[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 20, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H1425-H1426]
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:

       5313. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of 
     General Peter W. Chiarelli, United States Army, and his 
     advancement to the grade of general on the retired list; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       5314. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement 
     of Lieutenant General Edgar E. Stanton III, United States 
     Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general 
     on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       5315. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary of Defense, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved 
     retirement of Lieutenant General Jeffery A. Remington, United 
     States Air Force, and his advancement on the retired list to 
     the grade of lieutenant general; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       5316. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Final Flood Elevation Determinations [Docket ID: FEMA-
     2011-0002] received February 12, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       5317. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Final Flood Elevation Determinations [Docket ID: FEMA-
     2011-0002] received February 12, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       5318. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Suspension of Community Eligibility [Docket ID: FEMA-2012-
     0003] [Internal Agency Docket No.: FEMA-B-8217] received 
     February 12, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       5319. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Final Flood Elevation Determinations [Docket ID: FEMA-
     2011-0002] received February 12, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       5320. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Office of 
     Electricity Diversity and Energy Reliability, Department of 
     Energy, transmitting a report entitled ``2010 Smart Grid 
     System Report''; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5321. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting Annual Report to Congress on FDA 
     Foreign Offices Provisions of the FDA Food Safety and 
     Modernization Act, pursuant to Public Law 111-353, section 
     201(b); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5322. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Media Bureau, 
     Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Implementation of the Commercial 
     Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act [MB Docket No.: 
     11-93] received March 1,

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     2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       5323. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     final rule -- Interpretation of Protection System Reliability 
     Standard [Docket No.: RM10-5-000; Order No. 758] received 
     February 12, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5324. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional 
     Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's final rule -- International Nuclear and 
     Radiological Event Scale (INES) Participation MD 5.12 
     received February 12, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5325. A letter from the Program Manager, Internal Revenue 
     Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- Summary of 
     Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary -- Templates, 
     Instructions, and Related Materials; and Guidance for 
     Compliance [CMS-9982-FN] received February 14, 2012, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       5326. A letter from the Assistant Secretary For Export 
     Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Amendment to Existing Validated 
     End-User Authorizations for Applied Materials (China), Inc., 
     Boeing Tianjin Composites Co. Ltd., CSMC Technologies 
     Corporation, Lam Research Corporation, and Semiconductor 
     Manufacturing International Corporation in the People's 
     Republic of China, and for GE India Industrial Pvt. Ltd. In 
     India [Docket No.: 110525297-1476-01] (RIN: 0694-AF26) 
     received February 13, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       5327. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Export 
     Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Updated Statements of Legal 
     Authority To Reflect Continuation of Emergency Declared in 
     Executive Orders 12947 and 13224 [Docket No.: 120124063-0261-
     01] (RIN: 0694-AF55) received February 12, 2012, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       5328. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     report on progress toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus 
     question covering the period October 1, 2011 through November 
     30, 2011; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       5329. A letter from the Assistant Director for Policy, 
     Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations 
     received February 13, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       5330. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration and Management, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies 
     Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       5331. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration and Management, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies 
     Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       5332. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration and Management, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies 
     Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       5333. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration and Management, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies 
     Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       5334. A letter from the Inspector General, Railroad 
     Retirement Board, transmitting fiscal year 2013 Congressional 
     Justification of Budget for the Office of the Inspector 
     General; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       5335. A letter from the Acting Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, NMFS, Department of 
     Commerce, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Marine 
     Mammals; Subsistence Taking of Northern Fur Seals; Harvest 
     Estimates [Docket No.: 110781394-2048-02] (RIN: 0648-BB09) 
     received February 12, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       5336. A letter from the Chief, Branch of Listing, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
     Endangered Status and Designations of Critical Habitat for 
     Spikedace and Loach Minnow [Docket No.: FWS-R2-ES-2010-0072] 
     (RIN: 1018-AX17) received February 17, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       5337. A letter from the Acting Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting the 2012 biennial report on the ``Deep Sea Coral 
     Research and Technology Program''; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       5338. 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; Trip Limit Increase [Docket No.: 
     001005281-0369-02] (RIN: 0648-XA974) received February 12, 
     2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       5339. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's determination 
     on a petition on behalf of workers from the Savannah River 
     Site in Aiken, South Carolina, to be added to the Special 
     Exposure Cohort (SEC), pursuant to the Energy Employees 
     Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 
     (EEOICPA); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       5340. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Employment 
     and Training, Department of Labor, transmitting the 
     Department's ``Major'' final rule -- Temporary Non-
     Agricultural Empoyment of H-2B Aliens in the United States 
     (RIN: 1205-AB58) received February 17, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       5341. A letter from the Chairman and Chief Executive 
     Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting a report on 
     the proposed fiscal year 2013 budget; jointly to the 
     Committees on Agriculture and Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
       5342. A letter from the Board Members, Railroad Retirement 
     Board, transmitting Congressional Justification of Budget 
     Estimates for Fiscal Year 2013, including the Performance 
     Plan, pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 231f(f); jointly to the 
     Committees on Appropriations, Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and Ways and Means.

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