[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H468]
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:

       167. A letter from the Administrator, Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Specialty Crops Program, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting the Department's interim rule -- 
     Revisions to Inspection Application Requirements [Docket No.: 
     AMS-SC-16-0063] received January 10, 2017, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 
     868); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       168. A letter from the Assistant to the Board, Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the 
     Board's final rule -- Regulatory Capital Rules: 
     Implementation of Capital Requirements for Global 
     Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies [Docket No.: R-
     1535] (RIN: 7100 AE-49) received January 10, 2017, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 
     Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       169. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Office of 
     Fossil Energy, Department of Energy, transmitting the 
     Department's ``Strategic Petroleum Reserve Annual Report for 
     Calendar Year 2014'', in accordance with Sec. 165 of the 
     Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6245); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       170. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting notification that 
     effective November 27, 2016, the following qualified for 
     Danger Pay: Philippines: Mindanao Regions with Mindanao; 
     Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao; Zamboanga Peninsula; 
     Northern Mindanao; Davao Region; Soccsksargen Caraga at 25 
     percent; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       171. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting notification that 
     effective November 27, 2016, the following posts no longer 
     qualified for Danger Pay: N'Djamena, Chad; Nairobi, Kenya; 
     Abuja, Nigeria; and Khartoum, Sudan; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       172. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule -- Update to Incorporate FOIA 
     Improvement Act of 2016 Requirements [NRC-2016-0171] (RIN: 
     3150-AJ84) received January 10, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       173. A letter from the Senior Procurement Executive, Office 
     of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule -- General 
     Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); Fair 
     Opportunity Complaints on GSA Contracts [Change 81; GSAR Case 
     2015-G513; Docket No.: 2016-0021; Sequence No. 1] (RIN: 3090-
     AJ79) received January 10, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       174. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's Semiannual Report of 
     the Inspector General and the Management Response for the 
     period of April 1, 2016, through September 30, 2016, pursuant 
     to Sec. 5, Public Law 95-452, as amended; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       175. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's 
     Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act Annual 
     Report to Congress for 2016, pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 20307(b); 
     Public Law 99-410, Sec. 105 (as amended by Public Law 111-84, 
     Sec. 587(2)); (123 Stat. 2333); to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
       176. A letter from the Division Chief, Bureau of Land 
     Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting the 
     Department's final order -- Onshore Oil and Gas Operations; 
     Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases; Onshore Oil and Gas 
     Order Number 1, Approval of Operations [WO-300-
     L13100000.PP0000] (RIN: 1004-AE37) received January 10, 2017, 
     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.
       177. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's seventh 
     annual report regarding compliance of federal departments and 
     agencies with providing relevant information to the National 
     Instant Criminal Background Check System, pursuant to 18 
     U.S.C. 922 note; Public Law 103-159, Sec. 103(e)(1)(E) (as 
     added by Public Law 110-180, Sec. 101(a)); (121 Stat. 2561); 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       178. A letter from the Federal Liaison Officer, Patent and 
     Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Changes in Requirements for 
     Affidavits or Declarations of Use, Continued Use, or 
     Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases [Docket No.: PTO-T-2016-
     0002] (RIN: 0651-AD07) received January 10, 2017, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 
     Stat. 868); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       179. A letter from the Chair, NASA Aerospace Safety 
     Advisory Panel, transmitting the NASA Aerospace Safety 
     Advisory Panel's Annual Report for 2016 to Congress and to 
     the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration; to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
     Technology.

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