[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 172 (Wednesday, October 30, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6298-S6299]
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-3046. 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 ``Rural Development Environmental 
     Regulation for Rural Infrastructure Projects'' (RIN0572-AC44) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 25, 2019; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-3047. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Intelligence), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to fiscal year 2018 data mining (OSS-2019-
     1155); to the Committee on Armed Services.
        EC-3048. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13712 of November 22, 2015, with respect to 
     Burundi; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
        EC-3049. A communication from the Counsel, Office of the 
     Inspector General, Export-Import Bank of the United States, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a vacancy in the 
     position of Inspector General, Export-Import Bank of the 
     United States, received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on October 25, 
     2019; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
        EC-3050. 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 ``Restricting Additional Exports 
     and Reexports to Cuba'' (RIN0694-AH90) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on October 28, 2019; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-3051. A communication from the Deputy Chief Financial 
     Officer, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to a violation of the Antideficiency 
     Act that occurred in the Department of Agriculture's Working 
     Capital Fund, Agriculture account; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
        EC-3052. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the notification of 
     the President's intent to suspend the application of duty-
     free treatment to certain eligible articles that are the 
     product of Thailand; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-3053. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Report to Congress on Transformed Medicaid Statistical 
     Information System (T-MSIS) Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Data 
     Book, Treatment of SUD in Medicaid in 2017''; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
        EC-3054. A communication from the Chair, Medicaid and CHIP 
     Payment and Access Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     a report entitled ``Report to Congress: Utilization 
     Management of Medication-Assisted Treatment in Medicaid''; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
        EC-3055. 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 Markets), Department of Treasury received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 28, 2019; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
        EC-3056. 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 amendment for the export 
     of defense articles, including technical data and defense 
     services, to Italy, the UK, Switzerland, and the Czech 
     Republic to support the development, modification, 
     installation, integration, test, operation, and use of 
     mechanical, avionics, environmental, and lighting systems for 
     the C27J in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal 
     No. DDTC 19-024); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-3057. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to section 36(c) and (d) of the Arms Export Control 
     Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for 
     the export of defense articles, including technical data and 
     defense services, to the Republic of Korea to support the 
     manufacture, assembly, and testing of subassemblies for the 
     MK45 Mod 4 Gun Mount in the amount of $100,000,000 or more 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 19-034); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
        EC-3058. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to sections 36(c) and (d) of the Arms Export Control 
     Act, the certification of a proposed license for the 
     manufacture of significant military equipment abroad and the 
     export of defense articles, including technical data and 
     defense services to the UK to support the design, 
     development, manufacture, productions, qualification, repair, 
     and rework of the guidance electronic assemblies (GEAs), 
     circuit cards assemblies (CCAs), electronic modules, power 
     supplies, and associated electronic and mechanical 
     assemblies, subassemblies, components, and test equipment for 
     the Excalibur Increment 1b Guided Munitions Weapon System in 
     the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 19-
     040); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-3059. 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, parts, and components abroad controlled under 
     Category I of the U.S. Munitions List of 50 caliber automatic 
     machine guns and associated parts and spares to Norway in the 
     amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 19-065); 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-3060. 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 amendment for the export 
     of defense articles, including technical data and defense 
     services, to Qatar to support the design, tooling creation, 
     and production line setup to produce, assemble, field, and 
     maintain a weapon mounted flashlight system incorporating 
     visible and infrared lights and laser pointers (Transmittal 
     No. DDTC 19-029); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-3061. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress on 
     United States Citizens Detained by Iran''; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
        EC-3062. A communication from the Administrator, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the cost 
     of response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3421-EM in the 
     State of South Carolina having exceeded the $5,000,000 limit 
     for a single emergency declaration; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-3063. A communication from the Administrator, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the cost 
     of response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3422-EM in the 
     State of Georgia having exceeded the $5,000,000 limit for a 
     single emergency declaration; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-3064. 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 Federal Emergency Management Agency 
     Administrator, Department of Homeland Security, received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on October 28, 
     2019; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
        EC-3065. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Administrator of the Diversion Control Division, Drug 
     Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of 
     Thiafentanil in Schedule II'' ((21 CFR Parts 1301, 1305, and 
     1308) (Docket No. DEA-375)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on October 28, 2019; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
        EC-3066. A communication from the Senior Official 
     performing the duties of the Under Secretary of Defense 
     (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report entitled ``Annual Report to Congress on the Post-9/11 
     Educational Assistance Program''; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
        EC-3067. A communication from the Associate Chief of the 
     Competition and Infrastructure Policy Division, Wireless 
     Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing 
     Barriers to Infrastructure Investment'' ((WT Docket No. 17-
     79) (DA 19-1024)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 28, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.

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        EC-3068. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Northeastern United States; Small-Mesh Multispecies Fishery; 
     Inseason Adjustment to the Northern Red Hake Possession 
     Limit'' (RIN0648-XX010) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on October 22, 2019; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-3069. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Economic Exclusive Zone Off Alaska; Pollock Fishery by 
     Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of 
     the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XY045) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on October 22, 2019; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-3070. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Northeastern United States; Scup Fishery; Adjustment to the 
     2019 Winter II Quota'' (RIN0648-XX014) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on October 22, 2019; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-3071. A communication from the Director of the Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Economic 
     Exclusive Zone Off Alaska; Flatfish Exchange in the Bering 
     Sea and Aleutian Islands'' (RIN0648-XY041) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 22, 2019; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-3072. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, 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 and Atlantic Bluefish 
     Fisheries; 2020-2021 Specifications'' (RIN0648-XH043) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 22, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-3073. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, 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; 2020 Specifications'' (RIN0648-
     XX009) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on October 22, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-3074. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Economic Exclusive Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher 
     Vessels Less Than 50 Feet Length Overall Using Hook-and-line 
     Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' 
     (RIN0648-XY024) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 28, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-3075. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Economic Exclusive Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod in the 
     Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-
     XY047) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on October 28, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-3076. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Economic Exclusive Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels 
     Using Pot Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of 
     Alaska'' (RIN0648-XY022) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on October 28, 2019; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-3077. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Economic Exclusive Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Atka 
     Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management 
     Area'' (RIN0648-XY040) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on October 28, 2019; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-3078. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Northeastern United States Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; 
     Closure of the Mid-Atlantic Scallop Access Area to General 
     Category Individual Fishing Quote Scallop Vessels'' (RIN0648-
     XX016) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on October 28, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-3079. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly 
     Migratory Species; North Atlantic Swordfish Fishery'' 
     (RIN0648-XG606) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 28, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-3080. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly 
     Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' 
     (RIN0648-XT026) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 28, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-3081. A communication from the Director of the Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory 
     Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XT023) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 28, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-3082. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator, 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 off the Southern Atlantic 
     States; Closure of the Penaeid Shrimp Fishery off Georgia'' 
     (RIN0648-XF965) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 28, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-3083. A communication from the Acting Administrator, 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the cost of response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3423-EM in 
     the State of North Carolina having exceeded the $5,000,000 
     limit for a single emergency declaration; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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