[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 27, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H4154-H4155]
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:

       6658. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Killed, nonviable Streptomyces 
     acidiscabies strain RL-110T; Exemption from the Requirement 
     of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0078; FRL-9348-7] received 
     June 8, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       6659. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement 
     of Vice Admiral Richard K. Gallagher, United States Navy, and 
     his advancement to the grade of vice admiral on the retired 
     list; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       6660. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirements 
     of Rear Admiral (lower half) Craig S. Faller and Captain 
     Dwight D. Shepherd, United States Navy, to wear the insignia 
     of the grade of rear admiral and rear admiral (lower half), 
     respectively; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       6661. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's report 
     entitled, ``2010 Impact and Effectiveness of Administration 
     for Native Americans (ANA) Projects Report''; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       6662. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting annual financial report as 
     required by the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act of 2008 for 
     FY 2011; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6663. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting fiscal year 2011 Performance 
     Report to Congress for the Animal Drug User Fee Act, as 
     amended; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6664. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Revisions to Federal Implementation 
     Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate 
     Matter and Ozone [EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0491; FRL-9672-4] (RIN: 
     2060-AR35) received June 8, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6665. 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; Indiana; Regional Haze [EPA-
     R05-OAR-2011-0080; FRL-9638-3] received June 8, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       6666. 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; Maryland; Permit to Construct 
     Exemptions [EPA-R03-2010-0394; FRL-9684-9] received June 8, 
     2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       6667. 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; Minnesota; Regional Haze [EPA-
     R05-OAR-2010-0037; FRL-9683-5] received June 8, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       6668. 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; Virginia; Regional Haze State 
     Implementation Plan [EPA-R03-OAR-2011-0091, EPA-R03-OAR-2011-
     0584; FRL-9685-2] received June 8, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6669. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality 
     Planning Purposes; Illinois; Redesignation of the Illinois 
     Portion of the St. Louis, MO-IL Area to Attainment for the 
     1997 8-hour Ozone Standard [EPA-R05-OAR-2010-0523; FRL-9683-
     7] received June 8, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6670. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental

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     Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- 
     Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Arizona; 
     Update to Stage II Gasoline Vapor Recovery Program; Change in 
     the Definition of ``Gasoline'' to Exclude ``E85'' [EPA-R09-
     OAR-2010-0717; FRL-9661-3] received June 8, 2012, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       6671. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; New Mexico; Minor New Source Review 
     (NSR) Preconstruction Permitting Rule for Cotton Gins [EPA-
     R06-OAR-2005-NM-0008; FRL-9684-5] received June 8, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       6672. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval of Air Quality Implementation 
     Plan; Arizona; Attainment Plan for 1997 8-hour Ozone Standard 
     [EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0253; FRL-9682-5] received June 8, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       6673. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Control of Air Pollution From Aircraft 
     and Aircraft Engines; Emission Standards and Test Procedures 
     [EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0687; FRL-9678-1] (RIN: 2060-AO70) received 
     June 8, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6674. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Determination of Failure to Attain by 
     2005 and Determination of Current Attainment of the 1-Hour 
     Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards in the Baltimore 
     Nonattainment Area in Maryland [EPA-R03-OAR-2011-0680; FRL-
     9685-5] received June 8, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6675. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Designation of Areas for Air Quality 
     Planning Purposes; State of Arizona; Pinal County; PM10 [EPA-
     R09-OAR-2010-0491; FRL-9679-7] received May 25, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       6676. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Direct Final Negative Declaration and 
     Withdrawal of Large Municipal Waste Combustors State Plan for 
     Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Illinois [EPA-R05-OAR-
     2012-0312; FRL-9679-6] received May 25, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6677. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Elemental Mercury Used in Barometers, 
     Manometers, Hygrometers, and Psychrometers; Significant New 
     Use Rule [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0630; FRL-9345-9] (RIN: 2070-AJ71) 
     received May 25, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6678. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Heavy-Duty Highway Program: Revisions 
     for Emergency Vehicles [EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-1032; FRL-9673-1] 
     (RIN: A2060-AR54) received May 25, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6679. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: 
     Alternative for the Motor Vehicle Air Conditioning Sector 
     under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program 
     [EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0488; FRL-9668-8] (RIN: 2060-AM54) received 
     May 25, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6680. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Significant New Use Rule on a Certain 
     Chemical Substance; Withdrawal of Significant New Use Rule 
     [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2011-0942; FRL-9350-3] (RIN: 2070-AB27) received 
     May 25, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6681. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule -- Safety Evaluation for Topical 
     Report WCAP-17236-NP, Revision 0, ``Risk-Informed Extension 
     of the Reactor Vessel Nozzle Inservice Inspection Interval'' 
     received June 4, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6682. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting Transmittal No. 12-25, 
     pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of 
     the Arms Export Control Act, as amended; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       6683. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting Transmittal No. 12-23, 
     pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of 
     the Arms Export Control Act, as amended; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       6684. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting authorization of 5 officers to wear 
     the authorized insignia of the grade of major general; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       6685. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting a declaration of a national emergency 
     with respect to blocking the property of the Government of 
     the Russian Federation, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1703(b); (H. 
     Doc. No. 112--119); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
     ordered to be printed.
       6686. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District 
     of Columbia, transmitting Transmittal of D.C. ACT 19-380, 
     ``District Department of Transportation Grant Authority 
     Temporary Amendment Act of 2012''; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       6687. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District 
     of Columbia, transmitting Transmittal of D.C. ACT 19-384, 
     ``Youth Bulling Prevention Act of 2012''; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       6688. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the semiannual report on the activities of the 
     Office of Inspector General for the period October 1, 2011 to 
     March 1, 2012; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
       6689. A letter from the Executive Analyst, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting a report pursuant to 
     the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       6690. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting pursuant to Title II, Section 203, of the 
     Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
     Retaliation Act (No FEAR Act), the Department's annual report 
     for FY 2011; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
       6691. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, transmitting the semiannual report on activities of 
     the Inspector General for the period October 1, 2011, through 
     March 31, 2012; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
       6692. A letter from the General Counsel and Acting 
     Executive Director, Election Assistance Commission, 
     transmitting Semiannual Report of the Inspector General for 
     the period October 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       6693. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Labor Relations 
     Authority, transmitting the semiannual report of the 
     Inspector General of the Federal Labor Relations Board for 
     the period beginning October 1, 2011 and ending March 31, 
     2012; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       6694. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Maritime 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's semiannual report 
     from the office of the Inspector General for the period 
     October 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       6695. A letter from the Executive Director, Interstate 
     Commission on the Potomac River Basin, transmitting the 
     Commission's audited Seventy-First Financial Statement for 
     the period of October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011 pursuant 
     to the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act and the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
       6696. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's semiannual report from 
     the office of the Inspector General and the Management 
     Response for the period October 1, 2011 through March 31, 
     2012; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       6697. A letter from the Assistant Administrator for 
     Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Award Fee for 
     Service and End-Item Contracts (RIN: 2700-AD70) received June 
     8, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Science, Space, and Technology.

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