Congressional Record, Volume 156 Issue 51 (Tuesday, April 13, 2010)

[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 13, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2238-S2240]
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-5288. A communication from the Secretary of the Air
Force, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to
the Average Procurement Unit Cost for the Wideband Global
SATCOM (WGS) program satellites; to the Committee on Armed
Services.
EC-5289. A communication from the Secretary of the Army,
transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the
Average Procurement Unit Cost for the Advanced Threat
Infrared Countermeasure and Common Missile Warning System
(ATIRCM/CMWS) program; to the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-5290. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller), Department
of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative
to meals sold by messes for the United States Navy and Naval
Auxiliary vessels; to the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-5291. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of
the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), Department
of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative
to the Army's intent to enter into a contract in support of
depot maintenance programs performed at Corpus Christi Army
Depot, Texas, for the AH-64 and CH-47 Systems; to the
Committee on Armed Services.
EC-5292. A communication from the Administrator of the
Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service,
Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the
report of a rule entitled ``Potato Research and Promotion
Plan'' (Docket Nos. AMS-FV-09-0024; FV-09-706C) received
during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the
President of the Senate on March 31, 2010; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5293. A communication from the Secretary of the
Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic
report on the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13224 of September 23, 2001, with respect to persons who
commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism; to the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5294. A communication from the Chairman, Federal
Financial Institutions Examination Council, transmitting,
pursuant to law, the Council's 2009 Annual Report to
Congress; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs.
EC-5295. A communication from the Chairman, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting,
pursuant to law, a report relative to the Buy American Act;
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5296. A communication from the Deputy to the Chairman
for Legal Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Transitional Safe Harbor Protection for Treatment by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Conservator or
Receiver of Financial Assets Transferred by an Insured
Depository Institution in Connection With a Securitization or
Participation'' (RIN3064-AD55) received during adjournment of
the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on
April 1, 2010; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs.
EC-5297. A communication from the Assistant to the Board of
Governors, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs,
Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the
report of a rule entitled ``Electronic Fund Transfers'' (FRS
Docket No. R-1377) received in the Office of the President of
the Senate on March 26, 2010; to the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5298. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel
for Legislation and Regulatory Law, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards
for Small Electric Motors'' (RIN1904-AB70) received during
adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of
the Senate on April 1, 2010; to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources.
EC-5299. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for
Fish and Wildlife Parks, National Wildlife Refuge Service,
Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law,
the report of a rule entitled ``Refuge Specific Regulations;
Public Use; Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge'' (RIN1018-AW15)
as received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of
the President of the Senate on April 1, 2010; to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5300. 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
``Delegation of New Source Performance Standards and National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the State
of Louisiana'' (FRL No. 9137-2) received in the Office of the
President of the Senate on April 12, 2010; to the Committee
on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5301. 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; Wyoming; Revisions to the Wyoming Air Quality
Standards and Regulations; Direct Final Rule'' (FRL No. 9136-
6) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on
April 12, 2010; to the Committee on Environment and Public
Works.
EC-5302. 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 ``Striping Transactions for Qualified Tax
Credit Bonds'' (Notice No. 2010-28) received during
adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of
the Senate on March 31, 2010; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5303. 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 ``American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act
of 2009 Clarifications'' (Notice No. 2010-18) received during
adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of
the Senate on March 31, 2010; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5304. 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 ``Issuance of Opinion and Advisory Letters
and Opening of the EGTRRA Determination Letter Program for
Pre-Approved Defined Benefit Plans'' (Announcement 2010-20)
received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of
the President of the Senate on March 31, 2010; to the
Committee on Finance.
EC-5305. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of
Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of State, transmitting,
pursuant to law, a report relative to the waiver of the
restrictions contained in Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support
Act of 1992; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5306. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of
Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of State, transmitting,
pursuant to law, a report relative to the withdrawal of
certification granted to Mexico in relation to the incidental
capture of sea turtles in commercial shrimping operations; to
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5307. 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 for the
manufacture of Small Diameter Bomb Increment I (SDB I) Weapon
System in Italy; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5308. 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 for the continued manufacture of
M791, M792, and M793 Ammunition and Components for sale to
Turkey; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5309. 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 for the manufacture of Combat
Identification System Products, Subsystems, and

