[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 128 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H6228-H6230]
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:

       7904. A letter from the Secretary, Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule 
     -- End-User Exception to the Clearing Requirement for Swaps 
     (RIN: 3038-AD10) received August 13, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7905. A letter from the Secretary, Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule 
     -- Swap Transaction Compliance and Implementation Schedule: 
     Clearing Requirement Under Section 2(h) of the CEA (RIN: 
     3038-AD60) received August 13, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7906. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Olives Grown in California; Increased Assessment Rate [Doc. 
     No.: AMS-FV-11-0093; FV12-932-1 FR] received September 7, 
     2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       7907. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Milk 
     in the Mideast Marketing Area; Order Amending the Order [Doc. 
     No.: AO-11-0333; AMS-DA-11-0067; DA-11-04] received September 
     7, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       7908. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Specialty Crops; Import Regulations; New Pistachio Import 
     Requirements [Doc. No.: AMS-FV-09-0064; FV09-999-1 FR] 
     received September 7, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7909. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental 
     Assessment on Imports [Doc. #: AMS-CN-11-0091] received 
     September 7, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       7910. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     National Organic Program (NOP); Sunset Review (2012); 
     Correction [Doc. No.: AMS-NOP-09-0074; NOP-09-01FR] (RIN: 
     0581-AC96) received September 7, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7911. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     National Organic Program; Amendments to the National List of 
     Allowed and Prohibited Substances (Crops, Livestock and 
     Processing) [Document Number: AMS-NOP-11-0058; NOP-11-09FR] 
     (RIN: 0581-AD15) received September 7, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7912. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Tomatoes Grown in Florida; Increased Assessment Rate [Doc. 
     No.: AMS-FV-11-0080; FV11-966-1 FR] received September 7, 
     2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       7913. A letter from the Administrator, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Livestock Mandatory Reporting Program; Establishment of the 
     Reporting Regulation for Wholesale Pork [Doc. No.: AMS-LS-11-
     0049] (RIN: 0581-AD07) received September 7, 2012, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7914. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Dinotefuran; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0433; FRL-9359-6] received September 7, 
     2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       7915. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Polyoxin D zinc salt; Amendment to an 
     Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-
     2011-1028; FRL-9360-6] (RIN: 2070) received September 7, 
     2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       7916. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Cyprodinil; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2011-0394; FRL-9359-7] received September 7, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       7917. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Management and Budget, transmitting the OMB's Sequestration 
     Update Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 
     2013; to the Committee on Appropriations.
       7918. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting Report on the Assessment of Industrial 
     Base for Night Vision Image Intensification Sensors, pursuant 
     to Public Law 112-81, section 854(b) (125 STAT. 1521); to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       7919. A letter from the Assistant Director for Legislative 
     Affairs, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to Section 1014 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
     Reform and Consumer Protection Act; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       7920. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the 
     National

