[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 18, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2493-S2495]
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 5691. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Silicic Acid, Sodium Salt etc; Tolerance 
     Exemption'' (FRL No. 9333 6) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 11, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC 5692. A communication from the Manager of the 
     BioPreferred Program, Office of Procurement and Property 
     Management, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Designation of 
     Product Categories for Federal Procurement'' (RIN0599 AA14) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on April 11, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC 5693. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Commission, Division of Clearing and Risk, Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Customer Clearing Documentation, Timing 
     of Acceptance for Clearing, and Clearing Member Risk 
     Management'' (RIN3038 0092, 0094) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 10, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC 5694. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Vice 
     Admiral Ann E. Rondeau, United States Navy, and her 
     advancement to the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC 5695. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General John E. Sterling, Jr., United States Army, 
     and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the 
     retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC 5696. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of 
     an officer authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of 
     brigadier general in accordance with title 10, United States 
     Code, section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC 5697. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to whether providing an annual 
     allowance would increase the use of preventive health 
     services among members of the Armed Forces and their family 
     members; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC 5698. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to clinical quality management in the 
     Military Health System; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC 5699. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``The Department of Defense Evaluation 
     of the TRICARE Program: Access, Cost and Quality Fiscal Year 
     (FY) 2012''; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC 5700. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Logistics and Material Readiness), transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to core depot-level 
     maintenance and repair capability requirements and sustaining 
     workloads; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC 5701. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Policy), Department of Defense, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the training of the 
     U.S. Special Operations Forces with friendly foreign forces 
     during fiscal year 2011; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC 5702. A communication from the Secretary of the Air 
     Force, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program and 
     program baseline estimates; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC 5703. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Rule; Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations'' 
     ((44 CFR Part 65) (Docket No. FEMA 2012 0003)) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on April 11, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC 5704. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Suspension of Community Eligibility'' ((44 CFR Part 64) 
     (Docket No. FEMA 2012 0003)) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 11, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC 5705. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations'' ((44 CFR Part 
     65) (Docket No. FEMA 2011 0002)) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 11, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC 5706. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations'' ((44 CFR Part 
     65) (Docket No. FEMA 2012 0003)) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 11, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC 5707. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Addition of Certain Persons on 
     the Entity List: Addition of Persons Acting Contrary to the 
     National Security or Foreign Policy Interests of the United 
     States'' (RIN0694 AF43) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on April 16, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC 5708. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to Syria that 
     was declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC 5709. A communication from the Executive Vice President 
     and Chief Financial Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of 
     Chicago, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Bank's 2011 
     management reports; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC 5710. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Flood Elevation Determinations'' ((44 CFR Part 67) 
     (Docket No. FEMA 2012 0003)) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 12, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC 5711. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Flood Elevation Determinations'' ((44 CFR Part 67) 
     (Docket No. FEMA 2012 0003)) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 12, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC 5712. A communication from the Secretary of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to obligations and unobligated balances of funds 
     provided for Federal-aid highway and safety construction 
     programs during fiscal year 2011; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC 5713. A communication from the Deputy Chief, Consumer 
     and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Rules and Regulations Implementing the 
     Telephone Consumer

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     Protection Act of 1991'' (CG Docket No. 02 278) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on April 12, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC 5714. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to the Export 
     Administration Regulations (EAR): Export Control 
     Classification Number 0Y521 Series, Items Not Elsewhere 
     Listed on the Commerce Control List (CCL)'' (RIN0694 AF17) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on April 11, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC 5715. A communication from the Acting Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnuson-
     Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; 
     Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast 
     Multispecies Fishery; Interim Action'' (RIN0648 BB89) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on April 11, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC 5716. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary of Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the semi-annual Implementation 
     Report on Energy Conservation Standards Activities of the 
     Department of Energy; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC 5717. A communication from the Director of the 
     Sustainability Performance Office, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Uniform Resource Locator 
     (URL) for the Department's Fleet Alternative Fuel Vehicle 
