[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 152 (Friday, December 12, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6786-S6788]
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-8156. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Vice 
     Admiral Paul J. Bushong, United States Navy, and his 
     advancement to the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-8157. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fluopyram; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9918-
     99) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-8158. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Natamycin; Amendment to an Exemption from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9919-35) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 11, 
     2014; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
        EC-8159. A communication from the Senior Counsel, Bureau 
     of the Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled

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     ``Government Securities Act Regulations: Large Position 
     Reporting Rules'' (31 CFR Part 420) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-8160. A communication from the General Counsel of the 
     Federal Housing Finance Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Housing Trust Fund'' 
     (RIN2590-AA73) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-8161. A communication from the Chief of the 
     Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue 
     Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension for 
     Deadline to Submit Option and Advisory Letter Applications 
     for Pre-approved Defined Benefit Plans'' (Announcement 2014-
     41) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-8162. A communication from the Chief of the 
     Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue 
     Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Update for Weighted 
     Average Interest Rates, Yield Curves, and Segment Rates'' 
     (Notice 2014-78) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-8163. A communication from the Chief of the 
     Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue 
     Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``2014 Cumulative List 
     of Changes in Plan Qualification Requirements'' (Notice 2014-
     77) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-8164. A communication from the General Counsel, Pension 
     Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in 
     Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for 
     Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Part 4022) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-8165. A communication from the Chair of the Equal 
     Employment Opportunity Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Commission's Semiannual Report of the Inspector 
     General and the Semiannual Management Report for the period 
     from April 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-8166. A communication from the Administrator of the 
     Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the Semiannual Report from the Office of the Inspector 
     General for the period from April 1, 2014 through September 
     30, 2014; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
        EC-8167. A communication from the Board Members, Railroad 
     Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Board's 
     Performance and Accountability Report for fiscal year 2014, 
     including the Office of Inspector General's Auditor's Report; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
        EC-8168. A communication from the Chairman of the United 
     States Holocaust Memorial Museum, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Museum's fiscal year 2014 Report on Audit and 
     Investigative Activities; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-8169. A communication from the Secretary of Education, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's Semiannual 
     Report of the Office of the Inspector General for the period 
     from April 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-8170. A communication from the Chief Financial Officer, 
     National Labor Relations Board, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Performance and Accountability 
     Report for Fiscal Year 2014''; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-8171. 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; Texas; Repeal of Lead Emission Rules 
     for Stationary Sources in El Paso and Dallas County'' (FRL 
     No. 9920-34-Region 6) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-8172. 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; Illinois; Withdrawal of Direct Final 
     Rule'' (FRL No. 9920-13-Region 5) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-8173. 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; Maryland; Redesignation Request and 
     Associated Maintenance Plan for the Baltimore, Maryland 
     Nonattainment Area for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate 
     Matter Standard'' (FRL No. 9920-41-Region 3) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-8174. 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; 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'' (FRL No. 9920-42-
     Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-8175. 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, Feather River Air Quality Management District'' (FRL 
     No. 9919-52-Region 9) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-8176. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Priorities List'' (FRL No. 9920-06-OSWER) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-8177. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``EPAAR Clause for Work Assignments'' (FRL No. 9920-
     48-OARM) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-8178. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Ethylene Glycol Ethers; Significant New Use Rule'' 
     ((RIN2070-AJ52) (FRL No. 9915-61)) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-8179. A communication from the Acting Director of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive 
     Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Bering 
     Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XD614) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8180. A communication from the Acting 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 Tribal Salmon Fisheries; Inseason 
     Actions No. 10 through No. 23'' (RIN0648-XD425) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 11, 
     2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8181. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic 
     Herring Fishery; 2014 Sub-Annual Catch Limit (ACL) Harvested 
     for Management Area 1A'' (RIN0648-XD570) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8182. A communication from the 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; Dusky Rockfish in the 
     Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-
     XD630) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-8183. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Snapper-
     Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; 2014 Recreational 
     Accountability Measure and Closure for Gray Triggerfish in 
     the South Atlantic'' (RIN0648-XD628) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8184. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the 
     Northeastern United States; Northeast Groundfish Fishery; 
     Gulf of Maine Haddock Annual Catch Limit Revision'' (RIN0648-
     BE45) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-8185. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory

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     Programs, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of 
     Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
     Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern 
     United States; Northeast Groundfish Fishery; Fishing Year 
     2014; Emergency Gulf of Maine Cod Management Measures'' 
     (RIN0648-BE56) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8186. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Highly Migratory 
     Species; Technical Amendment to Regulations'' (RIN0648-BE54) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8187. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, 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; Snapper-
     Grouper Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic States; Regulatory 
     Amendment 14'' (RIN0648-BD07) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8188. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, 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; Monitoring and 
     Enforcement; At-Sea Scales Requirements'' (RIN0648-BD90) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8189. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, 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; Modifications to Federal 
     Fisheries Permits and Federal Processor Permits'' (RIN0648-
     AX78) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-8190. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, 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; Amendment 96 to the Gulf 
     of Alaska Fishery Management Plan; Management of Community 
     Quota Entities'' (RIN0648-BD74) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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