[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6095-S6097]
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-5862. A communication from the Acting Regulations 
     Specialist of Subsistence Management, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Subsistence 
     Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska - 2024-25 
     and 2025-2026 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife Regulations'' 
     (RIN1018-BG72) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 9, 2024; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
        EC-5863. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     and Standards Branch, Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
     Enforcement, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Oil and Gas 
     and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf - High 
     Pressure High Temperature Updates'' (RIN1014-AA49) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 10, 
     2024; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
        EC-5864. A communication from the Director of 
     Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2021-2022 Code 
     Editions'' (RIN3150-AK21) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 10, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5865. A communication from the Chief of Bird 
     Conservation, Permits, and Regulations, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Migratory Bird 
     Hunting; Final 2024-2025 Frameworks for Migratory Bird 
     Hunting Regulations'' (RIN1018-BG63) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on September 10, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5866. A communication from the Chief of Bird 
     Conservation, Permits, and Regulations, Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Migratory Bird 
     Hunting; Final 2024-2025 Seasons for Certain Migratory Game 
     Birds'' (RIN1018-BG63) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 10, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5867. A communication from the Associate Director of 
     the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major 
     Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air 
     Act'' (FRL No. 4908.1-02-OAR) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 9, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5868. A communication from the Associate Director of 
     the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Data 
     Reporting and Recordkeeping under the Toxic Substances 
     Control Act; Change to Submission Period and Technical 
     Correction'' ((RIN2070-AK67) (FRL No. 7902.1-02-OCSPP)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 9, 2024; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-5869. A communication from the Associate Director of 
     the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Data 
     Reporting and Recordkeeping under the Toxic Substances 
     Control Act; Change to Submission Period and Technical 
     Correction'' ((RIN2070-AK67) (FRL No. 7902.1-02-OCSPP)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 9, 2024; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-5870. A communication from the Associate Director of 
     the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection

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     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Plan Approval; California; South Coast Air 
     Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 11442-02-R9) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 9, 
     2024; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-5871. A communication from the Associate Director of 
     the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Correction to 
     Address Vacated Provisions'' ((RIN2060-AW15) (FRL No. 11597-
     01-OAR)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 9, 2024; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-5872. A communication from the Associate Director of 
     the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``North Carolina: Final Authorization of State 
     Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions'' (FRL No. 
     11972-03-R4) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 9, 2024; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-5873. A communication from the Associate Director of 
     the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Priorities List'' (FRL No. 12163-02-OLEM) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 9, 2024; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-5874. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulations and Disclosure Law Division, Customs and Border 
     Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of 
     Import Restrictions Imposed on Certain Archaeological 
     Material of Algeria'' (RIN1515-AE90) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on September 9, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
        EC-5875. A communication from the Chief of the 
     Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue 
     Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Updated Procedures 
     for Requesting Approval to Use Substitute Mortality Tables'' 
     (Rev. Proc. 2024-32) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on September 9, 2024; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
        EC-5876. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a social security 
     totalization agreement with Romania, titled ``Agreement on 
     Social Security between the United States of America and 
     Romania'' and the accompanying legally binding administrative 
     arrangement titled ``Administrative Arrangement between the 
     Competent Authorities of the United States of America and 
     Romania for the Implementation of the Agreement on Social 
     Security between the United States of America and Romania''; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-5877. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Determination Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) to Provide Military Assistance 
     to Ukraine''; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-5878. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) and 36(d) 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 in the amount 
     of $100,000,000 for the manufacture of significant military 
     equipment abroad to Canada (Transmittal No. DDTC 24-030); to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-5879. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary, 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 in the amount of 
     $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 24-039); to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-5880. A communication from the Executive Secretary, 
     U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, five (5) reports relative to 
     vacancies in the U.S. Agency for International Development 
     (USAID), received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 9, 2024; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
        EC-5881. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     State, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Intercountry Adoption: Regulatory Changes to 
     Accreditation and Approval Regulations in Intercountry 
     Adoption'' (RIN1400-AE39) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 9, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
        EC-5882. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking 
     Water of Animals; Pichia Pastoris Dried Yeast'' (Docket No. 
     FDA-2024-F-3882) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 10, 2024; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
        EC-5883. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Office of Population Affairs, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Public Health Policies on Research Misconduct'' 
     (RIN0937-AA12) received during in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on September 10, 2024; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-5884. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``World Trade Center (WTC) Health 
     Program; Expanded Eligibility for Pentagon and Shanksville, 
     Pennsylvania Responders'' (RIN0920-AA86) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 10, 2024; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-5885. A communication from the Chair, National Endowment 
     for the Arts, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Endowment's 
     fiscal year 2023 Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) 
     Act submission of its commercial and inherently governmental 
     activities; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-5886. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Acquisition 
     Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``General 
     Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); 
     Updates to References to GSA Sustainable Leasing'' (RIN3090-
     AK82) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on September 9, 2024; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-5887. A communication from the Director of Acquisition 
     Policy, General Services Administration, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal 
     Acquisition Circular 2024-07, Introduction'' (FAC 2024-07) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 10, 2024; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-5888. A communication from the Secretary of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Department's fiscal year 2023 annual report relative to the 
     Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
     Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act); to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-5889. A communication from the Director, Congressional, 
     Legislative, and Intergovernmental Affairs, Federal Election 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's 
     Congressional Budget Estimate Submission for fiscal year 
     2026; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
       EC-5890. A communication from the Senior Advisor for 
     Oversight, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Veteran Readiness and 
     Employment Program: Delegation of Concurrence for Entitlement 
     Extensions'' (RIN2900-AS14) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 10, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       EC-5891. A communication from the Senior Advisor for 
     Oversight, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Bar to Approval'' 
     (RIN2900-AQ99) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 10, 2024; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
       EC-5892. A communication from the Director of Rulemaking 
     Operations, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
     Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 
     Standards; Occupant Crash Protection'' (RIN2127-AL90) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 10, 2024; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-5893. A communication from the Director of Rulemaking 
     Operations, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
     Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Record Retention 
     Requirement'' (RIN2127-AL81) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 10, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5894. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, Office 
     of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy 
     in the position of Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier 
     Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 10, 
     2024; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-5895. A communication from the Branch Chief, National 
     Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 
     Atlantic; 2024 Commercial Closure for Gag in the South 
     Atlantic'' (RIN0648-XE065) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 9, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5896. A communication from the Branch Chief, National 
     Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;

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     Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries; Closure of the Angling 
     Category Southern New England Area Trophy Fishery for 2023'' 
     (RIN0648-XD039) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 9, 2024; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5897. A communication from the Branch Chief, National 
     Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; 
     Longnose Skates in the Eastern Regulatory Area of the Gulf of 
     Alaska'' (RIN0648-XD057) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 9, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5898. A communication from the Biologist, National 
     Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing 
     Operations; Amendment to the Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take 
     Reduction Plan'' (RIN0648-BN14) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 9, 2024; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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