[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1073-S1074]
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-644. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Pyrimethanil; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     9922-07) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on February 11, 2015; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-645. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Pendimethalin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     9921-89) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on February 11, 2015; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-646. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Senior Executive Management Office, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy 
     in the position of Secretary of Defense, Department of 
     Defense, received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on February 10, 2015; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
        EC-647. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Senior Executive Management Office, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy 
     in the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve 
     Affairs), Department of Defense, received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on February 10, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-648. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Senior Executive Management Office, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy 
     in the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense 
     (Operational Energy, Plans and Programs), Department of 
     Defense, received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on February 10, 2015; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
        EC-649. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Senior Executive Management Office, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy 
     in the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense 
     (Legislative Affairs), Department of Defense, received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on February 10, 2015; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-650. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Senior Executive Management Office, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy 
     in the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Readiness 
     and Force Management), Department of Defense, received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on February 10, 2015; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-651. A communication from the Acting Chief Financial 
     Officer, Department of Education, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Department's fiscal year 2012 and fiscal year 2013 
     FAIR Act Commercial and Inherently Governmental Activities 
     Inventory; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
        EC-652. 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 ``Section 501(c)(29) Organization Application 
     Procedures'' (Rev. Proc. 2015-17) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on February 9, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
        EC-653. A communication from the Chief of the Trade and 
     Commercial Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``United States-Australia 
     Free Trade Agreement'' (RIN1515-AD59) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on February 10, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
        EC-654. 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 ``Gracia v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2004-
     147'' (AOD 2015-01) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on February 9, 2015; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
        EC-655. 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 ``Estate of Martinez v. Commissioner, T.C. 
     Memo 2004-150'' (AOD 2015-01) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on February 9, 2015; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
        EC-656. 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 ``Price v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2004-149'' 
     (AOD 2015-01) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on February 9, 2015; to the Committee on Finance.

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        EC-657. 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 ``Mirarchi v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2004-
     148'' (AOD 2015-01) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on February 9, 2015; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
        EC-658. 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 ``Qualified Zone Academy Bond Allocations for 
     2014'' (Notice 2015-11) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on February 9, 2015; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
        EC-659. 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 ``New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds'' (Notice 
     2015-12) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on February 9, 2015; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-660. 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 ``Annual Price Inflation Adjustments for 
     Passenger Automobiles First Placed in Service or Leased in 
     2015'' (Notice 2015-19) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on February 9, 2015; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
        EC-661. 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 ``Relief for Certain Participants in Section 
     414(d) Governmental Plans'' (Notice 2015-07) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on February 9, 2015; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
        EC-662. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Amendments Related to: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle 
     Emission and Fuel Standards, Nonroad Engine and Equipment 
     Programs and MARPOL Annex VI Implementation'' ((RIN2060-AS36) 
     (FRL No. 9922-31-OAR)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on February 11, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-663. 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; Pennsylvania; Redesignation of the 
     Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle-York Nonattainment Areas to 
     Attainment for the 1997 Annual and the 2006 24-Hour Fine 
     Particulate Matter Standard; Correction'' (FRL No. 9922-32-
     Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on February 11, 2015; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-664. 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; West Virginia's Redesignation Request 
     and Associated Maintenance Plan of the West Virginia Portion 
     of the Martinsburg-Hagerstown, WV-MD Nonattainment Area for 
     the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Matter Standard; 
     Correction'' (FRL No. 9921-31-Region 3) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on February 11, 2015; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-665. 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 Implementation Plans; 
     American Samoa'' (FRL No. 9922-86-Region 9) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on February 11, 2015; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-666. 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 Implementation Plans; 
     Guam'' (FRL No. 9923-01-Region 9) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on February 11, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-667. 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 Implementation Plans; 
     North Dakota; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan; 
     Federal Implementation Plan for Interstate Transport of 
     Pollution Affection Visibility and Regional Haze; 
     Reconsideration'' (FRL No. 9922-80-OAR) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on February 11, 2015; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-668. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wyoming; 
     Revisions to Wyoming Air Quality Standards and Regulations; 
     Nonattainment Permitting Requirements and Chapter 3, General 
     Emission Standards'' (FRL No. 9922-24-Region 8) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on February 11, 
     2015; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-669. 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, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control 
     District'' (FRL No. 9921-51-Region 9) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on February 11, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-670. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; 
     DISPOSAL OF COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS FROM ELECTRIC 
     UTILITIES'' ((RIN2050-AE81) (FRL No. 9919-44-OSWER)) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on February 11, 
     2015; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-671. A communication from the Deputy Director, 
     Administration for Aging, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program'' (RIN0985-
     AA08) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on February 11, 2015; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-672. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to Technical Collection 
     for the New START Treaty (OSS-2015-0137); to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
        EC-673. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to section 36(c) of the 
     Arms Export Control Act (DDTC 13-114); to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
        EC-674. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to section 36(c) of the 
     Arms Export Control Act (DDTC 14-152); to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.

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