[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 81 (Monday, June 10, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4056-S4058]
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-1783. A communication from the Program Manager, Food and 
     Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Information Required in Prior Notice of Imported Food'' 
     (RIN0910-AG65) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on June 3, 2013; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1784. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Process for a 
     Designated Contract Market or Swap Execution Facility to Make 
     a Swap Available to Trade under Section 2(h) (8) of the 
     Commodity Exchange Act; Swap Transaction Compliance and 
     Implementation Schedule; Trade Execution Requirement under 
     Section 2(h) of the CEA'' (RIN3038-AD18) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on June 3, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1785. 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 ``Community Connect Broadband Grant 
     Program'' (RIN0572-AC30) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 4, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1786. A communication from the Chairman and Chief 
     Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Unincorporated Business Entities'' (RIN3052-AC65) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 4, 2013; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1787. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Sedaxane; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9386-9) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     4, 2013; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-1788. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     9387-9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on June 4, 2013; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-1789. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Diisopropyl adipate; Exemption from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9387-8) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on June 4, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1790. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Propamocarb; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9388-
     1) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     June 4, 2013; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-1791. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``1,3-Propanediol; Exemptions from the Requirement 
     of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9386-8) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on June 6, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1792. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Vice 
     Admiral Kendall L. Card, United States Navy, and his 
     advancement to the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1793. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Vice 
     Admiral Gerald R. Beaman, United States Navy, and his 
     advancement to the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1794. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General Francis J. Wiercinski, United States Army, 
     and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the 
     retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services.

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       EC-1795. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General Richard P. Formica, United States Army, 
     and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the 
     retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1796. A communication from the Director, Facilities 
     Services Directorate, Department of Defense, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Facilities Services Directorate/Pentagon 
     Renovation and Construction Program Office (PENREN) annual 
     report; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1797. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     modernization priority assessments provided by the Chiefs of 
     the Reserve and National Guard components; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       EC-1798. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Uniform Resource Locator 
     (URL) for the Department of Defense 2013 Major Automated 
     Information System (MAIS) Annual Reports (MARs); to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1799. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Global Strategic Affairs), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Department's Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) 
     Annual Report to Congress for fiscal year 2014; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1800. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel, General Law, Ethics, and Regulation, Department of 
     the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, (2) two reports 
     relative to vacancies in the Department of the Treasury 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     3, 2013; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-1801. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report 
     relative to the continuation of the national emergency with 
     respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 
     that was originally declared in Executive Order 12938 of 
     November 14, 1994; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-1802. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Implementation of the 
     Understandings Reached at the 2012 Australia Group (AG) 
     Plenary Meeting and the 2012 AG Intersessional Decisions; 
     Changes to Select Agent Controls'' (RIN0694-AF76) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on June 3, 2013; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1803. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Addition, Removals, and Revisions 
     to the List of Validated End-Users in the People's Republic 
     of China'' (RIN0694-AF92) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 3, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1804. A communication from the General Counsel and 
     Agency Ethics Official, Office of General Counsel, National 
     Credit Union Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Supplemental Standards of 
     Ethical Conduct for Employees of the National Credit Union 
     Administration'' (RIN3133-AE10) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 5, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1805. A communication from the Attorney, Legal Division, 
     Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Loan 
     Originator Compensation Requirements Under the Truth in 
     Lending Act (Regulation Z); Prohibition on Financing Credit 
     Insurance Premiums; Delay of Effective Date'' ((RIN3170-AA37) 
     (Docket No. CFPB-2013-0013)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 4, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1806. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Filing, Indexing and 
     Service Requirements for Oil Pipelines'' (Docket No. RM12-15-
     000) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     June 6, 2013; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-1807. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Reliability Standards 
     for Geomagnetic Disturbances'' (Docket No. RM12-22-000) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     3, 2013; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-1808. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement 
     Project, Brazoria County, Texas; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1809. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Models for 
     Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical Specifications Task 
     Force Traveler TSTF-426, Revision 5, 'Revise or Add Actions 
     to Preclude Entry into LCO 3.0.3--RITSTF Initiatives 6B and 
     6C,' Using the Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process'' 
     (NUREG-1432) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on June 5, 2013; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-1810. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Updated 
     Aging Management Criteria for Reactor Vessel Internal 
     Components for Pressurized Water Reactors'' (LR-ISG-2011-04) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     5, 2013; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1811. 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; Allegheny County 
     Reasonably Available Control Technology Under the 8-Hour 
     Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard'' (FRL No. 9820-
     3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     June 4, 2013; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-1812. 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; 
     Kentucky: Kentucky Portion of Cincinnati-Hamilton, Revision 
     to the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets'' (FRL No. 9820-1) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     4, 2013; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1813. 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, District of Columbia, 
     Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; Removal of 
     Obsolete Regulations and Updates to Citations to State 
     Regulations Due to Recodification'' (FRL No. 9819-6) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 4, 2013; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1814. 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; Ohio; 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance 
     Plan Revision; Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the Ohio 
     Portion of the Wheeling Area'' (FRL No. 9821-3) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on June 6, 2013; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1815. 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; Ohio; Lima 1997 8-Hour Ozone 
     Maintenance Plan Revision to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions 
     Budgets'' (FRL No. 9821-5) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 6, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1816. 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; 
     Maryland; Revisions to the State Implementation Plan Approved 
     by EPA through Letter Notice Actions'' (FRL No. 9822-5) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     6, 2013; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1817. 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; Revision to the 
     Classification and Implementation of the 2008 Ozone National 
     Ambient Air Quality Standards for the Northern Virginia 
     Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 9822-3) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on June 6, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1818. 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; Low Emission Vehicle 
     Program'' (FRL No. 9822-6) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 6, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1819. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Indiana: Final Authorization of State Hazardous 
     Waste Management Program Revision'' (FRL No. 9817-9) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 6, 2013; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1820. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Implementation of Regulatory Guide 1.221 on Design-Basis 
     Hurricane and Hurricane Missiles'' (DC/COL-ISG-24) received 
     in the Office

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     of the President of the Senate on June 4, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1821. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Direct Final Approval of Sewage Sludge 
     Incinerators State Plan for Designated Facilities and 
     Pollutants; Indiana'' (FRL No. 9821-1) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on June 6, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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