[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 158 (Tuesday, September 25, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6300-S6303]
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-6537. 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 ``Cranberries Grown in States of 
     Massachusetts, et al.; Establishment of 2018-19 Seasonal 
     Volume Regulation'' ((7 CFR Part 929) (Docket No. AMS-SC-18-
     0012; SC18-929-2 FR)) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 20, 2018; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-6538. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Beauveria bassiana strain PPRI 5339; Exemption 
     from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9983-67) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-6539. 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-, polymer with butyl 2-
     methyl-2-propenoate, butyl 2-propenoate, N-(1,1-dimethyl-3-
     oxobutyl)-2-propenamide, ethenylbenzene, 2-ethylhexyl 2-
     prepenoate and methyl 2-methyl-2-prepenoate; Tolerance 
     Exemption'' (FRL No. 9983-23) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 21, 2018; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-6540. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``2-Propenpoic acid, polymer with butyl 2-
     propenoate, ethenylbenzene and (1-methylethenyl) benzene, 
     ammonium salt; Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL No. 9983-22) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 21, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-6541. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Maltodextrin-vinyl pyrrolidinone copolymer; 
     Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 
     9983-05) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 21, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-6542. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General Jack Weinstein, United States Air Force, 
     and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the 
     retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-6543. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Vice 
     Admiral John N. Christenson, United States Navy, and his 
     advancement to the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-6544. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General Kenneth R. Dahl, United States Army, and 
     his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the 
     retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-6545. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the mobilizations 
     of selected reserve units, received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 18, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-6546. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the 
     continuation of the national emergency with respect to 
     persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism 
     that was established in Executive Order 13224 on September 
     23, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
        EC-6547. A communication from the Acting Director, Bureau 
     of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Summaries of Rights 
     under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (Regulation V)'' 
     (RIN3170-AA82) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-6548. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Suspension of Community Eligibility'' ((44 CFR Part 64) 
     (Docket No. FEMA-2018-0002)) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 19, 2018; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-6549. A communication from the Program Specialist, 
     Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Liquidity Coverage Ratio Rule: Treatment of 
     Certain Municipal Obligations as High-Quality Liquid Assets'' 
     (RIN1557-AE36) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on September 20, 
     2018; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
        EC-6550. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant

