[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 25, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H180-H181]
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:

       4691. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in 
     Texas; Increased Assessment Rate [Doc. No.: AMS-FV-11-0057; 
     FV11-906-1 FR] received January 3, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4692. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain 
     D747; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-
     OPP-2010-0944; FRL-9330-4] received January 4, 2012, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4693. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Suspension of Community Eligibility [Docket ID: FEMA-2011-
     0002] [Internal Agency Docket No.: FEMA-8205] received 
     January 3, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       4694. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions involving 
     U.S. exports to the Republic of Korea pursuant to Section 
     2(b)(3) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
       4695. A letter from the Director, Office of Management and 
     Budget, transmitting a report on appropriations legislation 
     as required by section 251(a)(7) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act 1985, as amended; to the 
     Committee on the Budget.
       4696. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Annual Report for Fiscal 
     Year 2010 of the Administration on Aging, pursuant to 42 
     U.S.C. 3018; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       4697. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting a report on the activities of 
     the National 911 Program; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       4698. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia, Maryland, 
     Virginia, and West Virginia; Determinations of Attainment of 
     the 1997 Fine Particle Standard for the Metropolitan 
     Washington, DC-MD-VA and Martinsburg-Hagerstown, WV-MD 
     Nonattainment Areas [EPA-R03-OAR-2011-0801; FRL-9616-6] 
     received January 4, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4699. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Implementation Plans; Alaska [EPA-R10-OAR-2010-0917; FRL-
     9616-4] received January 4, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4700. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Implementation Plans; State of Colorado; Interstate Transport 
     of Pollution Revisions for the 1997 PM2.5 and 8-Hour Ozone 
     NAAQS: ``Significant Contribution'', ''Interference with 
     Maintenance'', and ``Interference with Prevention of 
     Significant Deterioration'' Requirements; Revisions to 
     Regulation No. 3 [EPA-R08-OAR-2007-1037; FRL-9506-8] received 
     January 4, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4701. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- EPAAR Clause for Compliance with EPA 
     Policies for Information Resources Management [EPA-HQ-OARM-
     2010-0764; FRL-9616-2] received January 4, 2012, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       4702. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Partial Approval and Partial 
     Disapproval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; 
     San Joaquin Valley; Reasonably Available Control Technology 
     for Ozone [EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0723; FRL-9616-5] received 
     January 4, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4703. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Revisions to the California State 
     Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution 
     Control District (SJVUAPCD) [EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0547; FRL-9480-
     1] received January 4, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4704. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Underground Storage Tank Program: 
     Approved State Program for the State of Oregon [EPA-R10-UST-
     2011-0097; FRL-9615-4] received January 4, 2012, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       4705. A letter from the Acting Secretary, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting Biennial report on the Do-Not-Call 
     Registry for FY 2010 and 2011; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       4706. A letter from the Secretary, Deaprtment of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the 
     National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 
     204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 
     U.S.C. 1703(c), a six-month periodic report on the national 
     emergency with respect to North Korea that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 
     1641(c); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       4707. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the 
     National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 
     204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 
     U.S.C. 1703(c), and pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of July 
     31, 2003, a six-month periodic report on the national 
     emergency with respect to the Western Balkans that was 
     declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, pursuant 
     to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       4708. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting consistent with 
     the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq

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     Resolution of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-243), the Authorization for 
     the Use of Force Against Iraq Resolution (Pub. L. 102-1), and 
     in order to keep the Congress fully informed, a report 
     prepared by the Department of State for the August 21, 2011 
     -- October 20, 2011 reporting period including matters 
     relating to post-liberation Iraq under Section 7 of the Iraq 
     Liberation Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-338); to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       4709. A letter from the Assistant Legal Advisor for Treaty 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting report prepared by 
     the Department of State concerning international agreements 
     other than treaties entered into by the United States to be 
     transmitted to the Congress within the sixty-day period 
     specified in the Case-Zablocki Act; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       4710. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the 
     National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 
     204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 
     U.S.C. 1703(c), and pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of July 
     31, 2003, a six-month periodic report on the national 
     emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation 
     created by the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile 
     material in the territory of the Russian Federation that was 
     declared in Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       4711. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting a report justifying the reasons for 
     the extension of locality-based comparability payments to 
     categories of positions that are in more than one executive 
     agency, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5304(h)(2)(C); to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
       4712. A letter from the Chair, Cost Accounting Standards 
     Board, Office of Management and Budget, transmitting the 
     Office's final rule -- Cost Accounting Standards: Cost 
     Accounting Standards 412 and 413 -- Cost Accounting Standards 
     Pension Harmonization Rule received January 6, 2012, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       4713. A letter from the Chair, Cost Accounting Standards 
     Board, Office of Management and Budget, transmitting the 
     Office's final rule -- Cost Accounting Standards: Change to 
     the CAS Applicability Threshold for the Inflation Adjustment 
     to the Truth in Negotiations Act Threshold received January 
     6, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
       4714. A letter from the Commissioner, Social Security 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's report for 
     fiscal year 2011 on competitive sourcing efforts as required 
     by Section 647(b) of Division F of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2004, Pub. L. 108-199; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
       4715. A letter from the Chief, Division of Management 
     Authority, International Affairs Program, Department of 
     Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the 
     Regulation that Excludes U.S. Captive-Bred Scimitar-Horned 
     Oryx, Addax, and Dama Gazelle from Certain Prohibitions 
     [Docket No.: FWS-R9-IA-2010-0056] (RIN: 1018-AX29) received 
     January 6, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       4716. A letter from the Secretary, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting a report on the Pandemic and All-
     Hazards Preparedness Act Usage of Act's Antitrust Laws 
     Exemption; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       4717. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the fourth of five reports 
     required by Section 1201(c) of the American Recovery and 
     Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) detailing the 
     Department's progress; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4718. A letter from the Senior Program Analyst, Department 
     of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Pilot, Flight Instructor, and Pilot School Certification; 
     Technical Amendment [Docket No.: FAA-2006-26661; Amdt. No. 
     61-129] (RIN: 2120-AI86) received January 3, 2012, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
       4719. A letter from the Assistant Chief Counsel for 
     Hazardous Materials Safety, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Hazardous 
     Materials: Miscellaneous Amendments; Response to Appeals; 
     Corrections [Docket No.: PHMSA-2009-0151(HM-218F)] (RIN: 
     2137-AE84) received January 3, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       4720. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a semi-annual 
     report to Congress on the continued compliance of Azerbaijan, 
     Kazakhstan, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and 
     Uzbekistan with the Trade Act's freedom of emigration 
     provisions, as required under the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, 
     pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2432(c) and (d); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.

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