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     Emergency Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 
     1703(c), section 505(c) of the International Security and 
     Development Cooperation Act of 1985, 22 U.S.C. 2349aa-
     9(c),and pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of July 31, 2003, 
     a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with 
     respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order 12957 of 
     March 15, 1995; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       7921. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative 
     Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting 
     the Corportations's final rule -- Risk-Based Capital 
     Guidelines: Market Risk (RIN: 3064-AD70) received September 
     20, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
       7922. A letter from the Acting Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Affairs, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Audit 
     Requirements for Third Party Conformity Assessment Bodies 
     [CPSC Docket No.: CPSC-2009-0061] received September 18, 
     2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       7923. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- D&C Red No. 6 and 
     D&C Red No. 7; Change in Specification; Confirmation of 
     Effective Date [Docket No.: FDA-2011-C-0050] received 
     September 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7924. A letter from the Program Manager, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- World Trade Center Health Program; Addition of 
     Certain Types of Cancer to the List of WTC-Related Health 
     Conditions [Docket No.: CDC-2012-0007; NIOSH-257] (RIN: 0920-
     AA49) received September 11, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7925. A letter from the Program Manager, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- 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 (RIN: 0991-AB82) received August 27, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       7926. 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; New Hampshire; Hot Mix Asphalt 
     Plants [EPA-R01-OAR-2012-0620; A-1-FRL-9719-1] received 
     August 17, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7927. 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; New Hampshire; Regional Haze 
     [EPA-R01-OAR-2008-0599; A-1-FRL-9716-7] received August 17, 
     2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       7928. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Tennessee; Knoxville; Fine Particulate 
     Matter 2002 Base Year Emissions Inventory [EPA-R04-OAR-2010-
     0153(a); FRL-9717-5] received August 17, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7929. 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; Connecticut, Massachusetts, and 
     Rhode Island; Reasonable Further Progress Plans and 2002 Base 
     Year Emission Inventories [EPA-R01-OAR-2008-0117; EPA-R01-
     OAR-2008-0107; EPA-R01-OAR-2008-0445; FRL-9672-5] received 
     August 17, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7930. 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; Nevada; Regional Haze State and 
     Federal Implementation Plans; BART Determination for Reid 
     Gardner Generating Station [EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0130; FRL 9700-
     4] received August 17, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7931. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; State of Oregon; Regional Haze State 
     Implementation Plan [EPA-R10-OAR-2012-0344; FRL-9718-9] 
     received August 17, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7932. 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-2011-0571; FRL-9691-1] received 
     August 17, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7933. 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; Michigan; PSD and NSR 
     Regulations [EPA-R05-OAR-2011-0826; FRL-9725-6] received 
     September 13, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7934. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Divison, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's ``Major'' final rule -- 2017 and Later Model Year 
     Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Corporate 
     Average Fuel Economy Standards [EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0799; FRL-
     9706-5; NHTSA-2010-0131] (RIN: 2060-AQ54; RIN 2127-AK79) 
     received September 6, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7935. 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; West Virginia; Amendments to 
     West Virginia's Ambient Air Quality Standards [EPA-R03-OAR-
     2011-0958; FRL-9725-4] received September 13, 2012, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       7936. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; California; Determinations of 
     Attainment for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard [EPA-R09-OAR-
     2011-0492; FRL-9726-6] received September 13, 2012, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       7937. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; State of Missouri; Maximum Allowable 
     Emission of Particulate Matter from Fuel Burning Equipment 
     Used for Indirect Heating [EPA-R07-OAR-2012-0466; FRL-9726-2] 
     received September 13, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7938. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Virginia; Revisions to the State 
     Implementation Plan Approved by EPA Through Letter Notice 
     Actions [EPA-R03-OAR-2012-0280; FRL-9724-8] received 
     September 13, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7939. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for 
     Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Pulp and Paper Industry 
     [EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0544; FRL-9684-7] (RIN: 2060-AQ41) received 
     September 13, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7940. A letter from the Associate Bureau Chief, Wireline 
     Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- In the Matter of: 
     Special Access for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers; AT&T 
     Corporation Petition for Rulemaking to Reform Regulation of 
     Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier Rates for Interstate Special 
     Access Services [WC Docket No.: 05-25] (RM-10593) received 
     September 12, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7941. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule -- Interim Staff Guidance; Japan 
     Lessons Learned Project Directorate (JLD) Compliance with 
     Order EA-2012-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation 
     JLD-ISG-12-03 received September 5, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7942. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting Transmittal No. 12-53, 
     pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section 3(b)(1) of 
     the Arms Export Control Act, as amended; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       7943. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Transmittal No. 
     DDTC 12-119, pursuant to the reporting requirements of 
     Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7944. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Transmittal No. 
     DDTC 12-100, pursuant to the reporting requirements of 
     Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7945. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Transmittal No. 
     DDTC 12-114, pursuant to the reporting requirements of 
     Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7946. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Transmittal No. 
     DDTC 12-105, pursuant to the reporting requirements of 
     Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7947. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Transmittal No. 
     DDTC 12-079, pursuant to the reporting requirements of 
     Section 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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       7948. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Transmittal No. 
     DDTC 12-090, pursuant to the reporting requirements of 
     Section 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7949. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Transmittal No. 
     DDTC 12-129, pursuant to the reporting requirements of 
     Section 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7950. A letter from the Director, International 
     Broadcasting Bureau, Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
     transmitting Fiscal Year 2012 Federal Activities Inventory 
     Reform Act submission; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       7951. A letter from the Associate General Counsel, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting a report pursuant to 
     the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       7952. A letter from the Deputy Chief, National Forest 
     System, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's report on the detailed boundary of the Wild and 
     Scenic Rivers Au Sable, Bear Creek, Manistee, and Pine in 
     Michigan, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1274; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       7953. A letter from the Deputy Chief, National Forest 
     System, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's report on the exterior boundary of White Solomon 
     Wild and Scenic River, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1274; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       7954. A letter from the Deputy Chief, National Forest 
     System, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's report on the exterior boundary of the McKenzie 
     Wild and Scenic River, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1274; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       7955. A letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant 
     Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 2012-
     2013 Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations 
     [Docket No.: FWS-R9-NWRS-2012-0022] (RIN: 1018-AY37) received 
     September 5, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       7956. A letter from the Federal Register Liaison Officer, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule -- CPI Adjustment of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013 
     [PTO-C-2011-0007] (RIN: 0651-AC55) received September 7, 
     2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       7957. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- L & S Industrial & Marine, Inc. v. 
     United States received September 7, 2012, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       7958. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Guidance on Pension Funding Stabilization under 
     the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-
     21) [Notice 2012-61] received September 13, 2012, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       7959. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Update of Weighted Average Interest Rates, 
     Yield Curves, and Segment Rates [Notice 2012-56] received 
     September 13, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       7960. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Per Capita Payments from Proceeds of 
     Settlements of Indian Tribal Trust Cases [Notice 2012-60] 
     received September 13, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       7961. A letter from the Chairman, Railroad Retirement 
     Board, transmitting the Annual Report of the Railroad 
     Retirement Board for Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2011; 
     jointly to the Committees on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure and Ways and Means.
       7962. A letter from the Chairman, Railroad Retirement 
     Board, transmitting the Board's budget request for fiscal 
     year 2014, in accordance with Section 7(f) of the Railroad 
     Retirement Act; jointly to the Committees on Appropriations, 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and Ways and Means.

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