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“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H9435 on Oct. 31, 2005.
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:
4868. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, APHIS, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Certification Program for Imported Articles of Pelargonium spp. and Solanum spp. To Prevent Introduction of Potato Brown Rot [Docket No. 03-019-3] received October 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
4869. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, APHIS, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Asian Longhorned Beetle; Addition and Removal of Quarantined Areas in New Jersey [Docket No. 05-066-1] received October 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
4870. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, APHIS, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Tuberculosis; Amend the Definition of Affected Herd [Docket No. 02-111-2] received October 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
4871. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, APHIS, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone Designations; New Mexico [Docket No. 04-068-3] received October 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
4872. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a request of FY 2006 emergency proposals, totaling $17.1 billion, that are reallocated from available funding in teh Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) Disaster Releif Fund (DRF); (H. Doc. No. 109-64); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
4873. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a request of a proposal to rescind $2.3 billion in funding from lower-priority federal programs and excess funds; (H. Doc. No. 109-65); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
4874. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Sudan that was declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997, as required by section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), and pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of July 31, 2003; to the Committee on International Relations.
4875. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule
-- Fisheries of the Economic Exclusive Zone Off Alaska; Trawl Gear in the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 041126332-5040-05; I.D. 092805E] received October 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
4876. 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 Economic Exclusive Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Western Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No. 041126332-5039-05; I.D. 092805A] received October 25, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
4877. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report entitled, ``Review and Report on Current Standards of Practice for Pharmacy Services Provided to Patients in Nursing Facilities'' in response to Section 107(b) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, Pub. L. 108-173; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
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