[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 21 (Monday, February 9, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H864-H865]
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:

       353. A letter from the Acting Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Animal Welfare; Retail Pet Stores and Licensing 
     Exemptions; Technical Amendment [Docket No.: APHIS-2011-0003] 
     (RIN: 0579-AD57) received January 27, 2015, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       354. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization 
     for Colonel

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     Michael J. Tarsa, United States Army, to wear the insignia of 
     the grade of brigadier general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       355. A letter from the Chief Counsel, FEMA, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Suspension of Community Eligibility (New Castle County, 
     DE, et al.) [Docket ID: FEMA-2014-0002] [Internal Agency 
     Docket No.: FEMA-8365] received February 2, 2015, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
       356. A letter from the Chief Counsel, FEMA, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Suspension of Community Eligibility (Anne Arundel County, 
     MD, et al.) [Docket ID: FEMA-2014-0002] [Internal Agency 
     Docket No.: FEMA-8367] received January 29, 2015, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
       357. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Employee 
     Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- Revisions 
     to Annual Return/Report -- Multiple-Employer Plans (RIN: 
     1210-AB66) received January 27, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       358. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for 
     Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, Office of 
     Environment, Health, Safety and Security, Department of 
     Energy, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Technical 
     Amendments: Transfer of Office Functions (RIN: 1992-AA47) 
     received February 2, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       359. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Financial 
     Resources and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Fiscal Year 
     2014 Agency Financial Report, pursuant to the Federal 
     Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) of 1982; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       360. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting consistent with the resolution of advice and 
     consent to ratification of the Convention on the Prohibition 
     of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of 
     Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, adopted by the 
     Senate of the United States on April 24, 1997, and Executive 
     Order 13346 of July 8, 2004, a certification for calendar 
     year 2014; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       361. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of 
     Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report 
     concerning international agreements other than treaties, 
     entered into by the United States, to be transmitted to the 
     Congress within the sixty-day period specified in the Case-
     Zablocki Act, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       362. 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 Lebanon that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13441 of August 1, 2007; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       363. A letter from the Chairman, Merit Systems Protection 
     Board, transmitting the Board's report ``The Impact of 
     Recruitment Strategy on Fair and Open Competition for Federal 
     Jobs'', pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1204(a)(3); to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       364. A letter from the Director, Office of Government 
     Ethics, transmitting the Office's Explanatory Notes, Annual 
     Performance Plan and Annual Performance Report for Fiscal 
     Year 2016; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
       365. A letter from the Chief Administrative Officer, 
     transmitting a quarterly report of receipts and expenditures 
     of appropriations and other funds for the period October 1, 
     2014, through December 31, 2014, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 104a; 
     Public Law 88-454; (H. Doc. No. 114--8); to the Committee on 
     House Administration and ordered to be printed.
       366. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Security Zones; Dignitary Arrival/
     Departure and United Nations Meetings, New York, NY [Docket 
     No.: USCG-2013-1009] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received January 27, 
     2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       367. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the 
     Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Blue Water 
     Resort and Casino Southwest Showdown 4; Parker, AZ [Docket 
     No.: USCG-2014-0990] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received January 27, 
     2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       368. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the 
     Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone: Eastport 
     Breakwater Terminal, Eastport, Maine [USCG-2014-1037] (RIN: 
     1625-AA00) received January 27, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       369. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Regulated Navigation Areas and 
     Limited Access Areas; Waterway Management of Apra Harbor, 
     Guam [Docket No.: USCG-2013-0935] (RIN: 1625-AA00, 1625-AA11, 
     and 1625-AA87) received January 27, 2015, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       370. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the 
     Department's temporary final rule -- Regulated Navigation 
     Area; Sarah Mildred Long Bridge Replacement, Portsmouth, NH 
     [Docket No.: USCG-2014-0554] (RIN: 1625-AA11) received 
     January 27, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       371. A letter from the Chair, Aerospace Safety Advisory 
     Panel, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
     transmitting the Panel's Annual Report for 2014, pursuant to 
     Public Law 109-155, section 106(b); to the Committee on 
     Science, Space, and Technology.
       372. A letter from the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative 
     for WTO and Multilateral Affairs, Office of the United States 
     Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting the Administration's Annual Report on Subsidies 
     Enforcement, pursuant to the Statement of Administrative 
     Action of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.

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