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“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H2546-H2547 on May 4, 2004.
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:
7935. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- Eligibility of Suspended Health Care Providers to Receive Payment of Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Funds; Financial Sanctions of Health Care Providers Participating in the Federal Health Benefits Program (RIN: 3206-AJ42) received March 25, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform.
7936. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the North Dakota and Duluth, MN, Appropriated Fund Wage Areas (RIN: 3206-AJ78) received March 31, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform.
7937. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safe Harbor Agreements and Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances; Revisions to the Regulations (RIN: 1018-AI85) received April 29, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
7938. A letter from the Assistanat Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Oil and Gas an Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental -- Relief or Reduction in Royalty Rates -- Deep Gas Provisions (RIN: 1010-AD01) received April 27, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
7939. A letter from the Director, Office of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- New Mexico Regulatory Program [NM-043-FOR] received April 9, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
7940. A letter from the Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Determination of Threatened Status for the Beluga Sturgeon (Huso huso) (RIN: 1018-AI11) received April 15, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
7941. 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 Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Trip Limit Reduction [Docket No. 001005281-0369-02; I.D. 031804A] received April 27, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
7942. 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 Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No. 031124287-4060-02; I.D. 040804B] received April 21, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
7943. 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; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No. 031124287-4060-02; I.D. 040504B] received April 22, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
7944. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule
-- Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Amendment 16-2
[Docket No. 031125288-4102-02; I.D. 110303A] (RIN: 0648-AR35) received April 22, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
7945. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- Update on Future of the EP Determination Letter Program [Announcement 2004-32] received April 23, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
7946. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- Request for Comments on Revenue Procedure for Pre-Approved Plans [Announcement 2004-33] received April 23, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
7947. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- Split-Interest Trust Distributions to Private Foundations: Distributable Amount
[Notice 2004-36] received April 23, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
7948. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- Distributions to Private Foundations from Trusts or Estates; Net Investment Income
[Notice 2004-35] received April 23, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
7949. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- Partner's Distributive Share: Foreign Tax Expenditures [TD 9121] (RIN: 1545-BD11) received April 23, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
7950. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- Determination of Issue Price in the Case of Certain Debt Instruments Issued for Property
(Rev. Rul. 2004-44) received April 23, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
7951. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- Guidance under Section 1502; Stock Basis after a Group Structure Change [TD 9122] (RIN: 1545-BC28) received April 27, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
7952. A letter from the Regulations Officer, Social Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Title II Cost of Living Increases in Primary Insurance Accounts (RIN: 0960-AF14) received April 22, 2004, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
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