[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 17, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H7672-H7674]
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:

       7185. A letter from the Program Manager, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal 
     Procurement (RIN: 0599-AA18) received August 22, 2014, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       7186. A letter from the Associate Administrator, Department 
     of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Beef Promotion and Research; Reapportionment [No.: AMS-LPS-
     13-0079] received September 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       7187. A letter from the Director, Office of Management and 
     Budget, transmitting a notification of the President's intent 
     to exempt all military personnel accounts from any 
     discretionary cap sequester in FY 2015, if a sequester is 
     necessary; to the Committee on Appropriations.
       7188. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a letter authorizing Brigadier General 
     Lawrence M. Martin, Jr., United States Air Force, to wear the 
     insignia of the grade of major general; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       7189. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the semi-annual status report of the 
     U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program for August 2014; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       7190. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General Burton M. Field, United States Air Force, 
     and his advancement on the retired list to the grade of 
     lieutenant general; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       7191. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a letter authorizing Brigadier General 
     Mark A. Brown, United States Air Force, to wear the insignia 
     of the grade of major general; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       7192. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the fiscal year 2013 report entitled, 
     ``Operation and Financial Support of Military Museums''; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       7193. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General Peter M. Vangjel, United States Army, and 
     his advancement on the retired list in the grade of 
     lieutenant general; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       7194. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions involving 
     U.S. exports to Mexico pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
       7195. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative 
     Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting 
     the Corporation's final rule -- Regulatory Capital Rules: 
     Advanced Approaches Risk-Based Capital Rule, Revisions to the 
     Definition of Eligible Guarantee (RIN: 3064-AE13) received 
     August 19, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       7196. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of 
     Education, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Final 
     priority. Rehabilitation Services Administration--Assistive 
     Technology Alternative Financing Program [CFDA Number: 
     84.224D.] received August 19, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and Workforce.


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  September 17, 2014, on page H7672, the following appeared: 7196. 
A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education 
and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, transmitting 
the Department's final rule--Final priority. Rehabilitation 
Services Administration--Assistive Technology Alternative 
Financing Program [CFDA Number: 84.224D.] received August 19, 
2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce.
  
  The online version should be corrected to read: 7196. A letter 
from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 
Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, transmitting the 
Department's final rule--Final priority. Rehabilitation Services 
Administration--Assistive Technology Alternative Financing Program 
[CFDA Number: 84.224D.] received August 19, 2014, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and Workforce.


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       7197. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Medical Devices; 
     Technical Amendment [Docket No.: FDA-2014-N-0011] received 
     September 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7198. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Florida; Infrastructure Requirement 
     (Visibility) for the 1997 and 2006 PM, and 2008 8-Hour Ozone 
     NAAQS [EPA-R04-OAR-2012-0814 and EPA-R04-OAR-2012-0692; FRL-
     9915-65-Region 4] received August 20, 2014, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7199. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- C.I. Pigment Red 112; Exemption from 
     the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0757; FRL-
     9914-14] received August 20, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7200. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Alaska [EPA-R10-OAR-2011-0916; FRL-
     9916-14-Region 10] received September 3, 2014, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7201. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; State of Missouri, Control of Gasoline 
     Reid Vapor Pressure [EPA-R07-OAR-2014-0595; FRL-9916-10-
     Region 7] received September 3, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7202. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Texas; Revision to Control Volatile 
     Organic Compound Emissions from Storage Tanks [EPA-R06-OAR-
     2012-0096; FRL-9916-32-Region 6] received September 3, 2014, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       7203. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: New 
     Hampshire; 111(d)/129 Revised State Plan for Large and Small 
     Municipal Waste Combustors [EPA-R01-OAR-2012-0260; A-1-FRL-
     9915-71-Region 1] received September 3, 2014, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7204. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Designation of Areas for Air Quality 
     Planning Purposes; State of Arizona; Pinal County and Gila 
     County; Pb [EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0266; FRL-9916-11-Region 9] 
     received September 3, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7205. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Flazasulfuron; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0445; FRL-

