[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 127 (Wednesday, September 19, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H6148-H6150]
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:

       7847. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Beef 
     Promotion and Research; Amendment to the Order [Doc. No.: 
     AMS-LS-11-0086] received September 7, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7848. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Cranberries Grown in States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 
     Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, 
     Oregon, Washington, and Long Island in the State of New York; 
     Changing Reporting Requirements [Doc. No.: AMS-FV-12-0002; 
     FV12-929-1 IR] received September 7, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7849. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Clothianidin; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0217; FRL-9360-4] received August 24, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       7850. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Fludioxonil; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0395; FRL-9357-5] received August 24, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       7851. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Flutriafol; Pesticide Tolerances for 
     Emergency Exemptions [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0324; FRL-9349-6] 
     received August 24, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7852. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- S-Metolachlor; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0657; FRL-9356-9] received August 24, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       7853. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a report of a violation of the 
     Antideficiency Act, Army Case Number 11-05; to the Committee 
     on Appropriations.
       7854. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a report of a violation of the 
     Antideficiency Act,

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     Army Case Number 11-01; to the Committee on Appropriations.
       7855. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting a report of three violations of 
     the Antideficiency Act by the Indian Health Services, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       7856. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting Biennial Core Report to Congress, 
     pursuant to Public Law 112-81, section 2464(B)(e) (125 STAT. 
     1368); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       7857. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a letter regarding the report on 
     eliminating barriers to firms that are not traditional 
     suppliers to the department; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       7858. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the semi-annual status report of the 
     U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program (CDP) for September 
     2012; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       7859. A letter from the Principal Deputy, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of 
     Colonel Edward D. Banta, United States Marine Corps, and his 
     advancement on the retired list in the grade of brigadier 
     general; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       7860. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's ``Major'' final 
     rule -- Conflict Minerals [34-67716; S7-40-10] (RIN: 3235-
     AK84) received August 28, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       7861. A letter from the Administrator, Energy Information 
     Administration, Department of Energy, transmitting the 
     Administration's report entitled, ``Annual Energy Outlook 
     2012'', pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 790f(a)(1); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       7862. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- 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 [EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0147; 
     FRL-9714-3] (RIN: 2060-AR53) received August 24, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       7863. 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; Volatile Organic 
     Compounds; Architectural and Industrial Maintenance Coatings 
     [EPA-R05-OAR-2010-1047; FRL-9720-2] received August 24, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       7864. 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; Pennsylvania; Attainment Plan 
     for the Philadelphia-Wilmington, Pennsylvania-New Jersey-
     Delaware 1997 Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area 
     [EPA-R03-OAR-2010-0391; FRL-9719-4] received August 24, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       7865. 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; Tennessee: Bristol; Determination of 
     Attaining Data for the 2008 Lead Standards [EPA-R04-OAR-2012-
     0323; FRL-9720-8] received August 24, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7866. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Revisions to the California State 
     Implementation Plan, San Diego County, Antelope Valley and 
     Montery Bay Unified Air Pollution Agencies [EPA-R09-OAR-2012-
     0550; FRL-9718-1] received August 24, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7867. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Revisions to the California State 
     Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution 
     Control District [EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0546; FRL-9714-1] received 
     August 24, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7868. 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; Arkansas; Infrastructure 
     Requirements for the 1997 Ozone NAAQS and the 1997 and 2006 
     PM2.5 NAAQS and Interstate Transport Requirements for the 
     1997 Ozone NAAQS and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS [EPA-R06-OAR-2008-0633; 
     FRL-9713-8] received September 10, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7869. 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; Ozone [EPA-R05-OAR-2009-0666; 
     FRL-9712-8] received September 10, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7870. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans and Operating Permits Program; 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Administrative Changes [EPA-R02-
     OAR-2012-0032; FRL-9714-5] received September 10, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       7871. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Arkansas: Final Authorization of State 
     Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [EPA-R06-RCRA-
     2010-0307; FRL-9713-3] received September 10, 2012, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       7872. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Final Confidentiality Determinations 
     for Nine Subparts and Amendments to Subpart A and I under the 
     Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule [EPA-HQ-OAR-
     2011-0028; FRL-9706-6] (RIN: 2060-AQ70) received September 
     10, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       7873. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Significant New Use Rules on Certain 
     Chemical Substances [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0450; FRL-9358-1] (RIN: 
     2070-AB27) received September 10, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7874. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Source Specific Federal Implementation 
     Plan for Implementing Best Available Retrofit Technology for 
     Four Corners Power Plant: Navajo Nation [EPA-R09-OAR-2010-
     0683; FRL-9715-9] received September 10, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7875. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting report on proposed obligations for the 
     Cooperative Threat Reduction; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
