[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 11, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H5511-H5512]
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:

       2801. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting authorization of 3 officers to wear 
     the authorized insignia of the grade of major general or 
     brigadier general; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       2802. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a letter of notification to 
     authorize a 90% guarantee on a supply chain finance facility 
     for JPMorgan Chase & Co. of New York, New York; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       2803. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions involving 
     U.S. exports to Turkey pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
       2804. 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; Pennsylvania; Update of the 
     Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the Lancaster 1997 8-Hour 
     Ozone Maintenance Area [EPA-R03-OAR-2013-0058; FRL-9841-8] 
     received August 6, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       2805. 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; Texas; Victoria County 1997 8-
     Hour Ozone Section 110(a)(1) Maintenance Plan [EPA-R06-OAR-
     2006-0356; FRL-9842-6] received August 6, 2013, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       2806. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Tennessee; Infrastructure Requirements 
     for the 2008 Lead National Ambient Air Quality Standards 
     [EPA-R04-OAR-2012-0582; FRL-9845-2] received August 6, 2013, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       2807. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Implementation Plans; Alaska; Fairbanks Carbon Monoxide 
     Limited Maintenance Plan and State Implementation Plan 
     Revision [EPA-R10-OAR-2013-0420; FRL-9844-8] received August 
     6, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       2808. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Disapproval of State Implementation 
     Plans; State of Utah; Interstate Transport of Pollution for 
     the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS [EPA-R08-OAR-2012-0350; FRL-9844-9] 
     received August 6, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       2809. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Disapproval of State Implementation 
     Plan; Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standard; Montana [EPA-R08-OAR-
     2010-0298; FRL-9843-2] received August 6, 2013, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       2810. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Oil and Natural Gas Sector: 
     Reconsideration of Certain Provisions of New Source 
     Performance Standards [EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505; FRL-9844-4] 
     (RIN: 2060-AR75) received August 6, 2013, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       2811. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Partial Disapproval of State 
     Implementation Plan; Arizona; Regional Haze Requirements 
     [EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0913; FRL-9843-7] received August 6, 2013, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       2812. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Propylene Glycol; Exemption from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0901; FRL-9394-5] 
     received August 6, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       2813. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Significant New Use Rules on Certain 
     Chemical Substances [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0399; FRL-9393-4] (RIN: 
     2070-AB27) received August 6, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       2814. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Topramezone; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0262; FRL-9388-9] received August 6, 2013, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       2815. A letter from the Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's report entitled, 
     ``Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 
     [FY] 2012'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5848; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       2816. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting a report on the agencies' 
     use of the Physicians' Comparability Allowance Program for 
     fiscal year 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5948(j)(1); to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       2817. A letter from the Human Resources Specialist, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting a report pursuant to the 
     Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       2818. A letter from the Associate General Counsel for 
     General Law, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting 
     three reports pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 
     1998; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       2819. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Office of the 
     General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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       2820. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Office of the 
     General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       2821. A letter from the Auditor, Office of the District of 
     Columbia Auditor, transmitting a report entitled, 
     ``Sufficiency Certification for the Washington Convention and 
     Sports Authority's (Trading as Events DC) Projected Revenues 
     and Excess Reserve to Meet Projected Operating and Debt 
     Service Expenditures and Reserve Requirements for Fiscal Year 
     2014''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       2822. A letter from the Director, Office of Public Affairs, 
     American Chemical Society, transmitting the Society's Annual 
     Report for 2012; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       2823. A letter from the Clerk, Court of Appeals, 
     transmitting an opinion of the United States Court of Appeals 
     for the Third Circuit, C.A. No. 12-2711, U.S.A. v. Zavkibeg 
     Ashurov (August 12, 2013); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       2824. A letter from the Secretary, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- 
     Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period 
     Requirements (RIN: 3084-AA91) received August 10, 2013, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       2825. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting a report entitled, ``Geothermal Heat Pump 
     Research, Development and Demonstration''; to the Committee 
     on Science, Space, and Technology.
       2826. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Certain Transfers of Property to 
     Regulated Investment Companies [RICs] and Real Estate 
     Investment Trusts [REITs] [TD 9626] (RIN: 1545-BI84) received 
     August 5, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       2827. A letter from the Chief, Publications and 
     Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the 
     Service's final rule -- Mixed Straddles; Straddle-by-Straddle 
     Identification Under Section 1092(b)(2)(A)(i)(l) [TD 9627] 
     (RIN: 1545-BL04) received August 5, 2013, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       2828. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Reimbursed Entertainment Expenses [TD 9625] 
     (RIN: 1545-BI83) received August 5, 2013, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       2829. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the annual report on the 
     Medicare and Medicaid Integrity Programs for Fiscal Year 
     2011; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and 
     Ways and Means.
       2830. A letter from the Board, Railroad Retirement Board, 
     transmitting the Board's 2013 annual report on the financial 
     status of the railroad unemployment insurance system, 
     pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 369; jointly to the Committees on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure and Ways and Means.

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