[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16285]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

   Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       3399. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Methyl Parathion; Removal of Expired 
     Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0332; FRL-9401-3] received 
     September 25, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       3400. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule 
     -- Suspension of Community Eligibility; Connecticut: Ansonia, 
     City of, New Haven County; [Docket ID: FEMA-2013-0002] 
     [Internal Agency Docket No.: FEMA-8301] received October 7, 
     2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       3401. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- 
     Extension of Temporary Registration of Municipal Advisors 
     [Release No.: 34-70468; File No. S7-19-10] (RIN: 3235-AK69) 
     received September 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       3402. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Air Quality: Revision to Definition of 
     Volatile Organic Compounds -- Exclusion of 2,3,3,3-
     tetrafluoropropene [EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0605; FRL-9900-53-OAR] 
     (RIN: 2060-AR70) received September 25, 2013, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3403. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Withdrawal of 
     Direct Final Rule for the Update of the Motor Vehicle 
     Emissions Budgets for the Lancaster 1997 8-Hour Ozone 
     Maintenance Area [EPA-R03-OAR-2013-0058; FRL-9901-21-Region 
     3] received September 25, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3404. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; West Virginia; West Virginia's 
     Redesignation Request for the Wheeling, WV-OH 1997 Annual 
     Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area to Attainment and 
     Approval of the Associated Maintenance Plan [EPA-R03-OAR-
     2012-0368; FRL-9901-41-Region 3] received September 25, 2013, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       3405. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Washington: Thurston County Second 10-
     Year PM10 Limited Maintenance Plan [EPA-R10-OAR-2013-0088; 
     FRL-9901-34-Region 10] received September 25, 2013, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       3406. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- FD&C Blue No. 1; Exemptions from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0568; FRL-9396-1] 
     received September 25, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3407. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- FD&C Yellow No. 5; Exemption from the 
     Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0945; FRL-9400-6] 
     received September 25, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3408. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional 
     Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule -- Maintenance, Testing, and 
     Replacement of Vented Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Nuclear 
     Power Plants Regulatory Guide 1.129 Revision received 
     September 27, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3409. A letter from the Director, International 
     Cooperation, Department of Defense, transmitting Pursuant to 
     Section 27(f) of the Arms Export Control Act and Section 1(f) 
     of Executive Order 11958, Transmittal No. 11-13 informing of 
     an intent to sign the Memorandum of Understanding with the 
     Department of Defense of Australia; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       3410. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     consistent with the provisions of 22 U.S.C. Section 2291-4, 
     as amended, a copy of Presidential Determination No. 2014-02 
     determining that Brazil meets the statutory requirements 
     relating to the interdiction of aircraft reasonably suspected 
     to be engaged in illicit drug trafficking; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs.
       3411. A letter from the Associate General Counsel for 
     General Law, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3412. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
       3413. A letter from the Director, Office of Human 
     Resources, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting five 
     reports pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3414. A letter from the Special Counsel, Office of Special 
     Counsel, transmitting the Office's annual report for FY 2012; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3415. A letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney 
     General, Department of Justice, transmitting information and 
     documents related to the Department's Civil Rights Division's 
     efforts to ensure that the State of Louisiana complies with 
     the long-standing court orders requiring it to desegregate 
     its public schools; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       3416. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, transmitting a letter notifying the Congress that 
     the Department will no longer enforce section 101(3) and 
     101(31) of title 38; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       3417. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Energy 
     Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Department's report entitled, ``Hydrogen and 
     Fuel Cell Activities, Progress, and Plans''; jointly to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce and Science, Space, and 
     Technology.

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