[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7541-S7542]
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-6130. A communication from the Associate General 
     Counsel for Regulations and Legislation, Office of Fair 
     Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Fair Housing Act Design and Construction 
     Requirements; Adoption of Additional Safe Harbors'' (RIN2529-
     AA99) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 11, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
        EC-6131. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment'' (FRL 
     No. 10018-13-OECA) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 16, 2020; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6132. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: 
     Disposal of CCR; A Holistic Approach to Closure Part B: 
     Alternate Demonstration for Unlined Surface Impoundments; 
     Correction'' (FRL No. 10017-88-OLEM) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on December 16, 2020; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6133. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Review of the National Ambient Air Quality 
     Standards for Particulate Matter'' (FRL No. 10018-11-OAR) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 16, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-6134. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Withdrawal of Certain Federal Water Quality 
     Criteria Applicable to Maine'' (FRL No. 10017-97-OW) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 16, 
     2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-6135. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Implementation of the Revoked 1997 8-Hour Ozone 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Updates to 40 CFR 
     Part 52 for Areas that Attained by the Attainment Date; 
     Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule'' (FRL No. 10017-82-OAR) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 16, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-6136. A communication from the Secretary of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the annual report on the 
     activities of the U.S. Economic Development Administration 
     (EDA) for fiscal year 2019; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-6137. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Medicare and State Health Care Programs; 
     Fraud and Abuse; Revision to Safe Harbors Under the Anti-
     Kickback Statute, and Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Regarding 
     Beneficiary Inducements'' (RIN0936-AA10) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on December 11, 2020; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-6138. A communication from the Regulations Writer, 
     Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating 
     Musculoskeletal Disorders'' (RIN0960-AG38) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on December 10, 2020; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-6139. 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 Program: Hospital 
     Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center 
     Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; New 
     Categories for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior 
     Authorization Process; Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: 
     Laboratory Date of Service Policy; Overall Hospital Quality 
     Star Rating Methodology; Physician-owned Hospitals; Notice of 
     Closure of Two Teaching Hospitals and Opportunity to Apply 
     for Available Slots, Radiation Oncology Model; and Reporting 
     Requirements for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals 
     (CAHs) to Report COVID-19 Therapeutic Inventory and Usage to 
     Report Acute Respiratory Illness During the Public Health 
     Emergency (PHE) for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)'' 
     (RIN0938-AU12) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 11, 2020; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-6140. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Fraud and Abuse; Removal of Safe Harbor 
     Protection for Rebates Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals 
     and Creation of New Safe Harbor Protection for Certain Point-
     of-Sale Reductions in Price on Prescription Pharmaceuticals 
     and Certain Pharmacy Benefit Manager Service Fees'' (RIN0936-
     AA08) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 11, 2020; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-6141. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal 
     Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption'' (RIN1250-AA09) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 10, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-6142. A joint communication from the Secretary of Labor 
     and the Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Corporation's Annual 
     Report for fiscal year 2020; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-6143. A communication from the Chairman of the National 
     Transportation Safety Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the Board's Performance and Accountability report for fiscal 
     year 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
        EC-6144. A communication from the Director of Financial 
     Management, Department of Transportation, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Department's Agency Financial Report for 
     fiscal year 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
        EC-6145. A communication from the Treasurer, National 
     Gallery of Art, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Gallery's 
     Performance and Accountability Report for the year ended 
     September 30, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
        EC-6146. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department 
     of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the semi-annual 
     reports of the Attorney General relative to enforcement 
     actions taken by the Department of Justice under the Lobbying 
     Disclosure Act for the two semiannual reporting periods from 
     2017 through 2019, and the first semiannual reporting period 
     of 2020, from January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020; to the 
     Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and 
     the Judiciary.
        EC-6147. A communication from the Chairman of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Commission's Semiannual Report of the Inspector 
     General and a Management Report for the period from April 1, 
     2020 through September 30, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-6148. A communication from the Chief Financial Officer, 
     National Labor Relations Board, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Performance and Accountability 
     Report for Fiscal Year 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-6149. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Annual Report to Congress on Investigation, Enforcement, 
     and Implementation of the Sex Offender Registration and 
     Notification Act Requirements''; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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        EC-6150. A communication from the Attorney, Office of the 
     General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act Drain Cover 
     Standard'' (16 CFR Part 1450) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 14, 2020; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-6151. A communication from the Secretary of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Section 
     201(a) of the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management 
     Act of 2018''; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-6152. A communication from the Attorney Adviser, 
     Federal Railroad Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Miscellaneous Amendments to Brake System 
     Safety Standards and Codification of Waivers'' (RIN2130-AC67) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 15, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-6153. A communication from the Chief of Staff, Media 
     Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of 
     Parts 15, 73, and 74 of the Commission's Rules to Provide for 
     the Preservation of One Vacant Channel in the UHF Television 
     Band for Use by White Space Devices and Wireless 
     Microphones'' ((MB Docket No. 15-146, and 12-268) (FCC 20-
     175)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 15, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-6154. A communication from the Federal Register Liaison 
     Officer, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Establishment of the Alisos Canyon 
     Viticultural Area'' (RIN1513-AC51) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on December 14, 2020; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-6155. A communication from the Program Analyst, Media 
     Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of 
     Part 74 of the Commission's Rules Regarding FM Translator 
     Interference'' ((MB Docket No. 18-119) (FCC 20-141)) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 15, 
     2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-6156. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Market Data 
     Infrastructure'' (RIN3235-AM61) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 15, 2020; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-6157. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Use of Derivatives by 
     Registered Investment Companies and Business Development 
     Companies'' (RIN3235-AL60) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 15, 2020; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-6158. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Good Faith 
     Determinations of Fair Value'' (RIN3235-AM71) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on December 15, 2020; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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