[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2813-S2814]
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-4251. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report entitled ``Prioritization Framework for 
     Technical Cybersecurity Support to Public Water Systems''; to 
     the Committees on Environment and Public Works; and Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-4252. A communication from the Director of 
     Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
     Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``NUREG-2159, 
     Revision 1, `Acceptable Standard Format and Content for the 
     Fundamental Nuclear Material Control Plan Required for 
     Special Nuclear Material of Moderate Strategic Significance' 
     '' (NUREG-2159) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on May 25, 2022; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-4253. A communication from the Director of 
     Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, 
     Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.54, 
     Revision 3, `Spent Fuel Heat Generation in an Independent 
     Spent Fuel Storage Installation' '' received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 19, 2022; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4254. A communication from the Senior Advisor, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the 
     position of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 23, 2022; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
        EC-4255. A communication from the Branch Chief of the 
     Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue 
     Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Simplified procedures 
     for certain bona fide residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto 
     Rico (Puerto Rico) to claim the child tax credit under 
     section 24'' (Rev. Proc. 2022-22) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 23, 2022; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
        EC-4256. A communication from the Senior Bureau Official, 
     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 Israel in the amount of $50,000,000 or more 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 20-077); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
        EC-4257. A communication from the Senior Bureau Official, 
     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 Israel in the amount of $50,000,000 or more 
     (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-004); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
        EC-4258. A communication from the Senior Bureau Official, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act, the 
     certification of countries that are not fully cooperating 
     with U.S. Anti-Terrorism Efforts; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
        EC-4259. A communication from the Senior Bureau Official, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the intent to exercise 
     the authorities under section 506(a) (1) of the FAA and 
     614(a) (1) of the FAA to provide military assistance to 
     Ukraine, including for self-defense and border security 
     operations; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-4260. A communication from the Senior Bureau Official, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Determination Under 
     Sections 506(a) (1) and 614(a) (1) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 to Provide Military Assistance to Ukraine''; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-4261. A communication from the Director of Regulations 
     and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Indirect 
     Food Additives: Adhesives and Components of Coatings; Paper 
     and Paperboard Components; Polymers; Adjuvants, Production 
     Aids, and Sanitizers'' (Docket No. FDA-2018-F-3757) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 23, 2022; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-4262. A communication from the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's 
     Semiannual Report of the Inspector General for the period 
     from October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-4263. A communication from the Chairman of the National 
     Credit Union Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the semi-annual report of the Inspector General for the 
     period from October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022 received 
     in the Office of the President pro tempore of the Senate; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-4264. A communication from the General Counsel, Federal 
     Retirement Thrift Investment Board, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Transition to a New 
     Record Keeping System'' received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 19, 2022; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-4265. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department 
     of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative 
     to applications made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
     Court during calendar year 2021; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
        EC-4266. A communication from the Director, Administrative 
     Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the report 
     entitled ``2021 Report of Statistics Required by the 
     Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 
     2005''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-4267. A communication from the Senior Bureau Official, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Visa Inadmissibility 
     Determination for Russian National Roman Abramovich''; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-4268. A communication from the Agency Representative, 
     Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Standard for Presentation of Nucleotide and Amino Acid 
     Sequence Listings Using eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in 
     Patent Applications to Implement WIPO Standard ST.26; 
     Incorporation by Reference'' (RIN0651-AD53) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 23, 2022; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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        EC-4269. A communication from the Chief of the Regulatory 
     Coordination Division, Citizenship and Immigration Services, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Exercise of Time-Limited 
     Authority to Increase the Numerical Limitation for Second 
     Half of FY 2022 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker 
     Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking 
     To Change Employers'' ((RIN1615-AC79) (RIN1205-AC10)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     23, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-4270. A communication from the Director, Administrative 
     Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, two reports entitled, ``2021 Annual Report of the 
     Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
     Courts'' and ``Judicial Business of the United States 
     Courts''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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