[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 87 (Thursday, May 23, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3102-S3104]
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-1361. A communication from the Assistant Director, 
     Senior Executive Management Office, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, four (4) reports relative to 
     vacancies in the Department of Defense, received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-1362. 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 an Entry on the Entity List, and 
     Removal of an Entity from the Entity List'' (RIN0694-AH72) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     22, 2019; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
        EC-1363. A communication from the Director of 
     Congressional Affairs, Office of Chief Financial Officer, 
     Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Revision of Fee Schedules, 
     Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2019'' ((RIN3150-AJ99) (NRC-
     2017-0032)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-1364. 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 ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 
     Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to Lower Drug 
     Prices and Reduce Out of Pocket Expenses'' (RIN0938-AT92) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     22, 2019; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-1365. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress on 
     Public Law 108-235: United States Support for Taiwan's 
     Participation as an Observer at the 72nd World Health 
     Assembly and in the Work of the World Health Organization''; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-1366. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to Data Mining Activity in 
     the Department of State for calendar year 2018; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-1367. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the status of the 
     Government of Cuba's compliance with the United States-Cuba 
     September 1994 ``Joint Communique,'' and on the treatment of 
     persons returned to Cuba in accordance with the United 
     States-Cuba May 1995 ``Joint Statement,'' and the United 
     States-Cuba January 2017 ``Joint Statement''; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-1368. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting, a report relative to the 
     views of the Department on H.R. 9, the ``Climate Action Now 
     Act''; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-1369. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     a fiscal year 2020 estimate for the Volunteers at Federally 
     Supported Health Centers Assistant Act; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-1370. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     a fiscal year 2020 estimate for the Free Clinic Program; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-1371. A communication from the Deputy Assistant General 
     Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty 
     Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
     Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Paying Benefits'' 
     (29 CFR Part 4022) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-1372. A communication from the District of Columbia 
     Auditor, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled, 
     ``Certification of Fiscal Year 2019 Total Local Source

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     General Fund Revenue Estimate (Net of Dedicated Taxes) in 
     Support of the District's Issuance of Income Tax Secured 
     Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes, (Series 2019A)''; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-1373. A communication from the Federal Co-Chair, 
     Appalachian Regional Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Commission's Semiannual Report of the Inspector 
     General for the period from October 1, 2018 through March 31, 
     2019; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
        EC-1374. A communication from the Deputy Archivist of the 
     United States, National Archives and Records Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Electronic Records Management'' ((RIN3095-AB98) (36 CFR 
     1236)) received in the Office of the President Pro Tempore of 
     the Senate; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
        EC-1375. A communication from the Solicitor General, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the decision not to appeal the orders of 
     the United States District Court for the Western District of 
     Washington holding that a Department of Defense (DoD) policy 
     affecting military service by certain former aliens is 
     unconstitutional; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-1376. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the Department's activities under the Civil Rights of 
     Institutionalized Persons Act during fiscal year 2018; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-1377. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act: Report to 
     Congress''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-1378. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Programs: Eleven 
     Case Studies''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-1379. A communication from the Chairman of the Office 
     of Proceedings, Surface Transportation Board, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Water Carrier Tariff Filing Procedures'' 
     ((RIN2140-AB43) (Docket No. EP 743)) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1380. A communication from the Attorney Adviser, 
     Federal Railroad Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Moving the Federal Railroad Administration 
     (FRA) Civil Penalties Schedules and Guidelines from the Code 
     of Federal Regulations (CFR) to the FRA Website'' (RIN2130-
     AC63) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-1381. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standardized 
     Bycatch Reporting Methodology'' (RIN0648-BF51) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1382. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Temporary 
     Rule To Establish Management Measures for the Limited Harvest 
     and Possession of South Atlantic Red Snapper in 2017'' 
     (RIN0648-BH10) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1383. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic 
     Highly Migratory Species; Individual Bluefin Quota Program; 
     Inseason Transfers; Correction'' (RIN0648-BG09) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1384. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic 
     Highly Migratory Species; Adjustments to the 2017 Northern 
     Albacore Tuna Quota, 2017 North and South Atlantic Swordfish 
     Quotas, and 2017 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Reserve Category 
     Quota'' (RIN0648-XF480) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1385. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pacific 
     Island Fisheries; 2016 Annual Catch Limits and Accountability 
     Measures'' (RIN0648-XE587) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1386. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pacific 
     Island Fisheries; 2017 Annual Catch Limits and Accountability 
     Measures'' (RIN0648-XF186) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1387. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pacific 
     Island Fisheries; 2016-17 Annual Catch Limit and 
     Accountability Measures; Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 
     Bottomfish'' (RIN0648-XE809) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1388. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pacific 
     Island Fisheries; 2017-18 Annual Catch Limit and 
     Accountability Measures; Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 
     Bottomfish'' (RIN0648-XF335) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1389. A communication from the Acting Director, 
     National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries; 2017 U.S. Territorial 
     Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits for the Territory of 
     American Samoa'' (RIN0648-XF156) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1390. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Final 
     2017 and 2018 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish'' 
     (RIN0648-XE904) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1391. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and 
     Aleutian Islands; 2017 and 2018 Harvest Specifications for 
     Groundfish'' (RIN0648-XE989) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1392. A communication from the Acting Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnuson-
     Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; 
     Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Widow Rockfish Reallocation 
     in the Individual Fishing Quota Fishery'' (RIN0648-BF12) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     22, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-1393. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnuson-
     Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; 
     Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Whiting; Pacific 
     Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 21-3; 
     Trawl Rationalization Program'' (RIN0648-BG98) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1394. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries 
     Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; 
     Amendment to Regulations Implementing the Coastal Pelagic 
     Species Fishery Management Plan; Change to Pacific Mackerel 
     Management Cycle From Annual to Biennial'' (RIN0648-BF96) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     22, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-1395. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Shrimp 
     Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 17B'' (RIN0648-BG82) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     22, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-1396. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico,

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     and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South 
     Atlantic Region; Amendment 36'' (RIN0648-BG38) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1397. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal 
     Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Gulf of Mexico and 
     Atlantic Region; Framework Amendment 4'' (RIN0648-BG43) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     22, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-1398. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Northeastern United States; Mid-Atlantic Unmanaged Forage 
     Omnibus Amendment'' (RIN0648-BG42) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1399. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Northeastern United States; Golden Tilefish Fishery; 2018 
     and Projected 2019-2020 Specifications'' (RIN0648-XF571) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     22, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-1400. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to 
     Framework Adjustment 56 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 
     Management Plan'' (RIN0648-XF710) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1401. A communication from the Acting Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Northeastern United States; Black Sea Bass Fishery; 
     Revised 2017 and Projected 2018 Specifications'' (RIN0648-
     XF300) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-1402. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Northeastern United States; Monkfish; Framework 
     Adjustment 10'' (RIN0648-BG48) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1403. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, Black 
     Sea Bass Fisheries; 2018 and Projected 2019 Scup 
     Specifications and Announcement of Final 2018 Summer Flounder 
     and Black Sea Bass Specifications'' (RIN0648-XF669) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 22, 2019; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-1404. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnuson-
     Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United 
     States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Disapproval of 
     Northeast Fishery Sector IX Operational Plan'' (RIN0648-
     XF138) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 22, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-1405. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnuson-
     Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; 
     Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast 
     Groundfish Fishery; Fishing Year 2017; Emergency Removal of 
     Southern Windowpane Accountability Measures'' (RIN0648-BH11) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     22, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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