[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6624-S6625]
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-7698. A communication from the Associate General 
     Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative 
     to a vacancy in the position of Administrator, Rural 
     Services, in the Department of Agriculture received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 19, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7699. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a violation of the Antideficiency Act that 
     occurred in the Operation and Maintenance, Army (OMA) 
     appropriation, account 2172020, at the U.S. Army Installation 
     Management Command (IMCOM) during fiscal year 2007 and was 
     assigned Army case number 11-04; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       EC-7700. 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 20, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7701. 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 
     12978 of October 21, 1995, with respect to significant 
     narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7702. 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 United Arab Emirates; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7703. 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 
     Poland; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-7704. A communication from the Assistant Director for 
     Legislative Affairs, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Charter of the Consumer 
     Advisory Board; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-7705. A communication from the Acting Deputy Director, 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of 
     Mexico and South Atlantic; Trip Limit Reduction'' (RIN0648-
     XC196) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on September 19, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-7706. A communication from the Acting Deputy Director, 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Western Regulatory Area of 
     the Gulf of Alaska Management Area'' (RIN0648-XC205) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 19, 
     2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7707. A communication from the Acting Deputy Director, 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian 
     Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XC202) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 19, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7708. A communication from the Acting Deputy Director, 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species 
     Fisheries; Closure'' (RIN0648-XC166) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on September 20, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7709. A communication from the Acting Deputy Director, 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper Fishery; 2012-2013 
     Accountability Measure and Closure for Recreational Black Sea 
     Bass in the South Atlantic'' (RIN0648-XC133) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 20, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7710. A communication from the Acting Deputy Director, 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West 
     Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason 
     Actions 4 through 14'' (RIN0648-X121) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on September 20, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7711. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and 
     Butterfish Fisheries; Framework Adjustment 6'' (RIN0648-BB99) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 20, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-7712. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``International Fisheries; Western and Central Pacific 
     Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Bigeye Tuna Catch 
     Limit in Longline Fisheries for 2012'' (RIN0648-BC14) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 20, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-7713. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and 
     Butterfish Fisheries; Specifications and Management 
     Measures'' (RIN0648-BB28) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 20, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7714. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``MOX Fuel 
     Fabrication Feedstock''; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
       EC-7715. A communication from the Deputy Chief of the 
     National Forest System, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of a technical 
     correction for the boundary for the McKenzie Wild and Scenic 
     River in Oregon; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-7716. A communication from the Deputy Chief of the 
     National Forest System, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     detailed boundaries for the Au Sable, Bear Creek, Manistee, 
     and Pine Rivers in Michigan relative to the National Wild and 
     Scenic Rivers System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-7717. A communication from the Deputy Chief of the 
     National Forest System, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     detailed boundary for the White Salmon Wild and Scenic River, 
     Oregon relative to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
     System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-7718. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``NRC 
     Procedures for Placement and Monitoring of Work with Federal 
     Agencies Other Than the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
     Laboratory Work'' (Management Directive 11.8) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 19, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7719. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Phase I 
     project in Miami-Dade County, Florida; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7720. A communication from the Chief of the Trade and 
     Commercial Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of Import 
     Restrictions Imposed on Archaeological Material from Mali'' 
     (RIN1515-AD91) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 19, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7721. A communication from the Chief of the Trade and 
     Commercial Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``United States--Colombia 
     Trade Promotion Agreement'' (RIN1515-AD88) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 20, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7722. A communication from the Chief of the Trade and 
     Commercial Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Technical Corrections 
     Relating to the Rules of Origin for Goods Imported Under the 
     NAFTA and for Textile and Apparel Products'' (CPB Dec. 12-15) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 19, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7723. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, an annual 
     report

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     relative to the activities of the Office of the Medicare 
     Ombudsman; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7724. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to groups designated by 
     the Secretary of State as Foreign Terrorist Organizations 
     (DCN OSS 2012-1472); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7725. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     certification of a proposed permanent export license pursuant 
     to section 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (Transmittal 
     No. DDTC 12-096); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7726. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     certification of proposed issuance of an export license 
     pursuant to section 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 12-125); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-7727. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     certification of proposed issuance of an export license 
     pursuant to section 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 12-067); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-7728. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     certification of proposed issuance of an export license 
     pursuant to section 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 12-059); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-7729. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     certification of proposed issuance of an export license 
     pursuant to section 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 12-102); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-7730. A joint communication from the Secretary of Energy 
     and the Secretary of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     a report relative to the New START Treaty; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
       EC-7731. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a petition to add workers at the Hanford Engineer Works in 
     Richland, Washington, to the Special Exposure Cohort; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7732. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a petition to add workers from Titanium Alloys Manufacturing, 
     to the Special Exposure Cohort; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7733. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a petition to add workers at the Clarksville Modification 
     Center, Ft. Campbell, in Clarksville, Tennessee, to the 
     Special Exposure Cohort; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7734. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a petition to add workers at the Winchester Engineering and 
     Analytical Center in the Winchester, Massachusetts, to the 
     Special Exposure Cohort; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7735. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a petition to add workers at the Medina Modification Center 
     in San Antonio, Texas, to the Special Exposure Cohort; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7736. A communication from the Acting Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, an annual report 
     relative to the activities and operations of the Public 
     Integrity Section, Criminal Division, and the nationwide 
     federal law enforcement effort against public corruption; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-7737. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulation Policy and Management Office of the General 
     Counsel, Veterans Health Administration, Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Exempting In-Home Video Telehealth From 
     Copayments'' (RIN2900-AO26) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 21, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       EC-7738. A communication from the Secretary of the Army, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     management of Arlington National Cemetery; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.

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