[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 164 (Thursday, November 5, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S11204]
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-3581. A communication from the Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     transfer of detainees (OSS Control No. 2009-1854); to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-3582. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report entitled ``Notification to Congress on Transfer 
     Authorities Used in Fiscal Year 2009''; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       EC-3583. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Uniform Resource 
     Locator (URL) for a report relative to the FY2009 Agency 
     Financial Report for the Department of Defense; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-3584. A communication from the Director of Defense 
     Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Senior 
     DoD Officials Seeking Employment with Defense Contractors'' 
     ((RIN0750-AG07) (DFARS Case 2008-D007)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 4, 2009; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-3585. A communication from the Director of Defense 
     Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Pilot 
     Program for Transition to Follow--on Contracting After Use of 
     Other Transaction Authority'' ((RIN0750-AG17) (DFARS Case 
     2008-D030)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on November 4, 2009; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-3586. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to transactions involving U.S. exports to the 
     Dominican Republic; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-3587. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to transactions involving U.S. exports to 
     Ireland; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-3588. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Suspension of Community Eligibility'' ((44 CFR Part 64) 
     (Docket ID FEMA-2008-0020; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-
     8101)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on November 4, 2009; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3589. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations'' ((44 CFR Part 
     65) (Docket ID FEMA-2008-0020; Internal Agency Docket No. 
     FEMA-B-1070)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on November 4, 2009; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3590. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations'' ((44 CFR Part 
     65) (Docket ID FEMA-2008-0020; Internal Agency Docket No. 
     FEMA-B-1067)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on November 4, 2009; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3591. A communication from the Senior Advisor, Office of 
     Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines'' (31 CFR Part 
     501) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 4, 2009; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-3592. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to defense 
     articles and defense services that were licensed for export 
     under Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act during fiscal 
     year 2008; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-3593. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Federal and State Materials and Environmental 
     Management, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``List of 
     Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: HI-STORM 100 Revision 7'' 
     (RIN3150-AI70) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on November 4, 2009; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-3594. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     of the Division of Regulatory Services, Office of 
     Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Institutional Eligibility Under the Higher Education Act of 
     1965, as Amended, and the Secretary's Recognition of 
     Accrediting Agencies'' (RIN1840-AD00) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on November 4, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-3595. A communication from the Deputy Director of 
     Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug 
     Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Investigational New Drug Applications; Technical 
     Amendment'' (Docket No. FDA-2009-N-0464) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 4, 2009; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-3596. A communication from the Deputy Director of 
     Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug 
     Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Medical Devices; Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology 
     Devices; Classification of the Cardiac Allograft Gene 
     Expression Profiling Test Systems'' (Docket No. FDA-2009-N-
     0472) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on November 4, 2009; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-3597. A communication from the Chairman, Merit System 
     Protection Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``Job Simulations: Trying Out for a Federal Job''; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-3598. A communication from the Acting Director 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 in the Central 
     Aleutian Islands'' (RIN0648-XS57) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 4, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-3599. A communication from the Acting Director 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 in the Western 
     Aleutian Islands'' (RIN0648-XS59) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 4, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-3600. A communication from the Acting Director 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 Western 
     Aleutian Islands'' (RIN0648-XS58) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 4, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-3601. 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 ``Fisheries of the 
     Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; 
     Secretarial Final Interim Action; Rule Extension'' (RIN0648-
     AW87) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on November 4, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-3602. A communication from the Deputy Bureau Chief, 
     Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Improving Public Safety 
     Communications in the 800 MHz Band'' ((FCC 07-92)(WT Docket 
     No. 02-55)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on November 4, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-3603. A communication from the Acting Division Chief, 
     Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Petition to Establish Procedural Requirements 
     to Govern Proceedings for Forbearance Under Section 10 of the 
     Communications Act of 1934, as Amended'' ((WC Docket No. 07-
     267)(FCC09-56)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on November 4, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-3604. A communication from the Program Analyst, Office 
     of Managing Director--Financial Operations, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and 
     Order, Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for 
     Fiscal Year 2009'' ((FCC 09-38; 09-65)(MD Docket Nos. 09-65 
     and 08-65)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on November 4, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.

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