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Ancillary Equipment for the Italian Ministry of Defense; to
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5310. 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 Israel for the manufacture of
the Video Matrix Switch with Quad Processor (VMS-Q) in the
amount of $50,000,000 or more; to the Committee on Foreign
Relations.
EC-5311. 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 support the Proton launch of
the Astra 1N Commercial Communication Satellite from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the amount of
$50,000,000 or more; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5312. 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 develop,
integrate, and manufacture the Integrated Color Display
System for modernization of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Air Force Indigenous Defense Fighter in the amount of
$50,000,000 or more; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5313. 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 for the continued manufacture of
the T55-L712 and 55-L714A engines powering the Japanese
Ministry of Defense's CH-47J Helicopter in the amount of
$100,000,000 or more; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5314. A communication from the Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State,
transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to U.S.
support for Taiwan's participation as an observer at the 63rd
World Health Assembly and in the work of the World Health
Organization; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5315. A communication from the Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State,
transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the
justification for the President's waiver of the restrictions
on the provision of funds to the Palestinian Authority; to
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5316. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, U.S.
Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting,
pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act--2009
Implementation'' (RIN1625-AB40) received during adjournment
of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on
April 9, 2010; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions.
EC-5317. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel
for Regulatory Services, Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education, Department of Education, transmitting, pursuant to
law, the report of a rule entitled ``Race to the Top Fund''
(RIN1810-AB10) received during adjournment of the Senate in
the Office of the President of the Senate on April 8, 2010;
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5318. A communication from the Acting Director,
Legislative and Regulatory Department, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the
report of a rule entitled ``Allocation of Assets in Single-
Employer Plans; Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying
Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts 4022 and 4044) received during
adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of
the Senate on March 29, 2010; to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5319. 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
``Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification;
Bismuth Citrate'' (Docket No. FDA-2008-C-0098) received
during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the
President of the Senate on April 8, 2010; to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5320. 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
``Advisory Committees; Technical Amendment'' (Docket No. FDA-
2010-N-0001) received during adjournment of the Senate in the
Office of the President of the Senate on April 8, 2010; to
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5321. 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; Technical Amendment'' (Docket No. FDA-
2010-N-0010) received during adjournment of the Senate in the
Office of the President of the Senate on April 9, 2010; to
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5322. 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
``Administrative Practices and Procedures; Good Guidance
Practices; Technical Amendment'' (Docket No. FDA-1999-N-3539)
received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of
the President of the Senate on April 9, 2010; to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5323. 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 Drugs; Removal of Obsolete and Redundant
Regulations'' (Docket No. FDA-2003-N-0446) received during
adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of
the Senate on April 9, 2010; to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5324. 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
``Revision of Organization and Conforming Changes to
Regulations'' (Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0148) received during
adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of
the Senate on April 9, 2010; to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5325. 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; Pediatric Uses of Devices; Requirement for
Submission of Information on Pediatric Subpopulations That
Suffer From a Disease or Condition That a Device is Intended
to Treat, Diagnose, or Cure; Direct Final Rule'' (Docket No.
FDA-2009-N-0458) received during adjournment of the Senate in
the Office of the President of the Senate on April 9, 2010;
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5326. A communication from the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of
a petition to add workers from the Nevada Test Site, Mercury,
Nevada, to the Special Exposure Cohort; to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5327. A communication from the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of
a petition to add workers from the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, Livermore, California, to the Special
Exposure Cohort; to the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5328. A communication from the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of
a petition to add workers from the Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory in Berkeley, California, to the Special Exposure
Cohort; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions.
EC-5329. A communication from the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of
a petition to add workers from the Westinghouse Electric
Corp., Bloomfield, Illinois, to the Special Exposure Cohort;
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5330. A communication from the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of
a petition to add workers from the Area IV of Santa Susana
Field, Santa Susana, California, to the Special Exposure
Cohort; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions.
EC-5331. A communication from the Director of the Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant
to law, the report of a rule entitled ``High-Voltage
Continuous Mining Machine Standard for Underground Coal
Miners'' (RIN1219-AB34) received in the Office of the
President of the Senate on April 12, 2010; to the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5332. A communication from the Director of the Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant
to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Coal Mine Dust
Sampling Devices'' (RIN1219-AB61) received in the Office of
the President of the Senate on April 12, 2010; to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5333. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 18-329, ``Service Animal Amendment Act of
2010''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs.
EC-5334. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 18-330, ``Uniform Interstate Depositions
and Discovery Act of 2010''; to the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs.
EC-5335. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report

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on D.C. Act 18-331, ``Closing of a Portion of an Unimproved
Public Alley in Square 5795, S.O. 08-7766, Act of 2010''; to
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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