[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 113 (Monday, July 16, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9261-S9262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

  The following communications were laid before the Senate, together 
with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as 
indicated:

       EC-2563. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting'' (RIN0581-AC66) received 
     on July 12, 2007; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-2564. A communication from the Deputy Secretary of 
     Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the evolution of improvised explosive device threats; to the 
     Committee on Appropriations.
       EC-2565. A communication from the Chairman, Board of 
     Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to the profitability of the credit 
     card operations of depository institutions; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2566. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Alachlor, 
     Chlorothalonil, Metribuzin; Denial of Objections'' (FRL No. 
     8135-3) received on July 13, 2007; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2567. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Minnesota'' 
     (FRL No. 8439-7) received on July 13, 2007; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2568. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Minnesota'' 
     (FRL No. 8439-8) received on July 13, 2007; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2569. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Determination of Attainment, Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality 
     Planning Purposes; Indiana; Redesignation of the Clark and 
     Floyd Counties 8-hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to 
     Attainment'' (FRL No. 8440-2) received on July 13, 2007; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2570. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Determination of Attainment, Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality 
     Planning Purposes; Indiana; Redesignation of LaPorte County 
     to Attainment for Ozone'' (FRL No. 8440-4) received on July 
     13, 2007; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2571. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Determination of Attainment, Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality 
     Planning Purposes; Indiana; Redesignation of the South Bend-
     Elkhart 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment'' (FRL 
     No. 8440-3) received on July 13, 2007; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2572. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Public 
     Hearings and Submission of Plans'' (FRL No. 8439-6) received 
     on July 13, 2007; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.

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       EC-2573. A communication from the Chief of the Trade and 
     Commercial Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of Import 
     Restrictions Imposed on Pre-Classical and Classical 
     Archaeological Objects and Byzantine Period Ecclesiastical 
     and Ritual Ethnological Material From Cyprus'' (RIN1505-AB80) 
     received on July 12, 2007; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-2574. A communication from the Chief of the Publications 
     and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Final Regulations and Removal of Temporary 
     Regulations Under Section 3402(f)'' ((RIN1545-BE20)(TD 9337)) 
     received on July 13, 2007; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-2575. A communication from the Chief of the Publications 
     and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Guidance Under Subpart F Relating to 
     Partnerships'' ((RIN1545-BE34)(TD 9326)) received on July 13, 
     2007; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-2576. A communication from the Chief, Border Security 
     Regulations Branch, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Advance Electronic Presentation of Cargo Information for 
     Truck Carriers Required to be Transmitted Through ACE Truck 
     Manifest at Ports in the States of Maine and Minnesota'' (CBP 
     Dec. 07-53) received on July 12, 2007; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2577. A communication from the Chief Privacy Officer, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``2007 Data Mining Report: DHS Privacy 
     Office Response to House Report 109-699''; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2578. A communication from the Attorney General, 
     transmitting, a report relative to the implementation of a 
     new national security oversight and compliance effort; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-2579. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Import and Production Quotas for Certain List I 
     Chemicals'' (RIN1117-AB08) received on July 5, 2007; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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