[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 122 (Wednesday, September 12, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6266-S6270]
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-7344. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     eliminating barriers to firms that are not traditional 
     suppliers to the Department of Defense that wish to contract 
     with the Department; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7345. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department of Defense's 
     Biennial Report to Congress; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-7346. A communication from the Principal Deputy 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-7347. 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 
     August 22, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-7348. 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 
     August 22, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-7349. 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 
     August 22, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-7350. 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 
     August 22, 2012; to the

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     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7351. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a transaction involving U.S. exports to 
     Ireland; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-7352. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a transaction involving U.S. exports to 
     United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.); to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7353. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a transaction involving U.S. exports to 
     Saudi Arabia; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-7354. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a transaction involving U.S. exports to 
     the Federative Republic of Brazil (Brazil); to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7355. A communication from the Under Secretary, 
     Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     six-month periodic report on the national emergency with 
     respect to Libya that was originally declared in Executive 
     Order 13566 of February 25, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7356. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
     13224 of September 23, 2001, with respect to persons who 
     commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7357. A communication from the Deputy Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to persons 
     undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe 
     declared in Executive Order 13288; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7358. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of Management and 
     Budget's report of the estimated cost of assets purchased 
     under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7359. A communication from the Associate General Counsel 
     for Legislation and Regulations, Office of Housing, 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal 
     Housing Administration (FHA): Strengthening Risk Management 
     Through Responsible FHA-Approved Lenders'' (RIN2502-AJ13) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on August 31, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7360. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel, General Law, Ethics, and Regulation, Department of 
     the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, (3) reports 
     relative to vacancies within the Department, received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on August 22, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7361. 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 in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 10, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7362. 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 
     August 28, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-7363. A communication from the Director of Legislative 
     Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Risk-Based 
     Capital Guidelines: Market Risk'' (RIN3064-AD70) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on September 10, 
     2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-7364. A communication from the Secretary, Division of 
     Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers'' 
     (RIN3235-AK85) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on August 28, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7365. A communication from the Secretary, Division of 
     Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Conflict Minerals'' (RIN3235-AK84) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on August 23, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7366. A communication from the Regulatory Specialist, 
     Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Risk-Based Capital Guidelines: Market Risk'' 
     (RIN1557-AC99) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 11, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7367. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Dinotefuran; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9359-
     6) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 11, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7368. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Polyoxin D zinc salt; Amendment to an Exemption 
     from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9360-6) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 11, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7369. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Commission, Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary 
     Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Confirmation, Portfolio Reconciliation, Portfolio 
     Compression, and Swap Trading Relationship Documentation 
     Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants'' 
     (RIN3038-AC96) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 11, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7370. A communication from the Administrator, U.S. 
     Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Annual 
     Energy Outlook 2012''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-7371. A communication from the Chairman of the Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     a report relative to the progress made in licensing and 
     constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-7372. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Impact of the Compacts 
     of Free Association on Guam: Fiscal Year 2004 through Fiscal 
     Year 2011''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-7373. A communication from the Administrator of the U.S. 
     Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``The 
     Availability and Price of Petroleum and Petroleum Products 
     Produced in Countries Other Than Iran''; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-7374. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Safety and 
     Environmental Enforcement, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental 
     Shelf--Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on 
     the Outer Continental Shelf'' (RIN1014-AA02) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on August 22, 2012; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
       EC-7375. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a Memorandum of Justification relative to 
     Pakistan (OSS-2012-1292); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-7376. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a Memorandum of Justification relative to 
     Pakistan (OSS-2012-1293); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-7377. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, transmittal number: DDTC 12-064, of the 
     proposed sale or export of defense articles and/or defense 
     services to a Middle East country regarding any possible 
     effects such a sale might have relating to Israel's 
     Qualitative Military Edge over military threats to Israel; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7378. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, transmittal number: DDTC 12-123, of the 
     proposed sale or export of defense articles and/or defense 
     services to a Middle East country regarding any possible 
     effects such a sale might have relating to Israel's 
     Qualitative Military Edge over military threats to Israel; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7379. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, transmittal number: DDTC 12-116, of the 
     proposed sale or export of defense articles and/or defense 
