[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16] [House] [Page 23155] [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: 4557. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule--Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in Florida; Limiting the Volume of Small Red Seedless Grapefruit [Docket No. FV99-905-3 IFR] received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture. 4558. A letter from the Chief, Programs and Legislation Division, Department of the Air Force, transmitting notification that the Commander of Air Education and Training Command is initiating a Multiple Support Function comparison of the base operating support functions at Kessler Air Force Base (AFB), Mississippi, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304 nt.; to the Committee on Armed Services. 4559. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a report on the Effectiveness and Cost of the Civilian Separation Incentive Program for Fiscal Year 1998; to the Committee on Armed Services. 4560. A letter from the Departments of the Army and the Air Force, transmitting a report on Enhancing the National Guard's Readiness to Support Emergency Responders in Domestic Chemical and Biological Terrorism Defense; to the Committee on Armed Services. 4561. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a determination that it is necessary to order the transportation of 16 Chemical Agent Identification Sets (CAIS) recently recovered in Guam and currently stored on Anderson Air Force Base, Gaum, to Johnston Atoll; to the Committee on Armed Services. 4562. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report specifing for each military treatment facility the amount collected from third-party payers during the preceeding fiscal year; to the Committee on Armed Services. 4563. A letter from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the report on State member bank compliance with the national flood insurance program, pursuant to Public Law 103--325, section 529(a) (108 Stat. 2266); to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services. 4564. A letter from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of Thrift Supervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Comptroller of the Currency, transmitting a joint report, required by section 402 of the Credit Union Membership Access Act of 1998, detailing the progress of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 since the report of September 1996; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services. 4565. A letter from the Federal Housing Finance Board, transmitting the Board's Annual Report on the Low-Income Housing and Community Development Activities of the Federal Home Loan Bank System for 1998, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 1422b; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services. 4566. A letter from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, transmitting Final Funding Priorities for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 and Subsequent Fiscal Years--Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1232(f); to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. 4567. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 13-123, ``Condominium Amendment Act of 1999,'' pursuant to D.C. Code section 1--233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform. 4568. A letter from the Director, Administration and Management, Department of Defense, transmitting a report of the Department of Air Force vacancy; to the Committee on Government Reform. 4569. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report on the Government's helium program providing operating, statistical, and financial information for the fiscal year 1998, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 167n; to the Committee on Resources. 4570. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule-- Migratory Bird Hunting; Late Seasons and Bag Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds (RIN: 1018-AF24) received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources. 4571. A letter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting the Secretary's annual report on employment and training programs, pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 1579(d); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4572. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulations Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule-- Veterans Education: Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty; Administrative Error (RIN: 2900-AJ70) received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4573. A letter from the Executive Office of the President, transmitting a report on the Accession of the Republic of Georgia to the World Trade Organization; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 4574. A letter from the Executive Director, Office of Compliance, transmitting the Three Year Report of the Office of Compliance; jointly to the Committees on House Administration and Education and the Workforce. ____________________