[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 3 (Monday, January 8, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15-S16]
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-3110. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Kasugamycin; Extension of Time-Limited Tolerance 
     for Emergency Exemption'' (FRL No. 11517-02-OCSPP) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 18, 
     2023; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
        EC-3111. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Dodine; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 11567-01-
     OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 18, 2023; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-3112. A communication from the Chief of the Planning 
     and Regulatory Affairs Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Special Supplemental Nutrition 
     Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): 
     Implementation of the Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022 and 
     Related Provisions'' (RIN0584-AE94) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on December 18, 2023; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-3113. A communication from the Chief of the Planning 
     and Regulatory Affairs Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
     Program: Revision of Civil Rights Data Collection Methods'' 
     (RIN0584-AE86) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 18, 2023; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-3114. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator , Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Citrus Canker; Designating 
     Alabama a Commercial Citrus-Producing Area'' (Docket No. 
     APHIS-2023-0007) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 20, 2023; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-3115. A communication from the Regulatory Specialist, 
     Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Travel 
     Management; Administration of the Forest Transportation 
     System; Postdecisional Administrative Review Process for 
     Occupancy or Use of National Forest System Lands and 
     Resources; Land Uses; Special Uses'' (RIN0596-AD54) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 12, 
     2023; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
        EC-3116. A communication from the Associate Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard; Updates to 
     the List of Bioengineered Foods'' ((RIN0581-AD95) (Docket No. 
     AMS-FTPP-20-0057)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 12, 2023; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-3117. A communication from the Associate Administrator, 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Beef Promotion and Research Order; Reapportionment and 
     Technical Amendment'' (Docket No. AMS-LP-22-0002) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 12, 
     2023; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
        EC-3118. A communication from the Alternate Federal 
     Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Replacement of Fluorinated

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     Aqueous Film Forming Foam'' (RIN0750-AK98) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 8, 2023; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
        EC-3119. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     semiannual report entitled, ``Acceptance of Contributions for 
     Defense Programs, Projects, and Activities; Defense 
     Cooperation Account'' and a semiannual listing of personal 
     property contributed by coalition partners; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
        EC-3120. A communication from the Alternate Federal 
     Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary, Department 
     of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for 
     Employees of the Department of Defense; Correction'' 
     (RIN0790-AL21) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 26, 2023; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
        EC-3121. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for the Employment and Training Administration, 
     Department of Labor, transmitting, a notification of a 
     permanent change to the base funding allocation formula 
     methodology for funds appropriated for the Reemployment 
     Services and Eligibility Assessment grants; to the Committees 
     on Finance; and Appropriations.
        EC-3122. A communication from the Director of Public 
     Affairs and Congressional Relations, Office of the 
     Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of the 
     Comptroller's 2023 Annual Report to Congress; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-3123. A communication from the Acting Comptroller of 
     the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Office of the Comptroller's 2022 Annual 
     Report on Preservation and Promotion of Minority-Owned 
     National Banks and Federal Savings Associations; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-3124. A communication from the Deputy Secretary of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standards for Covered 
     Clearing Agencies for U.S. Treasury Securities and 
     Application of the Broker-Dealer Customer Protection Rule 
     With Respect to U.S. Treasury Securities'' (RIN3235-AN09) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 15, 2023; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-3125. 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 13466 with respect to North Korea; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-3126. 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 13405 with respect to Belarus; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-3127. 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 13219 with respect to the Western Balkans; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-3128. A communication from the Senior Congressional 
     Liaison, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) Adjustment to Asset-
     Size Exemption Threshold'' received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 20, 2023; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-3129. A communication from the Senior Congressional 
     Liaison, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) Adjustment to Asset-
     Size Exemption Threshold'' received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 20, 2023; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-3130. A communication from the Senior Congressional 
     Liaison, Legislative Affairs, Bureau of Consumer Financial 
     Protection, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``College Banking and Credit Card Agreements Annual Report 
     December 2023''; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-3131. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the 
     continuation of the national emergency that was originally 
     declared in Executive Order 13818 of December 20, 2017, with 
     respect to serious human rights abuse and corruption; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-3132. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the issuance of an Executive Order that takes additional 
     steps to deal with the national emergency with respect to the 
     unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, 
     foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by 
     specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the 
     Russian Federation declared in Executive Order 14024 of April 
     15, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.

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