[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 20, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S49-S51]
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-4168. A communication from the Director of Program 
     Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Electric Program: Definition of 
     Rural Area'' ((7 CFR Part 1710) (RIN0572-AC15)) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 21, 
     2009; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-4169. A communication from the Secretary of the Navy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     Average Procurement Unit Cost for the Remote Minehunting 
     System (RMS) Program; to the Committee on Armed Services.

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       EC-4170. A communication from the General Counsel, 
     Selective Service System, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the vacancy in the position of Director of 
     the Selective Service System; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-4171. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General Jack L. Rives, United States Air Force, 
     and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the 
     retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4172. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Mississippi Coastal Improvements 
     Program (MsCIP), Hancock, Harrison and Jackson Counties, 
     Mississippi; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4173. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and 
     Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Updated Statements of 
     Legal Authority to Reflect Continuation of the Emergency 
     Declared in Executive Order 12938 and Changes to the United 
     States Code'' (RIN0694-AE76) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 23, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-4174. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and 
     Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Reporting of Offsets 
     Agreements in Sales of Weapon Systems or Defense-Related 
     Items to Foreign Countries of Foreign Firms'' (RIN0694-AE40) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 23, 2009; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-4175. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and 
     Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendments to the Export 
     Administration Regulations (EAR) Based upon the Accession of 
     Albania and Croatia to Formal Membership in the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'' (RIN0694-AE62) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 23, 
     2009; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-4176. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and 
     Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Authorization Validated 
     End-User: Amendment to Existing Validated End-User 
     Authorizations in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and 
     India'' (RIN0694-AE77) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 23, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-4177. 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 
     Federative Republic of Brazil; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-4178. A communication from the Secretary of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month report on the 
     national emergency that was originally declared in Executive 
     Order 13159 relative to the risk of nuclear proliferation 
     created by the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile 
     material in the territory of the Russian Federation; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-4179. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the six-month 
     periodic report on the national emergency with respect to the 
     Western Balkans that was declared in Executive Order 13219 of 
     June 26, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-4180. A communication from the NRDAR Program Manager, 
     Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Natural Resource Damages for Hazardous Substances'' 
     (RIN1090-AA97) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 22, 2009; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
       EC-4181. 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 
     ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
     Area Source Standards for Prepared Feeds Manufacturing'' (FRL 
     No. 9095-2) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 22, 2009; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-4182. 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 
     ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
     for Area Sources: Chemical Preparations Industry'' (FRL No. 
     9095-1) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 22, 2009; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-4183. 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 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; Indiana'' (FRL No. 8985-4) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on December 22, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4184. 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 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of 
     Missouri'' (FRL No. 9096-4) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 23, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4185. 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 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and 
     Operating Permits Program; State of Iowa'' (FRL No. 9096-6) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 23, 2009; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-4186. 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 ``Corporate Reorganizations; Distributions 
     Under Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 354(b)(1)(B)'' ((TD 9475) 
     (RIN1545-BF83)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 23, 2009; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-4187. 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 ``Tax-Exempt Bonds in Certain Disaster 
     Areas'' (Notice 2010-10) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 23, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-4188. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, the 
     certification of a proposed technical assistance agreement 
     for the export of defense articles, including, technical 
     data, and defense services to Kuwait in support of the Combat 
     Support Services Contract for the U.S. Army Support Group in 
     the amount of $50,000,000 or more; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-4189. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, the 
     certification of a proposed amendment to a manufacturing 
     license agreement for the export of defense articles, 
     including, technical data, and defense services to Canada 
     relative to the design, manufacture, and repair of the APS-
     508 Radar to support the Canadian CP-140 Maritime Patrol 
     Aircraft; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-4190. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, the 
     certification of a proposed amendment to a manufacturing 
     license agreement for the export of defense articles, 
     including, technical data, and defense services to Turkey 
     relative to the design, manufacture, and repair of F-35 
     Center Fuselages and related Assemblies in the amount of 
     $100,000,000 or more; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-4191. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, the 
     certification of a proposed technical assistance agreement 
     for the export of defense articles, including, technical 
     data, and defense services relative to the development of the 
     Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Program involving 
     the United States, Austria, Italy, and Germany in the amount 
     of $50,000,000 or more; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-4192. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, the 
     certification of a proposed manufacturing license agreement 
     for the export of defense articles, including, technical 
     data, and defense services to Germany relative to the design 
     and manufacture of the H-726 Dynamic Reference Unit for 
     Military Vehicles; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-4193. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, the 
     certification of a proposed manufacturing license agreement 
     for the export of defense articles, including, technical 
     data, and defense services to the United Kingdom relative to 
     the manufacture and repair of aircraft vertical and azimuth 
     rate gyros as well as attitude heading reference systems 
     (AHRS) and attitude indicators; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-4194. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, the 
     certification of a proposed amendment to a technical 
     assistance agreement for the export of defense articles, 
     including, technical data, and defense services to the United 
     Arab Emirates relative to the design and development of the 
     Vehicle Launched Scatterable

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     Anti-Tank System (VLSAS) in the amount of $50,000,000 or 
     more; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-4195. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, 
     U.S. Agency for International Development, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Agency's Fiscal Year 2009 Agency 
     Financial Report; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-4196. 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 
     ``Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of 
     Animals; Methyl Esters of Conjugated Linoleic Acid (Cis-9), 
     Trans-11 and Trans-10, Cis-12-Octadecadienoic Acids'' (Docket 
     No. FDA-2003-F-0398) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on December 21, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-4197. 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 
     ``Current Good Manufacturing Practice for Positron Emission 
     Tomography Drugs'' (Docket No. FDA-2004-N-0449) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 22, 
     2009; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-4198. A communication from the Secretary of the Federal 
     Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to the use of the exemption from the antitrust laws 
     provided by the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-4199. A communication from the Director, Center for 
     Employee and Family Support Policy, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Continuation of Eligibility for Certain Civil 
     Service Benefits for Former Federal Employees of the Civilian 
     Marksmanship Program'' (RIN3206-AJ55) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on December 22, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-4200. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 18-138, ``Initiative Measure No. 59, 
     Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 
     1999''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-4201. A communication from the Inspector General, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Semi-Annual Report of the Inspector General for the period 
     from April 1 through September 30, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-4202. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Agency's Performance and Accountability Report for 
     fiscal year 2009; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-4203. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's 
     Performance and Accountability Report for fiscal year 2009; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-4204. A communication from the Policy Editor, Bureau of 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Extending Period of Optional Practical Training by 
     17 Months for F-1 Nonimmigrant Students with STEM Degrees and 
     Expanding Cap-Gap Relief for All F-1 Students with Pending H-
     1B Petitions (RIN1653-AA56) received on December 22, 2009; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-4205. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement 
     Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Changes to Patient 
     Limitation for Dispensing or Prescribing Approved Narcotic 
     Controlled Substances for Maintenance or Detoxification 
     Treatment by Qualified Individual Practitioners'' (Docket 
     Number DEA-275F) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 23, 2009; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       EC-4206. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 18-248, ``Religious Freedom and Civil 
     Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009''; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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