[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 148 (Thursday, October 8, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H6933-H6935]
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:

       3107. A letter from the Acting Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Fee Increases for Overtime Services [Docket 
     No.: APHIS-2009-0047] received October 5, 2015, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       3108. A letter from the Acting Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's 
     interim rule -- Golden Nematode; Removal of Regulated Areas 
     in Orleans, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties, New York [Docket 
     No.: APHIS-2015-0040] received October 5, 2015, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       3109. A letter from the Acting Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's 
     final rule -- Importation of Tomato Plantlets in Approved 
     Growing Media From Mexico [Docket No.: APHIS-2014-0099] (RIN: 
     0579-AE06) received October 5, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       3110. A letter from the Chief Counsel, FEMA, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Suspension of Community Eligibility (Greene County, PA, et 
     al.) [Docket ID: FEMA-2015-0001] [Internal Agency Docket No.: 
     FEMA-8401] received October 5, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       3111. A letter from the General Counsel, Pension Benefit 
     Guaranty Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final 
     rule -- Reportable Events and Certain Other Notification 
     Requirements (RIN: 1212-AB06) received October 6, 2015, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-
     121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       3112. A letter from the General Counsel, Pension Benefit 
     Guaranty Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final 
     rule -- Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; 
     Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; 
     Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits received 
     October 6, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by 
     Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
       3113. A letter from the General Counsel, Pension Benefit 
     Guaranty Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final 
     rule -- Multiemployer Plans; Electronic Filing Requirements 
     (RIN: 1212-AB28) received October 6, 2015, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       3114. A letter from the Administrator, U.S. Energy 
     Information Administration, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Department's report entitled ``The 
     Availability and Price of Petroleum and Petroleum Products 
     Produced in Countries Other Than Iran'', the twenty-third in 
     a series of reports required by Sec. 1245(d)(4)(A) of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3115. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Listing 
     of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Mica-Based 
     Pearlescent Pigments [Docket No.: FDA-2015-C-1154] received 
     October 5, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by 
     Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       3116. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental

