[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 63 (Monday, April 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2416-S2418]
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-5184. A joint communication from the Secretary of 
     Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
     transmitting a request relative to issuing a travel 
     restriction on senior officials' travel to Afghanistan for 
     the period of June 1, 2016 through September 30, 2016; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-5185. A communication from the Acting Principal Deputy 
     Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled, ``2013 
     Workplace and Equal Opportunity Survey of Active Duty 
     Members''; to the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-5186. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, 
     Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department 
     of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program for Consumer 
     Products and Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: 
     Determination of Portable Air Conditioners as a Covered 
     Consumer Product'' ((RIN1904-AD02) (Docket No. EERE-2013-BT-
     STD-0033)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on April 19, 2016; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
        EC-5187. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Skokomish River Basin Ecosystem 
     Restoration project in Mason County, Washington, for the 
     purpose of aquatic ecosystem restoration; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.

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        EC-5188. 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 ``Announcement and 
     Report Concerning Advance Pricing Agreements'' (Announcement 
     2016-12) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on April 19, 2016; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-5189. 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 2016-25) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on April 19, 2016; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-5190. 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 ``Inversions and 
     Related Transactions'' ((RIN1545-BM88) (TD 9761)) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on April 19, 2016; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-5191. 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 ``Fringe Benefits 
     Aircraft Valuation Formula'' (Rev. Rul. 2016-10) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on April 19, 2016; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-5192. 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 ``Purchase Price Safe 
     Harbors for Sections 143 and 25'' (Rev. Proc. 2016-25) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 19, 2016; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-5193. 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 ``Indexing Adjustments 
     for Sections 36B and 5000A'' (Rev. Proc. 2016-24) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on April 19, 2016; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-5194. 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 ``2016 Automobile Price 
     Inflation Adjustment'' (Rev. Proc. 2016-23) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on April 19, 2016; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
        EC-5195. 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 16-019); to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
        EC-5196. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Safety Standard for Automatic Residential 
     Garage Door Operators'' (RIN3041-AD35) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on April 18, 2016; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-5197. A communication from the Deputy Bureau Chief, 
     Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Connect America Fund; ETC Annual Reports and 
     Certifications; Rural Broadband Experiments'' ((RIN3060-AF85) 
     (FCC 16-28)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on April 18, 2016; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-5198. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Legislative Affairs), transmitting legislative 
     proposals relative to the ``National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2017'' ; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
        EC-5199. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled, ``Fiscal 
     Year 2017 Staff Years of Technical Effort and Estimated 
     Funding for Department of Defense Federally Funded Research 
     and Development Centers'' ; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
        EC-5200. A communication from the Secretary, Division of 
     Trading and Markets, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Business Conduct Standards for Security-Based Swap Dealers 
     and Major Security-Based Swap Participants'' (RIN3235-AL10) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 20, 2016; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-5201. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Supplemental Finding that it is Appropriate and 
     Necessary to Regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal- and 
     Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units'' (FRL No. 
     9945-33-OAR) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on April 20, 2016; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-5202. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Federal Plan Requirements for Sewage Sludge 
     Incineration Units Constructed on or Before October 14, 
     2010'' (FRL No. 9940-50-OAR) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on April 20, 2016; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5203. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Clarification of Requirements for Method 303 
     Certification Training'' ((RIN2060-AR97) (FRL No. 9945-34-
     OAR)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on April 20, 2016; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-5204. 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 California Air Plan Revisions, San 
     Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL 
     No. 9944-38-Region 9) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on April 20, 2016; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5205. 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; 
     AR; Redesignation of the Crittenden County, 2008 8-Hour Ozone 
     Nonattainment Area to Attainment'' (FRL No. 9945-40-Region 6) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 20, 2016; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-5206. 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; Attainment Plan for the 
     Lower Beaver Valley Nonattainment Area for the 2008 Lead 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9945-45-
     Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on April 20, 2016; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-5207. 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; 2011 Base Year 
     Inventories for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air 
     Quality Standard for the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, 
     Lancaster, Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, and Reading Areas, and 
     the Pennsylvania Portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-
     Atlantic City Area'' (FRL No. 9945-47-Region 3) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on April 20, 2016; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5208. 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; State Board Requirements'' 
     (FRL No. 9945-44-Region 3) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on April 20, 2016; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5209. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Quality Plans; North Carolina; Infrastructure 
     Requirements for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air 
     Quality Standard'' (FRL No. 9945-62-Region 4) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on April 20, 2016; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5210. 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; Tennessee: Knox County VOC 
     Limits Revision for Permits'' (FRL No. 9945-22-Region 4) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 20, 2016; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-5211. A communication from the Wildlife Biologist, Fish 
     and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Late-Season 
     Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations'' (RIN1018-BA70) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on April 20, 
     2016; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5212. A communication from the Acting Unified Listing 
     Team Manager, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
     Threatened Species Status for the Big Sandy Crayfish and 
     Endangered Species Status for the Guyandotte River Crayfish'' 
     (RIN1018-BA85) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on April 20, 2016; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-5213. A communication from the Acting Unified Listing 
     Team Manager, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
     Designation and Nondesignation of Critical Habitat on 
     Molokai, Lanai, Maui, and Kahoolawe for 135 Species'' 
     (RIN1018-AZ25) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on April 20, 2016; to

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     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5214. A communication from the Acting Unified Listing 
     Team Manager, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
     Designation of Critical Habitat for the New Mexico Meadow 
     Jumping Mouse'' (RIN1018-AZ32) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on April 20, 2016; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5215. 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 and Plants; Removal of the Louisiana Black Bear From 
     the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 
     Removal of Similarity-of-Appearance Protections for the 
     American Black Bear'' (RIN1018-BA44) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on April 20, 2016; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5216. A communication from the Wildlife Biologist, Fish 
     and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest in Alaska; Harvest 
     Regulations for Migratory Birds in Alaska During the 2016 
     Season'' (RIN1018-BB10) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on April 20, 2016; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5217. A communication from the Director of the Office 
     of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action, Bureau of 
     Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Financial 
     Assistance and Social Services Programs; Burial Assistance'' 
     (RIN1076-AF29) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on April 20, 2016; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
        EC-5218. A communication from the Director of Regulations 
     and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Food 
     Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human 
     Consumption; Folic Acid'' (Docket No. FDA-2012-F-0480) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     April 20, 2016; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
        EC-5219. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a petition to add workers who were employed at the Kansas 
     City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri, to the Special Exposure 
     Cohort; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
        EC-5220. A communication from the Executive Director, 
     Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's Seventy-
     Fourth Financial Statement for the period of October 1, 2014 
     through September 30, 2015; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-5221. A communication from the Secretary of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``2016 Annual Report: The U.S. Department of 
     Transportation's (DOT) Status of Actions Addressing the 
     Safety Issue Areas on the National Transportation Safety 
     Board's (NTSB) Most Wanted List''; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-5222. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Safety Standard for Portable Hook-On Chairs'' 
     (RIN3041-AD40) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on April 20, 2016; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.

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