[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S350-S351]
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-2932. 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 ``Additional Relief for Coronavirus Disease 
     (COVID-19) Under Section 125 Cafeteria Plans'' (Notice 2021-
     15) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 10, 2022; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2933. 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 ``Revocation of Announcement 2001-33'' 
     (Announcement 2021-18) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on January 10, 2022; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
        EC-2934. 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 ``Treatment of Amounts Paid to Section 170(c) 
     Organizations under Employer Leave-based Donation Programs to 
     Aid Victims of the COVID-19 Pandemic'' (Notice 2021-42) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     January 11, 2022; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2935. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Foreign 
     Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, Department 
     of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's 
     annual report for calendar year 2020; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
        EC-2936. 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 Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection, received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on January 10, 2022; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2937. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Review and 
     Recommendations for Cost-Effective Improvements to the Child 
     Support Enforcement Program under Part D of Title IV of the 
     Social Security Act''; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2938. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Computation of Annual Liability Insurance (Including Self-
     Insurance), No-Fault Insurance, and Workers' Compensation 
     Settlement Recovery Threshold''; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2939. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Annual 
     Report on the Child Support Program for Fiscal Year 2019''; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2940. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulations and Disclosure Law Division, Customs and Border 
     Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension 
     and Amendment of Import Restrictions on Archaeological 
     Material and Imposition of Import Restrictions on 
     Ethnological Material of Egypt'' (RIN1515-AE70) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on January 10, 
     2022; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2941. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulations and Disclosure Law Division, Customs and Border 
     Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of 
     Import Restrictions Imposed on Certain Archaeological and 
     Ethnological Material of Bolivia'' (RIN1515-AE69) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on January 10, 
     2022; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2942. 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; Durable Medical 
     Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) 
     Policy Issues, and Level II of the Healthcare Common 
     Procedure Coding System (HCPCS); DME Interim Pricing in the 
     CARES Act; Durable Medical Equipment Fee Schedule Adjustments 
     to Resume the Transitional 50/50 Blended Rates to Provide 
     Relief in Rural Areas and Non-Contiguous Areas'' (RIN0938-
     AU17, RIN0938-AT21, and RIN0938-AU32) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on January 10, 2022; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
        EC-2943. 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 
     Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care 
     Hospitals; Changes to Medicare Graduate Medical Education 
     Payments for Teaching Hospitals; Changes to Organ Acquisition 
     Payment Policies'' (RIN0938-AU44) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on January 10, 2022; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
        EC-2944. A communication from the Senior Bureau Official, 
     Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, twenty-five (25) reports 
     relative to vacancies in the Department of State, received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on January 10, 
     2022; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-2945. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel of the Division of Regulatory Services, Office of 
     Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Federal-State Relationship Agreements, Federal Pell Grant 
     Program, Academic Competitiveness Grant, and National Science 
     and Mathematics Access To Retain

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     Talent Grant'' (RIN1840-AD46) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on January 10, 2022; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-2946. A communication from the Compliance Specialist, 
     Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Tip 
     Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); 
     Partial Withdrawal; Correction'' (RIN1235-AA21) received in 
     the Office of the President pro tempore of the Senate; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-2947. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty 
     Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer 
     Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing Benefits'' (29 CFR 
     Part 4044) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on January 10, 2022; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-2948. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Labor-Management Standards, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Rescission of Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports 
     For Trusts In Which a Labor Organization is Interested, Form 
     T-1'' (RIN1245-AA12) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on January 10, 2022; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-2949. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 2021 
     National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-2950. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Leveraging 
     Federal Programs to Prevent and Control Diabetes and Its 
     Complications''; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-2951. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Public 
     Health Reporting and the Implementation of Electronic Case 
     Reporting''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
        EC-2952. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``National 
     Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease: 2021 Update''; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-2953. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Assets for 
     Independence Program Report to Congress: Status at the 
     Conclusion of the Eighteenth Year, Fiscal Year 2017''; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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