[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 196 (Wednesday, November 29, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5673]
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-2851. A communication from the Regulation Development 
     Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Presumptive Service 
     Connection for Rare Respiratory Cancers Due to Exposure to 
     Fine Particulate Matter'' (RIN2900-AR44) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 14, 2023; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
        EC-2852. A communication from the Regulation Development 
     Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``VA Pilot Program on 
     Graduate Medical Education and Residency'' (RIN2900-AR01) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 28, 2023; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
        EC-2853. A communication from the Director, Administrative 
     Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the eighteenth report to Congress on crime victims' 
     rights; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-2854. A communication from the Director, Administrative 
     Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the seventeenth report to Congress on crime victims' 
     rights; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-2855. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department 
     of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of 
     Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Annual Report for 
     fiscal year 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
        EC-2856. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Oxathiapiprolin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     11426-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on November 27, 2023; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-2857. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Tolpyralate; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     11435-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on November 27, 2023; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-2858. A communication from the Special Projects 
     Coordinator, Rural Development Innovation Center, Department 
     of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Guaranteed Loanmaking and Servicing 
     Regulations'' (RIN0570-AB07) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on November 28, 2023; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-2859. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report entitled ``Department of Defense Explosives 
     Safety Board 2022 Report to Congress; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
        EC-2860. 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 Nicaragua that was declared in Executive Order 
     13851 of November 27, 2018; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2861. 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 13303 with respect to the stabilization of 
     Iraq; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
        EC-2862. 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 
     Ukraine; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
        EC-2863. A communication from the Senior Congressional 
     Liaison, Legislative Affairs, Bureau of Consumer Financial 
     Protection, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``2023 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Report''; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2864. A communication from the Senior Legal Advisor for 
     Regulatory Affairs, Financial Stability Oversight Council, 
     Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Guidance on Nonbank Financial 
     Company Determinations'' (12 CFR Part 1310) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 28, 2023; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2865. A communication from the General Counsel of the 
     Federal Housing Finance Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Enterprise Regulatory 
     Capital Framework - Commingled Securities, Multifamily 
     Government Subsidy, Derivatives, and Other Enhancements'' 
     (RIN2590-AB27) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on November 28, 2023; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-2866. A communication from the Deputy Secretary of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Clearing Agency 
     Governance and Conflicts of Interest'' (RIN3235-0695) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 27, 2023; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-2867. A communication from the Director of 
     Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Emergency Preparedness for Small Modular Reactors and Other 
     Technologies'' (RIN3150-AJ68) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on November 16, 2023; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2868. 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 Revisions; California; San Joaquin Valley 
     Unified Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL No. 10663-02-
     R9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 27, 2023; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-2869. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New 
     Jersey; Exemptions to Improve Resiliency, Air Toxics 
     Thresholds, PM 2.5 and Ammonia Emission Statement Reporting, 
     and PM 2.5 in Air Permitting'' (FRL No. 11034-02-R2) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 27, 
     2023; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2870. A communication from the Associate Director of 
     the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``New Source Performance Standards Review for 
     Secondary Lead Smelters'' (FRL No. 9630-02-OAR) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on November 16, 
     2023; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2871. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel, General Law, Ethics, and Regulation, Department of 
     the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary 
     (Economic Policy), Department of the Treasury, received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on November 28, 2023; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
        EC-2872. A communication from the Board of Trustees of the 
     Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Funds, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a notification that the asset reserves held in the 
     Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund will 
     become inadequate under the meaning of this section within 
     the next ten years; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2873. A communication from the Senior Legal Advisor for 
     Regulatory Affairs, Office of Recovery Programs, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery 
     Funds'' (RIN1505-AC83) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on November 28, 2023; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
        EC-2874. A communication from the Board of Trustees of the 
     Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical 
     Insurance Trust Funds, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Board's 2023 Annual Report; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2875. A communication from the Board of Trustees of the 
     Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Funds, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Board's 2023 Annual Report; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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