[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12607-12608]
[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-6545. A communication from the Chief of the Planning and 
     Regulatory Affairs Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Commodity Supplemental Food 
     Program (CSFP): Implementation of the Agricultural Act of 
     2014'' (RIN0584-AE31) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6546. A communication from the Associate Administrator 
     of the Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing 
     Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Marketing Order 
     Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far 
     West; Revision of Administrative Rules and Regulations 
     Governing Issuance of Additional Allotment Base'' (Docket No. 
     AMS-FV-13-0088; FV14-985-2 FR) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6547. A communication from the Associate Administrator 
     of the Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing 
     Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Oranges and Grapefruit 
     Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas; Change in Size and 
     Grade Requirements for Grapefruit'' (Docket No. AMS-FV-14-
     0015; FV14-906-2 FIR) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6548. A communication from the Associate Administrator 
     of the Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing 
     Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pistachios Grown in 
     California, Arizona, and New Mexico; Modification of 
     Aflatoxin Regulations'' (Docket No. AMS-FV-12-0068; FV13-983-
     1 FR) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-6549. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Asian Longhorned Beetle; 
     Quarantined Areas in New Jersey'' (Docket No. APHIS-2013-
     0078) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on July 18, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6550. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Zoxamide; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9913-35-
     Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6551. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Polyoxyalkylated Trimethylopropanes; Tolerance 
     Exemption'' (FRL No. 9912-10) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-6552. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to the Foreign Language Skill 
     Proficiency Bonus program; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-6553. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to the Department of Defense (DoD) 
     intending to assign women to previously closed positions in 
     the Department of the Navy; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-6554. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of 
     an officer authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of 
     rear admiral (lower half) in accordance with title 10, United 
     States Code, section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6555. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting a report on 
     the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Terry G. 
     Robling, United States Marine Corps, and his advancement to 
     the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-6556. 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 
     significant transnational criminal organizations that was 
     established in Executive Order 13581 on July 24, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6557. A communication from the Chairman of the Federal 
     Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's 2014 Annual 
     Performance Plan; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-6558. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the 
     position of Assistant Secretary, Fair Housing and Equal 
     Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     17, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-6559. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the 
     position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     17, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-6560. A communication from the Chairman and President of 
     the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to transactions involving U.S. exports to 
     Australia; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-6561. A communication from the Federal Register 
     Certifying Officer, Bureau of Fiscal Service, Department of 
     the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Federal Government Participation in the 
     Automated Clearing House'' (RIN1530-AA05) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 18, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-6562. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, Department 
     of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program for Consumer 
     Products: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential 
     Furnace Fans'' (RIN1904-AC22) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     July 18, 2014; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-6563. 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 Franklin County Portion of the Logan Nonattainment 
     Area; Fine Particulate Matter Emissions Inventory'' (FRL No. 
     9913-97-OAR) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-6564. 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 Missouri; Control of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from 
     Large Stationary Internal Combustion Engines'' (FRL No. 9913-
     79-Region 7) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-6565. 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 Missouri; Auto Exhaust Emission Controls'' (FRL No. 
     9913-81-Region 7) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-6566. 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; New Mexico; Grant County Sulfur Dioxide 
     Limited Maintenance Plan'' (FRL No. 9913-94-Region 6) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     17, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6567. 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; 
     Texas; Conformity of General Federal Actions'' (FRL No. 9913-
     92-Region 6) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-6568. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division,

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     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Washington: 
     Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008 Lead National 
     Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9914-11-OAR) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     17, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6569. 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; New York State; Transportation 
     Conformity Regulations'' (FRL No. 9913-73-Region 2) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 17, 
     2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6570. 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 State Implementation 
     Plans; Idaho: Portneuf Valley PM10 Maintenance Plan Amendment 
     to the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets'' (FRL No. 9913-84-
     Region 10) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-6571. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Administrative Wage Garnishment'' (FRL No. 9913-
     63-OCFO) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-6572. A communication from the Administrator, General 
     Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     lease prospectus that supports the Administration's fiscal 
     year 2015 Capital Investment and Leasing Program; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6573. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: RFS 
     Pathways II, and Technical Amendments to the RFS Standards 
     and E15 Misfueling Mitigation Requirements'' ((RIN2060-AR21) 
     (FRL No. 9910-40-OAR)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6574. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``RFS Renewable Identification Number (RIN) Quality 
     Assurance Program'' ((RIN2060-AR72) (FRL No. 9906-55-OAR)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     17, 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-6575. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``Comprehensive Medicaid Integrity Plan for Fiscal 
     Years 2014-2018''; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-6576. 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 ``Nonqualified Deferred Compensation from 
     Certain Tax Indifferent Parties'' (Rev. Rul. 2014-18) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 18, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-6577. 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 ``Update for Weighted Average Interest Rates, 
     Yield Curves, and Segment Rates'' (Notice 2014-43) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 18, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-6578. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Debt 
     Collection'' (RIN1400-AD60) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     July 18, 2014; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-6579. A communication from the Chief of the Border 
     Security Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Closing of the Jamieson 
     Line, New York Border Crossing'' (CBP Dec. 14-08) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on July 17, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-6580. A communication from the Acting District of 
     Columbia Auditor, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``District of Columbia Agencies' Compliance with 
     Fiscal Year 2013 Small Business Enterprise Expenditure 
     Goals''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6581. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Office's fiscal year 2013 annual report relative to the 
     Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
     Retaliation (No FEAR) Act of 2002; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-6582. A communication from the General Counsel, Pension 
     Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Allocation of Assets in 
     Single-Employer Plans; Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
     Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying 
     Benefits'' (29 CFR Part 4022; 29 CFR Part 4044) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on July 16, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-6583. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, 
     Department of Education, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Final Priorities. National 
     Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research--
     Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers'' (CFDA No. 
     84.133B-6; CFDA No. 84.133B-7) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     July 18, 2014; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
       EC-6584. A communication from the Paralegal Specialist, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney 
     Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. 
     FAA-2012-0416)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-6585. A communication from the Paralegal Specialist, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 
     Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2011-
     1419)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on July 18, 2014; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-6586. A communication from the Paralegal Specialist, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 
     Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2011-
     0724)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-6587. A communication from the Paralegal Specialist, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce plc 
     Turbofan Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2012-
     0482)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on July 17, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-6588. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; 
     Celebrate The Amboys Fireworks; Raritan Bay, Perth Amboy, 
     NJ'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2014-0188)) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on July 17, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-6589. A communication from the Paralegal Specialist, 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``The New York North Shore Helicopter Route'' 
     ((RIN2120-AJ75) (Docket No. FAA-2010-0302)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on July 15, 2014; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-6590. A communication from the Assistant Administrator 
     for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened and Endangered 
     Status for Distinct Population Segments of Scalloped 
     Hammerhead Sharks'' (RIN0648-XA798) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 17, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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