July 18, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4211 wake up sort of and say, look, this is Guam as part of Japan’s attack on U.S. month epic struggle of the indigenous something that has to be voted on; if forces in the Pacific, including the at- people of Guam, the Chamorro people, we can accomplish that, that is really tack on Pearl Harbor and the Phil- to maintain their dignity and to sur- the way to go. ippines, both areas also having signifi- vive during an occupation by the Japa- But we have to continue to speak cant U.S. forces. They all occurred on nese. out, as we did tonight and we will con- the same day, except that Guam is on In the months leading up to the war tinue to, until we have a freestanding the other side of the date line. This in the Pacific, many of the planners vote on this bill. It is that important. commemoration, which I do annually, had decided that it was not feasible to Mr. MCDERMOTT. I think what peo- and try to bring a little honor and re- defend Guam against the possible inva- ple really need to understand, too, is spect for the experiences of the people sion by Japanese forces in the sur- that in a democracy there should be of Guam, is marked by a laying of the rounding areas. All of the areas in the open debate. Both sides can make their wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Micronesian region were held by Japan, case, and then we put it to a vote and which honors both the American vet- save for Guam. The rest of the islands the majority should rule. We have the erans and remembers the sacrifices of in the central Pacific were held by the majority of votes. The leadership is the people of Guam. Japanese under a League of Nations just using all the maneuvers of the par- This is also a tribute of the necessity mandate, the most significant Japa- liamentary system to keep it locked for peace, for it is only in the remem- nese installations being held in Saipan, up. But the ones they are hurting, not brance of the horrors of war that we do 100 miles to the north, and the naval themselves perhaps, maybe they have really truly remain vigilant in our forces in the Truk Lagoon, some 350 not had the experience yet, but who quest for peace. miles to the south. they are hurting are the American peo- I was privileged to lay a wreath at This decision not to build up Guam ple; and that is unconscionable, should the Tomb of the Unknowns yesterday became a major controversy in the lat- not happen. at Arlington National Cemetery hon- ter part of World War II as people re- We have been too long on the road on oring the liberation of Guam; and I was viewed the records of Congress. Even this, and I congratulate the gentleman assisted by the gentleman from Ari- though an effort was made in Congress, again for putting his time and effort zona (Mr. STUMP), the chairman of the by amendment, to try to reinforce into making this happen. House Committee on Armed Services Guam, it failed; and subsequently the Mr. PALLONE. I thank the gen- and a World War II veteran himself. people of Guam, as well as the island of tleman again. My purpose this evening, in the time Guam, was laid defenseless. f that I have, is to give a historical per- When the Japanese Imperial Forces landed on Guam in December of 1941, TRIBUTE TO VETERANS OF PA- spective to the events we are com- they basically found 153 Marines, 271 CIFIC THEATRE DURING WORLD memorating on Guam at the end of this Navy personnel, 134 workers associated WAR II week, and to enhance the under- with the Pan-American Clipper Sta- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. standing of people across the Nation of the wartime experiences of the people tion, and some 20,000 civilians, KERNS). Under the Speaker’s an- of Guam and the postwar legacy which Chamorro people, who at that time nounced policy of January 3, 2001, the were not U.S. citizens but were termed gentleman from Guam (Mr. UNDER- has framed the relationship of my is- land with the United States. It is a U.S. nationals. All of the American WOOD) is recognized for the time re- military dependents had been evacu- maining until midnight. story that is both a microcosm of the heroism of soldiers everywhere and the ated from Guam in anticipation of the Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I war, with the last ship having left on suffering in particular of civilians in rise today to pay tribute to the vet- October 17, 1941. occupied areas during World War II. erans of the Pacific theatre during Despite the fact that of course we all This is encapsulated in these three World War II, especially for those who think of the Japanese attack on Pearl pictures that I brought with me today, participated in the battle for Guam; Harbor as a surprise attack because of and it is part of a lengthy display that and I also want to take the time to where it took place and the suddenness we have had called tempon gera, the honor the Chamorro people, my people, of it, I think most people at the time time of war. And down here we have the indigenous people of Guam, for were fully cognizant of the fact that 1 basically the cemetery, a