[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 173 (Monday, November 14, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H7576-H7577]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       3806. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Brucellosis in Swine; Add Texas to List of 
     Validated Brucellosis-Free States [Docket No.: APHIS-2011-
     0005] received October 27, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       3807. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General Allen G. Peck, United States Air Force, 
     and his advancement on the retired list in the grade of 
     lieutenant general; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       3808. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting The Fiscal Year 2010 Inventory of 
     Contracts for Services; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       3809. A letter from the Acting Secretary, Department of 
     Commerce, transmitting a certification of export to China; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3810. A letter from the Acting Secretary, Department of 
     Commerce, transmitting a certification of export to China; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3811. A letter from the Acting Secretary, Department of 
     Commerce, transmitting a certification of export to China; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3812. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting notification of a 
     possible unauthorized transfer of U.S.-origin defense 
     articles pursuant to Section 3(e) of the Arms Export Control 
     Act (AECA); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3813. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report on the 
     designation of Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, 
     Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan as ``countries of 
     particular concern'' for having engaged in or tolerated 
     particulary severe violations of religious freedom; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3814. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     annual report for 2010 on United States Participation in the 
     United Nations, pursuant to Public Law 79-264, section 4(a); 
     to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3815. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the 60 day report 
     on Iraq from the April 21, 2011- June 20, 2011 reporting 
     period; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3816. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Sharks in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area 
     [Docket No.: 101126521-0640-2] (RIN: 0648-XA733] received 
     October 24, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       3817. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Pacific Cod by Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessels 
     Harvesting Pacific Cod for Processing by the Inshore 
     Component in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of 
     Alaska [Docket No.: 101126522-0640-02] (RIN: 0648-XA729] 
     received October 24, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       3818. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper Fishery; 2011-2012 
     Accountability Measures for Recreational Black Sea Bass 
     [Docket No.: 0907271173-0629-03] (RIN: 0648-XA698) received 
     October 24, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       3819. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic 
     Deep-Sea Red Crab; Amendment 3 [Docket No.: 100903433-1531-
     02] (RIN: 0648-BA22) received October 24, 2011, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       3820. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of 
     Mexico and South Atlantic; Closure [Docket No.: 001005281-
     0369-02] (RIN: 0648-XA753) received October 24, 2011, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       3821. A letter from the Delegated Authority of the Staff 
     Director, Commission on Civil Rights, transmitting 
     notification that the Commission recently appointed members 
     to the Georgia Advisory Committee; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       3822. A letter from the Special Master, September 11th 
     Victim Compensation Fund, Departmemt of Justice, transmitting 
     the Department's ``Major'' final rule -- James Zadroga 9/11 
     Health and Compensation Act of 2010 [Docket No.: CIV 151] 
     (RIN: 1105-AB39) received October 20, 2011, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       3823. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Safety Zone; Myrtle Beach Triathlon, Atlantic Intracoastal 
     Waterway, Myrtle Beach, SC [Docket No.: USCG-2011-0001] (RIN: 
     1625-AA00) received October 24, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       3824. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Safety Zones; August and September Fireworks and Swimming 
     Events in Captain of the Port Boston Zone [Docket No.: USCG-
     2011-0671] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received October 24, 2011, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3825. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Safety Zone; Revolution 3 Triathlon, Sandusky Bay, Lake 
     Erie, Cedar Point, OH [Docket No.: USCG-2011-0775] (RIN: 
     1625-AA00) received October 24, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       3826. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays and Surfing Events in 
     Captain of the Port Long Island Sound Zone [Docket No.: USCG-
     2011-0786] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received October 24, 2011, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3827. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Safety Zone; Thunder on the Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Orange 
     Beach, AL [Docket No.: USCG-2011-0734] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 
     received October 24, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3828. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Special Local Regulation for Marine Events; Chesapeake Bay 
     Workboat Race; Back River, Messick Point, Poquoson, Virginia 
     [Docket No.: USCG-2011-0741] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received 
     October 24, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3829. A letter from the Deputy Director, Regulation Policy 
     and Management, Office of General Counsel, Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Sharing Information Between the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs and the Department of Defense (RIN: 2900-AN95) 
     received October 19, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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       3830. A letter from the Chief, Trade and Commercial 
     Regulations Branch, Department of the Treasury, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- United States -- Oman Free 
     Trade Agreement [USCBP-2010-0041] (RIN: 1515-AD68) received 
     October 18, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       3831. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Postponement of Certain Hybrid Plan 
     Regulations; Special Timing Rules for Section 204(h) [Notice 
     2011-85] received October 17, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       3832. A letter from the Administrator, TSA, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Administration's 
     certification that the level of screening services and 
     protection provided at Sioux Falls Regional Airport will be 
     equal to or greater than the level that would be provided at 
     the airport by TSA Transportation Security Officers; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security.
       3833. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting proposed legislation to eliminate the need for 
     annual updates of the workforce restructuring plans for 
     defense nuclear facilities; jointly to the Committees on 
     Armed Services and Energy and Commerce.
       3834. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting an annual report concerning operations at the 
     Naval Petroleum Reserves for fiscal year 2010, pursuant to 
     the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976, pursuant 
     to 10 U.S.C. 7431(c); jointly to the Committees on Armed 
     Services and Energy and Commerce.
       3835. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Department's 2010 report entitled, 
     ``Department of Energy Activities Relating to the Defense 
     Nuclear Facilities Safety Board''; jointly to the Committees 
     on Energy and Commerce and Armed Services.
       3836. A letter from the Offices of Congressional and 
     Legislative Affairs, Legislative Affairs, and Legislation, 
     Departments of Health and Human Services, Interior, and 
     Justice, transmitting the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse 
     Memorandum of Agreement; jointly to the Committees on Energy 
     and Commerce and the Judiciary.
       3837. A letter from the Secretary, Army, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a report entitled ``Report to Congress 
     on Implementation of Army Directive on Army National 
     Cemeteries Program''; jointly to the Committees on Veterans' 
     Affairs and Armed Services.

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