[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 32 (Monday, February 29, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H1043-H1044]
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:

       4494. A letter from the Acting Principal Deputy for the 
     Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a letter authorizing ten officers to 
     wear the insignia of the grade of major general or brigadier 
     general, as indicated, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777(b)(3)(B); 
     Public Law 104-106, Sec. 503(a)(1) (as added by Public Law 
     108-136, Sec. 509(a)(3)); (117 Stat. 1458); to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       4495. A letter from the Acting Principal Deputy for the 
     Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a letter authorizing Colonel Paul H. 
     Pardew, United States Army, to wear the insignia of the grade 
     of brigadier general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777(b)(3)(B); 
     Public Law 104-106, Sec. 503(a)(1) (as added by Public Law 
     108-136, Sec. 509(a)(3)); (117 Stat. 1458); to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       4496. A letter from the Acting Principal Deputy for the 
     Under Secretary, Personnel

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     and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter 
     on the approved retirement of General John F. Campbell, 
     United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of 
     general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       4497. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting a letter regarding the potential 
     for a public health emergency that exists involving the Zika 
     virus, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3; June 25, 1938, ch. 
     675, Sec. 564 (as added by Public Law 1 08-136, Sec. 
     1603(a)); (117 Stat. 1684); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       4498. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification, 
     Transmittal No.: DDTC 15-134, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
     2776(c)(2)(C); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by 
     Public Law 94-329, Sec. 211(a)); (82 Stat. 1326); to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       4499. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification, 
     Transmittal No.: DDTC 15-052, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
     2776(c)(2)(C); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by 
     Public Law 94-329, Sec. 211(a)); (82 Stat. 1326); to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       4500. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification, 
     Transmittal No. DDTC 15-086, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
     2776(c)(2)(C); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by 
     Public Law 94-329, Sec. 211(a)); (82 Stat. 1326); to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       4501. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification, 
     Transmittal No. DDTC 15-123, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
     2776(c)(2)(C); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by 
     Public Law 94-329, Sec. 211(a)); (82 Stat. 1326); to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       4502. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification, 
     Transmittal No. DDTC 15-100, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
     2776(c)(2)(C); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by 
     Public Law 94-329, Sec. 211(a)); (82 Stat. 1326); to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       4503. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting a certification for calendar year 2015, 
     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; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       4504. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, NMFS, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting 
     the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the 
     Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian 
     Islands Crab Rationalization Program [Docket No.: 151223999-
     6040-01] (RIN: 0648-BF68) received February 26, 2016, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-
     121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
       4505. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Report of the 
     Attorney General to the Congress of the United States on the 
     Administration of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, 
     pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 621; June 8, 1938, ch. 327, Sec. 11 (as 
     amended by Public Law 104-65, Sec. 19); (109 Stat. 704); to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       4506. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a letter and 
     relevant documentation concerning the implementation of 
     commitments in the Joint Plan of Action, pursuant to the Iran 
     Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, the Iran 
     Sanctions Act of 1996, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
     Human Rights Act of 2012, and the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012; jointly to the 
     Committees on Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Oversight and 
     Government Reform, Financial Services, and Ways and Means.

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