[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9387-9389]
[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-5846. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Cyflumetofen; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     9905-80) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 21, 2014; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-5847. A joint communication from the Secretary of 
     Defense and the Secretary of Energy, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report relative to the status of the annual report 
     on the plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, complex, 
     delivery systems, and command and control systems; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-5848. A communication from the President of the United 
     States of America, transmitting, pursuant to law, the fiscal 
     year 2013 Annual Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Assessments from 
     the Secretaries of Defense and Energy, the three national 
     security laboratory directors, and the Commander, United 
     States Strategic Command (DCN OSS No. 2014-0706); to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-5849. 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: 
     Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed 
     Outside the United States'' ((RIN0750-AI01) (DFARS Case 2013-
     D015)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 21, 2014; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-5850. A communication from the Acting Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to changes to previously-closed 
     positions in the Marine Corps; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-5851. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary of Defense (Logistics and Materiel Readiness), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     percentage of funds that was expended during the preceding 
     fiscal year and is projected to be expended during the 
     current and ensuing fiscal year for the Department's depot 
     maintenance and repair workloads by the public and private 
     sectors; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-5852. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting a report on the approved retirement of 
     Lieutenant General Raymond V. Mason, United States Army, and 
     his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the 
     retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-5853. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the 
     continuation of the national emergency that was originally 
     declared in Executive Order 13047 of May 20, 1997, with 
     respect to Burma; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-5854. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     the continuation of the national emergency with respect to 
     the stabilization of Iraq; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-5855. 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-5856. A communication from the Regulatory Specialist of 
     the Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of 
     the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Regulatory Capital Rules: Regulatory Capital, Enhanced 
     Supplementary Leverage Ratio Standards for Certain Bank 
     Holding Companies and Their Subsidiary Insured Depository 
     Institutions'' (RIN1557-AD69) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     May 19, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-5857. A communication from the Regulatory Specialist of 
     the Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of 
     the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Integration of National Bank and Savings Association 
     Regulations: Interagency Rules'' (RIN1557-AD75) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on May 22, 2014; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-5858. A communication from the Chief of the Endangered 
     Species Listing Branch,

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     Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation 
     of Critical Habitat for the Jemez Mountains Salamander'' 
     (RIN1018-AZ28) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 20, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-5859. A communication from the Biologist of Ecological 
     Services of the Endangered Species Listing Branch, Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a 
     Nonessential Experimental Population of Wood Bison in 
     Alaska'' (RIN1018-AW57) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 20, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5860. A communication from the Chief of the Endangered 
     Species Listing Branch, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department 
     of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 
     Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Leavenworthia 
     exiqua var. laciniata (Kentucky Glade Cress)'' (RIN1018-AZ47) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     20, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5861. A communication from the Chief of the Division of 
     Management Authority, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department 
     of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Revision of Regulations Implementing the 
     Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of 
     Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Updates Following the Fifteenth 
     Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES'' (RIN1018-
     AW82) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 20, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-5862. 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; Massachusetts; Regulations Limiting 
     Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds and Nitrogen Oxides'' 
     (FRL No. 9901-93-Region 1) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 21, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5863. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revision of the 
     Venting Prohibition for Specific Refrigerant Substitutes'' 
     (FRL No. 9911-42-OAR) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on May 21, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5864. 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; 
     Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North 
     Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee; Removal of Obsolete 
     Regulations'' (FRL No. 9911-44-Region 4) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 21, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5865. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Review of New Sources and Modifications in Indian 
     Country--Amendments to the Federal Indian Country Minor New 
     Source Review Rule'' (FRL No. 9909-78-OAR) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on May 21, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5866. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval of States' Requests to Relax the Federal 
     Reid Vapor Pressure Volatility Standard in Florida, and the 
     Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill and Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High 
     Point Areas in North Carolina'' (FRL No. 9911-13-OAR) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     21, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5867. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval of States' Requests to Relax the Federal 
     Reid Vapor Pressure Volatility Standard in Florida, and the 
     Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill and Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High 
     Point Areas in North Carolina'' (FRL No. 9911-12-OAR) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     21, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5868. 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; 
     State of Oregon; Approval of Substitution for Transportation 
     Control Measures'' (FRL No. 9911-23-Region 10) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on May 21, 2014; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5869. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Finding of Failure to Submit a Prevention of 
     Significant Deterioration State Implementation Plan Revision 
     for Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers (PM 2.5)'' 
     (FRL No. 9911-25-Region 6) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 21, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5870. 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; 
     Kentucky; Stage II Requirements for Hertz Corporation 
     facility at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International 
     Airport in Boone County'' (FRL No. 9911-24-Region 4) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 21, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5871. 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; 
     Idaho: Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008 Lead National 
     Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9911-09-Region 10) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     21, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5872. 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; Illinois; Revision to the Chicago 8-
     Hour Maintenance Plan'' (FRL No. 9910-92-Region 5) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 21, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5873. 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; 
     California; San Joaquin Valley; Contingency Measures for the 
     1997 PM 2.5 Standards'' (FRL No. 9911-07-Region 9) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 21, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5874. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System--
     Final Regulations to Establish Requirements for Cooling Water 
     Intake Structures at Existing Facilities and Amend 
     Requirements at Phase I Facilities'' (FRL No. 9817-3) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     21, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5875. 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 ``Treatment of Property Used To Acquire 
     Parent Stock or Securities in Certain Triangular 
     Reorganizations Involving Foreign Corporations'' (Notice 
     2014-32) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 21, 2014; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-5876. 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 ``Pilot Penalty Relief Program--Late Annual 
     Reporting for Non-Title I Retirement Plans (``One-Participant 
     Plans'' and Certain Foreign Plans)'' (Rev. Proc. 2014-32) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     21, 2014; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-5877. 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 ``Relief from Internal Revenue Code Late 
     Filer Penalties for Certain Employee Benefit Plans'' (Notice 
     2014-35) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 21, 2014; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-5878. A communication from the Deputy Director, Centers 
     for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Contract Year 2015 Policy 
     and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the 
     Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs'' ((RIN-0938-
     AR37) (CMS-4159-F)) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on May 20, 2014; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-5879. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the designation of a 
     group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the Secretary of 
     State (OSS 2014-0712); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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       EC-5880. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to section 36(c) of the 
     Arms Export Control Act (DDTC 14-016); to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-5881. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``Federal Agency Drug-Free Workplace Programs''; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-5882. A communication from the Acting Chairman of the 
     National Endowment for the Arts, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Semiannual Report of the Inspector General and the 
     Chairman's Semiannual Report on Final Action Resulting from 
     Audit Reports, Inspection Reports, and Evaluation Reports for 
     the period from October 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-5883. A communication from the Chairman of the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Office of Inspector General's Semiannual Report for 
     the period of October 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-5884. A communication from the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs' Semiannual Report of the Inspector General 
     for the period from October 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-5885. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 20-324, ``Closing of a Portion of the 
     Public Alley and Acceptance of Dedication of Land for Alley 
     Purposes in Square 75, S.O. 12-03806, Act of 2014''; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-5886. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 20-325, ``Child Development Home License 
     Temporary Amendment Act of 2014''; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-5887. A communication from the Secretary of the Federal 
     Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report: Fiscal Year 
     2013''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-5888. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Annual 
     Report for fiscal year 2013; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       EC-5889. A communication from the Chief of the Endangered 
     Species Listing Branch, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department 
     of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 
     Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for Leavenworthia 
     exigua var. laciniata (Kentucky Glade Cress)'' (RIN1018-AZ28) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     20, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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