[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 20 (Monday, February 3, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S700-S702]
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-4477. A communication from the Chief of the Planning and 
     Regulatory Affairs Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Automated Data Processing and 
     Information Retrieval Systems Requirements: System Testing'' 
     (RIN0584-AD99) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on January 23, 
     2014; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-4478. A communication from the Chief of the Planning and 
     Regulatory Affairs Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Certification of Compliance With 
     Meal Requirements for the National School Lunch Program Under 
     the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010'' (RIN0584-AE15) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on January 23, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4479. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Dinotefuran; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency 
     Exemptions'' (FRL No. 9402-8) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on January 16, 2014; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4480. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Acetochlor; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9904-
     19) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on January 23, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4481. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Indaziflam; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9903-
     88) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on January 23, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4482. A communication from the Chairman and Chief 
     Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standards of 
     Conduct and Referral of Known Suspected Criminal Violations; 
     Standards of Conduct'' (RIN3052-AC44) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on January 27, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-4483. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the designation of funding for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
       EC-4484. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a notification of a completion 
     date of April 2014 for a report relative to the Department of 
     Defense purchases from foreign entities for fiscal year 2013; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4485. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Barriers 
     to Nontraditional Suppliers to the Department of Defense''; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4486. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to the Department of Defense (DoD) 
     intending to assign women to previously closed positions in 
     the Army; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4487. A communication from the Director of Defense 
     Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Proposal 
     Adequacy Checklist Revision'' ((RIN0750-AI15) (DFARS Case 
     2013-D033)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on January 23, 2014; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-4488. A communication from the Director of Defense 
     Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: 
     Limitation on Use of Cost-reimbursement Line Items'' 
     ((RIN0750-AI16) (DFARS Case 2013-D016)) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on January 23, 2014; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-4489. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to Libya that 
     was originally declared in Executive Order 13566 of February 
     25, 2011; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-4490. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 2004, relative to the 
     former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-4491. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an annual report to Congress 
     describing actions taken to support and preserve Minority 
     Depository Institutions; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-4492. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Financial Research, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Office of Financial Research's annual 
     report on activities of the office to date; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-4493. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Financial Research, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Office of Financial Research's 2013 
     Annual Report to Congress; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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       EC-4494. A communication from the General Counsel, 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the 
     position of Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
     Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 27, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-4495. A communication from the General Counsel, 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the 
     position of Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
     Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     February 3, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-4496. A communication from the General Counsel, 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the 
     position of Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
     Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 27, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-4497. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Treatment of Certain 
     Collateralized Debt Obligations Backed Primarily by Trust 
     Preferred Securities with Regard to Prohibitions and 
     Restrictions on Certain Interests In, and Relationships With, 
     Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds'' (RIN3235-AL52) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 27, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-4498. 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 during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 22, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-4499. A communication from the Director of Legislative 
     Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Community 
     Reinvestment Act Regulations'' (RIN3064-AD90) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on January 24, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-4500. A communication from the Assistant to the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Prohibitions 
     and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests 
     In, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity 
     Funds'' (RIN7100-AD61 and FRB Docket No. R-1432) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on January 27, 
     2014; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-4501. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to 
     transnational criminal organizations that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-4502. A communication from the Director, National 
     Science Foundation, transmitting draft legislation entitled 
     ``Antarctic Environmental Liability Act of 2014''; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4503. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, National 
     Park Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, the 
     report of a draft bill entitled ``U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
     Service Resource Protection Act'' received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on January 6, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4504. A communication from the Administrator, General 
     Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     prospectuses that support the Administration's fiscal year 
     2014 Capital Investment and Leasing Program; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4505. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Dispositioning Boiling Water Reactor Licensee Noncompliance 
     with Technical Specification Containment Requirements During 
     Operations with a Potential for Draining the Reactor Vessel'' 
     (EGM 11-003, Revision 2) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 23, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-4506. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Generic 
     Letter 2008-1, Managing Gas Accumulation'' (NRC-2013-0173) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on January 23, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4507. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``List of 
     Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: HI-STORM 100 Cask System; 
     Amendment No. 9'' (RIN3150-AJ12) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 23, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-4508. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Decommissioning Financial Assurance Instrument Security 
     Program'' (MD 8.12) received during adjournment of the Senate 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on January 23, 
     2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4509. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Changes to Dispute Procedures'' (FRL No. 9803-9) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 16, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-4510. 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 
     and Title V Operating Permit Program; State of Iowa'' (FRL 
     No. 9905-21-Region 7) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on January 16, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4511. 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; West Virginia; Section 110(a)(2) 
     Infrastructure Requirements for the 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9905-62-
     Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on January 16, 2014; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-4512. 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; Indiana; Consent Decree Requirements'' 
     (FRL No. 9905-54-Region 5) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on January 16, 2014; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4513. 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; Infrastructure Requirements 
     for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality 
     Standards'' (FRL No. 9905-63-Region 3) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on January 16, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4514. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Hazardous Waste Management System; Modification of 
     the Hazardous Waste Manifest System; Electronic Manifests'' 
     (FRL No. 9828-9) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on January 23, 
     2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4515. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``2013 Revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting 
     Rule and Final Confidentiality Determinations for New or 
     Substantially Revised Data Elements'' (FRL No. 9905-71-OAR) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on January 23, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4516. 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; 
     North Carolina: Non-interference Demonstration for Removal of 
     Federal Low-Reid Vapor Pressure Requirement for the 
     Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point Area'' (FRL No. 9905-70-
     Region 4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on January 23, 2014; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4517. 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; 
     State of Kansas; Annual Emissions Fee and Annual Emissions 
     Inventory'' (FRL No. 9905-66-Region 7) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on January 23, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4518. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Revisions to the California State Implementation 
     Plan, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District'' 
     (FRL No.

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     9904-02-Region 9) received during adjournment of the Senate 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on January 23, 
     2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4519. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Quality Implementation Plan; Alabama; 
     Attainment Plan for the Troy Area 2008 Lead Nonattainment 
     Area'' (FRL No. 9904-91-Region 4) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 23, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.

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