temporary their show of courage during the 2 ⁄2 war was eminent in some fashion in the cemetery, in which servicemen were years of enemy occupation, and most Asian Pacific area. And proof of that is especially to pay homage to the many buried right after the battle of Guam. the fact that the American military de- lives lost during World War II, both by Here we have some servicemen enter- pendents were evacuated from Guam. men in uniform and by the civilian taining some children from Guam right But, of course, the people of Guam population in Guam, particularly the after the liberation of Guam. And this were not evacuated. lives lost at the Fena, Tinta, and is the most poignant picture of all. Ac- Chaguian massacres that occurred near tually, these are a couple of kids from b 2330 the end of the Japanese occupation. I the Cruz family. This is a young lady And it was the people who were left will be submitting a list of names for and a young man, and this is probably faced to confront the cruel occupation the record of those who suffered the the most remembered picture of the that they did actually experience in fate of death at those massacres. wartime period in Guam. Their mother subsequent months. The actual defense On July 21, 2001, at the end of this has made a flag. Their mother was a of Guam then fell to these handful of week, the people of Guam will be cele- seamstress, and she hand made this Marines and handful of sailors and ac- brating the 57th anniversary of the lib- flag; and they carried it around at the tually to the Guam ancillary guard and eration of Guam. It is that day that time of the liberation of Guam. Guam militia consisting of civilian re- commemorates the landing of the Guam has a unique story all to itself. serve forces. Third Marine Division on the shores of It is an experience of dignity in the The insular force, which was a lo- Asan and the First Marine Provisional midst of political and wartime machi- cally-manned type militia, actually Brigade, supported by the 77th Army nations of larger powers over smaller were the ones who faced the Japanese. Infantry, in Agat. I wish to extend a peoples as well as a story of loyalty to The Japanese invasion force numbering very warm Hafa Adai and sincere Si America and a demonstration of loy- some 5,000 easily overwhelmed these Yu’os Ma’ase’ to the veterans of that alty that has not been asked of any ci- men in uniform. Ironically, the only conflict who liberated Guam. I would vilian community, I believe, during the ones who really fired any shots in also like to honor and pay respect and entire 20th century. anger were Japanese Imperial Forces, remember the people of Guam and the It is important to understand that were members of the Guam insular suffering they endured for some 21⁄2 Guam was an American territory since guard who had set up some machine years under the enemy occupation of the end of the Spanish-American War gun nests in defense of the Placa de the Japanese Imperial Army. in 1898. It was invaded, as I pointed out Espana and at the governor’s offices. On the morning of December 8, 1941, earlier, in the early morning hours of Throughout the ordeal of the occupa- Japanese troops bombed and invaded December 8, 1941, and thus began a 32- tion, the Chamorro people maintained

VerDate 19-JUL-2001 06:00 Jul 19, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.279 pfrm01 PsN: H18PT1 H4212 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2001 their loyalty to America and their forced marches; and the preceding was quickly interrupted by the only faith that American forces would soon months also featured a great deal of Japanese counterattack of the first return to liberate them from the Japa- forced labor as the Japanese tried to day. It is also on those beaches that nese. build various installations on the is- former Senator Hal Heflin was wound- The resistance against the occupa- land in anticipation of the invasion by ed as a Marine in Guam. tion manifested itself in many, many the American forces. The people of Guam are a resolute direct forms, but none so powerful and Preceding the July 21, 1944, invasion and tenacious people as was proved costly as the effort designed to help of Guam were 13 days of preinvasion some 57 years ago as they helped the some American servicemen who had bombings that leveled almost all Marines participating as scouts, look- decided not to surrender. standing structures in Guam. It also outs and even forming little pockets of When the Japanese took over Guam, served to act as a further stimulus for armed resistance to Japanese occu- some seven sailors decided that they atrocities against the people of Guam. piers. The liberation of Guam is com- would rather hide in the jungle than As the bombardment continued, the memorated as a time of solemn mem- surrender to the Japanese. All of them, Japanese Imperial Forces, who basi- ory and remembrance every year since save one, were captured and executed cally realized their fate, that they were World War II, because it is a very spe- by the Japanese Imperial Forces. going to die either in suicide attacks or cial struggle