[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 5, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S3162]
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-5733. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a violation of the Antideficiency Act that 
     occurred within the Department of the Army and was assigned 
     case number 06-04; to the Committee on Appropriations.
       EC-5734. 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 ``Noxious Weeds; Old World Climbing 
     Fern and Maidenhair Creeper'' (Docket No. APHIS-2008-0097) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     4, 2010; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-5735. A joint communication from the Secretary of the 
     Department of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Department 
     of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``Study of Rural Transportation Issues''; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-5736. A communication from the Secretary of the Air 
     Force, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the Program Acquisition Unit Cost and the Average Procurement 
     Unit Cost for the C-130 AMP program exceeding the Acquisition 
     Program Baseline values by more than 15 percent; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-5737. A communication from the Principal Deputy, Office 
     of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, notification of the 
     Department's intent to close the Defense commissary store at 
     Camp Eagle, Korea; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-5738. A communication from the General Counsel of the 
     Department of Defense, transmitting a legislative proposal 
     relative to expansion of eligibility for concurrent receipt 
     of military retirement pay and veterans' disability 
     compensation to medically retired service members, received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on April 29, 
     2010; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-5739. A communication from the General Counsel of the 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting proposed legislation 
     relative to Public Works and Economic Development 
     improvement; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-5740. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Inpatient 
     Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System Payment--
     Update for Rate Year Beginning July 1, 2010 (RY2011)'' 
     (RIN0938-AP83) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 3, 2010; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-5741. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 
     Changes in Provider and Supplier Enrollment, Ordering and 
     Referring, and Documentation Requirements; and Changes in 
     Provider Agreements'' (RIN0938-AQ01) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on May 3, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-5742. A communication from the Program Manager, Centers 
     for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Medicaid Programs; State Flexibility for 
     Medicaid Benefit Packages'' (RIN0938-AP72) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 3, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-5743. A communication from the Director, Administrative 
     Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Report of the Proceedings of the 
     Judicial Conference of the United States'' for the September 
     2009 session and the June 2009 special session; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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