[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 18, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4583-S4585]
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-1935. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries 
     Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2013 
     Management Measures'' (RIN0648-XC438) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on May 29, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1936. 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; Monkfish 
     Fishery; Emergency Action'' (RIN0648-BC79) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on May 29, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1937. 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 Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-
     Grouper Fishery off the Southern Atlantic States; Amendment 
     18B'' (RIN0648-BB58) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     29, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1938. 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 Sea Scallop Fishery 
     and Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Framework Adjustment 24 
     and Framework Adjustment 49'' (RIN0648-BC81) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 5, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1939. 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 Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Revise Maximum 
     Retainable Amounts of Groundfish Bering Sea and Aleutian 
     Islands'' (RIN0648-BA43) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 5, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1940. 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; Atka 
     Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management 
     Area'' (RIN0648-XC654) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     29, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1941. 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; 
     Greenland Turbot in the Aleutian Islands Subarea of the 
     Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-
     XC369) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 29, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1942. 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 Northeastern United States; Summer 
     Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer'' (RIN0648-XC634) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 29, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1943. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnuson-Stevens Act 
     Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Northeast Multispecies Fishery; 2013 Sector Operations Plans 
     and Contracts and Allocation of Northeast Multispecies Annual 
     Catch Entitlements'' (RIN0648-XC240) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on May 29, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1944. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Western 
     Pacific Fisheries; Fishing in the Marianas Trench, Pacific 
     Remote Islands, and Rose Atoll Marine National Monuments'' 
     (RIN0648-BA98) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on June 12, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1945. A communication from the Deputy Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; 2013 
     Recreational Accountability Measure and Closure for South 
     Atlantic Snowy Grouper'' (RIN0648-XC672) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on June 12, 2013; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1946. 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 ``Fisheries in the 
     Western Pacific; 5-Year Extension of Moratorium on Harvest of 
     Gold Corals'' (RIN0648-BC89) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 12, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1947. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic 
     Highly Migratory Species; North and South Atlantic 2013 
     Commercial Swordfish Quotas'' (RIN0648-XC334) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on June 12, 2013; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1948. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Fishing 
     Restrictions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean'' (RIN0648-BC44) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     12, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1949. 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 Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and 
     Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program'' (RIN0648-
     BA82) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on June 12, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1950. 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 Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish 
     Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 37'' (RIN0648-BC66) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     12, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1951. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``International Fisheries; Western and Central Pacific 
     Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Fishing Restrictions 
     and Observer Requirements in Purse Seine Fisheries for 2013-
     2014'' (RIN0648-BC87) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on June 12, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1952. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West 
     Coast Commercial Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #3'' 
     (RIN0648-XC686) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 12, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1953. 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; Deep-
     Water Species Fishery by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Gulf 
     of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XC675) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 12, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1954. 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 Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Texas 
     Closure'' (RIN0648-XC683) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 12, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1955. 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; Big 
     Skate in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' 
     (RIN0648-XC673) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 12, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1956. 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; Alaska 
     Plaice in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management 
     Area'' (RIN0648-XC687) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 12, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1957. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the apportionment of 
     membership on the regional fishery management councils; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1958. 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-AF85) (DA 
     13-1113)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on June 11, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1959. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone, 
     Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway; Wrightsville Beach, NC'' 
     ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2013-0174)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on June 12, 2013; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1960. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, Office 
     of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy 
     in the position of Maritime Administrator, Department of 
     Transportation, received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 13, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1961. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting a report on 
     the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Robert R. 
     Allardice, United States Air Force, and his advancement to 
     the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1962. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting a report on 
     the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Frank J. 
     Kisner, United States Air Force, and his advancement to the 
     grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1963. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting a report on 
     the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Douglas H. 
     Owens, United States Air Force, and his advancement to the 
     grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1964. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of 
     five (5) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the 
     grade of rear admiral (lower half) in accordance with title 
     10, United States Code, section 777; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       EC-1965. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Fiscal Year 2011 Report on 
     Department of Defense (DoD) Operation and Financial Support 
     for Military Museums; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1966. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to transactions involving U.S. exports to 
     Norway; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-1967. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to transactions involving U.S. exports to 
     Canada; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-1968. 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 June 12, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1969. 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 June 12, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1970. A communication from the President and Chief 
     Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, Bank's 2012 Management Report 
     and statement on system of internal controls; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1971. A communication from the Assistant Director of the 
     Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, 
     Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Update for Weighted Average 
     Interest Rates, Yield Curves, and Segment Rates'' (Notice 
     2013-37) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on June 12, 2013; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-1972. A communication from the Chair of the Medicaid and 
     CHIP Payment and Access Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress on Medicaid and 
     CHIP''; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-1973. 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-
     0099-2013-0107); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-1974. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, 
     Department of Education, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Final Priority--National 
     Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research--
     Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers'' (CFDA No. 
     84.133B-10) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on June 11, 2013; to the

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     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-1975. A communication from the Director of the Division 
     of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation, Office of Workers' 
     Compensation Programs, Department of Labor, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Black Lung 
     Benefits Act: Standards for Chest Radiographs'' (RIN1240-
     AA07) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on June 13, 2013; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-1976. A communication from the Acting Chief Policy 
     Officer, 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 in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on June 13, 2013; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-1977. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fenpyroximate; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     9388-2) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on June 12, 2013; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-1978. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Bacillus pumilus strain BU F-33; Exemption from 
     the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9389-2) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on June 12, 2013; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1979. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action, 
     Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Acquisition Regulations; Buy Indian Act; Procedures for 
     Contracting'' (RIN1090-AB03) received on June 13, 2013; to 
     the Committee on Indian Affairs.
       EC-1980. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the 
     President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program 2013 Report 
     to Congress''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-1981. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, consistent with the War Powers Act, a 
     report relative to deployments of U.S. Armed Forces for 
     combat (OSS-2013-0859); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.

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