[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 71 (Thursday, May 17, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3278-S3279]
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 6123. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Propylene oxide; Tolerance Actions'' (FRL No. 9346 
     8) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC 6124. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Acetone; Exemption from the Requirement of a 
     Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9344 2) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     May 11, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC 6125. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fluxapyroxad; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9346 
     7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC 6126. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Penflufen; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9341 8) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC 6127. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Western 
     Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation 2011 Report to 
     Congress''; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC 6128. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     Department of Defense purchases from foreign entities for 
     fiscal year 2011; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC 6129. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Department 
     of Defense Report to Congress on the Findings of the 
     Logistics Management Institute Study `Future Capability of 
     DoD Maintenance Depots' ''; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC 6130. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to Iran that 
     was declared in Executive Order 12170 on November 14, 1979; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC 6131. A communication from the General Counsel, Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Enhancement of Electricity 
     Market Surveillance and Analysis through Ongoing Electronic 
     Delivery of Data from Regional Transmission Organizations and 
     Independent System Operators'' (RIN1902 AE43) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 15, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC 6132. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Requirements for Fingerprint-
     Based Criminal History Records Checks for Individuals Seeking 
     Unescorted Access to Non-power Reactors (Research and Test 
     Reactors)'' (RIN3150 AI25) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC 6133. 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 Federal Implementation Plans to 
     Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and 
     Ozone'' (FRL No. 9671 4) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC 6134. 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: Widespread Use for Onboard Refueling 
     Vapor Recovery and Stage II Waiver'' (FRL No. 9671 3) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC 6135. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Oklahoma: Incorporation by Reference of Approved 
     State Hazardous Waste Management Program'' (FRL No. 9652 9a) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC 6136. 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; Maryland; Permit to Construct 
     Exemptions'' (FRL No. 9671 7) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     May 11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC 6137. 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 Control of 
     Nitrogen Oxides Emissions from Industrial Boilers and Process 
     Heaters at Petroleum Refineries'' (FRL No. 9671 9) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC 6138. 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, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; 
     Determinations of Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine 
     Particulate Standard for the Philadelphia-Wilmington, PA-NJ-
     DE Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 9670 3) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC 6139. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Implementation of the 2008 National Ambient Air 
     Quality Standards for Ozone:

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     Nonattainment Area Classifications Approach, Attainment 
     Deadlines and Revocation of the 1997 Ozone Standards for 
     Transportation Conformity Purposes'' (FRL No. 9667 9) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC 6140. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Withdrawal of Revocation of TSCA Section 4 Testing 
     Requirements for One High Production Volume Chemical 
     Substance'' (FRL No. 9350 2) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     May 11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC 6141. A communication from the Acting Deputy Under 
     Secretary for International Affairs, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Progress 
     in Implementing Chapter 16 (Labor) and Capacity-Building 
     under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States 
     Free Trade Agreement''; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC 6142. 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 ``Allocation of Mortgage Insurance Premiums'' 
     ((RIN1545 BH84) (TD 9588)) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on April 
     11, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC 6143. 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 ``Modifications to Definition of United 
     States Property'' ((RIN1545 BK11) (TD 9589)) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on April 11, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC 6144. 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 ``Annual Price Inflation Adjustments for 
     Contribution Limitations Made to a Health Savings Account 
     Pursuant to Section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code'' (Rev. 
     Proc. 2012 26) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on April 14, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC 6145. A communication from the Program Manager, Centers 
     for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Reform of 
     Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of 
     Participation'' (RIN0938 AQ89) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 15, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC 6146. A communication from the Program Manager, Centers 
     for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Medicare and Medicaid Program: Regulatory 
     Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and 
     Burden Reduction'' (RIN0938 AQ96) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 15, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
       EC 6147. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the 2011 annual report on voting practices 
     in the United Nations; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC 6148. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a Determination and 
     Certification under Section 40A of the Arms Export Control 
     Act relative to countries not cooperating fully with United 
     States antiterrorism efforts; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC 6149. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to amendment to parts 120 
     and 123 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations 
     (ITAR); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC 6150. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to amendment to part 123 
     of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC 6151. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to a proposed revision to 
     part 121 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations 
     (ITAR); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC 6152. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``Report to Congress on Head Start Monitoring for 
     Fiscal Year 2009''; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       EC 6153. A communication from the Director of Regulations 
     and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendments 
     to Sterility Test Requirements for Biological Products'' 
     (Docket No. FDA 2011 N 0080) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 10, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC 6154. A communication from the Program Manager, Centers 
     for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Medical Loss Ratio Requirements under the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act'' (RIN0938 AR41) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     15, 2012; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC 6155. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive/Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, Office of 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition 
     Circular 2005 59, Small Entity Compliance Guide'' (FAC 2005 
     59) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     May 14, 2012; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC 6156. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive/Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, Office of 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Free Trade Agreement-
     Colombia'' ((RIN9000 AM24) (FAC 2005 59)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 14, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC 6157. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive/Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, Office of 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Revision of Cost Accounting 
     Standards Threshold'' ((RIN9000 AM25) (FAC 2005 59)) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 14, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC 6158. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive/Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, Office of 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Prohibition on Contracting 
     with Inverted Domestic Corporations'' ((RIN9000 AM22) (FAC 
     2005 59)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 14, 2012; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
       EC 6159. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act 
     of 1994 (USERRA) Quarterly Report to Congress; Second Quarter 
     of Fiscal Year 2012''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       EC 6160. A communication from the Director of Defense 
     Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; United 
     States-Korea Free Trade Agreement'' ((RIN0750 AH69) (DFARS 
     Case 2012 D025)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on May 10, 2012; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.

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