[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 26, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1773-S1774]
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-4983. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic 
     Herring Fishery; Amendment 5'' (RIN 0648-AY47) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 7, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-4984. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Bering 
     Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Amendment 102'' 
     (RIN 0648-BD03) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on March 7, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-4985. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; 
     Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Amendment 95 to the Fishery 
     Management Plan for Groundfish'' (RIN 0648-BC39) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on March 12, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-4986. A communication from the 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-XD125) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 
     7, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-4987. A communication from the 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; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of 
     Mexico and South Atlantic; Trip Limit Reduction'' (RIN0648-
     XD134) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 7, 2014; to 
     the

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     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-4988. 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 and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason 
     Actions #12 Through #34'' (RIN0648-XC964) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 5, 2014; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-4989. 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 South Atlantic Vermilion Snapper'' (RIN0648-XC984) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 5, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-4990. 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; Shrimp Fishery off the Southern Atlantic States; 
     Closure of the Penaeid Shrimp Fishery off South Carolina'' 
     (RIN0648-XD122) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on March 7, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-4991. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone: 
     Maintenance Dredging 35-Foot Channel and Rock Removal; 
     Portland Harbor, Portland, ME'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. 
     USCG-2014-0010)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on March 6, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-4992. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety 
     Zones; Eleventh Coast Guard District Annual Fireworks 
     Events'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2013-0362)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 6, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-4993. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; 
     Havasu Triathlon; Lake Havasu, AZ'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket 
     No. USCG-2014-0004)) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on March 6, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-4994. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety 
     Zones; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain of 
     the Port Lake Michigan Zone'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. 
     USCG-2013-1033)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on March 6, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-4995. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge 
     Operation Regulation; Terrebonne Bayou, LA'' ((RIN1625-AA09) 
     (Docket No. USCG-2013-1072)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 6, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-4996. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge 
     Operation Regulation; Inner Harbor Navigational Canal, New 
     Orleans, LA'' ((RIN1625-AA09) (Docket No. USCG-2013-0562)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 6, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-4997. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Great Lakes 
     Pilotage Rates--2014 Annual Review and Adjustment'' 
     ((RIN1625-AC07) (Docket No. USCG-2013-0534)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 6, 2014; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-4998. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulated 
     Navigation Area; Southern Oahu Tsunami Vessel Evacuation 
     Honolulu, HI'' ((RIN1625-AA11) (Docket No. USCG-2012-0080)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 6, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-4999. 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 ``Importation of Jackfruit, 
     Pineapple, and Starfruit From Malaysia Into the Continental 
     United States'' ((RIN0579-AD46) (Docket No. APHIS-2011-0019)) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 19, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-5000. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Ipconazole; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9907-
     25) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on March 19, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-5001. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Heat-killed Burkholderia spp. Strain A396 Cells 
     and Spent Fermentation Media; Exemption from the Requirement 
     of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9907-41) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on March 19, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-5002. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary 
     of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report 
     of ten (10) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the 
     grade of major general or brigadier general in accordance 
     with title 10, United States Code, section 777; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-5003. A communication from the Chairman, Nuclear 
     Weapons Council, Department of Defense and Department of 
     Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the nuclear stockpile and stockpile stewardship program 
     requirements for fiscal year 2015 and over the next four 
     years; to the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-5004. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary 
     of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report describing activities under the Secretary of 
     Defense personnel management demonstration project 
     authorities for Department of Defense Science and Technology 
     Reinvention Laboratories (STRLs) for calendar year 2013; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-5005. A communication from the Director, Joint Staff, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report of a delay in submission of a report relative to 
     construction requirements related to antiterrorism and force 
     protection or urban training requirements; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
        EC-5006. A communication from the Secretary of the Navy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     Program Acquisition Unit Cost (PAUC) and Average Procurement 
     Unit Cost (APUC) for the Joint Precision Approach and Landing 
     System (JPALS) Increment 1A program; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
        EC-5007. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Legislative Affairs), transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     a report relative to Department of Defense (DoD) programs, 
     policies, and procedures regarding security at Department of 
     Defense installations and the security clearance process; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-5008. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the National Guard and Reserve 
     Equipment Report (NGRER) for fiscal year 2015; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-5009. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary 
     of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report relative to the Department of Defense's 
     Evaluation of the TRICARE Program for fiscal year 2014; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-5010. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs) 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2014 Department of Defense 
     Annual Report to Congress on Chemical and Biological Defense; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.

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