[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 23, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6937-S6938]
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-2069. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General Thomas F. Metz, United States Army, and 
     his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the 
     retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-2070. A communication from the General Counsel, 
     Selective Service System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a vacancy and designation of an acting officer for 
     the position of Director, Selective Service System; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-2071. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``2009 
     Report to Congress on Sustainable Ranges''; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       EC-2072. A communication from Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to United States Policy in Iraq Act, section 1227 of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, 
     a report relative to the current military, diplomatic, 
     political, and economic measures that are being or have been 
     undertaken to complete our mission in Iraq successfully; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-2073. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Global Strategic Affairs, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Cooperative Threat Reduction Annual Report to Congress 
     Fiscal Year 2010''; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-2074. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of 
     Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``95th Annual Report of the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System''; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2075. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of 
     Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Report to the Congress on 
     Profitability of Credit Card Operations of Depository 
     Institutions''; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-2076. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
     Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Closure of the Elephant Trunk 
     Scallop Access Area to General Category Scallop Vessels'' 
     (RIN0648-XP43) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on June 18, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2077. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Tilefish 
     Fishery; Quota Harvested for Full-time Tier 2 Category'' 
     (RIN0648-XP65) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on June 18, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2078. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Deep-
     Water Species Fishery by Catcher Processor Rockfish 
     Cooperatives in the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XP57) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 18, 
     2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-2079. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled

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     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Greenland Turbot in the Aleutian Islands Subarea of the 
     Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-
     XP60) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on June 18, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-2080. A communication from the Chief of the Policy and 
     Rules Division, Office of Engineering and Technology, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Improving Public Safety 
     Communications in the 800 MHz Band, Consolidating the 800 and 
     900 MHz Industrial/Land Transportation and Business Pool 
     Channels'' ((WT Docket No. 02-55)(FCC09-49)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on June 18, 2009; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2081. A communication from the Acting Division Chief, 
     Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Jurisdictional Separations and Referral to 
     the Federal-State Joint Board'' ((CC Docket No. 50-
     286)(FCC09-44)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 18, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2082. A communication from the Acting Division Chief, 
     Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Local Number Portability Porting Interval and 
     Validation Requirements; Telephone Number Portability'' ((WC 
     Docket No. 07-244)(FCC09-41)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 18, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2083. A communication from the Chief of the Endangered 
     Species Listing, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
     Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for the Quino 
     Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino)'' (RIN1018-
     AV23) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on June 17, 2009; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-2084. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Federal & State Materials & Environmental 
     Management, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``List of 
     Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks; Standardized NUHOMS System 
     Revision 10'' (RIN3150-AI62) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 22, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2085. A communication from the Chairman of the Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     a report entitled ``A National Assessment of Demand Response 
     Potential''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-2086. 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 ``Home Affordable Modification Program'' 
     (Rev. Rul. 2009-19) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on June 18, 2009; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-2087. A communication from the Railroad Retirement 
     Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Twenty-Fourth Actuarial Valuation of the Assets and 
     Liabilities Under the Railroad Retirement Acts as of December 
     31, 2007''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-2088. A communication from the Inspector General, 
     General Services Administration, Department of Defense and 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Semi-Annual Report of the Inspector 
     General for the 6-month period ending March 31, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2089. A communication from the Administrator of Policy 
     Development and Research, Employment Training Administration, 
     Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Temporary Employment of H-2A 
     Aliens in the United States'' (RIN1205-AB55) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on June 18, 2009; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-2090. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Suspension of the Primary Season for Pacific Whiting 
     Fishery for the Shore Based Sector South of 42 Degree N. 
     Lat.'' ((RIN0648-XP43)(Docket No. 090428799-9802-01)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     18, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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