[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16584-16587]
[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-8448. A communication from the Acting Deputy Director, 
     Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources

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     of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; 2012-2013 
     Accountability Measure and Closure for Gulf King Mackerel in 
     Northern Florida West Coast Subzone'' (RIN0648-XC273) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 30, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8449. A communication from the Deputy Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific 
     Ocean Perch in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of 
     Alaska'' (RIN0648-XC113) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 3, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8450. A communication from the Deputy Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer 
     Flounder Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for the State of 
     New York'' (RIN0648-XC294) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 8, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8451. A communication from the Deputy 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; 
     Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Central 
     Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XC288) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 3, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8452. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor for the 
     Department of Legislation and Regulations, Maritime 
     Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563: Seamen's Claims; and 
     Admiralty Claims'' (RIN2133-AB79) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on December 4, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8453. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Lewistown, 
     MT'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0538)) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 4, 
     2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8454. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; 
     Bozeman, MT'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0519)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8455. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Chenega Bay, 
     AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2011-1429)) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 4, 
     2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8456. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Augusta, 
     GA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2011-1334)) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 4, 
     2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8457. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Fokker Services 
     B.V. Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0589)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8458. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Pratt and Whitney 
     Division Turbofan Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-
     2012-0060)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8459. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0588)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8460. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 
     Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-
     0491)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-8461. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; MD Helicopters, 
     Inc.'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0342)) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 4, 
     2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8462. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Piper Aircraft, 
     Inc. Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2011-0639)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8463. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; BRP-Powertrain 
     GmbH and Co KG Rotax Reciprocating Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) 
     (Docket No. FAA-2012-0603)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 4, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8464. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Diamond Aircraft 
     Industries GmbH Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-
     2012-0633)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8465. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Various 
     Restricted Category Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. 
     FAA-2010-0488)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8466. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Lycoming Engines 
     Reciprocating Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2006-
     24785)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-8467. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Pratt and Whitney 
     Division Turbofan Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-
     2010-0217)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8468. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Goodyear Aviation 
     Tires'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0881)) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 4, 
     2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8469. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; M7 Aerospace LLC 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0917)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8470. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; General Electric 
     Company Turbofan Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-
     2012-1017)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8471. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Turbomeca S.A. 
     Turboshaft Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2011-
     0115)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-8472. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation,

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     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-
     AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0996)) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on December 4, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8473. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0724)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8474. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France 
     Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0338)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8475. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France 
     Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-1018)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8476. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Empresa 
     Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Airplanes'' 
     ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0638)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on December 4, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8477. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Pratt and Whitney 
     Turbofan Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2010-
     1095)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-8478. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2011-1167)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8479. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Univair Aircraft 
     Corporation Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2011-
     0360)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-8480. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter 
     Deutschland GmbH Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. 
     FAA-2012-0659)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8481. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Various 
     Restricted Category Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. 
     FAA-2012-0896)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8482. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter 
     Textron Canada Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-
     2012-0337)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8483. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0671)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8484. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France 
     Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0354)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8485. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 
     Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2011-
     1229)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-8486. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 
     Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2011-
     1319)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-8487. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Inc. 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0267)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8488. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 
     Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2011-
     1326)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-8489. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0422)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8490. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0038)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8491. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0192)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8492. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Cessna 
     Aircraft Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-
     2012-0644)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
        EC-8493. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Fokker Services 
     B.V. Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-0593)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
        EC-8494. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 
     Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2011-
     1411)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-8495. A communication from the Senior Program Analyst, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 
     Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-
     0424)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on December 4, 2012; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
        EC-8496. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, an addendum to a 
     certification, transmittal number: DDTC 12-142, of the 
     proposed sale or export of defense articles and/or defense 
     services to a Middle East country regarding any possible 
     affects such a

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     sale might have relating to Israel's Qualitative Military 
     Edge over military threats to Israel; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
        EC-8497. A communication from the Chairman and President 
     of the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a transaction involving U.S. exports to 
     Germany; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
        EC-8498. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report relative to the 
     national emergency that was originally declared in Executive 
     Order 12938 of November 14, 1994; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-8499. A communication from the General Counsel of the 
     Federal Housing Finance Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Organization and 
     Functions, and Seal'' (RIN2590-AA54) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on December 5, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-8500. 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 ``Supervisory 
     and Company-Run Stress Test Requirements for Covered 
     Companies'' (RIN7100-AD86) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 5, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-8501. 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 ``Annual 
     Company-Run Stress Test Requirements for Banking 
     Organizations with Total Consolidated Assets Over 10 Billion 
     Dollars Other than Covered Companies'' (RIN7100-AD86) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 5, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
        EC-8502. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for the 
     Main Hawaiian Islands Insular False Killer Whale Distinct 
     Population Segment''; (RIN0648-XT37) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on December 5, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-8503. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, 
     Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Criteria and Procedures for 
     Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified Matter or 
     Special Nuclear Material: Technical Amendments'' (RIN1992-
     AA36) received in the Office of the President of Senate on 
     December 5, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-8504. A communication from the Acting Administrator of 
     the General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report relative to the General Services 
     Administration's Fiscal Year 2013 Capital Investment and 
     Leasing Program; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-8505. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to the Convention on Cultural Property 
     Implementation Act, a report relative to action taken to 
     extend the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government 
     of the United States and the Government of the Republic of 
     Cyprus Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on 
     Pre-Classical and Classical Archaeological Objects and 
     Byzantine Period Ecclesiastical and Ritual Ethnological 
     Materials; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-8506. A communication from the Chief of the Border 
     Securities Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Technical Amendment to 
     List of User Fee Airports: Addition of Bozeman Yellowstone 
     International Airport, Belgrade, Montana'' (CBP Dec. 12-20) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 5, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-8507. A communication from the Chairman, Federal 
     Maritime Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Commission's Semiannual Report of the Inspector General for 
     the period from April 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
        EC-8508. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulation Policy and Management Office of the General 
     Counsel, Veterans Health Administration, Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Contracts and Provider Agreements for 
     State Home Nursing Home Care'' (RIN2900-AO57) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on December 5, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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