[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16] [House] [Pages 23088-23089] [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: 4526. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the Department's final rule--Oriential Fruit Fly; Designation of Quarantined Area [Docket No. 99- 076-1] received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture. 4527. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, transmitting the Department's final rule--Mexican Fruit Fly Regulations; Addition of Regulated Area [Docket No. 99-075-1] received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture. 4528. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule--Trifloxystrobin; Pesticide Tolerance [OPP-300922; FRL-6382-5] (RIN: 2070-AB78) received September 22, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture. 4529. A letter from the Chief, Programs and Legislative Division, Office of the Chief Liaison, Department of Defense, transmitting notification that the Commander of Air Education and Training Command is initiating a multi-function cost comparison of the Multiple Support Functions at Sheppard Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304 nt.; to the Committee on Armed Services. 4530. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting the approved retirement of Lieutenant General George A. Crocker, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. 4531. A letter from the Chairman, Appraisal Subcommittee, transmitting the FY 1998 annual report pursuant to the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services. 4532. A letter from the Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, transmitting the Department's final rule-- Management Official Interlocks [Docket No. 99-11] (RIN: 1557- AB60) [Docket No. R-0907] (RIN: 3064-AC08) [Docket No. 99-36] (RIN: 1550-AB07) received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services. 4533. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's final rule--Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program (RIN: 1840-AC67) received September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. 4534. A letter from the Acting Director, Mine Safety and Health Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule--Training and Retraining of Miners Engaged in Shell Dredging or Employed at Sand, Gravel, Surface Stone, Surface Clay, Colloidal Phosphate, or Surface Limestone Mines (RIN: 1219-AB17) received September 17, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. 4535. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule--Vermont: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [FRL-6443-5] received September 22, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. 4536. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Colorado; Longmont Carbon Monoxide Redesignation to Attainment and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes [CO-001-0034a; FRL-6441-6] received September 22, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. 4537. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Mexico Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference [NM-35-1-7428: FRL-6441-3] received September 22, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. 4538. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Control of Volatile Organic Compounds from Vinegar Generators and Leather Coating Operations [MD069-3031a and MD070-3031a; FRL-6440-6] received September 22, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. 4539. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Hampshire; Stage II Comparability and Clean Fuel Fleets [NH- 038-7165a; A-1-FRL-6445-4] received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. 4540. A letter from the Associate Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule--Revision of Part 22 and Part 90 of the Commission's Rules to Facilitate Future Development of Paging Systems [WT Docket No. 96-18] Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act-- Competitive Bidding [PR Docket No. 93-253] received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. 4541. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Market Regulation, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule--10b-18; Purchases of Certain Equity Securities by the Issuer and Others (RIN: 3235-AH48) received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. 4542. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a report on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs; (H. Doc. No. 106-134); to the Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed. 4543. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a statement that the Government of Egypt (GOE) has requested that the United States Government permit the use of Foreign Military Financing for the sale and limited coproduction of 100 M1A1 Abrams tanks; to the Committee on International Relations. 4544. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the signed determination of funding of U.S. CIVPOL Contingent to East Timor; to the Committee on International Relations. 4545. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting reporting the Determination Under Section 620 (Q) of the Foreign Assistance Act; to the Committee on International Relations. 4546. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of D.C. Act 13-124, ``Moratorium on the Issuance of New Retailer's License Class B Amendment Act of 1999,'' pursuant to D.C. Code section 1- 233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government Reform. 4547. A letter from the Office of the District of Columbia Auditor, transmitting a report of the Auditor's Examination of the Practice of Placing Pretrial Defendants in District Halfway Houses and the Resulting Problem of Persistent Escapes; to the Committee on Government Reform. 4548. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Regulatory Affairs Group, Department of the Interior/Bureau of Land Management, transmitting the Department's final rule--Public Participation in Coal Leasing [WO-320-3420-24-1A] (RIN: 1004-AD27) received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources. 4549. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, transmitting the Department's final rule--Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws; Surface Management [WO- 660-4120-02-24 1A] (RIN: 1004-AD36) received September 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources. 4550. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Dubin v. Commissioner [99 T.C. 325 (1992)] received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 4551. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--James J. and Sandra A. Gales v. Commissioner--received September 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means. [[Page 23089]] 4552. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting notification that the central Government of Haiti has achieved a transparent settlement of the contested April 1997 elections, and has made concrete progress on the constitution of a credible and competent provisional electoral council that is acceptable to a broad spectrum of political parties and civic groups in Haiti; (H. Doc. No. 106-133); jointly to the Committees on International Relations and Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. 4553. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Presidential justification to authorize unallocated funds in the Non- proliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account as a supplementary contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) without regard to provisions of law within the scope of that section; jointly to the Committees on International Relations and Appropriations. 4554. A letter from the Director, Coporate Audits and Standards, General Accounting Office, transmitting the Capitol Preservation Fund's Fiscal Years 1998 and 1997 Financial Statements; jointly to the Committees on House Administration and Government Reform. 4555. A letter from the Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting the Attorney General's Year-End Report to Congress, entitled ``Attacking Financial Institution Fraud,'' for Fiscal Year 1997 by the United States Department of Justice, pursuant to Public Law 101-647, section 2546(a)(2) (104 Stat. 4885); jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and Banking and Financial Services. 4556. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmitting an annual report on expenditures for religious nonmedical health care institutions under Medicare and Medicaid for the previous fiscal year, estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year and trends in those expenditures levels from previous years; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce. ____________________