[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 13, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5433-S5435]
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-1552. A communication from the Secretary of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Department's 2008 report to Congress on the Transportation 
     Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1553. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and 
     Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removal of T 37 Jet 
     Trainer Aircraft and Parts from the Commerce Control List'' 
     (RIN0694-AC74) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 4, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-1554. A communication from the Chief of Staff, Media 
     Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Implementation of the DTV Delay Act'' (MB Docket No. 09-17) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     4, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1555. A communication from the Chief of Staff, Media 
     Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations 
     (Oolitic and Worthington, Indiana)'' (MB Docket No. 07-125) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     4, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1556. A communication from the Chief of Staff, Media 
     Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations 
     (Kihei, Hawaii)'' (MB Docket No. 08-217) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 4, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1557. A communication from the Chief of Staff, Media 
     Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations 
     (Cuba, Illinois)'' (MB Docket No. 07-175) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 4, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1558. A communication from the Chief of Staff, Media 
     Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of 
     Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations 
     (Marquez, Texas)'' (MB Docket No. 08-196) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 4, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1559. A communication from the Chief of Staff, Media 
     Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of 
     Section 73.622(i), Final DTV Table of Allotments, Television 
     Broadcast Stations (Cadillac, Michigan)'' (MB Docket No. 08-
     252) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     May 4, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1560. A communication from the Chief of Staff, Media 
     Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of 
     Section 73.622(i), Final DTV Table of Allotments, Television 
     Broadcast Stations (Bryan, Texas)'' (MB Docket No. 09-34) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     4, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1561. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive 
     Economic Zone Off Alaska; Directed Fishing With Trawl Gear by 
     American Fisheries Act Catcher Processors in Bycatch 
     Limitation Zone 1 of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
     Management Area'' (RIN0648-XO32) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 1, 2009; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1562. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Inseason Trip Limit Reduction for 
     the Commercial Fishery for Golden Tilefish for the 2009 
     Fishing Year'' (RIN0648-XO46) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 1, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1563. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive 
     Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in the West Yakutat 
     District of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XO30) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on May 1, 2009; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1564. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive 
     Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in the West Yakutat 
     District of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XO32) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on May 1, 2009; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1565. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive 
     Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in the West Yakutat 
     District of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XO73) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on May 1, 2009; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1566. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Operations, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish of the Gulf of 
     Alaska; Correction'' (RIN0648-AX01) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 1, 2009; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1567. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Revisions to the 
     Pollock Trip Limit Regulations in the Gulf of Alaska'' 
     (RIN0648-AW54) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 1, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-1568. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Northeastern 
     United States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; Total Allowable 
     Catch Harvested for Management Area 2'' (RIN0648-XO47) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     1, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1569. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Operations, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Northeast Multispecies Fishery; 2009 Georges Bank Cod Hook 
     Sector Operations Plan and Agreement, and Allocation of 
     Georges Bank Cod Total Allowable Catch'' (RIN0648-XM11) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     1, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1570. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Operations, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Northeast Multispecies Fishery; 2009 Georges

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     Bank Cod Fixed Gear Sector Operations Plan and Agreement, and 
     Allocation of Georges Bank Cod Total Allowable Catch'' 
     (RIN0648-XM12) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 1, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-1571. A communication from the Director of the Policy 
     Issuances Division, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Petitions for Rulemaking'' 
     (RIN0583-AC81) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 7, 2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1572. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to 
     stabilization of Iraq that was declared in Executive Order 
     13303 of May 22, 2003; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1573. A communication from the Chairman of the Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the Commission's FY 2010 Congressional Performance Budget 
     Request; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-1574. A communication from the Inspector General, 
     Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to budget justification for the Board for 
     fiscal year 2010; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-1575. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug 
     Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Organ-Specific Warnings; Internal Analgesic, Antipyretic, 
     and Antirheumatic Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human 
     Use; Final Monograph'' (RIN0910-AF36) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on May 7, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-1576. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug 
     Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed; 
     Confirmation of Effective Date of Final Rule'' (RIN0910-AF46) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     7, 2009; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-1577. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-54, ``NoMA Residential Development Tax 
     Abatement Act of 2009'' received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1578. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-55, ``Practice of Occupational Therapy 
     Amendment Act of 2009'' received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1579. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-56, ``Practice of Polysomnography Amendment 
     Act of 2009'' received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1580. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-57, ``Practice of Professional Counseling and 
     Addiction Counseling Amendment Act of 2009'' received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 11, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1581. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-58, ``Practice of Psychology Amendment Act of 
     2009'' received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1582. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-59, ``Practice of Dentistry Amendment Act of 
     2009'' received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1583. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-60, ``Practice of Podiatry Amendment Act of 
     2009'' received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1584. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-62, ``Practice of Nursing Amendment Act of 
     2009'' received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1585. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-61, ``Massage Therapy Amendment Act of 2009'' 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     11, 2009; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1586. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-63, ``Practices of Medicine and Naturopathic 
     Medicine Amendment Act of 2009'' received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2009; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1587. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-64, ``Continuation of Health Coverage 
     Temporary Amendment Act of 2009'' received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2009; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1588. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-65, ``View 14 Economic Development Temporary 
     Act of 2009'' received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1589. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-66, ``Fire Alarm Notice and Tenant Fire Safety 
     Temporary Amendment Act of 2009'' received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2009; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1590. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-67, ``Tenant Opportunity to Purchase 
     Preservation Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2009'' 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     11, 2009; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1591. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-68, ``Unemployment Compensation Extended 
     Benefits Temporary Amendment Act of 2009'' received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 11, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1592. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-69, ``Woodland Tigers Funding Clarification 
     Temporary Amendment Act of 2009'' received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2009; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1593. A communication from the Chairman, Council of the 
     District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     on D.C. Act 18-70, ``Jury and Marriage Amendment Act of 
     2009'' received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1594. A communication from the Secretary, Judicial 
     Conference of the United States, transmitting, a report of a 
     draft bill entitled ``Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue 
     Clarification Act of 2009''; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       EC-1595. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``2009 Groundfish Interim 
     Final Rule'' (RIN0648-AW87) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1596. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pacific 
     Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plan; Correction'' (RIN0648-
     AX44) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1597. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule; 
     Effectiveness of Collection-of-Information Requirements; 
     Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Bottomfish and Seamount 
     Groundfish Fisheries; Management Measures for the Northern 
     Mariana Islands'' (RIN0648-AV28) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2009; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1598. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule 
     for Amendment 30B to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for 
     the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico'' (RIN0648-
     AV80) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1599. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pacific Coast 
     Groundfish; Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; 
     Inseason Adjustments'' (RIN0648-AX84) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on May

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     11, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1600. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod in the Bering 
     Sea and Aleutian Islands'' (RIN0648-XO13) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 11, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1601. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the 
     Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-
     XO12) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1602. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``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'' (RIN0648-XO14) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 11, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1603. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Temporary Closure of the 
     Eastern U.S./Canada Management Area'' (RIN0648-XO25) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 11, 2009; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1604. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific 
     Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' 
     (RIN0648-XO85) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 11, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1605. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch for 
     Vessels in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Trawl Limited 
     Access Fishery in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering 
     Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XN17) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     11, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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