of what must ultimately The one fortunate sailor who evaded at the hands of the Americans, in- be seen as Americans liberating people capture throughout the entire 32 flicted further brutality and mass who were their fellow Americans. This months of occupation with the assist- slaughter against the people of Guam. serves as a reminder of the spirit of ance of the Chamorro at the cost of nu- The most known and remembered mas- freedom and democracy and the high merous atrocities to them, the story of sacres were those that occurred in cost that must be paid to maintain it. this one sailor, George Tweed, was Tinta at the southern end of the island During the Japanese occupation, the made into a movie entitled, ‘‘No Man is near the Fena Caves. people of Guam suffered severe priva- an Island.’’ Tonight I try to bring attention to tions and cruel injustices. It is hard to The actual attack on Guam, the ac- another massacre that is really not perhaps explain that every family on tual liberation of Guam began on July known by very many and has not really Guam has a whole series of stories re- 21, 1944. As I have indicated, this Satur- been widely explained. lated to the Japanese occupation and day is the 57th anniversary of that Immediately after the island was se- that these stories form the corpus of a time period. But beginning in mid-June cured, U.S. Navy Commander Roger series of attitudes about the relation- Guam started to experience a series of Edison Perry filed a report on atroc- ship to the United States, the tenacity bombing runs as a result of a series of ities committed by Japanese Imperial of the Chamorro people to endure pri- preinvasion bombardment. Forces. A specific report dated August vation and still manage to survive and The preinvasion bombardment off the 16, 1944, mentions the decapitated bod- to thrive. In my own family, I am the coast of Guam was very intense, per- ies of 45 men who were discovered in youngest of 11 children that my par- haps amongst the most intense during the municipality of Yigo around the vi- ents had, I am the only child that was World War II, made more intense by cinity of the present Andersen Air born after World War II. My parents the fact that in June U.S. forces had Force base. What happened was these lost two children during the occupa- landed in Saipan and their struggles men were forcibly conscripted by the tion. To this day my mother sort of re- against the Japanese forces in Saipan Japanese forces to be of service to members where her two children were was additional reason to increase the them during their retreat from the cen- buried but we are not sure really where ferocity of preinvasion bombardment tral part of the island. Commander they are at to this day. That is not an for Guam. As well as the experience of Perry’s report indicated that the men atypical story. It was a story that al- Normandy in Europe also led to the re- were summarily executed because they most every family in Guam experi- consideration of the preinvasion bom- knew too much about Japanese activi- enced. In the interplay between these bardment of areas that were to be in- ties. The story of these men has largely men who were coming as Marines and vaded. been forgotten, and for over 50 years as soldiers and as sailors, interacting After U.S. forces began their these men have remained unnamed and with these people who had been under preinvasion bombardment, which have hardly received any mention. American sovereignty since the Span- lasted over a month, they were called Mr. Speaker, today I am going to ish American war, and in that inter- back only two hours after the initial enter what are very familiar Chamorro play, there are many, many stories bombing because of the ferocity of the names into the RECORD. The fate of about the meaning of that. In a very battle for Saipan. these and a number of other unnamed powerful and poignant sense, you had When the preinvasion bombardment men who paid the ultimate sacrifice really in Guam two sets of liberators. began in mid-June and the actual inva- during the occupation and eventual lib- You had the liberators that were com- sion occurred toward the end of July, eration of Guam indicate the height of ing in on the beaches and coming in this time period experienced by the indignities, pain and suffering endured from the ships, and you had the lib- people of Guam was the most intense by the Chamorro people due to their erators who were hiding in the moun- period of cruelty and atrocities that loyalty to the United States. Men were tains and they were coming down from had been experienced by the people taken away from their homes and fami- the mountains. In that meeting in from the Japanese forces. lies, forcibly made to serve the enemy which these stories are very much doc- This actually gave some time during occupiers, and ultimately paid dearly umented, people wept and cried for joy that 5-week’s time for the Japanese with their lives because of their alle- and the soldiers and the Marines them- forces to reinforce their position in an- giance to the United States. selves frequently broke down in tears