[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 167 (Thursday, November 3, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7125-S7126]
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-3775. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Derivatives Clearing 
     Organization General Provisions and Core Principles'' ((17 
     CFR Parts 1, 21, 39, and 140)(RIN3038-AC98)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 1, 2011; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-3776. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     requesting a waiver of realistic survivability testing of the 
     Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) program; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       EC-3777. A communication from the Secretary, Division of 
     Investment Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Reporting by Investment Advisers to Private Funds and 
     Certain Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading 
     Advisors on Form PF'' (RIN3235-AK92) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on November 2, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3778. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Virginia; Revision to Nitrogen Oxides 
     Budget Trading Program'' (FRL No. 9487-6) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 1, 2011; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3779. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; 
     Texas; Regulations for Control of Air Pollution by Permits 
     for New Construction or Modification'' (FRL No. 9485-3) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 1, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3780. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Revisions to the California State Implementation 
     Plan, Placer County Air Pollution Control District and 
     Sacramento Metro Air Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 
     9477-4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on November 1, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-3781. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, 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 Pollution Control 
     District'' (FRL No. 9481-6) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on November 1, 2011; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3782. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, 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 Pollution Control 
     District'' (FRL No. 9481-1) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on November 1, 2011; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3783. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division,

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     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 Pollution Control District and Imperial County 
     Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL No. 9479-3) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on November 1, 
     2011; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3784. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; North Dakota; Revisions to the Air 
     Pollution Control Rules'' (FRL No. 9486-2) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 1, 2011; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3785. A communication from the Chief of the Trade and 
     Commercial Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Addition of the Cook 
     Islands to the List of Nations Entitled to Special Tonnage 
     Tax Exemption'' (CBP Dec. 11-21) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 1, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-3786. A communication from the Chief of the Trade and 
     Commercial Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``United States-Peru Trade 
     Promotion Agreement'' (RIN1515-AD79) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on November 1, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-3787. 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; Medicare Part B Monthly 
     Actuarial Rates, Premium Rate, and Annual Deductible 
     Beginning January 1, 2012'' (RIN0938-AQ16) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 2, 2011; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3788. 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; Part A Premiums for 
     Calendar Year 2012 for the Uninsured Aged and for Certain 
     Disabled Individuals Who Have Exhausted Other Entitlement'' 
     (RIN0938-AQ15) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on November 2, 2011; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3789. 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; Final Waivers in 
     Connection With the Shared Savings Program'' (RIN0938-AR30) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 2, 2011; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3790. 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; End-Stage Renal Disease 
     Prospective Payment System and Quality Incentive Program; 
     Ambulance Fee Schedule; Durable Medical Equipment; and 
     Competitive Acquisition of Certain Durable Medical Equipment, 
     Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies'' (RIN0938-AQ27) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 2, 
     2011; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3791. 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; Inpatient Hospital 
     Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services 
     Coinsurance Amounts for Calendar Year 2012'' (RIN0938-AQ14) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 2, 2011; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3792. 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; Home Health Prospective 
     Payment System Rate Update for Calendar Year 2012'' (RIN0938-
     AQ30) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on November 2, 2011; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3793. 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; Medicare Shared Savings 
     Program: Accountable Care Organization'' (RIN0938-AQ22) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 2, 2011; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3794. 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: Payment Policies Under 
     the Physician Fee Schedule, Five-Year Review of Work Relative 
     Value Units, Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: Signature on 
     Requisition, and Other Revisions to Part B for Calendar Year 
     2012'' (RIN0938-AQ25 and RIN0938-AQ00) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on November 2, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-3795. 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: Hospital 
     Outpatient Prospective Payment; Ambulatory Surgical Center 
     Payment; Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program; Physician 
     Self-Referral; and Patient Notification Requirements in 
     Provider Agreements'' (RIN0938-AQ26) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on November 2, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-3796. A communication from the Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to U.S. 
     Assistance for the Government of Ukraine (DCN OSS-2011-1727); 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-3797. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to recent 
     Global Fund audit information, commitment and disbursement 
     data, and a summary of the recipient and sub-recipient 
     expenditures as reported to the United States Government; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-3798. A communication from the Chairman of the National 
     Council on Disability, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report entitled ``National Disability Policy: A Progress 
     Report''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-3799. A communication from the Chairman of the National 
     Council on Disability, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report entitled ``The Power of Digital Inclusion: 
     Technology's Impact on Employment and Opportunities for 
     People with Disabilities''; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-3800. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to waiving 
     or partially waiving Section 404(a) of the Child Soldiers 
     Prevention Act of 2008 with respect to Yemen, the Democratic 
     Republic of the Congo, and Chad; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       EC-3801. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Fiscal Year 2010 
     Annual Report to Congress for the Office of Justice Programs; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-3802. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator of the Office of Diversion Control, Drug 
     Enforcement Agency, Department of Justice, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Schedules of 
     Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Three Synthetic 
     Cathinones Into Schedule I'' (Docket No. DEA-357) received 
     during recess of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 24, 2011; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       EC-3803. A communication from the Chair, U.S. Sentencing 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice 
     System''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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