[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 101 (Tuesday, July 16, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5707-S5708]
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-2255. A communication from the Acting 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 
     Commercial Accountability Measure and Closure for the South 
     Atlantic Lesser Amberjack, Almaco Jack, and Banded Rudderfish 
     Complex'' (RIN0648-XC714) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 8, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2256. 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 Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West 
     Coast Commercial Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions Nos. 4 
     and 5'' (RIN0648-XC705) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 8, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2257. 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; 2013 Commercial Accountability Measure and Closure 
     for Gulf of Mexico Greater Amberjack'' (RIN0648-XC702) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     8, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-2258. 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; 
     Northern Rockfish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
     Management Area'' (RIN0648-XC722) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 8, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2259. 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-XC724) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 8, 2013; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2260. A communication from the Acting 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 Golden Tilefish'' (RIN0648-XC671) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2261. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment 4 
     to the Corals and Reef Associated Plants and Invertebrates 
     Fishery Management Plan of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin 
     Islands; Seagrass Management'' (RIN0648-BC38) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2262. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment 94 
     to the Gulf of Alaska Fishery Management Plan and Regulatory 
     Amendments for Community Quota Entities'' (RIN0648-BB94) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     8, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-2263. 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; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Adjusted 
     Closure of the 2013 Gulf of Mexico Recreational Sector for 
     Red Snapper'' (RIN0648-XC715) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     July 2, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-2264. 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; Shrimp 
     Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic States; Amendment 9'' 
     (RIN0648-BC58) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on July 2, 2013; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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       EC-2265. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to 
     Framework Adjustment 50 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 
     Management Plan and Sector Annual Catch Entitlements; Updated 
     Annual Catch Limits for Sectors and the Common Pool for 
     Fishing Year 2013'' (RIN0648-BC97) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 2, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2266. 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 of the Northeastern United 
     States; Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery; Framework 
     Adjustment 48; Final Rule; Correction'' (RIN0648-BC27) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 2, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2267. 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 ``Fisheries of the 
     Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian 
     Islands Crab Rationalization Program'' (RIN0648-BC25) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 2, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2268. 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 ``Fisheries Off West Coast 
     States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Annual 
     Specifications'' (RIN0648-XC392) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     July 2, 2013; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-2269. A communication from the Acting Chief of the Trade 
     and Commercial Regulations Branch, Customs and Border 
     Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Inadmissibility of Consumer Products and Industrial 
     Equipment Noncompliant with Applicable Energy Conservation or 
     Labeling Standards'' (RIN1515-AD82) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 2, 2013; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-2270. 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 ``Transition Relief for Employees and Related 
     Individuals Eligible to Enroll in Eligible Employer-Sponsored 
     Health Plans for Non-Calendar Plan Years that Begin in 2013 
     and End in 2014'' (Notice 2013-42) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 9, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
       EC-2271. 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 ``Application of Wash Sale Rules to Money 
     Market Fund Shares'' (Notice 2013-48) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on July 9, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-2272. 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 ``Guidance Regarding Deferred Discharge of 
     Indebtedness Income of Corporations and Deferred Original 
     Issue Discount Deductions'' ((RIN1545-BI96) (TD 9622)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     9, 2013; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-2273. 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 ``Application of Section 108(i) to 
     Partnerships and S Corporations'' ((RIN1545-BI99) (TD 9623)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     9, 2013; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-2274. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the semiannual report on the 
     continued compliance of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, the 
     Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan with the 1974 
     Trade Act's freedom of emigration provisions, as required 
     under the Jackson-Vanik Amendment; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-2275. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Lacey Act Implementation Plan; 
     Definitions for Exempt and Regulated Articles'' ((RIN0579-
     AD11) (Docket No. APHIS-2009-0018)) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 9, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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