[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 146 (Thursday, November 15, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6852-S6855]
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-7985. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``2017 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle 
     Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy 
     Standards'' (FRL No. 9706-5) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 20, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7986. 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; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Section 
     110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 8-Hour 
     Ozone and the 1997 and 2006 Fine Particulate Matter National 
     Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9731-9) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on September 20, 
     2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7987. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Disapproval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; State of Utah; Revisions to Open 
     Burning Regulations'' (FRL No. 9732-1) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on September 20, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7988. 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; 
     Alabama: General and Transportation Conformity and New Source 
     Review Prevention of Significant for Fine Particulate Matter 
     (PM2.5)'' (FRL No. 9731-5) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 20, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7989. 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-Revision for the Control of 
     Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions from Vehicle 
     Refinishing'' (FRL No. 9731-7) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 20, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7990. 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; Adhesives and Sealants 
     Rule'' (FRL No. 9731-6) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 20, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7991. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Uniform Resource 
     Locator (URL) for the Revised RD/RA Negotiations Timeline; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7992. 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. 9749-4) 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-7993. 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 Idaho; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan'' 
     (FRL No. 9750-1) 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-7994. 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 Update to Address Control Techniques 
     Guidelines Issued in 2006, 2007, and 2008'' (FRL No. 9749-8) 
     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-7995. 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; Requirements for Prevention 
     of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source 
     Review; Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5)'' (FRL No. 9747-9) 
     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-7996. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division,

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     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; Revisions 
     to the California State Implementation Plan Pesticide 
     Element'' (FRL No. 9723-1) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 23, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-7997. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
     California; San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control 
     District; Prevention of Significant Deterioration'' (FRL No. 
     9726-3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 23, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7998. 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 for Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources'' (FRL No. 
     9746-4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 23, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7999. 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; Illinois; Indiana; Michigan; Minnesota; 
     Ohio; Wisconsin; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2006 
     PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Indiana NSR/
     PSD'' (FRL No. 9742-4) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 23, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-8000. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Missouri: Final Authorization of State Hazardous 
     Waste Management Program Revisions'' (FRL No. 9744-4) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 23, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-8001. 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. 9745-7) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 23, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-8002. 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; Attainment Demonstration for 
     the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard 
     for the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City Moderate 
     Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 9746-2) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 23, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-8003. 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; Virginia; Fredericksburg 8-Hour Ozone 
     Maintenance Area Revision to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions 
     Budgets'' (FRL No. 9746-3) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 23, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-8004. 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, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District'' (FRL 
     No. 9737-2) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 23, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-8005. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Implementation of the New Source Review (NSR) 
     Program for Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers 
     (PM2.5): Amendment to the Definition of `Regulated NSR 
     Pollutant' Concerning Condensable Particulate Matter'' (FRL 
     No. 9742-8) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 23, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-8006. 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; 
     Texas; Revisions to the New Source Review (NSR) State 
     Implementation Plan (SIP); Antibacksliding of Major NSR SIP 
     Requirements for the One-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air 
     Quality Standards (NAAQS); Major Nonattainment NSR (NNSR) SIP 
     Requirements for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone NAAQS; and Major 
     NSR Reform Program'' (FRL No. 9743-6) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 23, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-8007. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Partial Approval and Disapproval of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Arizona; Infrastructure Requirements 
     for Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter'' (FRL No. 9745-8) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 25, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-8008. 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; 
     New Mexico; Albuquerque/Bernalillo County: Motor Vehicle 
     Inspection'' (FRL No. 9747-2) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 25, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-8009. 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 Arizona State Implementation 
     Plan, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and 
     Maricopa County Air Quality Department'' (FRL No. 9740-2) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 25, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-8010. 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; Virginia; Deferral for CO2 Emissions 
     from Bioenergy and other Biogenic Sources Under the 
     Prevention of Significant Deterioration Program'' (FRL No. 
     9745-5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 25, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-8011. 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; District of Columbia; The 2002 Base 
     Year Emissions Inventory for the Washington DC-MD-VA 
     Nonattainment Area for the 1997 Fine Particulate Matter 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standard'' (FRL No. 9746-1) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 25, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-8012. 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; Determination of 
     Attainment of the One-Hour Ozone Standard for the Portsmouth-
     Dover-Rochester and Manchester Areas'' (FRL No. 9744-6) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 25, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-8013. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Additional Air Quality Designations for the 2006 
     24-Hour Fine Particle National Ambient Air Quality 
     Standards'' (FRL No. 9746-6) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 25, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-8014. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Revision to the South Coast Portion of the 
     California State Implementation Plan, CPV Sentinel Energy 
     Project AB 1318 Tracking System'' (FRL No. 9751-3) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on November 8, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-8015. A communication from the Chief of the Recovery and 
     State Grants 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; Removal of the Gray Wolf in Wyoming from the Federal 
     List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Removal of the 
     Wyoming Wolf Population's Status as an Experimental 
     Population'' (RIN1018-AX94) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 17, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-8016. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Broward County Water Preservation 
     Areas project in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties, Florida; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-8017. A communication from the Deputy Commissioner of 
     the Social Security Administration, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law,