ticipation and of course gave them ad- as they understood that something ditional opportunity to amass the b 2340 very special was going on in this par- Chamorro people on one side of the is- On July 21, 1944, the actual liberation ticular liberation in Guam in 1944. land to get them out of the way of the began. U.S. Marines landed on the nar- Over the years, I have had the oppor- battle because they knew that the row beaches of Asan and Agat to crawl tunity to discuss this, not only with Chamorro people would be of assistance up their way to what is now known as the people of Guam obviously but also to the American forces. Nimitz Hill. The men of the Third Ma- with the men who came in uniform. To In April 1944, approximately 20,000 rine Division were thrust wave after this day I am constantly amazed at the Japanese troops were brought in from wave onto Asan Beach already littered number of veterans who continue to Manchuria, and they began a wholesale with Marines that had come before show up, a little bit older but continue series of agricultural projects designed them and once on shore the U.S. forces to show up at our events. Last week- to feed the soldiers in which people were in the heart of Japanese defense end, I was at an event in San Antonio, started to experience widespread mal- fortifications. Simultaneously, the Texas, commemorating the liberation nutrition. Then you had the southern beaches of Guam were braved of Guam in which there were over 700 preinvasion bombardments, a lot of by the First Marine Brigade and this people there. This weekend there will

VerDate 19-JUL-2001 05:07 Jul 19, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.282 pfrm01 PsN: H18PT1 July 18, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4213 be numerous events not only in Guam were advocated by the local commu- tory of the United States. Its political but around the country. In San Diego nity in order to have, first of all, civil- development and its political fulfill- which has the largest Chamorro com- ian government and not the pre-World ment has yet to be fully consummated. munity in the U.S. mainland, they are War II naval government and also to Even though we call July 21, 1944, Lib- having a very special event to honor have U.S. citizenship, and those things eration Day, all of us in Guam are and bring in the veterans as their spe- came to pass as well. mindful of the fact that that liberation cial guests, and there will be an event All of these things, as we understand was liberation from enemy hands; that here in the Washington, D.C. area down the meaning of World War II for Guam we have many more struggles in our at Fort Belvoir. Of course in Guam we in its own light, we also have to bring desire to be fully liberated, to be full will have a large parade, it is the single some understanding to the meaning of participants in a democratic and rep- biggest holiday of the year, and march- war in a broader light, World War II resentative form of government, the ing down the main drive which in across this country and across the kind of government which we do not honor of the liberators is called Marine world. have today, because as a territory you Drive, we will hopefully pay witness to One of the things that is upcoming do not have voting representation in some Marines marching and when they on the national mall is the World War laws which are made that govern your march, they will surely bring the big- II Memorial. Based on what I have out- existence, the same as any other Amer- gest cheer. lined here this evening, when they first ican. By not having the right to fully The war also changed the relation- conceptualized the World War II Memo- participate in law making, you violate ship of the people of Guam to the rial, which will be built on the mall, one of the core principles of American United States. Immediately Guam was despite all of the ongoing controversies democracy, which is consent of the taken for a number of reasons. Obvi- about it, when that memorial was first governed. ously it was part of a general strategy proposed, they proposed having 50 col- So as we look back on this, and there to cripple Japan, but Guam and Saipan umns to represent basically the 50 are many, many stories that come out and Tinian were very crucial islands States. It was a little incongruous be- of World War II that I can tell, I will because those islands were fairly large cause at the time of World War II, just end with one story about a 13-year- compared to other Pacific islands in there were only 48 States. old girl. Her name is Beatrice Flores Ensley. This young lady was 13 years the central Pacific, and they also could b 2350 reach Japan. They had the ability to old in 1944. Her and a friend of hers But what was particularly disturbing reach Japan by air. So these three is- were actually caught by a Japanese pa- to me was that given this experience lands immediately became enormous trol. The Japanese patrol decided to be- which I have outlined this evening, platforms for the continual bombing of head these two young people. I think that while it is true that the 50 col- Japan. Of