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     9915-32] received September 3, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7206. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Saflufenacil; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0622; and EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0124; FRL-9912-91] 
     received September 3, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7207. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Significant New Use Rule on Certain 
     Chemical Substances; Withdrawal of Significant New Use Rules 
     [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2014-0277 and EPA-HQ-OPPT-2014-0166; FRL-9915-
     69] (RIN: 2070-AB27) received September 3, 2014, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       7208. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Sulfuric Acid; Exemption from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0073; FRL-9914-
     18] received September 3, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       7209. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Texas: Final Authorization of State 
     Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [EPA-R06-RCRA-
     2013-0624; FRL-9915-99-Region 6] received September 3, 2014, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       7210. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Trifloxystrobin; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0504; FRL-9915-46] received September 3, 
     2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       7211. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting a report entitled, ``National 
     Air Toxics Program: The Second Integrated Urban Air Toxics 
     Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       7212. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting Transmittal No. 14-36, 
     Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer and 
     Acceptance, pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act, as amended; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7213. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a 
     memorandum of Justification for Action Under Section 
     1244(d)(1) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act 
     of 2012; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       7214. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the 
     National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 
     204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 
     U.S.C. 1703(c), a six-month periodic report on the national 
     emergency with respect to the persons undermining democratic 
     processes or institutions in Zimbabwe that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       7215. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the 
     National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 
     204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 
     U.S.C. 1703(c), a six-month periodic report on the national 
     emergency with respect to Ukraine that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       7216. A letter from the Assistant to the President for 
     National Security Affairs, White House, transmitting a letter 
     regarding H. Con. Res. 105; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
       7217. A letter from the General Manager and Director of 
     Equal Employment Opportunity, Defense Nuclear Facilities 
     Safety Board, transmitting the Board's annual report for FY 
     2013 prepared in accordance with the Notification and Federal 
     Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       7218. A letter from the Office of the General Counsel, 
     Department of Transportation, transmitting two reports 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       7219. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Federal 
     Retirement Thrift Investment Board, transmitting the Board's 
     final rule -- Legal Process for the Enforcement of a Tax Levy 
     or Criminal Restitution Order Against a Participant Account 
     received September 11, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
       7220. A letter from the Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's Strategic Plan for 
     Fiscal Years 2014 through 2018; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
       7221. A letter from the Deputy Associate Director for 
     Management and Administration, and Designated Reporting 
     Official, Office of the National Drug Control Policy, 
     transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies 
     Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       7222. A letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney 
     General, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's 
     fifth annual report on activities regarding civil rights era 
     homicides, as required by the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil 
     Rights Crimes Act of 2007; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       7223. A letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney 
     General, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's 
     quarterly report from the Office of Privacy and Civil 
     Liberties for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013, July 1, 
     2013 -- September 30, 2013; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       7224. A letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney 
     General, Department of Justice, transmitting the status of 
     the Tribal Law and Order Act Pilot Program Report to 
     Congress, November 29, 2010 to November 29, 2013; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       7225. A letter from the Chief Justice, Supreme Court, 
     transmitting notification that the Supreme Court will open 
     the October 2014 Term on Monday, October 6, 2014 at 10:00 
     a.m. and will continue until all matters before the Court 
     ready for argument have been disposed of or decided; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       7226. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Safety Zones; Marine Events in Captain of the Port Long 
     Island Zone [Docket Number: USCG-2014-0329] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 
     received August 22, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7227. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-
     2014-0251; Directorate Identifier 2013-NM-179-AD; Amendment 
     39-17946; AD 2014-16-22] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received September 
     2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7228. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Airworthiness Directives; Honeywell ASCa Inc. Emergency 
     Locator Transmitters Installed on Various Transport Category 
     Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0573; Directorate Identifier 
     2014-NM-091-AD; Amendment 39-17955; AD 2014-17-02] (RIN: 
     2120-AA64) received September 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       7229. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes [Docket 
     No.: FAA-2014-0490; Directorate Identifier 2014-NM-133-AD; 
     Amendment 39-17926; AD 2014-16-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received 
     September 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7230. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums 
     and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments 
     [Docket No.: 30969; Amdt. No. 3600] received September 2, 
     2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7231. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums 
     and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments 
     [Docket No.: 30968; Amdt. No. 3599] received September 2, 
     2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7232. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums 
     and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments 
     [Docket No.: 30970; Amdt. No. 3601] received September 2, 
     2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7233. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-
     2014-0124; Directorate Identifier 2012-NM-197-AD; Amendment 
     39-17944; AD 2014-16-20] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received September 
     2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7234. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums 
     and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments 
     [Docket No.: 30971; Amdt. No. 3602] received September 2, 
     2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7235. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-
     2014-0060; Directorate Identifier 2012-NM-194-AD; Amendment 
     39-17943; AD 2014-16-19] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received September 
     2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7236. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule --

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     Amendment and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Tuskegee, AL 
     [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0082; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-3] 
     received September 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       7237. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Airspace Designations; Incorporation by Reference Amendments 
     [Docket No.: 2013-0709; Amendment No. 71-45] (RIN: 2120-AA66) 
     received September 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       7238. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica 
     S.A. (Embraer) [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0234; Directorate 
     Identifier 2013-NM-220-AD; Amendment 39-17952; AD 2014-16-28] 
     (RIN: 2120-AA64) received September 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       7239. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Airworthiness Directives; Dassault Aviation Airplanes [Docket 
     No.: FAA-2014-0258; Directorate Identifier 2013-NM-065-AD; 
     Amendment 39-17950; AD 2014-16-26] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received 
     September 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       7240. A letter from the Paralegal Specialist, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes 
     [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0252; Directorate Identifier 2013-NM-
     213-AD; Amendment 39-17933; AD 2014-16-09] (RIN: 2120-AA64) 
     received September 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       7241. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the 
     2013 annual report on the operation of the Enterprise for the 
     Americas Initiative and the Tropical Forest Conservation Act; 
     jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Agriculture.
       7242. A letter from the Inspector General, Railroad 
     Retirement Board, transmitting fiscal year 2016 Budget for 
     the Office of Inspector General; jointly to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Ways 
     and Means.
       7243. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Election 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's FY 2016 budget 
     request, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437d(d)(1); jointly to the 
     Committees on House Administration, Appropriations, and 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       7244. A letter from the Chairman and Vice Chairman, U.S.-
     China Economic and Security Review Commission, transmitting a 
     notification of a public hearing held on May 15, 2014 on 
     ``Stability in China: Lessons from Tiananmen and Implications 
     for the United States''; jointly to the Committees on Ways 
     and Means, Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs.

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