[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 6, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4392-S4394]
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-2370. A communication from the Chief of Planning and 
     Regulatory Affairs, Food and Nutrition Services, Department 
     of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Child and Adult Care Food Program: 
     Improving Management and Program Integrity'' (RIN0584-AC24) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     30, 2011; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-2371. A communication from the Chief of Planning and 
     Regulatory Affairs, Food and Nutrition Services, Department 
     of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``National School Lunch Program: School Food 
     Service Account Revenue Amendments Related to the Healthy, 
     Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010'' (RIN0584-AE11) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on June 30, 2011; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2372. A communication from the Chief of Planning and 
     Regulatory Affairs, Food and Nutrition Services, Department 
     of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for 
     Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Exclusion of Combat Pay 
     from WIC Income Eligibility Determinations'' (RIN0584-AE04) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     30, 2011; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-2373. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of 
     an officer authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of 
     major general in accordance with title 10, United States 
     Code, section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-2374. A communication from the General Counsel of the 
     National Credit Union Administration, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Prompt Corrective 
     Action; Amended Definition of Low-Risk Assets, 76 FR 16234 
     (March 23, 2011)'' (RIN3133-AD81) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on June 30, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2375. A communication from the General Counsel of the 
     National Credit Union Administration, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Prompt Corrective 
     Action; Amended Definition of Low-Risk Assets, 75 FR 66298 
     (October 28, 2010)'' (RIN3133-AD81) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on June 30, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2376. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Flood Elevation Determinations'' ((44 CFR Part 
     67)(Docket No. FEMA-2011-0002)) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     July 1, 2011; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-2377. 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: Certification, 
     Compliance, and Enforcement for Consumer Products and 
     Commercial and Industrial Equipment'' (RIN1904-AC23) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 1, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-2378. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revision of 
     Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2011'' (RIN3150-
     AI93) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on June 30, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-2379. 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 ``Regulation to Mitigate 
     the Misfueling of Vehicles and Engines with Gasoline 
     Containing Greater Than Ten Volume Percent Ethanol and 
     Modifications to the Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline 
     Programs'' (FRL No. 9428-2) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 30, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2380. 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 Oregon; 
     Regional Haze State Implementation Plan and Interstate 
     Transport Plan'' (FRL No. 9425-3) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on June 30, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2381. 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 ``Revisions to the 
     California State Implementation Plan, Antelope Valley Air 
     Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 9427-9) received in 
     the Office

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     of the President of the Senate on June 30, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2382. 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; State of 
     Louisiana'' (FRL No. 9323-7) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 30, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2383. 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 ``Revisions to the 
     California State Implementation Plan, Imperial County Air 
     Pollution Control District, Kern County Air Pollution Control 
     District, and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District'' 
     (FRL No. 9425-4) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 30, 2011; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-2384. 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 ``Revisions to the 
     California State Implementation Plan, Imperial County Air 
     Pollution Control District, Kern County Air Pollution Control 
     District, and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District'' 
     (FRL No. 9429-1) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 30, 2011; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-2385. 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; 
     Pennsylvania; Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference'' 
     (FRL No. 9314-6) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 30, 2011; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-2386. 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; Louisiana; 
     Determination of Termination of Section 185 Fees'' (FRL No. 
     9430-2) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on June 30, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-2387. 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 ``Revisions to the 
     California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley 
     Unified Air Pollutions Control District'' (FRL No. 9428-7) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     30, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2388. A communication from the Director, 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 June 30, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-2389. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     State, transmitting, pursuant to law, status reports relative 
     to Iraq for the period of February 21, 2011 through April 20, 
     2011; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-2390. A communication from the 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; Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices; Classification of the 
     Wireless Air-Conduction Hearing Aid'' (FDA-2011-N-0361) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     30, 2011; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-2391. 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 ``Group Health Plans and Health Insurance 
     Issuers: Rules Relating to Internal Claims and Appeals and 
     External Review Processes'' (RIN0938-AQ66) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 1, 2011; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-2392. 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 ``Administrative Simplification: Adoption of 
     Operating Rules for Eligibility for a Health Plan and Health 
     Care Claim Status Transactions'' (RIN0938-AQ12) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 1, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-2393. A communication from the Program Manager, Centers 
     for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``World Trade Center Health Program Requirements for 
     Enrollment, Appeals, Certification of Health Conditions, and 
     Reimbursement'' (RIN0920-AA44) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     July 1, 2011; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
       EC-2394. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of 
     Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 1, 2011; to the Select Committee on 
     Intelligence.
       EC-2395. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal 
     Acquisition Circular 2005-53; Introduction'' (FAC 2005-53) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     5, 2011; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-2396. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     operations of the National Defense Stockpile (NDS); to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-2397. A communication from the Secretary, Division of 
     Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Exemptions for Security-Based Swaps'' (RIN3235-AL17) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     15, 2011; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-2398. A communication from the Senior Vice President and 
     Chief Accounting Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Bank's management report 
     for fiscal year 2010; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2399. A communication from the Executive Vice President 
     and Chief Financial Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of 
     Chicago, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Bank's 2010 
     management reports; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-2400. A communication from the Deputy Bureau Chief, 
     Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``In the Matter of Lifeline and Link Up Reform 
     and Modernization, WC Docket No. 11-42; Federal-State Joint 
     Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45; Lifeline and 
     Link Up, WC Docket No. 03-109'' ((RIN3060-AF85) (FCC 11-97)) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 1, 2011; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2401. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Personnel Monitoring Device--
     Direct-Reading Pocket Dosimeters'' (Regulatory Guide 8.4) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 1, 2011; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2402. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Qualification for Cement Grouting 
     for Prestressing Tendons in Containment Structures'' 
     (Regulatory Guide 1.107, Revision 2) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 1, 2011; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-2403. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     extension and amendment of the Agreement Between the 
     Government of the United States of America and the Government 
     of the Republic of Colombia Concerning the Imposition of 
     Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological Material 
     from the Pre-Columbian Cultures and Certain Ecclesiastical 
     Ethnological Material from the Colonial Period of Colombia; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-2404. 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, including, technical data, and defense 
     services to support Proton Rocket Launch Vehicle integration 
     and launch of the Astra 2F commercial communications 
     satellite for the United Kingdom in the amount of $50,000,000 
     or more; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-2405. 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 Japan for the 
     manufacture, assembly, inspection, installation, test, and 
     sale of auxiliary power units for use in CH-47, SH-60K, UH-
     60J, SH-60, and UH-60 helicopters and landing craft air 
     cushions in the amount of $50,000,000 or more; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.

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       EC-2406. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, 
     U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Agency's response to the 
     GAO report entitled ``Afghanistan Development: Enhancements 
     to Performance Management and Evaluation Efforts Could 
     Improve USAID's Agricultural Programs''; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-2407. A communication from the General Counsel of the 
     National Tropical Botanical Garden, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to an audit of the Garden for the 
     period from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2010; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.

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