[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4839-S4840]
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-2124. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Prohexadione calcium; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL 
     No. 9927-25) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on June 30, 2015; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-2125. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Cuprous oxide; Exemption From the Requirement of a 
     Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9929-51) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     June 30, 2015; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
        EC-2126. A communication from the Program Manager of the 
     BioPreferred Program, Office of Procurement and Property 
     Management, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Guidelines for 
     Designating Biobased Products for Federal Procurement'' 
     (RIN0599-AA23) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on June 24, 2015; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-2127. A communication from the Counsel, Legal Division, 
     Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Defining 
     Larger Participants of the Automobile Financing Market and 
     Defining Certain Automobile Leasing Activity as a Financial 
     Product or Service'' (RIN3170-AA46) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2128. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to 
     transnational criminal organizations that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2129. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Suspension of Community Eligibility'' ((44 CFR Part 64) 
     (Docket No. FEMA-2015-0001)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 25, 2015; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2130. 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 Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Greenland Turbot in the Aleutian Islands Subarea of the of 
     the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' 
     (RIN0648-XD920) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 24, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-2131. 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 14-114); to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
        EC-2132. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an annual report relative to 
     the implementation of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 for 
     fiscal year 2014; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-2133. A communication from the General Counsel, Pension 
     Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Allocation of Assets in 
     Single-Employer Plans; Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
     Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying 
     Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts 4022 and 4044) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on June 25, 2015; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-2134. A communication from the Board of Trustees, 
     National Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the 2015 annual report on the financial status of the 
     railroad unemployment insurance system; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-2135. A communication from the Railroad Retirement 
     Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Twenty-Sixth Actuarial Valuation of the Assets and 
     Liabilities Under the Railroad Retirement Acts as of December 
     31, 2013''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
        EC-2136. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Revising Underground Storage Tank Regulations--
     Revisions to Existing Requirements and New Requirements for 
     Secondary Containment and Operator Training'' ((RIN2050-AG46) 
     (FRL No. 9913-64-OSWER)) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     30, 2015; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2137. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Performance Specification 18--Performance 
     Specifications and Test Procedures for Hydrogen Chloride 
     Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems and Stationary 
     Sources'' ((RIN2060-AR81) (FRL No. 9929-25-OAR)) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2138. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division,

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     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval of Alabama's 
     Request to Relax the Federal Reid Vapor Pressure Gasoline 
     Volatility Standard for Birmingham, Alabama'' ((RIN2060-AS58) 
     (FRL No. 9929-91-OAR)) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     30, 2015; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2139. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval of Alabama's Request to Relax the Federal 
     Reid Vapor Pressure Gasoline Volatility Standard for 
     Birmingham, Alabama'' ((RIN2060-AS58) (FRL No. 9929-90-OAR)) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2140. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Technical Amendments to the Hazardous and Solid 
     Waste Management System; Disposal of Coal Combustion 
     Residuals from Electric Utilities--Correction of the 
     Effective Date'' ((RIN2050-AE81) (FRL No. 9928-44-OSWER)) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works .
        EC-2141. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
     Sheboygan County, Wisconsin 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; 
     Reasonable Further Progress Plan'' (FRL No. 9929-73-Region 5) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2142. 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; 
     Texas; Revision to Control Organic Compound Emissions From 
     Storage Tanks and Transport Vessels'' (FRL No. 9929-69-Region 
     6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2143. 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; 
     Mississippi; Memphis TN-MS-AR Emissions Inventory for the 
     2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard'' (FRL No. 9929-84-Region 4) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2144. 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; 
     Arkansas; Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse 
     Gas Plantwide Applicability Limit Permitting Revisions'' (FRL 
     No. 9929-81-Region 6) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     30, 2015; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2145. 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; Minor New Source Review 
     Requirements'' (FRL No. 9930-08-Region 3) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-2146. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Modification of Significant New Uses of Certain 
     Chemical Substances'' ((RIN2070-AB27) (FRL No. 9928-93)) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2147. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Plan for 
     Expanding Data in the Annual Comprehensive Error Rate Testing 
     (CERT) Report''; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2148. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Extension of Effective Date for Temporary 
     Pilot Program Setting the Time and Place for a Hearing Before 
     an Administrative Law Judge'' (RIN0960-AH75) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2149. 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 of Weighted 
     Average Interest Rates, Yield Curves, and Segment Rates'' 
     (Notice 2015-42) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 24, 2015; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2150. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Elder 
     Justice Coordinating Council 2012-2014 Report to Congress''; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2151. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Office's annual report on Federal agencies' use of the 
     Physicians' Comparability Allowance (PCA) program; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-2152. A communication from the District of Columbia 
     Auditor, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Review of District of Columbia's Compliance with the 
     Recommendations of the Task Force on Emergency Medical 
     Services (The Rosenbaum Task Force)''; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-2153. A communication from the District of Columbia 
     Auditor, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``ANC 8D Financial Operations Were Not Fully Compliant with 
     Law''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
        EC-2154. A communication from the Director, Administrative 
     Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, an annual report to Congress concerning intercepted 
     wire, oral, or electronic communications; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
        EC-2155. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, three (3) reports 
     relative to vacancies in the Department of Justice, received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 30, 2015; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
        EC-2156. A communication from the Staff Director of the 
     United States Commission on Civil Rights, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the United States 
     Commission on Civil Rights renewing the charter of its 
     federal advisory committee; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
        EC-2157. A communication from the Director, Administrative 
     Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``2014 Report of Statistics Required 
     by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection 
     Act of 2005''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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