[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 145 (Wednesday, November 14, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6797-S6800]
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-7921. A communication from the Secretary of the Senate, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the receipts and 
     expenditures of the Senate for the period from April 1, 2012 
     through September 30, 2012, received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on November 13, 2012; ordered to lie 
     on the table.
       EC-7922. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Trifloxystrobin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     9360-9) received during adjournment of Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on October 31, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7923. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Residues of Fatty Acids, Tall-Oil, Ethoxylated 
     Propoxylated; Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL No. 9365-4) received 
     during adjournment of Senate in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on October 31, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7924. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Calcium Gluconate; Exemption from the Requirement 
     of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9362-4) received during adjournment 
     of Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 31, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-7925. A communication from the Director of the Policy 
     Issuances Division, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Additional Changes to the 
     Schedule of Operations Regulations'' (RIN0583-AD48) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on October 24, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7926. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Reserve Affairs), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a proposed change by the Air Force Reserve 
     to the Fiscal Year 2011 National Guard and Reserve Equipment 
     Appropriation (NGREA) procurement; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-7927. A communication from the Attorney, Legal Division, 
     Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Electronic 
     Fund Transfers (Regulation E); Final Rule'' ((RIN3170-AA15) 
     (Docket No. CFPB-2011-0009)) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     Oct 31, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-7928. A communication from the Attorney, Legal Division, 
     Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Electronic 
     Fund Transfers (Regulation E)''

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     ((RIN3170-AA15) (Docket No. CFPB-2011-0009)) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on Oct 31, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7929. A communication from the Attorney, Legal Division, 
     Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Defining 
     Larger Participants of the Consumer Debt Collection Market'' 
     ((RIN3170-AA30) (Docket No. CFPB-2012-0040)) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on Oct 31, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7930. A communication from the Director of Legislative 
     Affairs, Legal Office, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Assessments, Large Bank Pricing'' (RIN3064-AD92) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on October 26, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7931. A communication from the Director of Legislative 
     Affairs, Legal Office, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Annual Stress Test'' (RIN3064-AD91) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 26, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7932. A communication from the Director of Legislative 
     Affairs, Legal Office, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Enforcement of Subsidiary and Affiliate Contracts by the 
     FDIC as Receiver of a Covered Financial Company'' (RIN3064-
     AD94) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on October 26, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7933. 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 
     November 7, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-7934. 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 ``Rules of Practice and Procedure; Rules of Practice 
     and Procedure in Adjudicatory Proceedings; Civil Money 
     Penalty Inflation Adjustments'' (RIN1557-AD61) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on November 7, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7935. A communication from the Associate Director, 
     Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations; Final Rule'' (31 
     CFR Part 561) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on November 8, 
     2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-7936. A communication from the Associate Director, 
     Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Iranian Transactions Regulations; Final Rule'' (31 CFR Part 
     560) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on November 8, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7937. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of 
     Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to credit availability for small 
     business; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-7938. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the 
     continuation of the national emergency with respect to the 
     proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that was 
     declared in Executive Order 12938; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7939. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the 
     continuation of the national emergency with respect to Sudan 
     that was declared in Executive Order 13067; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7940. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the 
     continuation of the national emergency with respect to 
     narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia that was declared 
     in Executive Order 12978; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7941. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the 
     continuation of the national emergency declared in Executive 
     Order 13413 with respect to blocking the property of persons 
     contributing to the conflict taking place in the Democratic 
     Republic of the Congo; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7942. A communication from the Deputy Secretary of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Clearing Agency 
     Standards'' (RIN3235-AL13) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 23, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-7943. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, Department 
     of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures 
     for Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Conventional 
     Cooking Products'' (RIN1904-AC01) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 31, 2012; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-7944. 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-7945. 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. 9736-9) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 31, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-7946. 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; New Hampshire; Reasonably Available 
     Control Technology for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard'' (FRL 
     No. 9748-2) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 31, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7947. 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; Determination of Attainment 
     of the 1997 Annual Fine Particle Standard for the Detroit-Ann 
     Arbor Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 9748-8) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 31, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7948. 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; 
     Michigan; Detroit-Ann Arbor Nonattainment Area; Fine 
     Particulate Matter 2005 Base Year Emissions Inventory'' (FRL 
     No. 9748-9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 31, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7949. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical 
     Substances'' (FRL No. 9366-7) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 31, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-7950. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, U.S. 
     Fish and Wildlife Services, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Importation, Exportation, and Transportation of Wildlife; 
     User Fee Exemption Program for Low-Risk Importations and 
     Exportations'' (RIN1018-AZ18) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 5, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-7951. A communication from the Acting Administrator of 
     the General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, an alterations in leased space prospectus for the 
     Southern Maryland U.S. Courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7952. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final 
     Interim Staff Guidance Augmenting NUREG-1537, `Guidelines for 
     Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of 
     Non-Power Reactors,' Parts 1 and 2, for Licensing 
     Radioisotope Production and Aqueoous Homogenous Reactors'' 
     (NUREG-1537) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 5, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7953. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project 
     (SHEP), Georgia and South Carolina; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7954. 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 ``Fringe Benefits Aircraft Valuation 
     Formula'' (Rev. Rev. Rul.

