[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 7052-7054]
[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:


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       EC-6123. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Propylene oxide; Tolerance Actions'' (FRL No. 
     9346-8) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6124. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Acetone; Exemption from the Requirement of a 
     Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9344-2) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     May 11, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-6125. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fluxapyroxad; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     9346-7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6126. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Penflufen; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9341-8) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6127. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Western 
     Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation 2011 Report to 
     Congress''; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6128. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     Department of Defense purchases from foreign entities for 
     fiscal year 2011; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6129. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Department 
     of Defense Report to Congress on the Findings of the 
     Logistics Management Institute Study `Future Capability of 
     DoD Maintenance Depots'''; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-6130. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic 
     report on the national emergency with respect to Iran that 
     was declared in Executive Order 12170 on November 14, 1979; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6131. A communication from the General Counsel, Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Enhancement of Electricity 
     Market Surveillance and Analysis through Ongoing Electronic 
     Delivery of Data from Regional Transmission Organizations and 
     Independent System Operators'' (RIN1902-AE43) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 15, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-6132. 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 ``Requirements for Fingerprint-
     Based Criminal History Records Checks for Individuals Seeking 
     Unescorted Access to Non-power Reactors (Research and Test 
     Reactors)'' (RIN3150-AI25) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6133. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Revisions to Federal Implementation Plans to 
     Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and 
     Ozone'' (FRL No. 9671-4) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6134. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Quality: Widespread Use for Onboard Refueling 
     Vapor Recovery and Stage II Waiver'' (FRL No. 9671-3) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6135. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Oklahoma: Incorporation by Reference of Approved 
     State Hazardous Waste Management Program'' (FRL No. 9652-9a) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6136. 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; Maryland; Permit to Construct 
     Exemptions'' (FRL No. 9671-7) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     May 11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-6137. 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; Amendments to the Control of 
     Nitrogen Oxides Emissions from Industrial Boilers and Process 
     Heaters at Petroleum Refineries'' (FRL No. 9671-9) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6138. 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, PA-NJ-
     DE Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 9670-3) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on May 11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-6139. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Implementation of the 2008 National Ambient Air 
     Quality Standards for Ozone: Nonattainment Area 
     Classifications Approach, Attainment Deadlines and Revocation 
     of the 1997 Ozone Standards for Transportation Conformity 
     Purposes'' (FRL No. 9667-9) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     May 11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-6140. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Withdrawal of Revocation of TSCA Section 4 Testing 
     Requirements for One High Production Volume Chemical 
     Substance'' (FRL No. 9350-2) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     May 11, 2012; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-6141. A communication from the Acting Deputy Under 
     Secretary for International Affairs, Department of Labor, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Progress 
     in Implementing Chapter 16 (Labor) and Capacity-Building 
     under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States 
     Free Trade Agreement''; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-6142. 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 ``Allocation of Mortgage Insurance Premiums'' 
     ((RIN1545-BH84) (TD 9588)) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on April 
     11, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-6143. 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 ``Modifications to Definition of United 
     States Property'' ((RIN1545-BK11) (TD 9589)) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on April 11, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-6144. 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 ``Annual Price Inflation Adjustments for 
     Contribution Limitations Made to a Health Savings Account 
     Pursuant to Section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code'' (Rev. 
     Proc. 2012-26) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on April 14, 2012; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-6145. 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 and Medicaid Programs: Reform of 
     Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of 
     Participation'' (RIN0938-AQ89) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 15, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-6146. 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 and Medicaid Program: Regulatory 
     Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and 
     Burden Reduction'' (RIN0938-AQ96) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 15, 2012; to the Committee 
     on Finance.

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       EC-6147. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the 2011 annual report on voting practices 
     in the United Nations; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-6148. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a Determination and 
     Certification under Section 40A of the Arms Export Control 
     Act relative to countries not cooperating fully with United 
     States antiterrorism efforts; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-6149. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to amendment to parts 120 
     and 123 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations 
     (ITAR); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-6150. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to amendment to part 123 
     of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-6151. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to a proposed revision to 
     part 121 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations 
     (ITAR); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-6152. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``Report to Congress on Head Start Monitoring for 
     Fiscal Year 2009''; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-6153. A communication from the Director of Regulations 
     and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendments 
     to Sterility Test Requirements for Biological Products'' 
     (Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0080) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 10, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-6154. 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 ``Medical Loss Ratio Requirements under the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act'' (RIN0938-AR41) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     15, 2012; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-6155. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive/Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, Office of 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition 
     Circular 2005-59, Small Entity Compliance Guide'' (FAC 2005-
     59) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     May 14, 2012; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6156. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive/Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, Office of 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Free Trade Agreement-
     Colombia'' ((RIN9000-AM24) (FAC 2005-59)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 14, 2012; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6157. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive/Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, Office of 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Revision of Cost Accounting 
     Standards Threshold'' ((RIN9000-AM25) (FAC 2005-59)) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 14, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-6158. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive/Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, Office of 
     Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Prohibition on Contracting 
     with Inverted Domestic Corporations'' ((RIN9000-AM22) (FAC 
     2005-59)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 14, 2012; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6159. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act 
     of 1994 (USERRA) Quarterly Report to Congress; Second Quarter 
     of Fiscal Year 2012''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       EC-6160. A communication from the Director of Defense 
     Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; United 
     States-Korea Free Trade Agreement'' ((RIN0750-AH69) (DFARS 
     Case 2012-D025)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on May 10, 2012; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.

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