[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 121 (Thursday, July 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4944-S4945]
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-2023. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulations Management Division, Rural Development, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Single Family Housing Direct and 
     Guaranteed Loan Programs'' (RIN0575-AD10) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on July 17, 2019; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-2024. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulations Management Division, Rural Development, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Streamlining Electric Program 
     Procedures'' (RIN0572-AC40) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 17, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-2025. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress on 
     Distribution of Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2018 
     Purchases From Foreign Entities''; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
        EC-2026. A communication from the Acting Secretary of 
     Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of 
     Vice Admiral Raquel C. Bono, United States Navy, and her 
     advancement to the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-2027. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel, General Law, Ethics, and Regulation, Department of 
     the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, three (3) 
     reports relative to vacancies in the Department of the 
     Treasury, received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 17, 2019; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2028. A communication from the Secretary, Securities 
     and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to Prohibitions and 
     Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests In, 
     and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity 
     Funds'' (RIN3235-AM43) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 16, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2029. 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; 
     Colorado; Revisions to Regulation Number 4, New Wood Stoves 
     and the Use of Certain Woodburning Appliances During High 
     Pollution Days'' (FRL No. 9995-93-Region 8) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on July 16, 2019; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2030. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Indian Country: Air Quality Planning and 
     Management; Federal Implementation Plan for the Kalispel 
     Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation, Washington; 
     Redesignation to a PSD Class I Area'' (FRL No. 9996-67-Region 
     10) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     July 16, 2019; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-2031. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Massachusetts: Final Approval of State Underground 
     Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and 
     Incorporation by Reference'' (FRL No. 9996-56-Region 1) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     16, 2019; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2032. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Oregon: Final Approval of State Underground 
     Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and 
     Incorporation by Reference'' (FRL No. 9996-69-Region 10) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     16, 2019; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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        EC-2033. 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 Under Secretary 
     (International Affairs), Department of the Treasury, received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 17, 
     2019; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2034. A communication from the Director of the Office 
     of Textiles and Apparel, International Trade Administration, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Imports of Certain Worsted Wool 
     Fabric: Implementation of Tariff Rate Quota Established Under 
     Title V of the Trade and Development Act of 2000: Removal of 
     Regulations'' (RIN0625-AB13) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 17, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
        EC-2035. 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; 
     Revision of Requirements for Long Term Care Facilities: 
     Arbitration Agreements'' (RIN0938-AT18) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on July 17, 2019; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2036. A communication from the Assistant Administrator, 
     Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, U.S. Agency for 
     International Development (USAID), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress on Global Health 
     Innovations for Fiscal Year 2018''; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
        EC-2037. A communication from the Acting Executive 
     Secretary, U.S. Agency for International Development, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to seven (7) 
     vacancies in the agency, received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 16, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
        EC-2038. 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 2019-0048 
     - 2019-0060); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-2039. A communication from the Associate General 
     Counsel for General Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, two (2) reports relative to a 
     vacancy in the position of Under Secretary for Management, 
     Department of Homeland Security, received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 17, 2019; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-2040. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report entitled ``Report to Congress on the Physicians' 
     Comparability Allowance Program''; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-2041. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report entitled ``Notification and Federal Employee 
     Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act Public Law 107-174: 
     Annual Report to Congress Fiscal Year 2018''; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-2042. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Office of Inspector General's Semiannual Report and the 
     Management Response for the period of October 1, 2018 through 
     March 31, 2019; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
        EC-2043. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of 
     Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Annual Report to 
     Congress on the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Lu National Blue 
     Alert Act of 2015; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-2044. A communication from the Associate General 
     Counsel for General Law, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, two (2) reports relative to a 
     vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary/Director, 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of 
     Homeland Security, received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 17, 2019; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
        EC-2045. A communication from the Assistant Director of 
     the Office of Policy, Executive Office for Immigration 
     Review, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Board of Immigration Appeals: 
     Affirmance Without Opinion, Referral for Panel Review, and 
     Publication of Decisions as Precedents'' (RIN1125-AA58) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     16, 2019; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-2046. A communication from the Acting Deputy Director, 
     Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications'' 
     (RIN1125-AA91) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 16, 2019; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-2047. 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; Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab 
     Fishery; 2019 Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Specifications'' 
     (RIN0648-XE900) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 17, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-2048. 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; 2019 
     Specifications'' (RIN0648-XG417) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 17, 2019; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-2049. 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; Prohibit Directed 
     Fishing for American Fisheries Act Program and Crab 
     Rationalization Program Groundfish Sideboard Limits in the 
     BSAI and GOA'' (RIN0648-BH88) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 17, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-2050. 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 Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Permit 
     Renewal Applications'' (RIN0648-BH43) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on July 17, 2019; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-2051. 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 
     ``International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Fishing 
     Restrictions for Fish Aggregating Devices in the Eastern 
     Pacific Ocean'' (RIN0648-BI37) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 17, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-2052. 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 ``Taking and 
     Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to 
     the U.S. Navy Training and Testing Activities in the Atlantic 
     Fleet Training and Testing Study Area'' (RIN0648-BH06) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     17, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-2053. 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 ``Taking and 
     Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to 
     the U.S. Navy Training and Testing Activities in the Hawaii-
     Southern California Training and Testing Study Area'' 
     (RIN0648-BH29) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 17, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.

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