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     2012-27) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7955. 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 ``Update of Weighted Average Interest Rates, 
     Yield Curves, and Segment Rates'' (Notice 2012-64) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on October 16, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
       EC-7956. 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 ``2012 National Pool'' (Revenue Procedure 
     2012-42) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 24, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7957. 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 ``2013 Cost-of-Living Adjustments to Certain 
     Tax Items'' (Rev. Proc. 2012-41) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 24, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7958. 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 ``2012-2013 Special Per Diem Rates'' (Notice 
     2012-63) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 23, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7959. 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 ``Joanne Wandry v. Commissioner'' (AOD 2012-
     05) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on November 2, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-7960. 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 ``Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide--
     Chapter 8--Electrical Distribution System'' (LBandI-4-1012-
     012) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on November 2, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-7961. 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--November 2012'' 
     (Rev. Rul. 2012-30) received during adjournment of the Senate 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 17, 
     2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7962. 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 ``Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease 
     Prospective Payment System, Quality Incentive Program, and 
     Bad Debt Reductions for all Medicare Providers'' (RIN0938-
     AR13) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on November 5, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-7963. 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 ``Medicare Program; Home Health Prospective 
     Payment System Rate Update for Calendar Year 2013, Hospice 
     Quality Reporting Requirements, and Survey and Enforcement 
     Requirements for Home Health Agencies'' (RIN0938-AR18) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 5, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-7964. 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 ``Unpaid Losses Discount Factors and Payment 
     Patterns for 2012'' (Rev. Proc. 2012-44) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on November 13, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7965. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Cyazofamid; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9361-
     8) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 20, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7966. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Flumioxazin; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9358-
     3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 20, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7967. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fluridone; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency 
     Exemptions'' (FRL No. 9366-8) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 5, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-7968. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fluazinam; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9366-6) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 5, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7969. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Metconazole; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9364-
     8) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 5, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7970. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fluoxastrobin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     9365-7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 23, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7971. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``a-(p-Nonylphenyl)poly(oxypropylene) block polymer 
     with poly(oxyethylene); Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL No. 9365-
     3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 25, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7972. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Xylenesulfonic Acid, Sodium Salt; Exemption from 
     the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9361-3) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on November 8, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7973. 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 for Emergency 
     Exemptions'' (FRL No. 9366-3) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 8, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-7974. A communication from the Director of Program 
     Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Expansion of 911 Access Loans and 
     Loan Guarantees'' (RIN0572-AC24) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 2, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-7975. A communication from the Director of the Policy 
     Issuances Division, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Requirements for Official 
     Establishments to Notify FSIS of Adulterated or Misbranded 
     Product, Prepare and Maintain Written Recall Procedures, and 
     Document Certain Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point 
     System Plan Reassessments'' (RIN0583-AC34) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on November 1, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7976. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     retirement of Lieutenant General William E. Ward, United 
     States Army; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7977. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     quarterly report entitled, ``Acceptance of Contributions for 
     Defense Programs, Projects, and Activities; Defense 
     Cooperation Account''; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7978. 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 during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 8, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-7979. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the 
     continuation of the national emergency with respect to Iran 
     that was declared in Executive Order 12170 on November 14, 
     1979; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-7980. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to Syria that 
     was declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7981. A communication from the Secretary of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant

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     to law, a report relative to the continuation of a national 
     emergency declared in Executive Order 13222 with respect to 
     the lapse of the Export Administration Act of 1979; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7982. A communication from the Assistant Director for 
     Legislative Affairs, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Annual Report of the 
     Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Student Loan Ombudsman; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7983. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, 
     Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``2011/2012 Economic Dispatch and Technological 
     Change''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-7984. A communication from the Director of the 
     Sustainability Performance Office, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Uniform Resource Locator 
     (URL) for the Department's Fleet Alternative Fuel Vehicle 
     Acquisition Report for fiscal year 2008; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.

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