       7876. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting report prepared by 
     the Department of State concerning international agreements 
     other than treaties entered into by the United States to be 
     transmitted to the Congress within the sixty-day period 
     specified in the Case-Zablocki Act; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       7877. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting waiver of 
     requirement to certify conditions under Section 203 of the 
     Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7878. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the 
     National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 
     204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 
     U.S.C. 1703(c), and pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of July 
     31, 2003, a six-month periodic report on the national 
     emergency with respect to persons undermining democratic 
     processes or institutions in Zimbabwe that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       7879. A letter from the Associate General Counsel for 
     General Law, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       7880. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting annual category 
     rating report from November 1, 2012 to October 31, 2011; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       7881. A letter from the Inspector General, Railroad 
     Retirement Board, transmitting fiscal year 2014 Budget for 
     the Office of the Inspector General; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       7882. A letter from the Chairman, Advisory Council on 
     Historic Preservation, transmitting a piece of draft 
     legislation entitled ``National Historic Preservation Act 
     Amendment of 2012''; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       7883. A letter from the Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the administration of the 
     Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended for the 
     six month period ending December 31, 2011, pursuant to 22 
     U.S.C. 621; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       7884. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of 
     the United States Courts, transmitting the Office's report 
     entitled, ``Report of the Proceedings of the Judicial 
     Conference of the United States'' for the March 2012 session; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       7885. A letter from the President, American Academy and 
     Institute of Arts and Letters, transmitting the annual report 
     of the activities of the American Academy of Arts and Letters 
     during the year ending December 31, 2011, pursuant to 36 
     U.S.C. 4204; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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       7886. A letter from the Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Section 508 Report to 
     the President and Congress: Accessibility of Federal 
     Electronic and Information Technology; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       7887. A letter from the Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting a report entitled, ``Debt 
     Collection Recovery Activities of the Department of Justice 
     for Debts Referred to the Department for Collection Annual 
     Report for 2011''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       7888. A letter from the Administrator, FEMA, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting notification that funding 
     under Title V, subsection 503(b)(3) of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, has 
     exceeded $5 million for the cost of response and recovery 
     efforts for FEMA-3345-EM in the State of West Virginia, 
     pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7889. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Safety Zone; Detroit Symphony Orchestra at Ford House 
     Fireworks, Lake St. Clair, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI [Docket 
     No.: USCG-2012-0600] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 28, 
     2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7890. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Safety Zone; Mentor Harbor Yachting Club Fireworks, Lake 
     Erie, Mentor, OH [Docket No.: USCG-2012-0356] (RIN: 1625-
     AA00) received August 28, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       7891. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Amendment of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes in the Vicinity 
     of Vero Beach, FL [Docket No.: FAA-2012-0621; Airspace Docket 
     No. 12-ASO-24] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 28, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7892. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Amendment of Class E Airspace; Bar Harbor, ME [Docket No.: 
     FAA-2011-1366; Airspace Docket No. 11-ANE-13] received August 
     28, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7893. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Establishment of Class E Airspace; Quakertown, PA [Docket 
     No.: FAA-2011-0386; Airspace Docket No. 12-AEA-6] received 
     August 28, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7894. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Establishment of Class E Airspace; Roundup, MT [Docket No.: 
     FAA-2012-0274; Airspace Docket No. 12-ANM-4] received August 
     28, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7895. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Establishment of Class E Airspace; Apopka, FL [Docket No.: 
     FAA-2011-0249; Airspace Docket No. 12-ASO-16] received August 
     28, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7896. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Fort Rucker, AL 
     [Docket No.: FAA-2012-0635; Airspace Docket No. 12-ASO-30] 
     received August 28, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7897. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Revocation of Class E Airspace; Lloydsville, PA, and 
     Amendment of Class D and E Airspace; Latrobe, PA [Docket No.: 
     FAA-2012-0301; Airspace Docket No. 12-AEA-3] received August 
     28, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7898. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Amendment of Jet Routes and VOR Federal Airways; Northeastern 
     United States [Docket No.: FAA-2012-0622; Airspace Docket No. 
     12-ANE-11] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 28, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7899. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
     Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     reconstruction proposal for the Ohio River Shoreline, 
     Paducah, Kentucky; (H. Doc. No. 112-142); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure and ordered to be printed.
       7900. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
     Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting the final 
     report for the San Clemente Shoreline Feasibility Study; (H. 
     Doc. No. 112-143); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure and ordered to be printed.
       7901. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's report 
     entitled, ``Assets for Independence Program -- Status at the 
     Conclusion of the Eleventh Year''; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       7902. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Department's report to Congress concerning 
     the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility being 
     constructed at the Department's Savannah River Site near 
     Aiken, South Carolina; jointly to the Committees on Armed 
     Services and Energy and Commerce.
       7903. A letter from the Chair, Federal Election Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's FY 2014 budget request, 
     pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437d(d)(1); jointly to the Committees on 
     House Administration, Appropriations, and Oversight and 
     Government Reform.

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