[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 9, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H80-H81]
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:

       3615. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Office of the 
     Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Certificate of Release or 
     Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214/5 Series) [Docket ID: 
     DOD-2017-OS-0044] (RIN: 0790-AJ88) received December 21, 
     2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, 
     Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       3616. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Office of the 
     Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's interpretive rule -- Amended Interpretive Rule 
     Under the Military Lending Act Limitations on Terms of 
     Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents 
     [Docket ID: DOD-2017-OS-0038] (RIN: 0790-ZA13) received 
     December 21, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public 
     Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       3617. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the 
     national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans that 
     was declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, 
     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.


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  January 9, 2017 on page H80, the following appeared: 3617. A 
letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, 
transmitting a six-month periodic report on the national emergency 
with respect to the Western Balkans that was declared in Executive 
Order 3219 of June 26, 2001, 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 Financial Services.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: 3617. A letter 
from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a 
six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect 
to the Western Balkans that was declared in Executive Order 13219 
of June 26, 2001, 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.


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       3618. A letter from the Assistant to the Board, Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the 
     Board's joint final rule -- Community Reinvestment Act 
     Regulations [Regulation BB; Docket No.: R-1574] received 
     December 22, 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.
       3619. A letter from the Assistant to the Board, Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the 
     Board's final rules -- Appraisals for Higher-Priced Mortgage 
     Loans Exemption Threshold [Docket No.: R-1580] (RIN: 7100-AD 
     87) received December 22, 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.
       3620. A letter from the Assistant to the Board, Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the 
     Board's final rule -- Rules Regarding Availability of 
     Information [Docket No.: R-1556] (RIN: 7100-AE65) received 
     December 22, 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.
       3621. A letter from the Assistant to the Board, Division of 
     Consumer and Community Affairs, Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final rules 
     -- Consumer Leasing (Regulation M) [Docket No.: R-1579] (RIN: 
     7100 AE-86) received December 22, 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.
       3622. A letter from the Assistant to the Board, Division of 
     Consumer and Community Affairs, Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final rules 
     -- Truth in Lending (Regulation Z) [Docket No.: R-1581] (RIN: 
     7100 AE-88) received December 22, 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.
       3623. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval of California Air Plan 
     Revisions; Anti-Idling Regulations [EPA-R09-OAR-2017-0383; 
     FRL-9972-49-Region 9] received December 19, 2017, 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.
       3624. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Finding of Failure to Submit a Section 
     110 State Implementation Plan for Interstate Transport for 
     the 2012 Annual National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 
     Fine Particles; Massachusetts [EPA-R01-OAR-2017-0695; FRL-
     9972-39-Region 1] received December 19, 2017, 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.
       3625. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Texas; Reasonably Available Control 
     Technology for Volatile Organic Compound Emissions in the 
     Dallas-Fort Worth Ozone Nonattainment Area [EPA-R06-OAR-2015-
     0832; FRL-9972-00-Region 6] received December 19, 2017, 
     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.
       3626. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Louisiana; Regional Haze State 
     Implementation Plan [EPA-R06-OAR-2016-0520; EPA-R06-OAR-2017-
     0129; FRL-9971-85-Region 6] received December 19, 2017, 
     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.
       3627. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's direct final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Arkansas; Revisions to the Definitions 
     for Arkansas Plan of Implementation for Air Pollution 
     Control: Volatile Organic Compounds [EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0699; 
     FRL- 9971-86-Region 6] received December 19, 2017, 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.
       3628. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Amine salt of styrene acrylic polymer, 
     ammonium salt; Tolerance Exemption [EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0248; 
     FRL-9970-89] received December 19, 2017, 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.
       3629. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's withdrawal of direct final rule -- Air Plan 
     Approval; Wisconsin; 2017 revisions to NR 400 and 406 [EPA-
     R05-OAR-2017-0280; FRL-9972-32-Region 5] received December 
     19, 2017, 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.
       3630. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Ohio;

