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Congressional Record publishes “EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” on March 19, 2001

Volume 147, No. 36 covering the 1st Session of the 107th Congress (2001 - 2002) was published by the Congressional Record.

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“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H957-H959 on March 19, 2001.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

1242. A letter from the the Director, the Office of Management and Budget, transmitting the cumulative report on rescissions and deferrals of budget authority as of March 1, 2001, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 685(e); (H. Doc. No. 107--52); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

1243. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the approved retirement and advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list of Lieutenant General John Costello, United States Army; to the Committee on Armed Services.

1244. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a report on the effect of the six-year bar to retroactive benefits; to the Committee on Armed Services.

1245. A letter from the Principal Deputy Under Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter regarding the Department's goal of building a stronger future acquisition workforce; to the Committee on Armed Services.

1246. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule--Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Dimethyl Dicarbonate [Docket No. 00F-0812] received March 12, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1247. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule--Revision of Administrative Practices and Procedures; Meetings and Correspondence; Public Calendars; Partial Stay, Amendments, and Correction [Docket No. 98N-1042] received March 7, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1248. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Amendment to the Massachusetts Port Authority/Logan Airport Parking Freeze and City of Boston/East Boston Parking Freeze [MA-01-082-7212a; A-1-FRL-6931-3] received March 6, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1249. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule--Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Utah; Ogden City Carbon Monoxide Redesignation to Attainment, Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes, and Approval of Revisions to the Oxygenated Gasoline Program [UT-001-0022a, UT-001-0024a, UT-001-0025a, UT-001-0026a, UT-001-0027a, UT-001-0030a, UT-001-0031a; FRL-6888-9] received March 6, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1250. A letter from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule--Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; Supplemental Delegation of Authority to the State of Colorado [CO-001-0056 and CO-001-0057; FRL-6951-1] received March 2, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1251. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional Affairs, NMSS, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule--List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: HI-STAR 100 Revision (RIN: 3150-AG67) received March 13, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1252. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report on the 2001 International Narcotics Control Strategy, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2291(b)(2); to the Committee on International Relations.

1253. A letter from the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Department of Defense, transmitting reports on FY 2000 audited financial statements; to the Committee on Government Reform.

1254. A letter from the General Counsel, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, transmitting the Board's final rule--Correction of Administrative Errors--received March 13, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform.

1255. 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. 010112013-1013-01; I.D. 030201A] received March 12, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.

1256. A letter from the Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule--Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Scup and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 2001 Specifications; Commercial Quota Harvested for Winter I Scup Period; Commercial Quota Harvested for Black Sea Bass Quarter I Period [Docket No. 001121328-1041-02; I.D. 111500C] (RIN: 0648-AN71) received March 6, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.

1257. A letter from the Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule--Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program [Docket No. 000629198-1038-02; I.D. 051500D] received March 9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.

1258. 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 in the Western Aleutian District and Bering Sea Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands [Docket No. 010112013-1013-01; I.D. 030601B] received March 13, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.

1259. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Department's final rule--Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Change in Pacific Mackerel Incidental Catch [Docket No. 000831250-0250-01; I.D. 013100D] received March 5, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.

1260. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Establishment of Class D Airspace; Sacramento Mather Airport, CA [Airspace Docket No. 00-AWP-6] received March 9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1261. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Modification of Class D and E Surface Areas; Sacramento Executive Airport, CA [Airspace Docket No. 00-AWP-15] received March 9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1262. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Establishment of a Class E Enroute Domestic Airspace Area, El Centro, CA [Airspace Docket No. 01-AWP-1] received March 9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1263. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Amendment to Class E Airspace; Monroe City, MO [Airspace Docket No. 01-ACE-1] received March 9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1264. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No. 30232; Amdt. No. 2037] received March 9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1265. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No. 30233; Amdt. No. 2038] received March 9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1266. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Revision of Legal Descriptions of Multiple Federal Airways in the Vicinity of Douglas; WY [Airspace Docket No. 00-ANM-33]

(RIN: 2120-AA66) received March 9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1267. A letter from the the Board of Trustees, Federal Old-Age And Survivors Insurance And Disability Insurance Trust Funds, transmitting the 2001 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 401(c)(2), 1395i(b)(2), and 1395t(b)(2); (H. Doc. No. 107--55); to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.

1268. A letter from the the Board Of Trustees, Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, transmitting the 2001 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 401(c)(2), 1395i(b)(2), and 1395t(b)(2); (H. Doc. No. 107--54); to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.

1269. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's final rule--Interim Final Rules for Nondiscrimination in Health Coverage in the Group Market

(RIN: 1210-AA77) received March 12, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.

1270. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Weighted Average Interest Rate Update [Notice 2001-20] received March 12, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.

1271. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Determination of Interest Rate [Rev. Rul. 2001-16] received March 9, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.

1272. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Low-Income Housing Tax Credit-2001 Calendar Year Resident Population Estimates [Notice 2001-21] received March 12, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.

1273. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Coordinated Issue Shipping And Gaming Industries Class Life Of Floating Gaming Facilities--received March 12, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.

1274. A letter from the Chairman, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, transmitting the Eleventh Annual Report describing the Board's health and safety activities relating to the Department of Energy's defense nuclear facilities during the calendar year 2000; jointly to the Committees on Armed Services and Energy and Commerce.

1275. A letter from the the Board Of Trustees, Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, transmitting the 2001 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 401(c)(2), 1395i(b)(2), and 1395t(b)(2); (H. Doc. No. 107--53); jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce, and ordered to be printed.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 147, No. 36