[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3463-3464]
[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-5335. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Pyriofenone; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9336-
     6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 9, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-5336. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Aspergillus flavus AF36; Amendment to an Exemption 
     from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9341-5) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 9, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-5337. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to the Secretary's personnel 
     management demonstration project authorities for Department 
     of Defense Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-5338. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to authorizing a 90 percent guarantee on a 
     supply chain finance facility involving The Bank of Nova 
     Scotia, located in Toronto, Canada; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-5339. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to authorizing a 90 percent guarantee on a 
     supply chain finance facility involving Royal Bank of 
     Scotland plc, located in Stamford, CT; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-5340. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of 
     Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Board's semiannual Monetary Policy Report to 
     Congress; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-5341. A communication from the Acting Director of Human 
     Resources, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the 
     position of Assistant Administrator for Research and 
     Development, received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on March 12, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-5342. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; 
     Determinations of Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine 
     Particulate Standard for the Philadelphia-Wilmington 
     Nonattainment Area; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule'' (FRL 
     No. 9645-6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 9, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5343. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; Reasonably Available 
     Control Technology (RACT) for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone 
     Standard'' (FRL No. 9644-6) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 9, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-5344. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; 
     Tennessee; 110(a) (1) and (2) Infrastructure Requirements for 
     the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 
     Standards'' (FRL No. 9644-3) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 9, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-5345. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Leakage Tests on Packages for 
     Shipment of Radioactive Material'' (Regulatory Guide 7.4) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 13, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-5346. A communication from the Director of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Notice of 
     Availability of the Model Safety Evaluation for Plant-
     Specific Adoption of Technical Specifications Task Force 
     Traveler TSTF-505, Revision 1, `Provide Risk-Informed 
     Extended Completion Times-RITSTF Initiative 4B' '' (NRC-2011-
     0277) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on March 13, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-5347. A communication from the Chief Counsel of the 
     Fiscal Service, Bureau of Public Debt, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Payments by Banks and Other Financial Institutions 
     of United States Savings Bonds and United States Savings 
     Notes (Freedom Shares)'' and ``Regulations Governing Payment 
     under Special Endorsement

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     of United States Savings Bonds and United States Savings 
     Notes (Freedom Shares)'' (31 CFR Parts 321, 330) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on March 13, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-5348. 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 ``Automatic Consent to Change to the Methods 
     of Accounting Provided in the Tangible Property Temporary 
     Regulations'' (Rev. Proc. 2012-19 and Rev. Proc. 2012-20) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 12, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-5349. 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 ``2012 Calendar Year Resident Population 
     Figures'' (Notice 2012-22) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 12, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
       EC-5350. 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 ``Guidance Regarding the Repeal of Section 
     163(f) (2) (B)'' (Notice 2012-20) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 12, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-5351. A communication from the Program Manager, Centers 
     for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Revisions to the Durable 
     Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies 
     (DMEPOS) Supplier Safeguards'' (RIN0938-AQ57) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 12, 2012; to 
     the Committee on Finance.

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