[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6139-S6141]
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-6444. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 2-oxiranylmethyl 
     ester, polymer with butyl 2-propenoate, ethenylbenzene and 2-
     ethylhexyl 2-propenoate; Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL No. 9982-
     72) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 6, 2018; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-6445. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Cloquintocet-mexyl; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL 
     No. 9980-90) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 6, 2018; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-6446. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Metschnikowia fructicola strain NRRL Y-27328; 
     Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 
     9982-22) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 6, 2018; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-6447. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Spiromesifen; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     9982-21) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 6, 2018; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-6448. A communication from the Regulations Management 
     Team Lead , Rural Utilities Service, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Announcement Process for Rural Utilities 
     Service Grant Programs'' (RIN0572-AC39) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 6, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-6449. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Commodity Futures Trading

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     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Chief Compliance Officer Duties and Annual 
     Report Requirements for Futures Commission Merchants, Swap 
     Dealers, and Major Swap Participants; Amendments'' (RIN3038-
     AE56) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on September 5, 2018; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-6450. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Review Group, Farm Service Agency, Department of 
     Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Market Facilitation Program'' (RIN0560-AI42) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 10, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-6451. A communication from the Administrator of the 
     Specialty Crops Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Irish Potatoes Grown in Colorado; 
     Increased Assessment Rate for Area No. 2'' ((7 CFR Part 948) 
     (Docket No. AMS-SC-18-0022; SC18-984-1 FR)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 6, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-6452. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of General 
     John W. Nicholson, United States Army, and his advancement to 
     the grade of general on the retired list; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
        EC-6453. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting the report of an officer authorized to wear the 
     insignia of the grade of rear admiral (lower half) in 
     accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-6454. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the continuation of the national emergency with respect to 
     the terrorist attacks on the United States of September 11, 
     2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
        EC-6455. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to Ukraine that 
     was originally declared in Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 
     2014; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
        EC-6456. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to persons 
     undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe 
     that was declared in Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-6457. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to Venezuela 
     that was originally declared in Executive Order 13692 of 
     March 8, 2015; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-6458. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to Iran as 
     declared in Executive Order 12957 of March 15, 1995; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-6459. 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 Secretary 
     (Financial Institutions), Department of the Treasury, 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 7, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-6460. A communication from the Regulatory Specialist, 
     Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Expanded Examination Cycle for Certain Small 
     Insured Depository Institutions and U.S. Branches and 
     Agencies of Foreign Banks'' (RIN1557-AE37) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 7, 2018; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-6461. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Addition of Certain Entities to 
     the Entity list, Revision of Entries on the Entity List and 
     Removal of Certain Entities from the Entity List'' (RIN0694-
     AH42) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on September 5, 2018; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
        EC-6462. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to the Export 
     Administration Regulations Based on the 2017 Missile 
     Technology Control Regime Plenary Agreements'' (RIN0694-AH46) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 6, 2018; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-6463. A communication from the Director of Legislative 
     Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Liquidity 
     Coverage Ration Rule: Treatment of Certain Municipal 
     Obligations as High-Quality Liquid Assets'' (RIN3064-AE77) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 6, 2018; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-6464. A communication from the Director of Legislative 
     Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Expanded 
     Examination Cycle for Certain Small Insured Depository 
     Institutions and U.S. Branches and Agencies of Foreign 
     Banks'' (RIN3064-AE76) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 7, 2018; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-6465. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Plan Approval and Air Quality Designation; 
     Florida: Redesignation of the Hillsborough County Lead 
     Nonattainment Area to Attainment'' (FRL No. 9983-44-Region 4) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 6, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-6466. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Plan Approval; ID, Pinehurst PM10 
     Redesignation, Limited Maintenance Plan; West Silver Valley 
     2012 Annual PM2.5 Emission Inventory'' (FRL No. 9983-53-
     Region 10) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 6, 2018; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-6467. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Single Source 
     Orders and Revisions to Definitions'' (FRL No. 9982-99-Region 
     1) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 6, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-6468. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Plan Approval; North Carolina: New Source 
     Review for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5)'' (FRL No. 9983-
     43-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 6, 2018; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-6469. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Vermont; Infrastructure State 
     Implementation Plan Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS'' 
     (FRL No. 9983-02-Region 1) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 6, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6470. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Virginia; Nonattainment New Source 
     Review Requirements for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard'' (FRL 
     No. 9983-33-Region 3) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on September 6, 2018; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6471. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Technology Transitions, Department of Energy, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report on Technology 
     Transfer and Related Technology Partnering Activities at the 
     National Laboratories and Other Facilities for Fiscal Year 
     2015''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
        EC-6472. 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 ``Implementation of 
     Nonresident Alien Deposit Interest Regulations'' (Rev. Proc. 
     2018-36) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 6, 2018; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-6473. 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 ``Qualifying Relative 
     and the Exemption Amount'' (Notice 2018-70) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 6, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-6474. 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 ``Revenue Procedure: 
     Examination of Returns and Claims for Refund, Credit, or 
     Abatement; Determination of Correct Tax Liability'' (Notice 
     2018-68) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 6, 2018; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-6475. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel, General Law, Ethics, and Regulation, Department of 
     the Treasury,

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     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy 
     in the position of Assistant Secretary (Economic Policy), 
     Department of the Treasury, received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 7, 2018; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-6476. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the 
     certification of a proposed license for the export of 
     firearms abroad controlled under Category I of the U.S. 
     Munitions List of Automatic 5.56mm rifles to the UAE in the 
     amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 18-024); 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-6477. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of 
     July 31, 2003, a semiannual report detailing 
     telecommunications-related payments made to Cuba pursuant to 
     Department of the Treasury licenses; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
        EC-6478. 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 July 2018 quarterly report to 
     Congress (OSS-2018-1090); to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-6479. A communication from the Archivist of the United 
     States, National Archives and Records Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     Administration's fiscal year 2018 Commercial Activities 
     Inventory and Inherently Governmental Activities Inventory 
     and the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the report; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-6480. A communication from the Associate General 
     Counsel for General Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy 
     in the position of Assistant Secretary and Director, U.S. 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of 
     Homeland Security, received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 6, 2018; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-6481. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Removal of Dispute Resolution Pilot Program for Public 
     Assistance Appeals'' ((RIN1660-AA94) (Docket No. FEMA-2018-
     0015)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 10, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
        EC-6482. 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 ``Adjustment to Premium 
     Processing Fee'' (RIN1615-ZB73) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 5, 2018; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-6483. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Safety Standard for Automatic Residential 
     Garage Door Operators'' (RIN3041-AD66) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on August 27, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-6484. A communication from the Program Analyst, Office 
     of Managing Director, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
     Year 2018'' (FCC 18-126) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 11, 2018; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.

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