[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4401-S4402]
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-5599. A communication from the Administrator, Rural 
     Housing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Single 
     Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program'' ((7 CFR Part 3555) 
     (RIN0575-AD10)) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on June 15, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-5600. 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 ``National Poultry Improvement Plan 
     and Auxiliary Provisions'' (RIN0579-AE37) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on June 20, 2018; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-5601. A communication from the General Counsel, 
     Government Accountability Office, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
     and a Review of the President's Supplementary Message of June 
     5, 2018; to the Committees on Appropriations; Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs; the Budget; Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment 
     and Public Works; Finance; Foreign Relations; Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions; and the Judiciary.
        EC-5602. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the Defense Environmental Programs Annual Report for 
     fiscal year 2016; to the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-5603. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report of a delay in submission of a report 
     relative to the inventory of contracts for services for 
     fiscal year 2017; to the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-5604. A communication from the Alternate Federal 
     Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Policy on Technical Surveillance 
     Countermeasures'' (RIN0790-AJ59) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on June 20, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-5605. A communication from the Chairman of the 
     Appraisal Subcommittee, Federal Financial Institutions 
     Examination Council, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Appraisal Subcommittee's 2017 Annual Report; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-5606. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to 
     transnational criminal organizations that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-5607. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Galveston Harbor Channel Extension 
     Project, Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5608. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Annual 
     Report to Congress on the Medicare and Medicaid Integrity 
     Programs Report for Fiscal Year 2016''; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
        EC-5609. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the fiscal year 2017 report of 
     the Federal Coordinated Health Care Office; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
        EC-5610. 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 ``Method Change 
     Procedures Relating to Exemption from Applying Section 263A 
     under Section 263A(d) (2) (C)'' (Rev. Proc. 2018-35) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 20, 
     2018; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-5611. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Extension of Sunset Date for Attorney 
     Advisor Program'' (RIN0960-AI36) received in the Office of 
     the President of the

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     Senate on June 20, 2018; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-5612. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Foreign 
     Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, Department 
     of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's 
     annual report for 2017; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
        EC-5613. A communication from the Board of Trustees, 
     National Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Twenty-Seventh Actuarial Valuation 
     of the Assets and Liabilities Under the Railroad Retirement 
     Acts as of December 31, 2016''; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-5614. A communication from the Board of Trustees, 
     National Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the 2018 annual report on the financial status of the 
     railroad unemployment insurance system; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-5615. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of 
     Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Definition of an 'Employer' Under Section 3(5) of 
     ERISA - Association Health Plans'' (RIN1210-AB85) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on June 21, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-5616. A communication from the Strategic Advisor and 
     Director of Congressional Relations and Government Affairs, 
     Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 
     Reconstruction, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to the Office's April 2018 quarterly report to 
     Congress (OSS-2018-0739); to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-5617. A communication from the Strategic Advisor and 
     Director of Congressional Relations and Government Affairs, 
     Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 
     Reconstruction, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to the Office's April 2018 quarterly report to 
     Congress (OSS-2018-0741); to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-5618. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting proposed legislation; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-5619. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting proposed legislation; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-5620. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program 
     (FEORP) for Fiscal Year 2016''; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-5621. A communication from the Director, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Agency'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-5622. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel for General Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy 
     in the position of Under Secretary, National Protection and 
     Program Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     20, 2018; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
        EC-5623. 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 ``Tribal 
     Transportation Program; Delay of Compliance Date'' (RIN1076-
     AF38) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on June 19, 2018; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
        EC-5624. 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 ``Addition of 
     the Wind River Indian Reservation to the List of Courts of 
     Indian Offenses'' (RIN1076-AF39) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on June 19, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
        EC-5625. 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 ``Civil 
     Penalties Inflation Adjustments; Annual Adjustments'' 
     (RIN1076-AF40) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on June 19, 2018; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
        EC-5626. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Report on the 
     Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-5627. A communication from the Director, National 
     Legislative Division, The American Legion, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the financial condition 
     of The American Legion as of December 31, 2017 and 2016; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-5628. A communication from the Chief of the Regulatory 
     Coordination Division, Citizenship and Immigration Services, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Exercise of Time-Limited 
     Authority to Increase the Fiscal Year 2018 Numerical 
     Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker 
     Program'' (RIN1615-AC21) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 21, 2018; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
        EC-5629. A communication from the Senior Director of 
     Government Affairs, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 
     Amtrak, transmitting, pursuant to law, Amtrak's audited 
     Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended 
     September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016 with report of 
     independent auditors; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.

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