[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 57 (Monday, May 2, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2578-S2580]
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:


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       EC-1362. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Legislative Affairs), transmitting three legislative 
     proposals relative to the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2012; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1363. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Legislative Affairs), transmitting three legislative 
     proposals relative to the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2012; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1364. 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 Additional 
     Changes from the Annual Review of the Entity List; Removal of 
     Person Based on Removal Request'' (RIN0694-AF13) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on April 14, 2011; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1365. A communication from the Chief of Staff, Media 
     Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Television 
     Broadcasting Services; Decatur, IL'' (MB Docket No. 10-264; 
     DA 11-572) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on April 14, 2011; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1366. A communication from the Assistant Chief, Wireless 
     Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fixed and Mobile Services in the Mobile Satellite Service 
     Bands at 1525-1559 MHz and 1626.5-1660.5 MHz, 1610-1626.5 MHz 
     and 2483.5-2500 MHz, and 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz'' 
     ((ET Docket No. 10-142)(FCC 11-57)) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on April 14, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1367. A communication from the Division Chief, Public 
     Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Review of the Emergency Alert System'' (FCC 
     11-12) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on April 14, 2011; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1368. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Public 
     Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Section 90.617 Frequencies in the 809.750-
     824/854.750-869 MHz, and 896-901/935-940 MHz Bands Available 
     for Trunked, Conventional or Cellular System Use in Non-
     border Areas. Section 90.677 Reconfiguration of the 806-824/
     851-869 MHz Band in Order to Separate Cellular Systems from 
     Non-cellular Systems'' (DA 11-315) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on April 14, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1369. A communication from the Deputy Chief, Consumer 
     and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Implementation of the Twenty-First Century 
     Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, Section 
     105, Relay Services for Deaf-Blind Individuals, Report and 
     Order'' (FCC 11-56) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on April 14, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1370. A communication from the Deputy Chief, Consumer 
     and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Structure and Practices of the Video Relay 
     Service Program, Report and Order and Further Notice of 
     Prospect Rulemaking'' (FCC 11-54) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on April 14, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1371. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West 
     Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason 
     Actions No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4'' (RIN0648-XA293) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 14, 2011; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1372. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Shrimp Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic States; 
     Closure of the Penaeid Shrimp Fishery Off South Carolina'' 
     (RIN0648-XA305) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on April 14, 2011; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1373. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, 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 620 in the Gulf of Alaska'' 
     (RIN0648-XA319) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on April 14, 2011; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1374. A communication from the Inspector General, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Fiscal Year 2010 Office 
     of Inspector General Medicaid Integrity Report''; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-1375. 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 ``Applicable Federal Rates--May 2011'' (Rev. 
     Rul. 2011-11) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on April 27, 2011; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-1376. 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 Program: Hospital Inpatient 
     Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and 
     Fiscal Year 2011 Final Wage Indices Implementing the Medicare 
     and Medicaid Extenders Act'' (RIN0938-AQ97) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on April 14, 2011; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       EC-1377. 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 Program: Federal Funding for 
     Medicaid Eligibility Determination and Enrollment 
     Activities'' (RIN0938-AQ53) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on April 14, 2011; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
       EC-1378. A communication from the Management and Program 
     Analyst, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Documents Acceptable for Employment 
     Eligibility Verification'' (RIN1615-AB69) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on April 18, 2011; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       EC-1379. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, two legislative proposals: first, a 
     proposal to implement international agreements concerning 
     nuclear terrorism and nuclear materials; and second, a 
     proposal to implement international agreements on maritime 
     terrorism and the maritime transportation of weapons of mass 
     destruction; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-1380. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense, Legislative Affairs, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting three legislative proposals relative to the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-1381. A communication from the Chief Justice of the 
     Supreme Court of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy 
     Procedure that have been adopted by the Supreme Court of the 
     United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-1382. A communication from the Chief Justice of the 
     Supreme Court of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate 
     Procedure that have been adopted by the Supreme Court of the 
     United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-1383. A communication from the Chief Justice of the 
     Supreme Court of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal 
     Procedure that have been adopted by the Supreme Court of the 
     United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-1384. A communication from the Chief Justice of the 
     Supreme Court of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence that 
     have been adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-1385. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Report of the Attorney General to the Congress of the 
     United States on the Administration of the Foreign Agents 
     Registration Act of 1938, as amended for the six months 
     ending June 30, 2010''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-1386. A communication from the Director, Administrative 
     Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, reports entitled ``2010 Annual Report of the Director of 
     the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts'' and ``2010 
     Judicial Business of the United States Courts''; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-1387. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer 
     Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer'' (RIN0648-XA301) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on April 14, 
     2011; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1388. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, Department 
     of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Occupational Radiation Protection'' (RIN1992-
     AA45) received in the Office of the President of Senate on 
     April 14, 2011; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-1389. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, Department 
     of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program for Consumer 
     Products: Decision and Order Granting 180-Day Extension of 
     Compliance Date for Residential Furnaces

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     and Boilers Test Procedure Amendments; Correction'' (RIN1904-
     AB89) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on April 14, 2011; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-1390. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, Department 
     of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program for Consumer 
     Products: Test Procedures for Walk-in Coolers and Walk-in 
     Freezers'' (RIN1904-AB85) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on April 
     18, 2011; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-1391. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Kentucky; 
     Approval of Section 110(a)(1) Maintenance Plans for the 1997 
     8-Hour Ozone Standards for the Edmonson County, KY; Greenup 
     County Portion of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY; Lexington-
     Fayette, KY; and Owensboro, KY'' (FRL No. 9295-9) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on April 14, 2011; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1392. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; State of 
     Colorado; Interstate Transport of Pollution Revisions for the 
     1997 8-hour Ozone and 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS: `Interference with 
     Visibility' Requirement'' (FRL No. 9297-1) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on April 14, 2011; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1393. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Nevada; PM-10; 
     Determinations Regarding Attainment for the Truckee Meadows 
     Nonattainment Area and Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act 
     Requirements'' (FRL No. 9296-9) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on April 14, 2011; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1394. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revision to the South 
     Coast Portion of the California State Implementation Plan, 
     CPV Sentinel Energy Project AB 1318 Tracking System'' (FRL 
     No. 9293-6) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on April 14, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-1395. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Caloosahatchee River (C-43) West Basin 
     Storage Reservoir project in Hendry County, Florida; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1396. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to coastal storm damage reduction for Surf 
     City and North Topsail Beach; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-1397. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     State, transmitting, pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, 
     the certification of a proposed agreement for the export of 
     defense articles, to include technical data, and defense 
     services to support the design, manufacture, delivery and in-
     orbit support of the INMARSAT-5 Commercial Communication 
     Satellite Program for the United Kingdom in the amount of 
     $50,000,000 or more; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-1398. A communication from the Acting 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 France and the United 
     Kingdom for the production of the VT-1 Missile, the related 
     launch pod container, and certain tooling, test equipment, 
     and related hardware in the amount of $100,000,000 or more; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-1399. A communication from the Secretary of Labor, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's fiscal year 
     2010 annual report relative to the Notification and Federal 
     Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1400. A communication from the Associate Special 
     Counsel, Office of Special Counsel, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Office of Special Counsel's fiscal year 2010 annual 
     report relative to the Notification and Federal Employee 
     Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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