[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1729-S1730]
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:


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        EC-4963. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, 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-2014-0358); to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-4964. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the issuance of an Executive Order further expanding the 
     scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
     13660 of March 6, 2014, and expanded in Executive Order 13661 
     of March 16, 2014, with respect to the unusual and 
     extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
     policy of the United States posed by the situation in 
     Ukraine; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
        EC-4965. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to Somalia that 
     was declared in Executive Order 13536 on April 12, 2010; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-4966. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Illinois Shoreline Erosion, Interim 
     III, Wilmette, Illinois, to the Illinois-Indiana State Line 
     (Chicago Shoreline) project; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-4967. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Western Sarpy and Clear Creek, 
     Nebraska, flood risk reduction project; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4968. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's revised 
     Strategic Plan for the period of fiscal year 2014 through 
     fiscal year 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-4969. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Revision to the Idaho State Implementation Plan; 
     Approval of Fine Particulate Matter Control Measures; 
     Franklin County'' (FRL No. 9908-38-Region 10) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on March 19, 2014; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-4970. 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 State Plans (Negative 
     Declarations) for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: 
     Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont; Withdrawal of 
     State Plan for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: New 
     Hampshire; Technical Corrections to Approved State Plans 
     (Negative Declarations): Rhode Island and Vermont'' (FRL No. 
     9908-37-Region 1) received during adjournment of the Senate 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 19, 
     2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4971. 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; Evansville Area; 1997 Annual 
     Fine Particulate Matter Maintenance Plan Revision to Approved 
     Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets'' (FRL No. 9908-16-Region 5) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 13, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4972. 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 Iowa'' (FRL No. 9907-77-Region 7) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on March 13, 2014; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-4973. 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 State Implementation 
     Plans; Hawaii; Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 8-
     Hour Ozone and the 1997 and 2006 Fine Particulate Matter 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9907-73-
     Region 9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 13, 2014; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4974. 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; 
     California San Francisco Bay Area and Chico Nonattainment 
     Areas; Fine Particulate Matter Emissions Inventories'' (FRL 
     No. 9906-92-Region 9) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 
     13, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4975. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Regulation of Fuel and Fuel Additives: 
     Reformulated Gasoline Requirements for the Atlanta Covered 
     Area'' (FRL No. 9907-91-OAR) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 13, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-4976. 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 Arizona; Payson PM10 Air Quality Planning Area'' 
     (FRL No. 9908-00-Region 9) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 
     13, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4977. 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 Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants, and 
     Operating Permits Program; State of Missouri'' (FRL No. 9907-
     79-Region 7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 13, 2014; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4978. 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 Missouri'' (FRL No. 9908-02-Region 7) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 13, 2014; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4979. 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; Approval of 
     Redesignation Requests of the West Virginia Portion of the 
     Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV Nonattainment Area for the 1997 
     Annual and 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Standards'' 
     (FRL No. 9908-05-Region 3) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 
     13, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4980. 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; Virginia; Section 110(a)(2) 
     Infrastructure Requirements for the 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9908-04-
     Region 3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 13, 2014; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4981. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Updates to HCFC 
     Trade Language as Applied to Article 5 Countries; 
     Ratification Status of Parties to the Montreal Protocol; and 
     Harmonized Tariff Schedule Commodity Codes'' (FRL No. 9906-
     75-OAR) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 13, 2014; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4982. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval of Air 
     Quality State Implementation Plans; Nevada; Infrastructure 
     Requirements for Lead (Pb)'' (FRL No. 9908-09-Region 9) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 19, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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