[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 195 (Tuesday, November 17, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7036-S7037]
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-5874. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Mefentrifluconazole'' (FRL No. 10015-56-OCSPP) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 5, 2020; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-5875. A communication from the Inspector General, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to an investigation of three Forest Service 
     (FS) employee fatalities that occurred during the Twisp River 
     Fire outside of Twisp, Washington, on August 19, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-5876. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Seven-Day-After report for 
     the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 (Division A of Public 
     Law 116-159, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and 
     Other Extensions Act); to the Committee on the Budget.
       EC-5877. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
     Pollutants: Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing'' (FRL No. 10015-
     94-OAR) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 5, 2020; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5878. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Findings of Failure to Submit State Implementation 
     Plan Revisions in Response to the 2016 Oil and Natural Gas 
     Industry Control Techniques Guidelines for the 2008 Ozone 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and for States 
     in the Ozone Transport Region'' (FRL No. 10016-24-OAR) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 5, 2020; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5879. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Determination of Attainment by the Attainment Date 
     for the Salt Lake City, Utah and Provo, Utah 2006 24-Hour 
     PM2.5 Nonattainment Areas'' (FRL No. 10016-52-Region 8) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 5, 2020; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5880. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Arkansas: Final Approval of State Underground 
     Storage Tank Program Revisions and Incorporation by 
     Reference'' (FRL No. 10014-65-Region 6) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on November 5, 2020; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5881. 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; Removal of Control of 
     Emissions from Solvent Cleanup Operations'' (FRL No. 10016-
     37-Region 7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 5, 2020; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5882. 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 State Air Quality 
     Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Arkansas, New 
     Mexico, and Albuquerque-Bernalillo County, New Mexico; 
     Control of Emissions from Existing Commercial and Industrial 
     Solid Waste Incineration Units'' (FRL No. 10015-94-OAR) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 5, 2020; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5883. 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 ``Additional Policy and Regulatory 
     Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency 
     (CMS-9912-IFC)'' (RIN0938-AU35) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 3, 2020; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-5884. 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 ``Request for Comments Regarding Protection 
     of Annuity and Spousal Rights Under Section 205 of ERISA with 
     Respect to a Terminating section 403(b) Plan Funded Through 
     the Use of Custodial Accounts'' (Notice 2020-80) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on November 12, 
     2020; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-5885. 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 ``Telephonic Hearings Extension'' (Rev. Proc. 
     2020-49) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on November 12, 2020; to the Committee on Finance .
       EC-5886. A communication from the Director of the Legal 
     Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, Department of 
     the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Distribution of Individual Custodial Accounts 
     in Kind Upon Termination of a Section 403(b) Plan'' (Rev. 
     Rul. 2020-23) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on November 12 , 
     2020; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-5887. A communication from the Director of the Legal 
     Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, Department of 
     the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Guidance Related to the Allocation and 
     Apportionment of Deductions and Foreign Taxes, Foreign Tax 
     Redeterminations, Foreign Tax Credit Disallowance Under 
     Section 965(g), Consolidated Groups, Hybrid Arrangements and 
     Certain Payments under Section 951A'' ((RIN1545-BP21) (TD 
     9922)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on November 12, 2020; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-5888. 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 2020-
     0088-2020-0090); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-5889. A communication from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Semiannual Report of the 
     Inspector General for the period from April 1, 2020 through 
     September 30, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-5890. A communication from the Supervisor of the 
     Regulations and Dissemination Team, Employment and Training 
     Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Adverse Effect Wage 
     Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A 
     Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States'' 
     (RIN1205-ACB89) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on November 5, 
     2020; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-5891. A communication from the Acting Register of 
     Copyrights and Director, United States Copyright Office, 
     Library of Congress,

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     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     extension of adjustments to certain timing provisions of the 
     Copyright Act for persons affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-5892. A communication from the Section Chief of the 
     Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Designation of Benzylfentanyl and 
     4-Anilinopiperidine, Precursor Chemicals Used in the Illicit 
     Manufacture of Fentanyl, as List I Chemicals'' ((21 CFR Part 
     1310) (Docket No. DEA-497)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on November 9, 2020; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
       EC-5893. A communication from the Section Chief 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 Cenobamate in Schedule V'' ((21 CFR 
     Part 1308) (Docket No. DEA-472)) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 9, 2020; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-5894. A communication from the Section Chief of the 
     Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Listing of Ethylone in the Code 
     of Federal Regulations and Assignment of an Administration 
     Controlled Substances Code Number'' ((21 CFR Part 1308) 
     (Docket No. DEA-510)) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on November 9, 2020; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       EC-5895. A communication from the Section Chief of the 
     Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Control of the Immediate 
     Precursor Norfentanyl Used in the Illicit Manufacture of 
     Fentanyl as a Schedule II Controlled Substance'' ((21 CFR 
     Part 1308) (Docket No. DEA-496)) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 9, 2020; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-5896. A communication from the Attorney, Federal 
     Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Texas Central Railroad High-Speed Safety Standards'' 
     (RIN2130-AC84) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on November 5, 
     2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5897. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast 
     Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; 
     Vessel Launch, Menominee River, Marinette, Wisconsin and 
     Menominee, Michigan'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2020-
     0632)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on November 12, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-5898. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast 
     Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special 
     Local Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead 
     City, North Carolina'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2020-
     0597)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on November 12, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-5899. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast 
     Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special 
     Local Regulation; Boat Parade; San Diego, California'' 
     ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2020-0611)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 12, 2020; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5900. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast 
     Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; 
     Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, 
     Florida'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2020-0631)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 12, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5901. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast 
     Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Anchorage 
     Grounds; Atlantic Ocean, Jacksonville, Florida'' ((RIN1625-
     AA01) (Docket No. USCG-2016-0897)) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 12, 2020; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5902. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast 
     Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; 
     Spa Creek, Annapolis, Maryland'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. 
     USCG-2020-0511)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on November 12, 2020; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5903. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast 
     Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; 
     Electrical Cable Removal, Menominee River, Michigan, and 
     Marinette, Wisconsin'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2020-
     0642)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on November 12, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation

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