     services to a Middle East country regarding any possible 
     effects such a sale might have relating to Israel's 
     Qualitative Military Edge over military threats to Israel; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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       EC-7380. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, transmittal number: DDTC 12-107, of the 
     proposed sale or export of defense articles and/or defense 
     services to a Middle East country regarding any possible 
     effects such a sale might have relating to Israel's 
     Qualitative Military Edge over military threats to Israel; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7381. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, transmittal number: DDTC 12-103, of the 
     proposed sale or export of defense articles and/or defense 
     services to a Middle East country regarding any possible 
     effects such a sale might have relating to Israel's 
     Qualitative Military Edge over military threats to Israel; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7382. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, transmittal number: DDTC 12-118, of the 
     proposed sale or export of defense articles and/or defense 
     services to a Middle East country regarding any possible 
     effects such a sale might have relating to Israel's 
     Qualitative Military Edge over military threats to Israel; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7383. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, transmittal number: DDTC 12-095, of the 
     proposed sale or export of defense articles and/or defense 
     services to a Middle East country regarding any possible 
     effects such a sale might have relating to Israel's 
     Qualitative Military Edge over military threats to Israel; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7384. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, transmittal number: DDTC 12-111, of the 
     proposed sale or export of defense articles and/or defense 
     services to a Middle East country regarding any possible 
     effects such a sale might have relating to Israel's 
     Qualitative Military Edge over military threats to Israel; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7385. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, transmittal number: DDTC 12-127, of the 
     proposed sale or export of defense articles and/or defense 
     services to a Middle East country regarding any possible 
     effects such a sale might have relating to Israel's 
     Qualitative Military Edge over military threats to Israel; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7386. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report prepared by the Department of State 
     on progress toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus 
     question covering the period April 1, 2012 through May 31, 
     2012; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7387. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     certification of proposed issuance of an export license 
     pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 12-091); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-7388. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     certification of proposed issuance of an export license 
     pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 12-069); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-7389. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     certification of proposed issuance of an export license 
     pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 12-047); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-7390. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     certification of proposed issuance of an export license 
     pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 12-122); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-7391. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     certification of proposed issuance of an export license 
     pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 12-111); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-7392. A communication from the Acting Secretary of 
     Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the export to the People's Republic of China of an item not 
     detrimental to the U.S. space launch industry; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7393. 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-
     0112--2012-0118); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7394. A communication from the Acting Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Report of the Attorney General to the Congress of the 
     United States on the Administration of the Foreign Agents 
     Registration Act of 1938, as amended for the six months 
     ending December 31, 2011''; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-7395. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Jacksonville Harbor Mile Point 
     Navigation Study, Duval County, Florida project; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7396. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Ohio River Shoreline, Paducah, 
     Kentucky Reconstruction project; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7397. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the San Clemente Shoreline in Orange 
     County, California; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-7398. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``NRC Staff Position on Applying 
     Surveillance Requirements 3.0.2 and 3.0.3 to Administrative 
     Controls Program Tests'' (RIS 2012-10) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on August 30, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7399. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Office of New Reactors, Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Requirements for Maintenance of Inspections, 
     Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria'' (RIN3150-AI77) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on August 30, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7400. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Compliance with Order EA-12-050, 
     Reliable Hardened Containment Vents'' (JLD-ISG-2012-02) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 10, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-7401. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Compliance with Order EA-12-049, 
     Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for 
     Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External 
     Events'' (JLD-ISG-2012-01) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 10, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7402. A communication from the Chief of the Listing 
     Branch, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
     Determination of Endangered Status for the Chupadera 
     Springsnail and Designation of Critical Habitat'' (RIN1018-
     AV86) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on August 23, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7403. A communication from the Chief of the Listing 
     Branch, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
     Designation of Critical Habitat for Ipomopsis polyantha 
     (Pagosa skyrocket), Penstemon debilis (Parachute 
     beardtongue), and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque phacelia)'' 
     (RIN1018-AX75) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on August 23, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7404. A communication from the Chief of the Listing 
     Branch, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
     Endangered Status for 23 Species on Oahu and Designation of 
     Critical Habitat for 124 Species'' (RIN1018-AV49) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on August 23, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7405. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, National 
     Wildlife Refuge System, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``2012-2013 Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing 
     Regulations'' (RIN1018-AY37) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 10, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7406. 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; Pennsylvania; Attainment Plan for the 
     Philadelphia-Wilmington, Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware 
     1997 Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 
     9719-4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on August

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     23, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7407. 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; Indiana; Volatile Organic Compounds; 
     Architectural and Industrial Maintenance Coatings'' (FRL No. 
