[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1387]
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-4664. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fluopyram; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9943-
     21-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on March 8, 2016; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-4665. 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; New Mexico; and Albuquerque/Bernalillo 
     County; Revisions to Establish Small Business Stationary 
     Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance 
     Programs'' (FRL No. 9943-43-Region 6) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on March 8, 2016; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4666. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Base Year Emission 
     Inventories for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard'' (FRL No. 
     9943-46-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on March 8, 2016; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-4667. A communication from the Chief of the Branch of 
     Recovery and State Grants, Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife; Designation of Critical Habitat for Lower Columbia 
     Coho Salmon and Puget Sound Steelhead; Final Rule'' (RIN1018-
     BB28) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on March 2, 2016; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-4668. A communication from the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Third Report to Congress: Highlights 
     of the Diesel Emissions Reduction Program''; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4669. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the fiscal year 2015 report of 
     the Department of Health and Human Services' Federal 
     Coordinated Health Care Office; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-4670. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department 
     of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification of the proposed sale or export of defense 
     articles and/or defense services to a Middle East country 
     (OSS-2016-0323); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-4671. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department 
     of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification of the proposed sale or export of defense 
     articles and/or defense services to a Middle East country 
     (OSS-2016-0324); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-4672. A communication from the Assistant Administrator, 
     Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, U.S. Agency for 
     International Development (USAID), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Agency's response to the GAO report entitled ``WATER 
     AND SANITATION ASSISTANCE: USAID Has Increased Strategic 
     Focus but Should Improve Monitoring''; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
        EC-4673. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Patient Protection and Affordable 
     Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 
     2017'' ((RIN0938-AS57) (CMS-9937-F)) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on March 7, 2016; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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