[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H1716-H1717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       771. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Declaration of Prion as a Pest Under 
     FIFRA; Related Amendments; and Availability of Final Test 
     Guidelines [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0427; FRL-9372-7] (RIN: 2070-
     AJ26) received February 27, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       772. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Acetochlor; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2012-0302; FRL-9377-6] received February 27, 2013, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       773. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Fenpyrazamine; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0357; FRL-9373-9] received February 27, 
     2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       774. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Pyraflufen-ethyl; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-1002; FRL-9379-6] received February 27, 
     2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       775. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Pyroxasulfone; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0308; FRL-9379-9] received February 27, 
     2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       776. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Tetrachlorvinphos; Extension of Time-
     Limited Interim Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0360; 
     FRL-9380-9] (RIN: 2070-AZ16) received March 13, 2013, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       777. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting the Annual Report of the Reserve Forces Policy 
     Board for Fiscal Year 2012, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 113 (c)(2); 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       778. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement 
     of General James N. Mattis, United States Marine Corps, and 
     his advancement on the retired list in the grade of General; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       779. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the Economic Development Conveyances 
     Report to Congress; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       780. A letter from the Executive Secretary, Board of 
     Actuaries, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's 2012 report on the Military Retirement Fund 
     (MRF); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       781. A letter from the Chairman, Occupational Safety and 
     Health Review Commission, transmitting Buy American Act 
     Report for Fiscal Year 2012; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
       782. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Employee 
     Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Filings Required 
     of Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Certain Other 
     Related Entities (RIN: 1210-AB51) received March 13, 2013, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       783. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Employee 
     Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Ex Parte Cease 
     and Desist and Summary Seizure Orders -- Multiple Employer 
     Welfare Arrangements (RIN: 1210-AB48) received March 31, 
     2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       784. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting a report entitled, ``The 
     Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness 
     (PAIMI) Program Activities Report for Fiscal Years 2009 and 
     2010''; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       785. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Evaluation Findings -- 
     Performance Improvement 2011-2012 report; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       786. A letter from the Program Manager, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; 
     Amendments to the HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment 
     Parameters for 2014 [CMS-9964-IFC] (RIN: 0938-AR74) received 
     March 1, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       787. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; The 2002 Base Year 
     Emissions Inventory for the Delaware Portion of the 
     Philadelphia Nonattainment Area for the 1997 Annual Fine 
     Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standard 
     [EPA-R03-OAR-2010-0141; FRL-9786-4] received February 27, 
     2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       788. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Regulation of Fuels and Fuel 
     Additives: Identification of Additional Qualifying Renewable 
     Fuel Pathways under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program [EPA-
     HQ-OAR-2011-0542; FRL-9686-3] (RIN: 2060-AR07) received 
     February 27, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       789. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Federal 
     Implementation Plan for Oil and Natural Gas Well Production 
     Facilities; Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (Mandan, 
     Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation), North Dakota [EPA-R08-OAR-2012-
     0479; FRL-9789-3] received March 8, 2013, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C.

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     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       790. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; New Mexico; New Source Review (NSR) 
     Preconstruction Permitting Program; Clarification of EPA's 
     Approval of the Sunland Park Section 110(a)(1) Maintenance 
     Plan for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard [EPA-R06-OAR-2005-NM-
     0006; FRL-9788-8] received March 8, 2013, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       791. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- New York: Final Authorization of State 
     Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions [EPA-R02-RCRA-
     2013-0144; FRL-9693-2] received March 8, 2013, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       792. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Implementation Plans; Idaho [EPA-R10-OAR-2011-0640, FRL-9791-
     2] received March 13, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       793. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; Consent Decree 
     Requirements [EPA-R05-OAR-2012-0650; FRL-9789-9] received 
     March 13, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       794. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; Cleveland-Akron-Lorai and 
     Columbus 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revisions to 
     Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets [EPA-R05-OAR-2012-
     0884; EPA-R05-OAR-2012-0970; FRL-9790-2] received March 13, 
     2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       795. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Georgia; Control Techniques Guidelines 
     and Reasonably Available Control Technology [EPA-R04-OAR-
     2012-0448; FRL-9791-1] received March 13, 2013, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       796. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Revision to Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide 
     Monitoring Requirements [EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0486; FRL-9789-2] 
     (RIN: 2060-AR59) received March 13, 2013, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       797. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the 
     Department's report on ``Overseas Surplus Property'' for 
     disposal within fiscal years 2013 through 2014; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       798. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the 
     Report on Workforce Planning for Foreign Service Personnel; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       799. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     authorizing the implementation of certain sanctions set forth 
     in the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 
     2012; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       800. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     authorizing the implementation of certain sanctions set forth 
     in the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 
     2012; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       801. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the 
     Department's determination and certification under Section 
     490(b)(1)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 relating 
     to the top five exporting and importing countries of 
     pseudoephedrine and ephedrine; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
       802. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the 
     National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 
     204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 
     U.S.C. 1703(c), a six-month periodic report on the national 
     emergency with respect to Somalia that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13536 of April 12, 2010; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       803. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting the semiannual report detailing 
     payments made to Cuba as a result of the provision of 
     telecommunications services pursuant to Department of the 
     Treasury specific licenses as required by section 1705(e)(6) 
     of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, as amended by Section 
     102(g) of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
     (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, 22 U.S.C. 6004(e)(6), and pursuant to 
     Executive Order 13313 of July 31, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       804. A letter from the Special Inspector General for Iraq 
     Reconstruction, transmitting ninth and final lessons learned 
     report entitled ``Learning from Iraq''; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       805. A letter from the Director, Office of Economic Impact 
     and Diversity, Department of Energy, transmitting the 
     Department's annual report on the No FEAR Act for Fiscal Year 
     2012; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       806. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of 
     the United States Courts, transmitting a report on compliance 
     within the time limitations established for deciding habeas 
     corpus death penalty petitions under Title I of the 
     Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       807. A letter from the Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the annual report of the 
     Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance for 
     Fiscal Year 2011, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 3712(b); to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       808. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Small 
     Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule -- Small Business Size Standards: Information 
     (RIN: 3245-AG26) received March 11, 2013, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Small Business.
       809. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Small 
     Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule -- Small Business Size Standards: Administrative 
     and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services (RIN: 
     3245-AG27) received March 11, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Small Business.
       810. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Small 
     Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule -- Compensation, Retirement Programs, and Related 
     Benefits; Effective Dates (RIN: 3052-AC41) received March 11, 
     2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the 
     Committees on Small Business and Science, Space, and 
     Technology.
       811. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a report 
     concerning the operations and status of the Government 
     Securities Investment fund (G-Fund) of the Federal Employees 
     Retirement System during the debt issuance suspension period, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8348l(1); jointly to the Committees on 
     Ways and Means and Oversight and Government Reform.

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