course off the one island of the young man was only 14 and she was umns which were being built for the Tinian is where the Inola Gay took off only 13. They cut through her neck, World War II memorial should include to bomb Hiroshima. buried her and her companion and left So those islands, the islands were each of the States, it did not include them for dead. But by some miracle, Guam. So after exerting some special taken for this particular purpose. I al- both of them survived. effort in this regard, we have been ways like to point out that one of our She was in a very shallow grave, and happy to note, grateful to note, that colleagues here in the House, the gen- Beatrice crawled out of the hole, Guam will be included in some fashion tleman from New York (Mr. GILMAN), maggots covering her wound, and she deserving its own pillar. So there are flew many combat missions out of then became over the years, and I re- now 56 pillars representing each State Guam, out of what was then North member her looking at her, I remember and territory and the District of Co- Field and what is now called Andersen seeing her when I was in high school lumbia, so that all who participated in Air Force Base. In the context of World and people remarking, oh, look at it, World War II will be recognized. you could see the enormous scar on her War II, Guam became the forward base That is particularly important in for the United States. What was Pearl neck, and she became over time a sym- Guam’s case, and it is particularly im- bol of the Chamorro people’s capacity Harbor for the first part of World War portant to understand the meaning of II was basically moved to Guam. It be- to survive. sacrifice, and not only subjecting your- She came on several occasions to tes- came, in the words of the Victory at self to the danger of death, as some- tify here in Congress at great personal Sea program on Guam, the super- times men in particularly that time pe- cost to her own psychological equi- market of the Pacific. Admiral Nimitz riod are called to do in the context of librium, because it was a memory she moved his headquarters there. Admiral war, but to understand that civilian did not like to relive. But she came Nimitz strategized, triangulated, communities like Guam experienced here and testified on behalf of bringing fought the rest of the war from Guam. war at a more direct level, suffering justice to the people of Guam for their As a result of the experience of World untold atrocities, suffering in ways in World War II experience and to gain War II, and the upcoming Cold War which I hope no community is ever some recognition. with the Soviet Union, it was decided called upon to suffer. Because of her, we were able to get a that there would be many, many mili- But it reminds us of a basic reality in Memorial Wall built in the War on the tary installations built on Guam. So human history, that there are times Pacific National Park, which is in immediately, in order to prosecute when we are called upon to suffer, Guam, which lists all the Chamorros World War II, the rest of World War II, there are times when we are called who suffered during World War II, be- because we still had the invasion of Iwo upon to fight, but there is something cause of her testimony. Jima and Okinawa and the Philippines more at stake than that, and that is I can say one thing about Mrs. to confront and many of those activi- when we say we fight for freedom and Ensley, who has since passed away, ties were triangulated out of Guam, when we say we fight for democracy that during that whole time, she was many, many military installations and when we say we fight for libera- never embittered. She never uttered were built on Guam. At any given time tion, we must understand that each one harsh word about the Japanese from the liberation of Guam until the generation is commanded, each genera- people or the Japanese army at the end of World War II, you could find as tion is responsible to make their con- time. But she took very careful note of many as 250,000 people in uniform on tribution to the perfection of libera- her experience, to explain it to other Guam while you only had a civilian tion, to the perfection of democracy, to people so that they could understand it population of about 20,000. So it be- make sure that the sacrifices of people in its own light, not as a lesson of bit- came this military supermarket from who came before us were for something terness, not as a testimony to cruelty, which World War II in the Pacific was more significant than the sacrifices but as a testimony to the human ca- fought for the balance of the war. After just at that time; that it is part of a pacity to survive, to forgive, and to in- World War II, it became a major Cold continuing saga of struggle, of the per- spire others and to command others to War base and, of course, based upon the fection of democracy. make their own contributions to the experience in World War II, there were It is no secret that today Guam is perfection of democracy and justice a number of political changes that what is called an unincorporated terri- and liberation.