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     the Administration's Annual Report of Payment Recapture 
     Audits; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-8018. 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 2012-66) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 13, 
     2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-8019. 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 and Medicaid Programs: Hospital 
     Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center 
     Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Electronic 
     Reporting Pilot; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Quality 
     Reporting Program; Revision to Quality Improvement 
     Organization Regulations'' (RIN0938-AR10) 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-8020. 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 ``Salvage Discount Factors and Payment 
     Patterns for 2012'' (Rev. Proc. 2012-45) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 13, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-8021. 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; Revisions to Payment 
     Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule, DME Face-to-Face 
     Encounters, Elimination of the Requirement for Termination of 
     Non-Random Prepayment Complex Medical Review and Other 
     Revisions to Part B for CY 2013'' (RIN0938-AR11) 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-8022. 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 ``Medicaid Program; Payments for Services 
     Furnished by Certain Primary Care Physicians and Charges for 
     Vaccine Administration under the Vaccines for Children 
     Program'' (RIN0938-AQ63) 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-8023. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report consistent with the Authorization 
     for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 1002 
     (P.L. 107-243) and the Authorization for the Use of Force 
     Against Iraq Resolution (P.L. 102-1) for the June 25, 2012 
     through August 23, 2012 reporting period; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-8024. 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-8025. 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 12-121); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-8026. A communication from the Executive Secretary, U. 
     S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a report 
     relative to a vacancy in the position of Assistant 
     Administrator, Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, 
     U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on November 8, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
       EC-8027. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the status of the 
     Government of Cuba's compliance with the United States-Cuba 
     September 1994 ``Joint Communique'' and on the treatment of 
     persons returned to Cuba in accordance with the United 
     States-Cuba May 1995 ``Joint Statement''; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-8028. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a notice of an addendum to a 
     certification of the proposed sale or export of defense 
     articles and/or defense services to a Middle East country; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-8029. 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 June 1, 2012 through July 31, 
     2012; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-8030. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, a 
     correspondence from the President of the Lebanese National 
     Assembly; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-8031. A communication from the Secretary General of the 
     Inter-Parliamentary Union, transmitting, a report entitled 
     ``Raising the Profile of HIV and AIDS in Your Parliament''; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-8032. 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 12-140); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-8033. 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 12-0138); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-8034. 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 12-133); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-8035. 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 12-071); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-8036. 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 12-146); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-8037. 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 12-134); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-8038. 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 12-144); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-8039. 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 12-136); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-8040. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     certification of proposed issuance of an export license 
     pursuant to sections 36(c) and 36(d) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (Transmittal No. DDTC 12-131); to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
       EC-8041. 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 12-135, of the 
     proposed sale or export of defense articles and/or defense 
     services to a Middle East country regarding any possible 
     affects such a sale might have relating to Israel's 
     Qualitative Military Edge over military threats to Israel; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-8042. 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 12-126, of the 
     proposed sale or export of defense articles and/or defense 
     services to a Middle East country regarding any possible 
     affects such a sale might have relating to Israel's 
     Qualitative Military Edge over military threats to Israel; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-8043. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a petition to add workers who were employed at the Ventron 
     Corporation in Beverly, Massachusetts, to the Special 
     Exposure Cohort; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-8044. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Services, Office of Elementary and Secondary 
     Education, Department of Education, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Race to the Top--Early 
     Learning Challenge; Phase 2 Notice of Final Requirements'' 
     (RIN1810-AB15) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on October 31, 
     2012; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-8045. 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 November 7, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-8046. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Regulatory Services, Office of Postsecondary Education, 
     Department of Education, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Federal Perkins Loan Program, 
     Federal Family Education Loan Program, and William D. Ford

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     Federal Direct Loan Program'' (RIN1840-AD05) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on November 5, 2012; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-8047. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the completion and release of the 
     Department of Defense (DoD) Agency Financial Report (AFR); to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8048. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of 
     Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Inspector General's Semiannual Report for the six-
     month period from April 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-8049. A communication from the Associate General Counsel 
     for General Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy 
     in the position of General Counsel, Department of Homeland 
     Security, received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 25, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8050. A communication from the Director, National 
     Gallery of Art, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Gallery's 
     Performance and Accountability Report for the year ended 
     September 30, 2011; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8051. A communication from the Archivist of the United 
     States, National Archives and Records Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     Administration's Fiscal Year 2012 Commercial Activities 
     Inventory and Inherently Governmental Inventory; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8052. A communication from the Special Inspector General 
     for Iraq Reconstruction, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Quarterly Report for the period through October 2012; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8053. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 19-467, ``Meridian Public Charter School-
     Harrison Campus Property Tax Exemption Act of 2012''; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8054. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 19-470, ``Career and Technical Education 
     Plan Establishment Temporary Act of 2012''; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8055. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 19-478, ``Verizon Center Graphics and 
     Entertainment Amendment Act of 2012''; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8056. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 19-479, ``Compassionate Release 
     Authorization Amendment Act of 2012''; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8057. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 19-471, ``Health Benefits Plan Grievance 
     Temporary Amendment Act of 2012''; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8058. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 19-473, ``District of Columbia School 
     Reform Extension of Time Temporary Amendment Act of 2012''; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-8059. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 19-472, ``Cogeneration Equipment Personal 
     Property Tax Exemption Temporary Act of 2012''; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8060. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 19-474, ``District of Columbia Public 
     Schools Partnership Temporary Act of 2012''; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8061. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 19-468, ``Department of Health Functions 
     Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2012''; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8062. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 19-469, ``District Department of 
     Transportation Bicycle Sharing Fund Temporary Amendment Act 
     of 2012''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8063. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 19-480, ``Retention Incentives for Chief 
     of Police Cathy L. Lanier Amendment Act of 2012''; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-8064. A communication from the Archivist of the United 
     States, National Archives and Records Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on a proposed 
     archival depository for the Presidential records, artifacts 
     and other historical materials of the George W. Bush 
     administration; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.

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