     9720-2) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on August 23, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7408. 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 
     and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; 
     Tennessee: Bristol; Determination of Attaining Data for the 
     2008 Lead Standards'' (FRL No. 9720-8) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on August 23, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7409. 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, San Diego County, Antelope Valley and Monterey Bay 
     Unified Air Pollution Agencies'' (FRL No. 9718-1) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on August 23, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7410. 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, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control 
     District'' (FRL No. 9714-1) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     August 23, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-7411. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``2012 Technical Corrections, Clarifying and Other 
     Amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule, and 
     Confidentiality Determinations for Certain Data Elements of 
     the Fluorinated Gas Source Category'' (FRL No. 9714-3) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on August 23, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7412. 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; Preconstruction 
     Requirements--Prevention of Significant Deterioration and 
     Nonattainment New Source Review; Correction'' (FRL No. 9723-
     3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on August 28, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7413. 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; Washington; Determination of Clean Data 
     for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Standard for the 
     Tacoma, Pierce County Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 9723-4) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on August 28, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7414. 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, South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)'' 
     (FRL No. 9711-2) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7415. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Revisions of Five California Clean Air Act Title V 
     Operating Permits Programs'' (FRL No. 9724-2) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on August 31, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7416. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries; 
     Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries for Which 
     Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After 
     May 14, 2007'' (FRL No. 9672-3) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     August 31, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-7417. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Revisions to 
     Manifesting Regulations'' (FRL No. 9703-1) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on August 31, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7418. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Nonconformance Penalties for On-highway Heavy-Duty 
     Diesel Engines'' (FRL No. 9716-5) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 11, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7419. 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; Section 110(a) (2) 
     Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008 Lead National 
     Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9725-3) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on September 11, 
     2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7420. 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; West Virginia; Section 110(a) (2) 
     Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008 Lead National 
     Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9725-1) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on September 11, 
     2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7421. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Ocean Dumping; Designation of Ocean Dredged 
     Material Disposal Sites Offshore of Yaquina Bay, Oregon'' 
     (FRL No. 9724-7) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 11, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7422. 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; 
     California; Determinations of Attainment for the 1997 8-Hour 
     Ozone Standard'' (FRL No. 9726-6) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 11, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7423. 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; 
     Virginia; Revisions to the State Implementation Plan Approved 
     by EPA through Letter Notice Actions'' (FRL No. 9724-8) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-7424. 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; 
     State of Missouri; Maximum Allowable Emission of Particulate 
     Matter from Fuel Burning Equipment Used for Indirect 
     Heating'' (FRL No. 9726-2) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 11, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7425. 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; West Virginia; Amendments to West 
     Virginia's Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9725-4) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-7426. 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; Michigan; PSD and NSR Regulations'' 
     (FRL No. 9725-6) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 11, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7427. 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 the Pulp and Paper Industry'' (FRL No. 9684-
     7) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-7428. 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 ``25-Year Average Segment Rates and Adjusted 
     24-Month Average Segment Rates Used for Pension Funding'' 
     (Notice 2012-55) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on August 28, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7429. 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 ``Applicable Federal Rates'' (Notice 2012-24) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
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     President of the Senate on August 28, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
       EC-7430. A communication from the Program Manager, Office 
     of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation 
     Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic 
     Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition; Revisions to the 
     Permanent Certification Program for Health Information 
     Technology'' (RIN0991-AB82) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     August 27, 2012; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7431. A communication from the Program Manager, Office 
     of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Privacy Act, Exempt Record System'' (Docket No. FDA-2011-N-
     0252) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on August 28, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7432. A communication from the Program Manager, Office 
     of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Privacy Act; Implementation'' (Docket No. NIH-2011-0001) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on August 28, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7433. 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 ``Administrative Simplification: Adoption of 
     a Standard for a Unique Health Plan Identifier; Addition to 
     the National Provider Identifier Requirements; and a Change 
     to the Compliance Date for the International Classification 
     of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS) Medical 
     Data Code Sets'' (RIN0938-AQ13) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 11, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Health , Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7434. A communication from the Deputy Director for 
     Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Department, Pension 
     Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in 
     Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for 
     Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Part 4022) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on August 23, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7435. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Services, Office of Special Education and 
     Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Priority; Technical Assistance on State Data 
     Collection, Analysis, and Reporting-National IDEA Technical 
     Assistance Center on Early Childhood Longitudinal Data 
     Systems'' (CFDA No. 84.373Z) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     August 23, 2012; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7436. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Services, Office of Special Education and 
     Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Priorities and Definitions; State Personnel 
     Development Grants'' (CFDA No. 84.323A) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on August 23, 2012; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7437. 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 ``Agreements 
     and Memoranda of Understanding Between the Food and Drug 
     Administration and Other Departments, Agencies, and 
     Organizations'' (Docket No. FDA-2012-N-0205) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on August 31, 2012; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7438. A communication from the Director of Regulations 
     and para.Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug 
     Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Animal Drugs, Feeds, and Related Products; Regulation of 
     Carcinogenic Compounds in Food-Producing Animals'' (Docket 
     No. FDA-2010-N-0612) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 
     31, 2012; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-7439. 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 ``Food 
     Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human 
     Consumption; Vitamin D2 Bakers Yeast'' (Docket No. FDA-2009-
     F-0570) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7440. A communication from the Inspector General, 
     Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Office of Inspector General's budget 
     request for the fiscal year 2014; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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