[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 144 (Thursday, September 22, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H5861-H5862]
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:

       6942. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Alabama and North 
     Carolina; Interstate Transport -- 2010 NO2 Standards [EPA-
     R04-OAR-2016-0209; FRL-9952-74-Region 4] received September 
     20, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-
     121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       6943. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Prong 4-
     2008 Ozone, 2010 NO2, SO2, and 2012 PM2.5 [EPA-R04-OAR-2016-
     0315; FRL-9952-72-Region 4] received September 20, 2016, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 
     251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       6944. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Partial Approval and Partial 
     Disapproval of Implementation Plans; State of Iowa; 
     Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2008 Ozone National 
     Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) [EPA-R07-OAR-2016-0407; 
     FRL-9952-55-Region 7] received September 20, 2016, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 
     Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       6945. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; State of Arkansas; Regional Haze and 
     Interstate Visibility Transport Federal Implementation Plan 
     [EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189; FRL-9952-03-Region 6] received 
     September 20, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public 
     Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       6946. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Pyridaben; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2015-0390; FRL-9951-92] received September 20, 2016, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 
     251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       6947. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Media Bureau, 
     Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule -- Amendment of Section 73.3555(e) of 
     the Commission's Rules, National Television Multiple 
     Ownership Rule [MB Docket No.: 13-236] received September 21, 
     2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, 
     Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       6948. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the 
     national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in 
     Executive Order 12957 of March 15, 1995, pursuant to 50 
     U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 
     1257) and 50 U.S.C. 1703(c); Public Law 95-223, Sec 204(c); 
     (91 Stat. 1627); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       6949. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of 
     Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report 
     concerning international agreements other than treaties 
     entered into by the United States to be transmitted to the 
     Congress within the sixty-day period specified in the Case-
     Zablocki Act, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b(d)(1); Public Law 92-
     403, Sec. 1; (86 Stat. 619); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
       6950. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense, transmitting a 
     proposed Letter of Offer and Acceptance to the Government of 
     Japan, Transmittal No. 16-46, pursuant to Sec. 36(b)(1) of 
     the Arms Export Control Act; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
       6951. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
     Regulatory Programs, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting 
     the Administration's final rule -- Endangered and Threatened 
     Species; Identification of 14 Distinct Population Segments of 
     the Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and Revision of 
     Species-Wide Listing [Docket No.: 130708594-6598-03] (RIN: 
     0648-XC751) received September 21, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       6952. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of 
     the United States Courts, transmitting the report of the 
     Administrative Office of the United States Courts on 
     applications for delayed-notice search warrants and 
     extensions during fiscal year 2015, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 
     3103a(d)(2); Added by Public Law 90-351, Sec. 1401(a) 
     (further added by Public Law 109-177, Sec. 114(c)); (120 
     Stat. 211); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       6953. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
     Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting the South 
     San Francisco Bay Shoreline, Santa Clara County, California 
     final integrated report and environmental impact report for 
     September 2015 (revised December 2015) (H. Doc. No. 114--
     166); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
     and ordered to be printed.

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       6954. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
     Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting the West 
     Sacramento General Reevaluation Final Report and Appendices 
     for December 2015 (revised May 2016) (H. Doc. No. 114--167); 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and 
     ordered to be printed.
       6955. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
     Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Navigation Improvements Craig, Alaska Final Interim 
     Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment for March 16, 
     2016 (H. Doc. No. 114--168); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure and ordered to be printed.
       6956. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
     Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting the American 
     River Watershed Common Features General Reevaluation Final 
     Reports and Appendices for December 2015 (Revised May 2016) 
     (H. Doc. No. 114--169); to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure and ordered to be printed.
       6957. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Treatment of Indian Tribes in a 
     Similar Manner as States for Purposes of Section 303(d) of 
     the Clean Water Act [EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0622; FRL-9952-61-OW] 
     (RIN: 2040-AF52) received September 20, 2016, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 
     868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       6958. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     IRB only rule -- Announcement of the Results of the Phase III 
     Allocation Round of the Qualifying Gasification Project 
     Program [Announcement 2016-34] received September 20, 2016, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 
     251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6959. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     IRB only rule -- Credit for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration; 
     2016 Section 45Q Inflation Adjustment Factor [Notice 2016-53] 
     received Septermber 20, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6960. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     IRB only rule -- Updating of Address for Qualified Vehicle 
     Submissions [Notice 2016-51] received September 20, 2016, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 
     251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6961. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     IRB only rule -- Foreign Tax Credit Guidance under Section 
     909 Related to Foreign-Initiated Adjustments [Notice 2016-52] 
     received September 20, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6962. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     IRB only rule -- Applicable Federal Rates -- October 2016 
     (Rev. Rul. 2016-25) received September 20, 2016, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 
     Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6963. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     IRB only rule -- Facilitating Compliance with Qualified Plan 
     Document Requirements [Announcement 2016-32] received 
     September 20, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public 
     Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       6964. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     IRB only rule -- Announcement of Certification Resulting from 
     the 2012-2013 Phase III Allocation Round of the Qualifying 
     Advanced Coal Project Program (Announcement 2016-33) received 
     September 20, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public 
     Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
       6965. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulations and 
     Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rules -- Evidence 
     from Excluded Medical Sources of Evidence [Docket No.: SSA-
     2016-0015] (RIN: 0960-AH92) received September 20, 2016, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 
     251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       6966. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Department's report entitled ``Department of 
     Energy Activities Relating to the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
     Safety Board, Fiscal Year 2015'', pursuant to the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954, Sec. 316(b), as amended; jointly to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce and Armed Services.
       6967. A letter from the Labor Member, Management Member, 
     Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting the Board's budget 
     request for FY 2018, pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 231f(f); Aug. 29, 
     1935, ch. 812, Sec. 7(f) (as amended by Public Law 93-445, 
     Sec. 416); (97 Stat. 436); jointly to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Ways 
     and Means.

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