VerDate 19-JUL-2001 05:07 Jul 19, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.284 pfrm01 PsN: H18PT1 H4214 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2001 I am thankful for this opportunity to 46. Reyes, Joseph C. Inspection Service, Department of Agri- present these items. I have a number of 47. Reyes, Juan Taijito (Severa) culture, transmitting the Department’s final names to enter into the RECORD for the 48. Roberto, Pedro L. G. rule—Change in Disease Status of Uruguay Fena massacre, the Tinta massacre and 49. Sablan, Francisco ‘‘Nabing’’ Manibusan Because of Foot-and-Mouth Disease [Docket 50. Sablan, Jose S. No. 00–111–2] received received July 11, 2001, the Chaguian massacre. 51. Sablan Juan S. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- VICTIM/SURVIVOR LISTING—2001 FENA CAVES 52. San Nicolas, Jesus Muna mittee on Agriculture. MASSACRE MEMORIAL SERVICES 53. San Nicolas, Jose Chaco 2952. A letter from the Acting Adminis- VICTIMS 54. Sucaldito, Agnes Nededog trator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Department 1. Aguigui, Balbino G. 55. Salas, Antonio Muna of Agriculture, transmitting the Depart- 2. Aguon, Jesus 56. Santos, Jose B. ment’s final rule—Tart Cherries Grown in 3. Babauta, Joseph 57. Schmidt-Yates, Alfonsina Sablan the States of Michigan, et al.; Modifications 4. Babauta, Juan B. 58. Taitano, Jose to the Rules and Regulations Under the Tart 5. Borja, Vicente Munoz 59. Terlaje, Balbino Muna Cherry Marketing Order [Docket No. FV01– 6. Camacho, Gaily Cruz 60. Topasna, Jose Q. 930–3 IFR] received July 10, 2001, pursuant to 7. Carbullido, Evelyn T. 61. Toves, Arthur Carbullido 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 8. Castro, Concepcion R. 62. Toves, Joseph Carbullido Agriculture. 9. Castro, Dolores Rabago 63. Ulloa, Juan 64. Unsiog, Agustin Nededog 2953. A letter from the Deputy Chief, Com- 10. Castro, Maria Rabago petitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier 11. Charfauros, Antonio B. f Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- 12. Cruz, Dolores J. sion, transmitting the Commission’s final 13. Cruz, Jose T. LEAVE OF ABSENCE rule—Access Charge Reform [CC Docket No. 14. Cruz, Maria J. By unanimous consent, leave of ab- 96–262] received July 10, 2001, pursuant to 5 15. Cruz, Vicente T. sence was granted to: U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- 16. Elliot, Antonio Cruz ergy and Commerce. Ms. WATERS (at the request of Mr. 17. Fejeran, Dolores C. 2954. A letter from the Assistant Secretary 18. Fejeran, Enrique C. GEPHARDT) for July 17 from 10:00 a.m. for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 19. Herrera, Joe to 1:00 p.m. on account of a medical ap- transmitting certification of a proposed li- 20. Lizama, Caridad T. pointment. cense for the export of defense articles or de- 21. Lizama, Gregorio T. f fense services sold commercially under a 22. Mendiola, Juan Ulloa contract to the United Kingdom [Trans- 23. Mesa, Rosalia Pinaula SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED mittal No. DTC 074–01], pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 24. Ana Terlaje Nededog 2776(c); to the Committee on International 25. Nededog, Juan T. By unanimous consent, permission to Relations. 26. Perez, Ana P. address the House, following the legis- 2955. A letter from the Assistant Secretary 27. Quitano, Ana L.G. lative program and any special orders for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 28. Sablan, Nicolas heretofore entered, was granted to: transmitting certification of a proposed li- 29. Sablan, Raleigh Carbullido (The following Members (at the re- cense for the export of defense articles or de- 30. Sablan, Rosita Carbullido fense services sold commercially under a quest of Mr. MCNULTY) to revise and 31. Toves, Frank contract to Ireland, Kazakstan and Russia 32. Toves, Johnny extend their remarks and include ex- [Transmittal No. DTC 049–01], pursuant to 22 SURVIVORS traneous material:) U.S.C. 2776(c); to the Committee on Inter- 1. Aguigui, Elias San Nicolas Ms. WATERS, for 5 minutes, today. national Relations. 