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     Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- 
     Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; 
     Revisions to the Minor New Source Review (NSR) State 
     Implementation Plan (SIP) for Portable Facilities [EPA-R06-
     OAR-2010-0283; FRL-9935-04-Region 6] received October 6, 
     2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 
     104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3117. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Alabama; Infrastructure Requirements 
     for the 2008 Lead National Ambient Air Quality Standards 
     [EPA-R04-OAR-2013-0185; FRL-9935-21-Region 4] received 
     October 6, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by 
     Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       3118. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Butanedioic Acid, 2-Methylene-, 
     Homopolymer, Sodium Salt; Inert Ingredient Tolerance 
     Exemption [EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0395; FRL-9933-74] received 
     October 6, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by 
     Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       3119. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's direct final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Air Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; Sulfur 
     Content of Fuels [EPA-R01-OAR-2014-0605; A-1-FRL-9935-31-
     Region 1] received October 6, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3120. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Promulgation of State Implementation 
     Plan Revisions; Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008 
     Ozone, 2008 Lead, and 2010 NO2 National Ambient Air Quality 
     Standards; North Dakota [EPA-R08-OAR-2012-0974; FRL-9935-15-
     Region 8] received October 6, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3121. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Dimethyl sulfoxide; Exemption from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0630; FRL-9934-
     17] received October 6, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3122. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Kentucky Infrastructure Requirements 
     for the 2008 Lead NAAQS [EPA-R04-OAR-2014-0443; FRL-9935-19-
     Region 4] received October 6, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3123. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Kentucky: New Sources in or Impacting 
     Nonattainment Areas [EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0384; FRL-9935-22-
     Region 4] received October 6, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3124. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Georgia Infrastructure Requirements for 
     the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards 
     [EPA-R04-OAR-2012-0696; FRL-9935-24-Region 4] received 
     October 6, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by 
     Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       3125. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's direct final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Maine; 
     General Permit Regulations for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing 
     Plants and Concrete Batch Plants [EPA-R01-OAR-2015-0527; A-1-
     FRL-9935-33-Region 1] received October 6, 2015, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3126. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoroprop-1-ene; 
     Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-
     2012-0043; FRL-9934-74] received October 6, 2015, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3127. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Cellulose Carboxymethyl Ether, 
     Potassium Salt; Tolerance Exemption [EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0482; 
     FRL-9934-45] received October 6, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3128. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; MI; Infrastructure 
     SIP Requirements for the 2008 Ozone, 2010 NO2, 2010 SO2, and 
     2012 PM2.5 NAAQS [EPA-R05-OAR-2014-0657; FRL-9935-18-Region 
     5] received October 7, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3129. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; New Mexico; Infrastructure for the 2010 
     Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards [EPA-
     R06-OAR-2014-0205; FRL-9935-44-Region 6] received October 7, 
     2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 
     104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3130. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's direct final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Oregon: Lane Regional Air Protection 
     Agency Open Burning Rules and Oregon Department of 
     Environmental Quality Enforcement Procedures [EPA-R10-OAR-
     2014-0562; FRL-9935-48-Region 10] received October 7, 2015, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-
     121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3131. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Governmentwide Uniform Administrative 
     Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for 
     Federal Awards [FRL-9926-01-OARM] (RIN: 2030-AA99) received 
     October 7, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by 
     Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       3132. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: 2015 
     Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for Petroleum 
     and Natural Gas Systems [EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0831; FRL-9935-50-
     OAR] (RIN: 2060-AS37) received October 7, 2015, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3133. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- NESHAP for Brick and Structural Clay 
     Products Manufacturing; and NESHAP for Clay Ceramics 
     Manufacturing [EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0290 and EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0291; 
     FRL-9933-13-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AP69) received October 7, 2015, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-
     121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3134. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting a report certifying that the export of the 
     listed item to the People's Republic of China is not 
     detrimental to the U.S. space launch industry, pursuant to 
     Sec. 1512 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
     Authorization Act for FY 1999 (Pub. L. 105-261), as amended 
     by Sec. 146 of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 1999 (Pub. L. 105-
     277), and the President's September 29, 2009 delegation of 
     authority [74 Fed. Reg. 50,913 (Oct. 2, 2009)]; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3135. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the 
     national emergency with respect to significant malicious 
     cyber-enabled activities that was declared in Executive Order 
     13694 of April 1, 2015, as required by Sec. 401(c) of the 
     National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and Sec. 204(c) 
     of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 
     1703(c); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3136. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the 
     national emergency with respect to South Sudan that was 
     declared in Executive Order 13664 of April 3, 2014, as 
     required by Sec. 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 
     U.S.C. 1641(c), and Sec. 204(c) of the International 
     Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c); to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3137. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the 
     national emergency with respect to Sudan that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997, as required by 
     Sec. 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 
     1641(c), and Sec. 204(c) of the International Emergency 
     Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), and pursuant to 
     Executive Order 13313 of July 31, 2003; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       3138. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule and technical amendment -- Ocean Dumping: 
     Expansion of an Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site Offshore 
     of Jacksonville, Florida [EPA-R04-OW-2014-0372; FRL-9934-57-
     Region 4] received October 7, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       3139. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Effluent Limitations Guidelines and 
     Standards for the Steam Electric

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     Power Generating Point Source Category [EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819; 
     FRL-9930-48-OW] (RIN: 2040-AF14) received October 7, 2015, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-
     121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       3140. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Small 
     Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     final rule -- Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract 
     Program (RIN: 3245-AG72) received October 5, 2015, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 
     251; to the Committee on Small Business.
       3141. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a letter respectfully urging Congress 
     to take action as soon as possible and raise the debt limit 
     well before Treasury exhausts its extraordinary measures; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
       3142. A letter from the Acting Commissioner, Social 
     Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's 
     Annual Report on Continuing Disability Reviews for FY 2013, 
     pursuant to Sec. 221(i) of the Social Security Act; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       3143. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of 
     Commerce, transmitting draft legislation to implement the 
     Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas 
     Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean, to implement 
     the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High 
     Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, and for 
     other purposes; jointly to the Committees on Natural 
     Resources and the Judiciary.

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