[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 50 (Thursday, March 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1946]
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                   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-4636. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Restructuring of Regulations on 
     the Importation of Plants for Planting'' (RIN0579-AD75) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 20, 2018; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
        EC-4637. A communication from the Secretary of the Navy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     Program Acquisition Unit Cost (PAUC) for the Littoral Combat 
     Ship (LCS) Mission Modules (MM) Program; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
        EC-4638. A communication from the Acting Director, 
     Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the 2018 annual report relative to the Fair Debt 
     Collection Practices Act; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-4639. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel, General Law, Ethics, and Regulation, Department of 
     the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to a vacancy in the position of Assistant General 
     Counsel (Treasury)/Chief Counsel, Department of the Treasury, 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 20, 2018; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-4640. A communication from the Chairman, Medicare 
     Payment Advisory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report entitled ``Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment 
     Policy''; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-4641. 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 ``Modification to 
     Revenue Procedure 2018-4'' (Rev. Proc. 2018-19) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on March 20, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-4642. 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 ``Issuance of Opinion 
     and Advisory Letters for Pre-approved Defined Benefit Plans 
     for the Second Six-Year Cycle, Deadline for Employer Adoption 
     of the Pre-approved Plans, and Opening of Determination 
     Letter Program for the Pre-approved Plan Adopters'' 
     (Announcement 2018-05) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 20, 2018; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
        EC-4643. A communication from the United States Trade 
     Representative, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting a report relative to the ongoing negotiations in 
     the World Trade Organization (WTO) known as the WTO 
     Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA); to the Committee on 
     Finance.
        EC-4644. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the extension of waiver 
     authority for Belarus; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-4645. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the extension of waiver 
     authority for Turkmenistan; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-4646. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser 
     for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, 
     the report of the texts and background statements of 
     international agreements, other than treaties (List 2018-
     0024--2018-0029); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-4647. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, an annual report relative to the Benjamin A. 
     Gilman International Scholarship Program for 2016; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-4648. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, an annual report relative to the Benjamin A. 
     Gilman International Scholarship Program for 2015; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-4649. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to a waiver of section 
     1003 of Public Law 100-204 regarding the Palestine Liberation 
     Organization Office; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-4650. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``United States 
     Participation in the United Nations in 2013''; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-4651. A communication from the Chairman, National 
     Credit Union Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the National Credit Union Administration's fiscal year 2017 
     annual report relative to the Notification and Federal 
     Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No 
     FEAR Act); to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
        EC-4652. A communication from the Executive Director, 
     Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, Central Intelligence 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Agency's fiscal 
     year 2014 annual report relative to the Notification and 
     Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 
     2002 (No FEAR Act); to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.

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