2. Alerta, Maria (Chong) San Nicolas Mrs. MALONEY of New York, for 5 2956. A letter from the Assistant Secretary 3. Babauta, Jesus C. minutes, today. for Export Administration, Department of 4. Babauta, Rosa C. Ms. CARSON of Indiana, for 5 minutes, Commerce, transmitting the Department’s 5. Babauta, Vicente Torres today. final rule—Exports of Agricultural Commod- ities, Medicines and Medical Devices [Docket 6. Barcinas, Joaquin Mr. CUMMINGS, for 5 minutes, today. 7. Babauta, Maria S. No. 010612152–1152–01] (RIN: 0694–AC37) re- Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, for 5 minutes, ceived July 11, 2001, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8. Borja, Francisco today. 9. Camacho, Francisco G. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Inter- 10. Camacho, Juan Guerrero Ms. KAPTUR, for 5 minutes, today. national Relations. 2957. A letter from the Assistant Secretary 11. Castaneda, Ana Muna Salas Mr. BROWN of Ohio, for 5 minutes, for Export Administration, Department of 12. Castro, Jose Rabago today. Commerce, transmitting the Department’s 13. Castro, Santiago Rabago Mr. EDWARDS, for 5 minutes, today. final rule— Harmonization of Definitions of 14. Chaco, Maria B. (The following Members (at the re- Terms [Docket No. 010423100–1100–01] (RIN: 15. Charfauros, Francisco Muna quest of Mr. PENCE) to revise and ex- 0694–AC03) received July 10, 2001, pursuant to 16. Concepcion, Francisco Perez tend their remarks and include extra- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 17. Concepcion, Ignacio Mendiola International Relations. 18. Cordova, Maria Mendiola Cruz neous material:) Mr. BILIRAKIS, for 5 minutes, today. 2958. A letter from the Acting Assistant 19. Cruz, Antonio Reyes Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS, National Mr. HUNTER, for 5 minutes, today. 20. Cruz, Joaquin Mendiola Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 21. Cruz, Joaquin Ofricido Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, for 5 transmitting the Administration’s final 22. Cruz, Jose Ofricido minutes, today. rule—Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 23. Cruz, Juan Reyes Mr. PENCE, for 5 minutes, today. Zone Off Alaska; Emergency Interim Rule to 24. Cruz, Pedro Ofricido f Revise Certain Provisions of the American 25. De Jesus, Joaquin Fisheries Act; Extension of Expiration Date 26. Dela Cruz, Antonio Reyes ADJOURNMENT [Docket No. 010111009–1009–01; I.D. 122600A] 27. Espinosa, Jesus Mata (RIN: 0648–AO72) received July 11, 2001, pur- 28. Fernandez, Catalina C. Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 29. Garrido, Joseph C. move that the House do now adjourn. mittee on Resources. 30. Garrido, Rosa Taitague The motion was agreed to; accord- 2959. A letter from the Program Analyst, 31. Guzman, Jesus Concepcion ingly (at 11 o’clock and 56 minutes FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 32. Herrera, Maria p.m.), the House adjourned until to- mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- 33. Herrera, Vicente Q. morrow, Thursday, July 19, 2001, at 10 worthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Can- 34. Lizama, Juan Quitugua ada (PWC) Model PW305 and PW305A Tur- 35. Manguba, Josefa San Nicolas a.m. bofan Engines [Docket No. 2000–NE–24–AD; 36. Munoz, Gregorio Sablan f Amendment 39–12129; AD 2001–04–10] (RIN: 37. Nauta, Maria Babauta 2120–AA64) received July 16, 2001, pursuant to 38. Nededog, Roque Nededog EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 39. Pangelinan, Francisco Sablan ETC. Transportation and Infrastructure. 40. Pinaula, John Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive 2960. A letter from the Program Analyst, 41. Pinaula, Joseph FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 42. Pinaula, William communications were taken from the mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- 43. Quidachay, Jesus G. Speaker’s table and referred as follows: worthiness Directives; General Electric Com- 44. Reyes, Enrique Chaco 2951. A letter from the Congressional Re- pany CF6–50 Series Turbofan Engines [Dock- 45. Reyes, Gonzalo Chaco view Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health et No. 2000–NE–38–AD; Amendment 39–12136;

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