[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5848-S5849]
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-6602. 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 
     ``Homobrassinolide; Exemption from the Requirement of a 
     Tolerance'' (FRL No. 8831-2) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     July 9, 2010; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-6603. 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 
     ``Acetic Acid; Exemption from the Requirement of a 
     Tolerance'' (FRL No. 8833-8) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 12, 2010; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6604. 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 
     ``Residues of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds, N-Alkyl (C12-14) 
     Dimethyl Ethylbenzyl Ammonium Chloride; Exemption from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 8833-2) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on July 12, 2010; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6605. 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 
     ``Hexythiazox; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8833-6) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     12, 2010; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-6606. 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 
     ``Cyazofamid; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8833-1) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     12, 2010; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-6607. 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 
     ``Castor Oil, Ethoxylated, Oleate; Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL 
     No. 8834-4) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 12, 2010; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6608. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to violations of the Antideficiency Act in 
     connection with a fiscal year 2009 health care facilities 
     construction project in Nome, Alaska; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       EC-6609. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of General 
     Stanley A. McChrystal, United States Army, and his 
     advancement to the grade of general on the retired list; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6610. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of 
     (4) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of 
     major general and brigadier general, as appropriate, in 
     accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6611. A communication from the Commission on Wartime 
     Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report entitled ``Better Planning for Defense-to-
     State Transition in Iraq Needed to Avoid Mistakes and 
     Waste''; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6612. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations'' ((44 CFR Part 
     65) (Docket No. FEMA-2010-0003)) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 13, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6613. A communication from the Paperwork Clearance 
     Officer, Office of Thrift Supervision, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices; Amendment'' 
     (RIN1550-AC38) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 13, 2010; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6614. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report to 
     Congress on Dedicated Ethanol Pipeline Feasibility''; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-6615. 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 
     ``Lead; Clearance and Clearance Testing Requirements for the 
     Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program; Reopening of 
     Comment Period'' (FRL No. 8836-1) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     July 9, 2010; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-6616. 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 
     ``Extension of Deadline for Action on Section 126 Petition 
     from New Jersey'' (FRL No. 9174-5) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 12, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6617. 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 
     ``Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, 
     Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District and 
     South Coast Air Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 9172-
     3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     July 12, 2010; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.

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       EC-6618. 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 
     ``Terpene Constituents of the Extract of Chenopodium 
     ambrosioides near ambrosioides (a-Terpinene, d-Limonene and 
     p-Cymene) as Synthetically Manufactured; Exemption from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 8831-4) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 9, 2010; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-6619. 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 
     Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; 
     Wisconsin; Redesignation of the Manitowoc County and Door 
     County Areas to Attainment for Ozone'' (FRL No. 9172-9) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 9, 2010; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6620. 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; Texas; 
     Revisions to the New Source Review (NSR) State Implementation 
     Plan (SIP); Flexible Permits'' (FRL No. 9174-1) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 9, 2010; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6621. 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 
     ``Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases from Magnesium 
     Production, Underground Coal Mines, Industrial Wastewater 
     Treatment, and Industrial Waste Landfills'' (FRL No. 9171-1) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 9, 2010; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6622. A communication from the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2008 
     Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-6623. A communication from the Chairman of the Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report entitled ``Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: 
     Fiscal Year 2009''; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-6624. 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 ``Update of Weighted Average Interest Rates, 
     Yield Curves, and Segment Rates'' (Notice No. 2010-52) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     13, 2010; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-6625. 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 ``Excise Taxes on Prohibited Tax Shelter 
     Transactions and Related Disclosure Requirements; Disclosure 
     Requirements with Respect to Prohibited Tax Shelter 
     Transactions; Requirement of Return and Time for Filing'' 
     ((TD 9492) (RIN1545-BG18)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 13, 2010; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-6626. A communication from the Senior Advisor for 
     Regulations, Office of Regulations, Social Security 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Amendments to Regulations Regarding Major 
     Life-Changing Events Affecting Income-Related Monthly 
     Adjustment Amounts to Medicare Part B Premiums'' (RIN0960-
     AH06) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on July 12, 2010; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-6627. 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 ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic 
     Health Record Incentive Program'' (RIN0938-AP78) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on July 13, 2010; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-6628. A communication from the Office Manager, Centers 
     for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital 
     Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical 
     Center Payment System for Calendar Year 2010, and Extension 
     of Part B Payment for Services Furnished by Hospitals or 
     Clinics Operated by the Indian Health Service, Indian Tribes, 
     or Tribal Organizations Made by the Affordable Care Act and 
     ASC Changes Made by Previous Correction Notices'' (RIN0938-
     AQ08) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on July 12, 2010; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-6629. A communication from the Inspector General, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Review of Medicare 
     Contractor Information Security Program Evaluations for 
     Fiscal Year 2007''; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-6630. A communication from the Inspector General, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, two reports entitled ``Guidance and 
     Standards on Language Access Services: Medicare Provides'' 
     and ``Guidance and Standards on Language Access Services: 
     Medicare Plans''; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-6631. A communication from the Acting Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, 
     Agency for International Development (USAID), transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to purchases of articles, 
     materials, and supplies that were manufactured outside of the 
     United States for fiscal year 2009; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-6632. 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 the United Kingdom in support of the 
     sale of Hellfire II missiles in the amount of $25,000,000 or 
     more; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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