[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 473-474]
[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:

       4430. A letter from the Secretary, Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission, transmitting the Commission's ``Major'' 
     final rule -- Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary 
     Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships with, 
     Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds (RIN: 3038-AD05) 
     received January 7, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4431. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Extension of Tolerances for Emergency 
     Exemptions (Multiple Chemicals) [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0777; FRL-
     9904-15] received December 30, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       4432. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the Department's fiscal year 2013 
     report on the Regional Defense Combating Terrorism Fellowship 
     Program; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       4433. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, transmitting the Commission's ``Major'' final 
     rule -- Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading 
     and Certain Interests in, and Relationships with, Hedge Funds 
     and Private Equity Funds (RIN: 3235-AL07) [Release No.: BHCA-
     1; File No. S7-41-11] received January 7, 2014, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       4434. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Texas; Attainment Demonstration for the 
     Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 1997 8-hour Ozone Nonattainment 
     Area [EPA-R06-OAR-2013-0387; FRL-9904-96-Region 6] received 
     December 30, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4435. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate; Exemption 
     from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0286; 
     FRL-9904-30] received December 30, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4436. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Hazardous Waste Management System: 
     Conditional Exclusion for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Streams in 
     Geologic Sequestration Activities [EPA-HQ-RCRA-2010-0695; 
     FRL-9904-48-OSWER) (RIN: 2050-AG60) received December 30, 
     2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       4437. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Isopyrazam; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2012-0509; FRL-9903-53] received December 30, 2013, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       4438. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- National Emissions Standards for 
     Hazardous Air Pollutants from Secondary Lead Smelting [EPA-
     HQ-OAR-2011-0344; FRL-9904-38-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AR66) received 
     December 30, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4439. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Ocean Dumping Regulations: 
     Atchafalaya-West Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site 
     Designation; Calcasieu, Sabine Neches, and Atchafalaya-East 
     Site Corrections [EPA-R06-OW-2013-0221; FRL-9904-86-Region 6] 
     received December 30, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       4440. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Revisions to the California State 
     Implementation Plan, Antelope Valley Air Quality Management 
     District, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, 
     Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, and 
     South Coast Air Quality Management District [EPA-R09-OAR-
     2013-0668; FRL-9902-71-Region 9] received December 30, 2013, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       4441. A letter from the Staff Director, Commission on Civil 
     Rights, transmitting the Commission's Performance and 
     Accountability Report for fiscal year 2013; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
       4442. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting FY 2013 Treasury Agency Financial 
     Report; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       4443. A letter from the Co-Chief Privacy Officer, Federal 
     Election Commission, transmitting the Commission's Privacy 
     Act Report for fiscal year 2013; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       4444. A letter from the Director, Congressional Affairs, 
     Federal Election Commission,

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     transmitting a copy of the Commission's Performance and 
     Accountability Report for FY 2013; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       4445. A letter from the Chairman, National Transportation 
     Safety Board, transmitting the Board's report on competitive 
     sourcing efforts for fiscal year 2013; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       4446. A letter from the Director, Office of Government 
     Ethics, transmitting the Office's Performance and 
     Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2013; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
       4447. A letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney 
     General, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's 
     report on the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
     Act for 2013, amended; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
       4448. A letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney 
     General, Department of Justice, transmitting the 
     administration of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 
     1938, as amended for the six month period ending December 31, 
     2012, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 621; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       4449. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, transmitting a letter reporting the FY 2013 
     expenditures from the Pershing Hall Revolving Fund for 
     projects, activities, and facilities that support the mission 
     of the Department of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.

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