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     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to the 
     Requirements for Submissions of Exclusion Requests and 
     Objections to Submitted Requests for Steel and Aluminum'' 
     (RIN0694-AH55) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-6551. A communication from the Acting Deputy Chief, 
     National Forest System, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the final 
     map and perimeter boundary for the Black Butte Wild and 
     Scenic River, in California, added to the National Wild and 
     Scenic Rivers System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
        EC-6552. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, National Park 
     Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Regulations, 
     Areas of the National Park System, Pea Ridge National 
     Military Park; Bicycles'' (RIN1024-AE41) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 19, 2018; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
        EC-6553. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the St. Lucie County, Florida Coastal 
     Storm Risk Management Project; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6554. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Ala Wai Canal Flood Risk Management 
     Study, Oahu, Hawaii; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-6555. 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; Idaho; Interstate Transport 
     Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS'' (FRL No. 9984-29-
     Region 10) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-6556. 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; Missouri; Regional Haze Plan 
     and Prong 4 (Visibility) for the 2012 PM2.5, 2010 NO2, 2010 
     SO2, and 2008 Ozone NAAQS'' (FRL No. 9984-22-Region 7) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-6557. 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; Inspection and 
     Maintenance Program'' (FRL No. 9984-23-Region 4) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on September 18, 
     2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6558. 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; SC and TN; Regional Haze Plans 
     and Prong 4 (Visibility) for the 2012 PM2.5, 2010 NO2, 2010 
     SO2, and 2008 Ozone NAAQS'' (FRL No. 9984-20-Region 4) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-6559. 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; TN: Revisions to New Source 
     Review'' (FRL No. 9984-10-Region 4) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 18, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6560. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals 
     and Promulgations: Infrastructure Monitoring Requirements for 
     the 2008 Pb, 2010 SO2, 2010 NO2 and 2012 PM2.5 National 
     Ambient Air Quality Standards; Utah'' (FRL No. 9983-73-Region 
     8) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-6561. 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; Wyoming; Incorporation by Reference 
     Updates'' (FRL No. 9984-50-Region 8) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on September 18, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6562. 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 Implementation Plans; 
     Arkansas; Interstate Transport Requirements for the 2012 
     PM2.5 NAAQS and Definition Update'' (FRL No. 9984-35-Region 
     6) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-6563. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval of Missouri Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; Redesignation of the Missouri Portion of the St. 
     Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL 2008 Ozone Area to 
     Attainment'' (FRL No. 9983-68-Region 7) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 18, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6564. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 
     Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion of the 
     Dorney Road Landfill Superfund Site'' (FRL No. 9984-24-Region 
     3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-6565. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 
     Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion of the 
     Union Chemical Co., Inc. Superfund Site'' (FRL No. 9983-87-
     Region 1) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-6566. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 
     Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion of the 
     Whitehouse Oil Pits Superfund Site'' (FRL No. 9984-02-Region 
     4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-6567. 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; West Virginia; Regional Haze Plan and 
     Visibility Requirements for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide and the 
     2012 Fine Particulate Matter Standards'' (FRL No. 9984-30-
     Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-6568. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule; Removal of EPA 
     Mentor Protege Program'' (FRL No. 9984-39-OARM) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on September 18, 
     2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6569. 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; AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN; 
     Interstate Transport for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS'' (FRL No. 
     9984-36-Region 4) received during adjournment of the Senate 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 21, 
     2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6570. 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; Updates to 
     Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program 
     Regulation'' (FRL No. 9983-99-Region 1) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 21, 2018; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6571. 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; Tennessee: Volatile Organic 
     Compounds'' (FRL No. 9984-50-Region 4) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 21, 2018; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6572. 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; West Virginia; Permits for Construction 
     and Major Modification of Major Stationary Sources for the 
     Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality'' (FRL 
     No. 9984-48-Region 3) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 21, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-6573. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval of the Clean Air Act Section 112(l), 
     Authority for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Asbestos Management 
     and Control; Clerical Corrections to Incorporation by 
     Reference of Inactive Waste Disposal Rules; State of New 
     Hampshire Department of Environmental Services'' (FRL No. 
     9979-67-Region 1) received during adjournment of the Senate 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 21, 
     2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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        EC-6574. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 
     Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion of the 
     Davis Timber Company Superfund Site'' (FRL No. 9984-45-Region 
     4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 21, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6575. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 
     Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion of the 
     Eureka Mills Superfund Site'' (FRL No. 9984-46-Region 8) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 21, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6576. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 
     Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion of the 
     Reasor Chemical Company Superfund Site'' (FRL No. 9984-44-
     Region 4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 21, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6577. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical 
     Substances; Withdrawal'' (FRL No. 9983-72) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 21, 2018; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6578. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``2017 
     Actuarial Report on the Financial Outlook for Medicaid''; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
        EC-6579. 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 ``REIT Foreign Income 
     Inclusions'' (Rev. Proc. 2018-48) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 19, 2018; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-6580. 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 ``Safe Harbor 
     Explanations - Eligible Rollover Distributions'' (Notice 
     2018-74) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 19, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-6581. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Medicaid Program; Final FY 2016 
     and Preliminary FY 2018 Disproportionate Share Hospital 
     Allotments, and Final FY 2016 and Preliminary FY 2018 
     Institutions for Mental Diseases Disproportionate Share 
     Hospital Limits'' ((RIN0938-ZB48) (CMS-2414-N)) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 21, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
        EC-6582. A communication from the Chief of the Trade and 
     Commercial Regulations Branch, Bureau of Customs and Border 
     Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of 
     Import Restrictions Imposed on Archaeological Material from 
     Cambodia'' (RIN1515-AE40) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 18, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
        EC-6583. 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 9mm semi-automatic pistols to the 
     Philippines in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal 
     No. DDTC 18-019); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-6584. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Nurse 
     Corps Loan Repayment and Scholarship Programs Report to 
     Congress for Fiscal Year 2017''; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-6585. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``National 
     Health Service Corps Report to Congress for the Year 2017''; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-6586. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty 
     Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Mergers and Transfers Between Multiemployer 
     Plans'' (RIN1212-AB31) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 20, 2018; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-6587. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty 
     Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer 
     Plans; Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; 
     Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 
     CFR Parts 4022 and 4044) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 20, 2018; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-6588. A communication from the Deputy Director of 
     Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug 
     Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and 
     Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food'' ((21 CFR Part 
     110) (Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0920) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 18, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-6589. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting proposed legislation entitled ``National 
     Priorities Security Grant Program Act''; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-6590. A communication from the Chief, Administrative 
     Law Division, Central Intelligence Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the 
     position of Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency, 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 19, 2018; to the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence.
        EC-6591. 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 ``Defense Logistics Agency Freedom of 
     Information Act Program'' (RIN0790-AJ71) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 20, 2018; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
        EC-6592. A communication from the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs, transmitting proposed legislation; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
        EC-6593. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; 
     Swim Around Charleston; Charleston, SC'' ((RIN1625-AA00) 
     (Docket No. USCG-2018-0598)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 18, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-6594. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; 
     Boston Harbor's Improvement Dredging Project, Boston, MA'' 
     ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2018-0575)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 18, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-6595. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; 
     Neches River, Beaumont, TX'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. 
     USCG-2018-0376)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 18, 2018; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-6596. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; 
     Upper Mississippi River Mile Markers 824 to 832, St. Paul, 
     MN'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2018-0813)) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on September 18, 
     2018; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-6597. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; 
     Fireworks Display, Indian River Bay, Long Neck, DE'' 
     ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2018-0737)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 18, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-6598. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special 
     Local Regulation; Upper Mississippi River, St. Paul, MN'' 
     ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2018-0821)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 18, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-6599. A communication from the Director of the Policy, 
     training , and Pricing Division, Office of Procurement, 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``NASA Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Removal of Reference to 
     the Shared Savings Policy and Associated Clause'' (RIN2700-
     AE44) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.

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        EC-6600. A communication from the Director of the Policy, 
     Training, and Pricing Division, Office of Procurement, 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``NASA Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Removal of Reference to 
     the Supplemental Rights in Data Special Works Policy and 
     Associated Clause'' (RIN2700-AE45) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 18, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-6601. A communication from the Director of the Policy, 
     Training, and Pricing Division, Office of Procurement, 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``NASA Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Removal of Definitions'' 
     (RIN2700-AE46) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 18, 2018; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.

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