[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 194 (Friday, December 18, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13456-S13458]
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-4098. A communication from the Chief of Research and 
     Analysis, Food and Nutrition Services, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``School Food Safety Program Based on Hazard 
     Analysis and Critical Control Point Principles'' (RIN0584-
     AD65) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 16, 2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4099. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department

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     of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Importation of Swine Hides and Skins, Bird 
     Trophies, and Ruminant Hides and Skins'' (Docket No. APHIS-
     2006-0113) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 16, 2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4100. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Importation of Cooked Pork 
     Skins'' (Docket No. APHIS-2008-0032) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on December 16, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4101. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Tribenuron methyl; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8797-9) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 15, 2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4102. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Rimsulfuron; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8796-9) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 15, 2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4103. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Quinclorac; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8800-7) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 15, 2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4104. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Prosulfuron; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8800-8) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 15, 2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4105. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Prometryn; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8801-8) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 15, 
     2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-4106. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Mesotrione; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8799-1) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 15, 2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4107. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Glyphosate; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8408-1) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 15, 2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4108. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fluoxastrobin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8803-4) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 15, 2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4109. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fenarimol; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8793-5) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 15, 
     2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-4110. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Endothall; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8804-8) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 15, 
     2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-4111. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Dinotefuran; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8803-1) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 15, 2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4112. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Chlorimuron Ethyl; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8798-1) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 15, 2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4113. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Bifenazate; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8804-1) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 15, 2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4114. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``2,6-Diisopropylnaphthalene (2,6-DIPN); Time-Limited 
     Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8798-5) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on December 15, 2009; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4115. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``2-propenoic acid, butyl ester; polymer with ethenylbenzene, 
     methyl 2-methyl-2-propenoate and 2-propenoic acid; Tolerance 
     Exemption'' (FRL No. 8800-6) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 15, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4116. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, transmittal number: DDTC 131-09, of the 
     proposed sale or export of defense articles, including 
     technical data, and defense services to a Middle East country 
     regarding any possible affects such a sale might have 
     relating to Israel's Qualitative Military Edge over military 
     threats to Israel; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4117. 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; Foreign 
     Participation in Acquisitions in Support of Operations in 
     Afghanistan'' (DFARS Case 2009-D012) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on December 16, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4118. 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; 
     Statutory Waiver for Commercially Available Off-the-Shelf 
     Items'' (DFARS Case 2008-D009) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 16, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4119. 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; 
     Technical Data and Computer Software Requirements for Major 
     Weapon Systems'' (DFARS Case 2006-D055) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on December 16, 2009; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4120. 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; 
     Allowability of Costs to Lease Government Equipment for 
     Display or Demonstration'' (DFARS Case 2007-D004) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 16, 
     2009; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4121. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, Department 
     of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary 
     Penalties'' (RIN1990-AA32) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 15, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-4122. A communication from the Deputy Secretary, 
     Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Extension for Filing Accommodation for Static 
     Pool Information in Filings With Respect to Asset-Backed 
     Securities'' (RIN3235-AK44) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 16, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-4123. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, 
     Departmental Offices, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Terrorism Risk Insurance Program; Cap on Annual Liability'' 
     (RIN1505-AB92) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 16, 2009; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-4124. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, 
     Departmental Offices, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Terrorism Risk Insurance Program; Recoupment Provisions'' 
     (RIN1505-AB10) received in the Office of the President of the

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     Senate on December 16, 2009; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-4125. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report relative to the national emergency with respect to 
     Belarus; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.

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