[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 53 (Friday, March 30, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H1810-H1811]
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:

       5502. A letter from the Secretary, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's report entitled, 
     ``2011 Packers and Stockyards Program Annual Report''; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       5503. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Penthiopyrad; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0349; FRL-9335-7] received March 7, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       5504. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Aspergillus flavus AF36; Amendment to 
     an Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-
     2007-0158; FRL-9341-5] received March 9, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       5505. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Pyriofenone; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0659; FRL-9336-6] received March 9, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       5506. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting a report of the Strategic Materials 
     Protection Board meeting on October 25, 2011, pursuant to 
     Public Law 109-364, section 843; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       5507. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting notification that the Department of 
     Defense intends to award multiyear contracts for nine ARLEIGH 
     BURKE Class Guided Missile Destroyers; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       5508. A letter from the Chairman, National Council on the 
     Arts and the Humanities, transmitting the Federal Council on 
     the Arts and the Humanities' thirty-sixth annual report on 
     the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program for fiscal year 
     2011, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 959(c); to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       5509. A letter from the President and CEO, Corporation for 
     Public Broadcasting, transmitting the Corporation's 2010 
     annual report regarding the activities and expenditures of 
     the independent production service, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 
     396(k)(3)(B)(iii)(V); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       5510. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; New York State Ozone Implementation 
     Plan Revision [EPA-R02-OAR-2011-0796; FRL-9645-4] received 
     March 7, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5511. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Modification of Significant New Uses 
     of Tris Carbamoyl Triazine; Technical Correction [EPA-HQ-
     OPPT-2011-0108; FRL-9339-8] (RIN: 2070-AB27) received March 
     7, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       5512. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Quality Assurance Requirements for 
     Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems at Stationary Sources 
     [EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0873; FRL-9643-9] (RIN: 2060-AH23) received 
     March 7, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5513. 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; Delaware, New Jersey, and 
     Pennsylvania; Determinations of Attainment of the 1997 Annual 
     Fine Particulate Standard for the Philadelphia-Wilmington 
     Nonattainment Area; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule [EPA-R03-
     OAR-2011-0714; FRL-9645-6] received March 9, 2012, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       5514. 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; Rhode Island; Reasonably 
     Available Control Technology (RACT) for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone 
     Standard [EPA-R01-OAR-2011-0118; A-1-FRL-9644-6] received 
     March 9, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5515. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Tennessee; 110(a)(1) and (2) 
     Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standards [EPA-R04-OAR-2011-
     0353; FRL-9644-3] received March 9, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       5516. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting pursuant to 
     section 102(g) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 
     FY 1994 and 1995 (Pub. L. 103-236 as amended by 103-415), 
     certification for FY 2012 that no United Nations affiliated 
     agency grants any official status, accreditation, or 
     recognition to any organization which promotes and condones 
     or seeks the legalization of pedophilia; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       5517. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     determination and certification under Section 490(b)(1)(A) of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 relating to the top five 
     exporting and importing countries of pseudoephedrine and 
     ephedrine; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       5518. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting consistent with 
     the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq 
     Resolution of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-243), and the Authorization 
     for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (Pub. 
     L. 102-1), and in order to keep the Congress fully informed, 
     reports prepared by the Department of State for the October 
     21 -- December 25, 2011 reporting period including matters 
     relating to post-liberation Iraq under Section 7 of the Iraq 
     Liberation Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       5519. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Effective Date for the Water Quality 
     Standards for the State of Florida's Lakes and Flowing Waters 
     [EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0596; FRL-9637-1] (RIN: 2040-AF36) received 
     March 7, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       5520. A letter from the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, 
     Department of the Treasury, transmitting a report concerning 
     the operations and status of the Government Securities 
     Investment fund (G-Fund) of the Federal Employees Retirement 
     System during the debt issuance suspension period, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 8348l(1); jointly to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means and Oversight and Government Reform.
       5521. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting a report entitled, ``Plan to 
     Implement a Home Health Agency Value-Based Purchasing 
     Program''; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and 
     Energy and Commerce.

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