[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 15877-15878]
[From the U.S. 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-2069. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General Thomas F. Metz, United States Army, and 
     his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the 
     retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-2070. A communication from the General Counsel, 
     Selective Service System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a vacancy and designation of an acting officer for 
     the position of Director, Selective Service System; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-2071. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``2009 
     Report to Congress on Sustainable Ranges''; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.

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       EC-2072. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to United States Policy in Iraq Act, section 1227 of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, 
     a report relative to the current military, diplomatic, 
     political, and economic measures that are being or have been 
     undertaken to complete our mission in Iraq successfully; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-2073. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Global Strategic Affairs, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Cooperative Threat Reduction Annual Report to Congress 
     Fiscal Year 2010''; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-2074. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of 
     Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``95th Annual Report of the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System''; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2075. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of 
     Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Report to the Congress on 
     Profitability of Credit Card Operations of Depository 
     Institutions''; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-2076. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
     Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Closure of the Elephant Trunk 
     Scallop Access Area to General Category Scallop Vessels'' 
     (RIN0648-XP43) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on June 18, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2077. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Tilefish 
     Fishery; Quota Harvested for Full-time Tier 2 Category'' 
     (RIN0648-XP65) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on June 18, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2078. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Deep-
     Water Species Fishery by Catcher Processor Rockfish 
     Cooperatives in the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XP57) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 18, 
     2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-2079. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Greenland Turbot in the Aleutian Islands Subarea of the 
     Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-
     XP60) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on June 18, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-2080. A communication from the Chief of the Policy and 
     Rules Division, Office of Engineering and Technology, Federal 
     Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Improving Public Safety 
     Communications in the 800 MHz Band, Consolidating the 800 and 
     900 MHz Industrial/Land Transportation and Business Pool 
     Channels'' ((WT Docket No. 02-55)(FCC09-49)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on June 18, 2009; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2081. A communication from the Acting Division Chief, 
     Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Jurisdictional Separations and Referral to 
     the Federal-State Joint Board'' ((CC Docket No. 50-
     286)(FCC09-44)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on June 18, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2082. A communication from the Acting Division Chief, 
     Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Local Number Portability Porting Interval and 
     Validation Requirements; Telephone Number Portability'' ((WC 
     Docket No. 07-244)(FCC09-41)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 18, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2083. A communication from the Chief of the Endangered 
     Species Listing, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
     Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for the Quino 
     Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino)'' (RIN1018-
     AV23) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on June 17, 2009; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-2084. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Federal and State Materials & Environmental 
     Management, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``List of 
     Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks; Standardized NUHOMS System 
     Revision 10'' (RIN3150-AI62) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on June 22, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2085. A communication from the Chairman of the Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     a report entitled ``A National Assessment of Demand Response 
     Potential''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-2086. 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 ``Home Affordable Modification Program'' 
     (Rev. Rul. 2009-19) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on June 18, 2009; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-2087. A communication from the Railroad Retirement 
     Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Twenty-Fourth Actuarial Valuation of the Assets and 
     Liabilities Under the Railroad Retirement Acts as of December 
     31, 2007''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-2088. A communication from the Inspector General, 
     General Services Administration, Department of Defense and 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Semi-Annual Report of the Inspector 
     General for the 6-month period ending March 31, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2089. A communication from the Administrator of Policy 
     Development and Research, Employment Training Administration, 
     Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Temporary Employment of H-2A 
     Aliens in the United States'' (RIN1205-AB55) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on June 18, 2009; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-2090. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Suspension of the Primary Season for Pacific Whiting 
     Fishery for the Shore Based Sector South of 42 Degree N. 
     Lat.'' ((RIN0648-XP43)(Docket No. 090428799-9802-01)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 
     18, 2009; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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