[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14977-14979]
[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-7007. A communication from the Chairman, Federal 
     Maritime Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 52nd 
     Annual Report of the activities of the Federal Maritime 
     Commission for fiscal year 2013; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7008. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     expanding public-private collaboration on infrastructure 
     development and financing; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7009. A communication from the Assistant Administrator 
     for Fisheries, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of 
     Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Spiny 
     Dogfish Fishery; Final 2014-2015 Spiny Dogfish 
     Specifications'' (RIN0648-BE17) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 8, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7010. A communication from the Secretary of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Department's 2014 Report to Congress on the Transportation 
     Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7011. A communication from the Administrator, Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``National 
     Airspace System Capital Investment Plan Fiscal Years 2015-
     2019''; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7012. A communication from the Federal Register Liaison 
     Officer, Office of Communications, National Aeronautics and 
     Space Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Procedures for Disclosure of 
     Records Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)'' 
     (RIN2700-AE04) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 8, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7013. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska: Pacific Halibut and 
     Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Program'' (RIN0648-BC62) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on August 13, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7014. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries 
     Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; 
     Annual Specifications'' (RIN0648-XD252) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on August 13, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7015. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Scup Fishery; 
     Adjustment to the 2014 Winter II Quota'' (RIN0648-XD392) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 3, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7016. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of 
     the Northeastern United States; Spiny Dogfish Fishery; 
     Amendment 3'' (RIN0648-BC77) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     August 22, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7017. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Taking of 
     Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; 
     Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations'' 
     (RIN0648-BC90) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 8, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7018. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Taking of 
     Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; 
     Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations'' 
     (RIN0648-BC90) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 8, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7019. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries 
     Off West Coast States; the Highly Migratory Species Fishery; 
     Closure'' (RIN0648-XD238) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 
     20, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7020. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory

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     Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of 
     Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 
     Monkfish; Framework Adjustment 8'' (RIN0648-BD56) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on August 13, 2014; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7021. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast 
     Multispecies Fishery; Trimester Closure for the Common Pool 
     Fishery'' (RIN0648-XD441) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 3, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7022. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; 2014 Commercial 
     and Recreational Accountability Measures and Closures for 
     Gulf of Mexico Greater Amberjack'' (RIN0648-XD422) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 3, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7023. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast 
     Multispecies Fisheries Management Plan; Northern Red Hake 
     Quota Harvested'' (RIN0648-XD336) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     August 20, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7024. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast 
     Multispecies Fishery; Trip Limit Adjustment and Trimester 
     Total Allowable Catch Area Closure for the Common Pool 
     Fishery'' (RIN0648-XD357) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 
     20, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7025. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast 
     Multispecies Fishery; Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area 
     Closure for the Common Pool Fishery and Possession Limit 
     Adjustment'' (RIN0648-XD418) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     August 20, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7026. A communication from the Acting 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; 
     Reapportionment of the 2014 Gulf of Alaska Pacific Halibut 
     Prohibited Species Catch Limits for the Trawl Deep-Water and 
     Shallow-Water Fishery Categories'' (RIN0648-XD361) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on August 20, 2014; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7027. A communication from the Acting 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 Ocean Perch in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf 
     of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XD375) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     August 20, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7028. A communication from the Acting 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 Ocean Perch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
     Management Area'' (RIN0648-XD379) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     August 20, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7029. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic 
     Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Commercial Blacknose Sharks 
     and Non-Blacknose Small Coastal Sharks (SCS) in the Atlantic 
     Region'' (RIN0648-XD369) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 
     13, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7030. A communication from the 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; Reallocation of 
     Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management 
     Area'' (RIN0648-XD447) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 8, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7031. A communication from the 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 Ocean Perch 
     in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' 
     (RIN0648-XD449) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 8, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7032. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnuson-
     Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; 
     Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason 
     Adjustments'' (RIN0648-BE39) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     August 20, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7033. A communication from the Under Secretary for 
     Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a Foreign Policy Report entitled ``Report to 
     the Congress: Sanctions on Exports and Reexports of 
     Commodities That are Used to Support Oil and Gas Operations 
     in Russia''; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7034. A communication from the Trial Attorney, Federal 
     Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Positive Train Control Systems (RRR)'' (RIN2130-AC32) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 2, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7035. A communication from the Program Analyst, National 
     Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Make Inoperative Exemptions; Vehicle 
     Modifications To Accommodate People With Disabilities; 
     Ejection Mitigation; Lamps, Reflective Devices, and 
     Associated Equipment'' (RIN2127-AL17) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on August 11, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7036. A communication from the Program Analyst, National 
     Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Registered Importers of Vehicles Not 
     Originally Manufactured To Conform to the Federal Motor 
     Vehicle Safety Standards'' (RIN2127-AL43) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on August 11, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7037. A communication from the Program Analyst, National 
     Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Early Warning Reporting, Foreign Defect 
     Reporting, and Motor Vehicle and Equipment Recall 
     Regulations'' (RIN2127-AK72) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     August 11, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-7038. A communication from the Deputy Director, Office 
     of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Administrative Updates to 
     Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Regulations'' 
     (RIN0648-BE02) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on August 14, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7039. A communication from the Deputy Director, Office 
     of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Gray's Reef National Marine 
     Sanctuary Regulations and Management Plan'' (RIN0648-BD60) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on August 14, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7040. A communication from the Assistant Chief Counsel 
     for Hazmat, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
     Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Hazardous 
     Materials: Transportation of Lithium Batteries'' (RIN2137-
     AE44) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on August 11, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7041. A communication from the Assistant Chief Counsel 
     for Hazmat, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
     Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled

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     ``Hazardous Materials: Failure to Pay Civil Penalties'' 
     (RIN2137-AE97) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on August 11, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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