[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 14 (Thursday, January 31, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S436-S437]
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-239. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Styrene-2-Ethylhexyl Acrylate Copolymer; Tolerance 
     Exemption'' (FRL No. 9367-2) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on January 30, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-240. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``2-Pyrrolidone, 1-ethenyl-, polymer with ethenol; Tolerance 
     Exemption'' (FRL No. 9376-1) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on January 30, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-241. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Alpha-Cypermethrin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9376-
     1A) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 30, 2013; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-242. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     assistance provided by the Department of Defense (DoD) for 
     sporting events during calendar year 2012; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       EC-243. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to the elimination of the 1994 Direct 
     Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-244. 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-2013-0002)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on January 30, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-245. 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-2013-0002)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on January 30, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-246. 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-2013-0002)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on January 30, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-247. A communication from the Associate General Counsel 
     for Legislation and Regulations, Office of the Secretary, 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Inflation 
     Adjustment of Civil Money Penalty Amounts'' (RIN2501-AD59) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 30, 2013; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-248. A communication from the Associate General Counsel 
     for Legislation and Regulations, Office of Housing, 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Manufactured 
     Home Construction and Safety Standards, Test Procedures for 
     Roof Trusses'' (RIN2502-AI72) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on January 30, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-249. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of Exemptions 
     for Security-Based Swaps'' (RIN3235-AL17) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on January 29, 2013; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-250. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to operation 
     of the Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) for fiscal year 
     2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-251. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant

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     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and 
     Threatened Species; Threatened Status for the Arctic, 
     Okhotsk, and Baltic Subspecies of the Ringed Seal and 
     Endangered Status for the Ladoga Subspecies of the Ringed 
     Seal'' (RIN0648-XZ59) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on January 30, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-252. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered 
     and Threatened Species; Designation of a Nonessential 
     Experimental Population for Middle Columbia River Steelhead 
     above the Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project in the 
     Deschutes River Basin, OR'' (RIN0648-BB04) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on January 30, 2013; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-253. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered 
     and Threatened Species; Threatened Status for the Beringia 
     and Okhotsk Distinct Population Segments of the Erignathus 
     barbatus nauticus Subspecies of the Bearded Seal'' (RIN0648-
     XZ58) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on January 30, 2013; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-254. 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; Termination of the Southern Sea Otter Translocation 
     Program'' (RIN1018-AX51) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on January 30, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-255. A communication from the Chief of the Listing 
     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; 
     Designation of Critical Habitat for Lost River Sucker and 
     Shortnose Sucker'' (RIN1018-AX41) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on January 30, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-256. 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; 
     Beaumont/Port Arthur Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision to 
     Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets'' (FRL No. 9775-2) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 30, 2013; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-257. 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; Minnesota; Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend'' (FRL No. 
     9774-4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on January 30, 2013; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-258. 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 United Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL 
     No. 9771-3) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on January 30, 2013; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-259. 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 ``Information Reporting by Domestic Entities 
     under Section 6038D with Respect to Specified Foreign 
     Financial Assets'' (Notice 2013-10) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on January 30, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-260. 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 ``Qualified Zone Academy Bond Allocations for 
     2012 and 2013'' (Notice 2013-3) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on January 30, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
       EC-261. 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 ``Correction to Revenue Procedure 2013-6 
     Employee Plans Determination Letters'' (Announcement 2013-13) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 30, 2013; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-262. 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 ``Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit'' (TD 
     9611) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on January 30, 2013; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-263. 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 ``Optional Safe Harbor Method for Deducting 
     Expenses Attributable to Business Use of a Home'' (Rev. Proc. 
     2013-13) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on January 29, 2013; to the Committee on Finance.

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