[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 50 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2512-S2513]
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-3818. A communication from the Senior Congressional 
     Liaison, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Credit Card Penalty Fees (Regulation Z)'' (RIN3170-AB15) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 19, 2024; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-3819. A communication from the General Counsel of the 
     Federal Housing Finance Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Exception to 
     Restrictions on Private Transfer Fee Covenants for Loans 
     Meeting Certain Duty to Serve Shared Equity Loan Program 
     Requirements'' (RIN2590-AB30) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 19, 2024; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-3820. 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-3821. 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 
     Ethiopia that was declared in Executive Order 14046 of 
     September 17, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-3822. 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 13848 with respect to the threat of foreign 
     interference in or undermining public confidence in United 
     States elections; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-3823. 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-3824. A communication from the Sanctions Regulations 
     Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Updating contact information and grammatical 
     terminology in OFAC regulations'' received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 12, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-3825. A communication from the Sanctions Regulations 
     Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Amendments to the Darfur Sanctions Regulations'' 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 12, 2024; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-3826. A communication from the President and Chair of 
     the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the Bank's Annual 
     Performance Plan for fiscal year 2025, and the Annual 
     Performance Report for fiscal year 2023; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-3827. A communication from the Assistant to the Board 
     of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Financial 
     Market Utilities'' (RIN7100-AG40) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 19, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-3828. A communication from the Director of the Office 
     of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety and 
     Health Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety 
     Program for Surface Mobile Equipment'' (RIN1219-AB91) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 19, 2024; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
        EC-3829. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``National 
     Public Health Strategy to Prevent and Control Vector-Borne 
     Diseases in People Report to Congress''; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-3830. A communication from the Regulatory Policy 
     Analyst, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Technical Amendments'' 
     (Docket No. FDA-2024-N-1052) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 18, 2024; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
        EC-3831. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of 
     Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Procedures Governing the Filing and Processing of 
     Prohibited Transaction Exemption Applications'' (RIN1210-
     AC05) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on March 19, 2024; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-3832. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Preschool 
     Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) Report to 
     Congress with Grantee Highlights Covering 2019-2021''; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-3833. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Fiscal 
     Year 2022 Annual Progress Report on the C.W. Bill Young Cell 
     Transplantation Program and National Cord Blood Inventory 
     Program''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
        EC-3834. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of

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     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 Report to Congress on 
     Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Activities - 
     Community Economic Development and Rural Community 
     Development Programs''; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-3835. A communication from the Regulatory Policy 
     Analyst, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``User Fees; Technical Amendment'' (Docket 
     No. FDA-2012-N-0920) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on March 5, 2024; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-3836. A communication from the Regulatory Policy 
     Analyst, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Quality System 
     Regulation Amendments'' (RIN0910-AH99) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on March 5, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-3837. A communication from the Regulatory Policy 
     Analyst, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Biologics License Applications and 
     Master Files'' (Docket No. FDA-2019-N-1363) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 5, 2024; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-3838. A communication from the Regulatory Policy 
     Analyst, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health 
     and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Advisory Committee; Digital Health 
     Advisory Committee; Addition to List of Standing Committees'' 
     (Docket No. FDA-2024-N-0017) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 5, 2024; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-3839. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Administration for Children and Families, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Improving Child Care Access, 
     Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and 
     Development Fund'' (RIN0970-AD02) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 5, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-3840. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``State 
     Performance and Best Practices for the Prevention and 
     Reduction of Underage Drinking Report''; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-3841. A communication from the Inspector General of the 
     Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Inspector General's Congressional Budget Justification for 
     fiscal year 2025; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-3842. A communication from the Board Members of the 
     Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Board's Congressional Justification of Budget Estimates 
     Report for fiscal year 2025; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-3843. A communication from the Administrator, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the cost 
     of response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3598-EM in the 
     State of Maine having exceeded the $5,000,000 limit for a 
     single emergency declaration; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-3844. A communication from the Acting Director of the 
     Office of Government Ethics, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the Office's fiscal year 2025 Congressional Budget 
     Justification, the Annual Performance Plan for fiscal year 
     2025, and the Annual Performance Report for fiscal year 2023; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
        EC-3845. A communication from the Secretary of the Board 
     of Governors, United States Postal Service, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Board's annual report relative to its 
     compliance with Section 3686(c) of the Postal Accountability 
     and Enhancement Act of 2006; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-3846. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 25-411, ``Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act 
     of 2024''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
        EC-3847. A communication from the Acting Chief Financial 
     Officer, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Annual Performance Plan for fiscal years 
     2023-2025, and the Annual Performance Report for fiscal years 
     2023-2025; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.

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