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     Regional Haze Five-Year Progress Report State Implementation 
     Plan [EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0185; FRL-9972-34-Region 5] received 
     December 19, 2017, 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.
       3631. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's withdrawal of direct final rule -- Air Plan 
     Approval; Illinois; Volatile Organic Compounds Definition 
     [EPA-R05-OAR-2017-0323; FRL-9972-33-Region 5] received 
     December 19, 2017, 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.
       3632. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Wireless 
     Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Accelerating 
     Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to 
     Infrastructure Investment [WT Docket No.: 17-79] received 
     December 21, 2017, 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.
       3633. A letter from the Division Chief, Broadband Division, 
     Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Use 
     of Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz for Mobile Radio Services [GN 
     Docket No.: 14-177]; Establishing a More Flexible Framework 
     to Facilitate Satellite Operations in the 27.5-28.35 GHz and 
     37.5-40 GHz Bands [IB Docket No.: 15-256]; and other 
     regulations received December 29, 2017, 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.
       3634. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Media Bureau, 
     Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule -- 2014 Quadrennial Regulatory Review 
     -- Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules and 
     Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the 
     Telecommunications Act of 1996 [MB Docket No.:14-50]; 2010 
     Quadrennial Regulatory Review -- Review of the Commission's 
     Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to 
     Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 [MB Docket 
     No.: 09-182]; and other regulations received December 29, 
     2017, 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.
       3635. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the 
     national emergency with respect to terrorists who threaten to 
     disrupt the Middle East peace process that was declared in 
     Executive Order 12947 of January 23, 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.
       3636. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of 
     Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting reports 
     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(a); Public Law 92-
     403, Sec. 1(a) (as amended by Public Law 108-458, Sec. 
     7121(b)); (118 Stat. 3807); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
       3637. A letter from the Staff Director, Congressional-
     Executive Commission on China, transmitting the 2017 Annual 
     Report of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, 
     pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 6912(g); Public Law 106-286, Sec. 
     302(g); (114 Stat. 897); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3638. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     Transmittal No. 17-68, pursuant to the reporting requirements 
     of Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as 
     amended; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3639. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's 
     Fiscal Year 2017 Ginnie Mae Annual Management Report, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106(a)(1); Public Law 97-258 (as 
     amended by Public Law 101-576, Sec. 306(a)) (104 Stat. 2854); 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3640. A letter from the Division Chief, Regulatory Affairs, 
     Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule -- Effectuating 
     Congressional Nullification of the Resource Management 
     Planning Rule Under the Congressional Review Act [Docket ID: 
     BLM-2016-0002; LLWO210000.17X.L16100000.PN0000] (RIN: 1004-
     AE39) received December 21, 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.
       3641. A letter from the Director, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary 
     rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Georges Bank Cod Possession 
     and Trip Limit Adjustment for the Common Pool Fishery [Docket 
     No.: 151211999-6343-02] (RIN: 0648-XF713) received December 
     21, 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.
       3642. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary 
     rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic 
     Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery; 2017 Illex Squid 
     Quota Harvested [Docket No.: 140902739-5224-02] (RIN: 0648-
     XF672) received December 21, 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.
       3643. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary 
     rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Scup 
     Fishery; Adjustment to the 2017 Winter II Quota [Docket No.: 
     161017970-6999-02] (RIN: 0648-XF651) received December 21, 
     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.
       3644. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     IRB only rule -- 2018 Standard Mileage Rates [Notice 2018-03] 
     received December 21, 2017, 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.
       3645. A letter from the Acting Secretary, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting a Declaration of a 
     Public Health Emergency and Waiver and/or Modification of 
     Certain HIPAA, and Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health 
     Insurance Program Requirements (California wildfires), 
     pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(d); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 
     title XI, Sec. 1135(d) (as added by Public Law 107-188, Sec. 
     143(a)); (116 Stat. 628) and 42 U.S.C. 247d(a); July 1, 1944, 
     ch. 373, title III, Sec. 319(a) (as amended by Public Law 
     107-188, Sec. 144(a)); (116 Stat. 630); jointly to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.

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