[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 157 (Wednesday, November 6, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7875-S7876]
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-3491. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Spirotetramat; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     9399-4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on November 5, 2013; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-3492. A communication from the Deputy Secretary of 
     Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the Department of Defense (DoD) providing military 
     compensation and retirement modernization recommendations to 
     the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization 
     Commission and Congress; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-3493. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Global Strategic Affairs), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Report on Utilization of 
     Contributions to the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program''; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-3494. A communication from the General Counsel of the 
     Federal Housing Finance Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removal of References to 
     Credit Ratings in Certain Regulations Governing the Federal 
     Home Loan Banks'' (RIN2590-AA40) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 4, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3495. A communication from the Chair, Securities and 
     Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2012 
     Annual Report of the Securities Investor Protection 
     Corporation (SIPC); to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-3496. 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 during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 1, 2013; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-3497. A communication from the Associate General Counsel 
     for Legislation and Regulations, Office of Public and Indian 
     Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Public Housing Capital Fund Program'' (RIN2577-AC50) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 30, 2013; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-3498. 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 the 
     Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3499. A communication from the Administrator, U.S. 
     Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``The 
     Availability and Price of Petroleum and Petroleum Products 
     Produced in Countries Other Than Iran''; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-3500. A communication from the Chief Human Capital 
     Officer, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     (10) ten reports relative to vacancies in the Department of 
     Energy, received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 1, 2013; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-3501. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Quality of Water, Colorado River Basin, Progress Report No. 
     24''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-3502. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Qualification Tests for Safety-Related Actuators in Nuclear 
     Power Plants'' (Regulatory Guide 1.73, Revision 1) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 4, 
     2013; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3503. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to 
     Design of Structures, Components, Equipment, and Systems'' 
     (NUREG-0800) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on November 4, 2013; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-3504. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant

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     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to 
     Radiation Protection'' (NUREG-0800) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 4, 2013; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3505. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Significant New Use Rule on Certain Chemical 
     Substances; Removal of Significant New Use Rules'' (FRL No. 
     9902-16) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on November 5, 2013; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-3506. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule'' 
     (FRL No. 9901-98-OECA) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on November 5, 2013; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3507. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Extension of Deadline for Action on the Section 
     126 Petition from Eliot, Maine'' (FRL No. 9902-55-OAR) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 5, 2013; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3508. 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: Bellefontaine; Determination of 
     Attainment for the 2008 Lead Standard'' (FRL No. 9902-33-
     Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on November 5, 2013; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-3509. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Addition of ortho-Nitrotoluene; Community Right-
     to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting'' (FRL No. 9902-12-
     OEI) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 5, 2013; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3510. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department 
     of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, 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 (OSS-2013-1711); to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-3511. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department 
     of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, 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 (OSS-2013-1685); to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-3512. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to section 
     36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (RSAT-13-3485); to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-3513. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``United 
     States Participation in the United Nations in 2012''; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-3514. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, an annual report relative to the Benjamin A. 
     Gilman International Scholarship Program for 2013; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-3515. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the issuance of a determination to waive certain restrictions 
     on maintaining a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) 
     Office in Washington and on the receipt and expenditure of 
     PLO funds for a period of six months; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-3516. 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-
     0179-2013-0184); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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