[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 21, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3656-S3657]
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-1549. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Dual and Multiple 
     Associations of Persons Associated with Swap Dealers, Major 
     Swap Participants and Other Commission Registrants'' 
     (RIN3038-AD66) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 15, 2013; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1550. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Streptomycin; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency 
     Exemptions'' (FRL No. 9385-3) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 15, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1551. A communication from the Chairman of the Nuclear 
     Weapons Council, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to the President's budget requests for the National 
     Nuclear Security Administration for fiscal year 2014; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1552. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Legislative Affairs), transmitting legislative 
     proposals and accompanying reports relative to the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1553. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the 
     continuation of the national emergency that was originally 
     declared in Executive Order 13405 of June 16, 2006, with 
     respect to Belarus; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-1554. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on 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-1555. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to material 
     violations or suspected material violations of regulations 
     relating to Treasury auctions and other Treasury securities 
     offerings for the period of January 1, 2012 through December 
     31, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-1556. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle, and Nonroad 
     Technical Amendments'' (FRL No. 9772-3) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 15, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1557. 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; 
     Georgia; State Implementation Plan Miscellaneous Revisions'' 
     (FRL No. 9813-8) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on May 15, 2013; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-1558. 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; 
     Tennessee; Transportation Conformity Revisions'' (FRL No. 
     9814-5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 15, 2013; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-1559. 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; 
     Tennessee; Revisions to Volatile Organic Compound 
     Definition'' (FRL No. 9814-3) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 15, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1560. 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 ``State Medicaid Fraud Control Units; Data 
     Mining'' (42 CFR Parts 1007.1, 1007.17, 1007.19 (e)(2)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     16, 2013; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-1561. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department 
     of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, transmittal number: DDTC 13-057, 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-1562. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a Determination 
     and Certification under Section 40A of the Arms Export 
     Control Act relative to countries not cooperating fully with 
     United States antiterrorism efforts; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-1563. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Visas: Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act, as Amended'' (RIN1400-AC86) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on May 15, 2013; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-1564. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     loan guarantees to Israel; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-1565. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser 
     for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, 
     the report of the texts and background statements of 
     international agreements, other than treaties (List 2013-
     0074--2013-0083); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-1566. A communication from the Chairman and Chief 
     Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Administration's Semiannual Report of 
     the Inspector General and the Semiannual Management Report on 
     the Status of Audits for the period from October 1, 2012 
     through March 31, 2013; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1567. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement 
     Agency, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Schedules of Controlled 
     Substances: Temporary

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     Placement of Three Synthetic Cannabinoids Into Schedule I'' 
     (Docket No. DEA-373) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on May 16, 2013; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       EC-1568. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulation Policy and Management Office of the General 
     Counsel, Veterans Health Administration, Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Tentative Eligibility Determinations; 
     Presumptive Eligibility for Psychosis and Other Mental 
     Illness'' (RIN2900-AN87) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 15, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
       EC-1569. A communication from the Deputy Chief of the 
     Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Implementation of Section 716 and 
     717 of the Communications Act of 1934, as Enacted by the 
     Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility 
     Act of 2010; et. al'' (FCC 13-57) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 16, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1570. A communication from the Deputy Bureau Chief, 
     Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Connect America Fund, High-Cost Universal 
     Service Report'' ((RIN3060-AF85) (DA 13-807)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 16, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1571. A communication from the Associate Bureau Chief, 
     Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for 
     Support; Lifeline and Link Up Reform'' ((RIN3060-AF85) (FCC 
     13-44)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 16, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1572. A communication from the Deputy Bureau Chief, 
     Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Connect America Fund'' ((RIN3060-AJ92) (DA 
     13-598)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 16, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1573. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnuson-
     Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; 
     Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast 
     Multispecies Fishery Management; Framework Adjustment 50'' 
     (RIN0648-BC97) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 16, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1574. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnuson-
     Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; 
     Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Biennial Specifications and 
     Management Measures for the 2013 Tribal and Non-Tribal 
     Fisheries for Pacific Whiting'' (RIN0648-BC93) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on May 16, 2013; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1575. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; 
     2013 and 2014 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications'' (RIN0648-
     XC432) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 16, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1576. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnuson-
     Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; 
     Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast 
     Multispecies Fishery; Framework Adjustment 48'' (RIN0648-
     BC27) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 16, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1577. A communication from the Acting Deputy Director, 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska'' 
     (RIN0648-XC581) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on May 16, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.

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