[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 126 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5101-S5102]
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-2111. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Modification of Significant New Uses of 
     Oxazolidine, 3,3'-Methylenebis[5-methyl-,'' (FRL No. 9995-09-
     OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on July 24, 2019; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
        EC-2112. A communication from the Acting Secretary of 
     Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General Nadja Y. West, United States Army, and her 
     advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired 
     list; to the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-2113. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the six-month 
     periodic report on the national emergency with respect to 
     terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace 
     process that was declared in Executive Order 12947 of January 
     23, 1995; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
        EC-2114. 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 ``Revisions to Prohibitions and Restrictions on 
     Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and 
     Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds'' 
     (RIN1557-AE47) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 24, 2019; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2115. 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 ``Regulatory Capital Rule: Simplifications to the 
     Capital Rule Pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory 
     Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996'' (RIN1557-AE10) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on July 24, 2019; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2116. 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; Ohio; Removal of Obsolete 
     Infectious Waste Incinerator Regulations'' (FRL No. 9997-29-
     Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 24, 2019; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-2117. 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; State of Utah; Revisions to 
     Nonattainment Permitting Regulations'' (FRL No. 9996-96-
     Region 8) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 24, 2019; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-2118. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Revisions to the California State Implementation 
     Plan, Feather River Air Quality Management District; 
     Correction'' (FRL No. 9997-33-Region 9) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on July 24, 2019; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2119. 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 ``Treasury Decision 
     (TD): Income Inclusion When Lessee Treated as Having Acquired 
     Investment Credit Property'' (RIN1545-BM74) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on July 23, 2019; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2120. 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 ``Regulations on the 
     Requirement to Notify the IRS of Intent to Operate as a 
     Section 501(c)(4) Organization'' (RIN1545-BN25) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on July 23, 2019; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2121. 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 ``Allocation of 
     Creditable Foreign Taxes'' (RIN1545-BM56) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on July 23, 2019; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2122. A communication from the Chief of the 
     Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue 
     Service, Department of the

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     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Indexing adjustments for certain provisions under 
     Section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code'' (Rev. Proc. 2019-
     29) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     July 23, 2019; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2123. 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 ``Automatic Consent to 
     Change Methods of Accounting to Comply with Section 846'' 
     (Rev. Proc. 2019-30) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on July 23, 2019; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2124. 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 ``Notice: Additional 
     Preventive Care Benefits Permitted to be Provided by a High 
     Deductible Health Plan Under Section 223'' (Notice 2019-45) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     23, 2019; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2125. A communication from the Attorney-Adviser, Office 
     of the Legal Adviser, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Department 
     of State 2019 Civil Monetary Penalties Inflationary 
     Adjustment'' (RIN1400-AE75) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 23, 2019; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
        EC-2126. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Economic Impact and Diversity, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's fiscal year 
     2018 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-2127. A communication from the Deputy Chief of the 
     Regulatory Coordination Division, Citizenship and Immigration 
     Services, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``EB-5 
     Immigrant Investor Program Modification'' (RIN1615-AC07) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     24, 2019; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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