[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 170 (Tuesday, October 17, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5047-S5048]
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-2384. A communication from the Administrator, Farm 
     Service Agency, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Farm Labor 
     Stabilization and Protection Pilot Program (FLSP) Funding 
     Announcement'' received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on October 3, 2023; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-2385. A communication from the Associate Director of 
     the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Ledprona Double-stranded RNA; Exemption from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10944-01-OCSPP) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 4, 2023; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
        EC-2386. A communication from the Chairman and Chief 
     Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the Administration's 
     2023 compensation program adjustments; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-2387. A communication from the Board Chairman and Chief 
     Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the 2022 annual report of the Farm Credit 
     Administration Regulator of the Farm Credit System; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-2388. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Annual 
     Report on the Plan for the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile, Nuclear 
     Weapons Complex, Nuclear Weapons Delivery Systems, and 
     Nuclear Weapons Command and Control System; to the Committees 
     on Appropriations; Armed Services; and Foreign Relations.
        EC-2389. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary 
     of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report relative to the January-June 2023 semiannual 
     readiness report part 1 (OSS-2023-0971); to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
        EC-2390. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary 
     of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report relative to the January-June 2023 semiannual 
     readiness report part 2 (OSS-2023-0972); to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
        EC-2391. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the 
     continuation of the national emergency with respect to the 
     situation in or in relation to Syria that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13894 of October 14, 2019; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2392. 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 13413 with respect to the Democratic Republic 
     of the Congo; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
        EC-2393. 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 13067 with respect to Sudan; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2394. 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 13536 with respect to Somalia; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2395. 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 12170 with respect to Iran; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2396. 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 13959 with respect to the threat from 
     securities investments that finance certain companies of the 
     People's Republic of China; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2397. 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 13664 with respect to South Sudan; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2398. 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 14024 with respect to specified harmful 
     foreign activities of the Government of the Russian 
     Federation; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-2399. A communication from the Chair and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a transaction involving U.S. exports to 
     various countries; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-2400. A communication from the Federal Register Liaison 
     Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Conformity With the Inflation Reduction Act for 
     Renewable Energy on the Outer Continental Shelf'' (RIN1010-
     AE20) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on October 5, 2023; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-2401. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the Proposed Final Program, the last in a series of three 
     proposals necessary to prepare the 2024-2029 National Outer 
     Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-2402. 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) 3.77 Rev 0, 
     'Weather Related Administrative Controls at Independent Spent 
     Fuel Storage Installations'' ' received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 5, 2023; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-2403. A communication from the Administrative Assistant, 
     Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing 
     Golden Paintbrush From the Federal List of Endangered and 
     Threatened Plants'' (RIN1018-BE72) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 10, 2023; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2404. A communication from the Biologist of the 
     Ecological Services Program, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revision of 
     a Nonessential Experimental Population of Black-Footed 
     Ferrets (Mustela nigripes) in the Southwest'' (RIN1018-BD61) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 10, 2023; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2405. A joint communication from the Administrator of 
     the Environmental Protection Agency and the Chair of the 
     White House Council on Environmental Quality, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``The White House 
     Environmental Justice Advisory Council's Recommendations for 
     the Justice40 Initiative Phase One Implementation, The 
     Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool, and Air 
     Pollution Emissions Limits for Incinerators''; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2406. A communication from the Deputy Director, Human 
     Resources Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, two (2) reports 
     relative to vacancies in the Environmental Protection Agency, 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 2, 2023; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2407. A communication from the Associate Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Emissions 
     from Volatile Organic Liquid Storage'' (FRL No. 11259-02-R7) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 4, 2023; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-2408. A communication from the Associate Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Toxic Substances Control Act Reporting and 
     Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and 
     Polyfluoroalkyl Substances'' (FRL No. 7902-02-OCSPP) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 4, 
     2023; to

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     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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