[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 152 (Friday, December 12, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H10316-H10317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



   Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       8302. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Hexythiazox; Pesticide Tolerance for 
     Emergency Exemptions [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0774; FRL-9919-69] 
     received December 9, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       8303. A letter from the Under Secretary, Comptroller, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting a letter reporting the 
     views of the Department of Defense regarding the opinion of 
     the Government Accountability Office, dated August 21, 2014, 
     consistent with section 145.8 of OMB Circular A-11; to the 
     Committee on Appropriations.
       8304. A letter from the General Counsel, Pension Benefit 
     Guaranty Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final 
     rule -- Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; 
     Interest Assumptions for Paying Benefits received December 8, 
     2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       8305. A letter from the Director, National Cancer 
     Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting the Professional Judgment Budget for fiscal year 
     2016, in accordance with the National Cancer Act of 1971; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8306. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: 2014 
     Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for Petroleum 
     and Natural Gas Systems; Final Rule [EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0512; 
     FRL-9918-85-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AR96) received December 11, 2014, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       8307. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Alpha-cypermethrin; Pesticide 
     Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0601; FRL-9918-88] received 
     December 9, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8308. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; Open Burning Rule 
     [EPA-R05-OAR-2011-0968; FRL-9920-15-Region 5] received 
     December 9, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8309. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality 
     Planning Purposes; Indiana; Redesignation of Lake and Porter 
     Counties to Attainment of the 2008 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard 
     [EPA-R05-OAR-2012-0989; FRL-9920-14-Region 5] received 
     December 9, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8310. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; Nitrogen Oxide Combustion 
     Turbine Alternative Control Requirements for the Milwaukee-
     Racine Former Nonattainment Area [EPA-R05-OAR-2014-0206; FRL-
     9920-20-Region 5] received December 9, 2014, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8311. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Texas; Repeal of Lead Emission 
     Rules for Stationary Sources in El Paso and Dallas County 
     [EPA-R06-OAR-2005-TX-0002; FRL-9920-34-Region 6] received 
     December 11, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8312. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; Withdrawal of Direct 
     Final Rule [EPA-R05-OAR-2014-0123; FRL-9920-13-Region 5] 
     received December 11, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8313. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Redesignation Request 
     and Associated Maintenance Plan for the Baltimore, Maryland, 
     Nonattainment Area for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate 
     Matter Standard [EPA-R03-OAR-2014-0387; FRL-9920-41-Region 3] 
     received December 11, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8314. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- C.I. Pigment Yellow 1; Exemption from 
     the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0122; FRL-
     9919-40]

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     received December 9, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8315. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Redesignation Request 
     and Associated Maintenance Plan for the Maryland Portion of 
     the Martinsburg-Hagerstown, WV-MD Nonattainment Area for the 
     1997 Annual Fine Particulate Matter Standard [EPA-R03-OAR-
     2014-0281; FRL-9920-42-Region 3] received December 11, 2014, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       8316. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Diisopropanolamine; Exemption from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0695; FRL-9919-
     34] received December 9, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8317. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Fluopyram; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2013-0662; FRL-9918-99] received December 11, 2014, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       8318. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Ethylene Glycol Ethers; Significant 
     New Use Rule [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0767; FRL-9915-61] (RIN: 2070-
     AJ52) received December 11, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8319. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Revisions to the California State 
     Implementation Plan, Antelope Valley Air Quality Management 
     District and South Coast Air Quality Management District 
     [EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0480; FRL-9919-76-Region 9] received 
     December 9, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8320. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- National Priorities List [EPA-HQ-
     SFUND-2014-0318; FRL-9920-06-OSWER] received December 11, 
     2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       8321. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- EPAAR Clause for Work Assignments 
     [EPA-HQ-OARM-2012-0476; FRL 9920-48-OARM] received December 
     11, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       8322. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Natamycin; Amendment to an Exemption 
     from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0352; 
     FRL-9919-35] received December 11, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8323. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Revisions to the California State 
     Implementation Plan, Feather River Air Quality Management 
     District [EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0703; FRL-9919-52-Region 9] 
     received December 11, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8324. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting Transmittal No. 14-59, 
     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.
       8325. A letter from the Director, Bureau of Economic 
     Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Direct Investment Surveys: BE-13, 
     Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States; 
     Correction [Docket No.: 111201710-4701-01] (RIN: 0691-AA82] 
     received October 7, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       8326. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Homeland 
     Defense and Global Security, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting a Report on Proposed Obligations for Cooperative 
     Threat Reduction, in accordance with Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 
     1205; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       8327. A letter from the Departmental Freedom of Information 
     and Privacy Act Officer, Office of the Secretary, Department 
     of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Public Information, Freedom of Information Act and Privacy 
     Act Regulations; Correction [Docket No.: 140127076-4935-03] 
     (RIN: 0605-AA33) received December 11, 2014, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       8328. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- International Fisheries; Western and Central Pacific 
     Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Fishing Effort Limits 
     in Purse Seine Fisheries for 2014 [Docket No.: 140131088-
     4913-02] (RIN: 0648-BD94) received December 8, 2014, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
       8329. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule 
     -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Gulf of 
     Mexico and Atlantic Region; Framework Amendment 1 [Docket 
     No.: 140722613-4908-02] (RIN: 0648-BE31) received December 8, 
     2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       8330. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary 
     rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Greenland Turbot in the Bering Sea Subarea of the Bering Sea 
     and Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No.: 131021878-
     4158-02] (RIN: 0648-XD557) received December 8, 2014, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
       8331. A letter from the Federal Register Officer, Bureau of 
     Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Consumer Price 
     Index Adjustments of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 Limit of 
     Liability for Offshore Facilities [Docket ID: BOEM-2012-0076] 
     (RIN: 1010-AD87) received December 9, 2014, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       8332. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- Update for Weighted Average Interest Rates, 
     Yield Curves, and Segment Rates [Notice 2014-78] received 
     December 11, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       8333. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     final rule -- 2014 Cumulative List of Changes in Plan 
     Qualification Requirements [Notice 2014-77] received December 
     11, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       8334. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     IRB only rule -- Extension for Deadline to Submit Opinion and 
     Advisory Letter Applications for Pre-approved Defined Benefit 
     Plans [Announcement 2014-41] received December 11, 2014, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       8335. A letter from the Chief, Border Security Regulations 
     Branch, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Technical Amendment: Boarding of 
     Vessels at CBP Ports [CBP Dec. 14-11] received November 20, 
     2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security.
       8336. A letter from the Chairman and Vice Chairman, U.S.-
     China Economic and Security Review Commission, transmitting 
     the Commission's 2014 Annual Report to the Congress, as 
     required by Pub. L. 106-398, as amended; jointly to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and Armed 
     Services.

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