1822. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the 
     national emergency with respect to significant narcotics 
     traffickers centered in Colombia that was declared in 
     Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, pursuant to 50 
     U.S.C. 1641(c); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       1823. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     report for the period January 16, 2008 to January 15, 2009 on 
     the activities of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) 
     and U.S. participation in that organization, pursuant to 
     Public Law 97-132, section 6; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
       1824. A letter from the Associate Director, PP&I, 
     Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Terrorism List Governments Sanctions 
     Regulations -- received May 11, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       1825. A letter from the Acting Director, Executive Office 
     of the President Office of National Drug Control Policy, 
     transmitting the Office's report on the actions taken in 
     response to the fiscal year 2008 study completed by an 
     independent Panel of the National Academy of Public 
     Administration (NAPA); to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       1826. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Surface 
     Mining, Department of the Interior, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Pennsylvania Regulatory Program 
     [PA-148-FOR; OSM-2008-0014] received May 8, 2009, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.

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       1827. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka 
     Mackerel by Vessels in the Amendment 80 Limited Access 
     Fishery in the Eastern Aleutian District and Bering Sea 
     Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management 
     Area [Docket No.: 0810141351-9087-02] (RIN: 0648-XN52) 
     received March 27, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       1828. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Cod by Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessels 
     Catching Pacific Cod for Processing by the Inshore Component 
     in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket 
     No.: 09100091344-9056-02] (RIN: 0648-XM99) received March 16, 
     2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       1829. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Cod by Catcher Processors Using Pot Gear in the 
     Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No.: 
     071106673-8011-02] (RIN: 0648-XM95) received March 27, 2009, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       1830. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pacific Cod by Vessels Catching Pacific Cod for Processing by 
     the Inshore Component in the Central Regulatory Area of the 
     Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 071106671-8010-02] (RIN: 0648-
     XM94) received March 27, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       1831. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific 
     Crustacean Fisheries; 2009 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 
     Lobster Harvest Guideline (RIN: 0648-XN05) received March 27, 
     2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       1832. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket 
     No.: 071106671-8010-02] (RIN: 0648-XN09) received March 27, 
     2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       1833. A letter from the Counsel for Legislation and 
     Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Civil Money 
     Penalties: Certain Prohibited Conduct; Technical Amendment 
     [Docket No.: FR-5081-C-04] (RIN: 2501-AD23) received April 
     14, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
       1834. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Establishment of Class E Airspace; Death Valley, CA [Docket 
     No.: FAA-2008-0137; Airspace Docket No. 08-AWP-2] received 
     April 3, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1835. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Airworthiness Directives; EADS SOCATA Model TBM 700 Airplanes 
     [Docket No.: FAA-2009-0124 Directorate Identifier 2009-CE-
     004-AD; Amendment 39-15882; AD 2009-08-09] (RIN: 2120-AA64) 
     received April 21, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1836. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Airworthiness Directives; Honeywell International Inc. 
     ALF502L-2 and ALF502L-2C Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: FAA-
     2008-1207; Directorate Identifier 2007-NE-47-AD; Amendment 
     39-15880; AD 2009-08-07] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received April 21, 
     2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1837. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Safety Zones; Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port, Atlantic 
     Ocean, MA and Security Zone; Liquefied Natural Gas Carriers, 
     Massachusetts Bay, MA [Docket Nos.: USCG-2008-0372 and USCG-
     2008-0301] (RIN: 1625-AA00 and RIN: 1625-AA87) received May 
     11, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1838. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Section 1274.---Determination of 
     Issue Price in the Case of Certain Debt Instruments Issued 
     for Property (Also Sections 42, 280G, 382, 412, 467, 468, 
     482, 483, 642, 807, 846, 1288, 7520, 7872.) (Rev. Rul. 2009-
     12) received April 22, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1839. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal 
     Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- 
     Section 3401(h).-Differential Wage Payments to Active Duty 
     Members of the Uniformed Services (Also Section 3121(a), 
     3306(b)) (Rev. Rul. 2009-11) received April 22, 2009, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       1840. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's annual report 
     on the administration of the Surface Transportation Project 
     Delivery Pilot Program, pursuant to Section 6005(a) of the 
     Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity 
     Act: A Legacy for Users; jointly to the Committees on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure and the Judiciary.

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