[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 49 (Friday, March 26, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2161-S2162]
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-5213. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Implementation of both the 
     Understandings Reached at the 2009 Australia Group (AG) 
     Plenary Meeting and a Decision Adopted under the AG 
     Intersessional Silent Approval Procedures'' (RIN0694-AE85) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 23, 2010; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-5214. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary 
     for Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     Department's intent to impose new foreign policy-based export 
     controls on certain concealed object detection equipment and 
     related software and technology; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-5215. 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; Illinois; NOx Budget Trading Program; 
     Correction'' (FRL No. 9129-9) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 24, 2010; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5216. 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; Michigan; PSD Regulations'' (FRL No. 9129-5) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 24, 
     2010; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5217. 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; Texas; Revision to Control Volatile Organic Compound 
     Emissions in the Houston/Galveston/Brazoria 8-Hour Ozone 
     Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 9130-8) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on March 24, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5218. A communication from the Assistant Administrator 
     for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department 
     of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to 
     Commercial Fishing Operations; Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction 
     Plan Regulations'' (RIN0648-AW51) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 24, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5219. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Wassenaar Arrangement 2008 
     Plenary Agreements Implementation: Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
     Parts I and II, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Commerce Control List, 
     Definitions, Reports; Correction'' (RIN0694-AE58) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on March 23, 2010; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5220. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to the Export 
     Administration Regulations to Enhance U.S. Homeland Security: 
     Addition of Three Export Control Classification Numbers 
     (ECCNs) and License Review Policy'' (RIN0694-AE58) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 23, 
     2010; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5221. 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; Pollock in Statistical Area 630 in 
     the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XV12) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 24, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5222. A communication from the 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; Sablefish Managed Under the Individual Fishing Quota 
     Program'' (RIN0648-XV03) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 24, 2010; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5223. A communication from the Director of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of 
     Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and 
     South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South 
     Atlantic; Closure'' (RIN0648-XU86) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 24, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5224. A communication from the Director of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of 
     Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Inseason Action 
     to Close the Commercial Gulf of Mexico Non-Sandbar Large 
     Coastal Shark Fishery'' (RIN0648-XU90) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on March 24, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5225. 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 ``Magnuson-
     Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; 
     Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Monkfish 
     Fishery'' (RIN0648-XU90) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 24, 2010; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5226. 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 Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and 
     Butterfish Fisheries; Amendment 10'' (RIN0648-AY00) received 
     in the Office of the

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     President of the Senate on March 24, 2010; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5227. 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 
     Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; 
     Annual Specifications'' (RIN0648-XT32) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on March 24, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5228. 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; Gulf of Alaska; Final 
     2010 and 2011 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish'' 
     (RIN0648-XS43) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on March 24, 2010; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5229. 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; Bering Sea and 
     Aleutian Islands; Final 2010 and 2011 Harvest Specifications 
     for Groundfish'' (RIN0648-XS44) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 24, 2010; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5230. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the Department of 
     Commerce's use of category rating; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5231. 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 
     ``New Animal Drug Applications; Confirmation of Effective 
     Date'' (Docket Nos. FDA-2009-N-0436) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on March 23, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-5232. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to the Government Accountability Office 
     recommendations in ``Results-Oriented Cultures: Office of 
     Personnel Management Should Review Administrative Law Judge 
     Program to Improve Hiring and Performance''; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-5233. 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 
     Consolidation of DEA Mailing Addresses'' (RIN1117-AB19) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 24, 2010; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-5234. 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 ``Information on 
     Foreign Chain of Distribution for Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, 
     and Phenylpropanolamine'' (RIN1117-AB07) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 24, 2010; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.

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