     Acquisition Report for fiscal year 2008; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC 5718. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the cost of the Little Calumet River, 
     Indiana, Local Flood Control and Recreation Project; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC 5719. 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; 
     South Dakota; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan'' (FRL 
     No. 9658 9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on April 11, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC 5720. 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; Delaware; Amendments to the Handling, 
     Storage, and Disposal of Volatile Organic Compounds 
     Emissions; Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Coating 
     Operations; Paper Coating; Coating of Flat Wood Paneling; 
     Graphic Art Systems; and Industrial Cleaning Solvents'' (FRL 
     No. 9657 1) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on April 11, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC 5721. 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 State Implementation 
     Plans; Missouri: Prevention of Significant Deterioration; 
     Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule; New Source Review Reform'' 
     (FRL No. 9657 8) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on April 11, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC 5722. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Hazardous Waste Technical Corrections and 
     Clarifications Rule'' (FRL No. 9659 7) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on April 11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC 5723. 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; Illinois; Small Container Exemption 
     from VOC Coating Rules'' (FRL No. 9651 5) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on April 11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC 5724. 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; Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 
     9652 2) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on April 11, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC 5725. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
     Pollutants from Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam 
     Generating Units and Standards of Performance for Fossil-
     Fuel-Fired Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial-
     Institutional, and Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional 
     Steam Generating Units; Correction'' (FRL No. 9654 8) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on April 11, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC 5726. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Quality Implementation Plans; Kentucky; 
     Attainment Plan for the Kentucky Portion of the Huntington-
     Ashland 1997 Annual PM2.5 Nonattainment Area'' 
     (FRL No. 9657 4) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on April 11, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC 5727. 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, Northern Sierra and Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality 
     Management District'' (FRL No. 9659 8) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on April 11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC 5728. 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 Arizona State Implementation 
     Plan, Pinal County Air Quality District'' (FRL No. 9639 5) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on April 11, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC 5729. A communication from the Chief of the Publications 
     and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Update of Weighted Average Interest Rates, 
     Yield Curves, and Segment Rates'' (Notice 2012 28) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on April 10, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
       EC 5730. A communication from the Chief of the Publications 
     and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Nonconventional Source Fuel Credit, 2011 
     Section 45K Inflation Adjustment Factor and Section 45K 
     Reference Price'' (Notice 2012 30) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on April 10, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC 5731. A communication from the Chief of the Publications 
     and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Alan Baer Revocable Trust v. United 
     States'' (AOD 2012 04) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on April 
     10, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC 5732. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to the Convention on Cultural Property 
     Implementation Act, a report relative to extending the 
     Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of the Republic 
     of Bolivia Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions 
     on Categories of Archaeological Material; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC 5733. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``Report to Congress: Plan to Reform the Medicare 
     Wage Index''; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC 5734. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser 
     for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, 
     the report of the texts and background statements of 
     international agreements, other than treaties (List 2012 
     0037--2012 0041); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC 5735. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the waiver of the 
     restrictions contained in Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support 
     Act of 1992; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC 5736. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Standards, Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety and Health 
     Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Examinations of Work 
     Areas in Underground Coal Mines for Violations of Mandatory 
     Health or Safety Standards'' (RIN1219 AB75) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on April 16, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC 5737. A communication from the General Counsel, General 
     Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a vacancy in the position of 
     Administrator, General Services Administration, received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the

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     Senate on April 12, 2012; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC 5738. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Transportation Security Administration, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to the Administration's decision to enter into a 
     contract with a private security screening company to provide 
     screening services at Greater Rochester International 
     Airport, Rochester, NY, Tupelo Regional Airport, Tupelo, MS 
     and Key West International Airport, Key West, FL; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC 5739. A communication from the District of Columbia 
     Auditor, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled, 
     ``Certified Business Enterprise Expenditures of Public-
     Private Development Construction Projects for Fiscal Year 
     2011''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC 5740. A communication from the Rules Administrator, 
     Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Inmate Communication with News Media: Removal of Byline 
     Regulations'' (RIN1120 AB49) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 11, 2012; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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