[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 329-331]
[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-172. A communication from the Federal Liaison Officer, 
     Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Reduction of Fees for Trademark Applications and Renewals'' 
     (RIN0651-AC94) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 19, 
     2014; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-173. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Report on Adjustments of Status Granted Under Section 13 of 
     the Act of September 11, 1957''; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       EC-174. A communication from the Secretary, Judicial 
     Conference of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Report on the Continuing Need for 
     Authorized Bankruptcy Judgeships''; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       EC-175. A communication from the Project Manager, 
     Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
     Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Notices of Decisions and Documents Evidencing 
     Lawful Status'' (RIN1615-AC01) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 29, 2014; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-176. A communication from the Chairman, Federal Election 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of 
     proposed legislation; to the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration.
       EC-177. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Federal Election Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     Commission's competitive sourcing efforts during fiscal year 
     2014; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
       EC-178. A communication from the Director, Bureau of 
     Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Direct 
     Investment Surveys: BE-13, Survey of New Foreign Direct 
     Investment in the United States'' (RIN0691-AA82) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 22, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-179. A communication from the Management and Program 
     Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. 
     Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2013-1067)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 13, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-180. A communication from the Chairman, National 
     Transportation Safety Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to the Board's competitive sourcing efforts 
     for fiscal year 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-181. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Transportation Security Administration, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to the Administration's decision to enter into a 
     contract with a private security screening company to provide 
     screening services at Portsmouth International Airport (PSM); 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-182. A communication from the Administrator, 
     Transportation Security Administration, Department of 
     Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to the Administration's decision to enter into a 
     contract with a private security screening company to provide 
     screening services at Dawson Community Airport (GDV), Glasgow 
     International Airport (GGW), Havre City-County Airport (HVR), 
     Wolf Point International Airport (OLF), and Sidney-Richland 
     Municipal Airport (SDY); to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-183. A communication from the Secretary of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled, ``Fundamental Properties of Asphalts and Modified 
     Asphalts--III''; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-184. 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; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and 
     Butterfish Fisheries; Closure of the 2014 Trimester 2 
     Directed Longfin Squid Fishery'' (RIN0648-XD378) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 19, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-185. 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; Bluefish Fishery; Quota 
     Transfer'' (RIN0648-XD609) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 19, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-186. A communication from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic 
     Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal 
     Sharks (LCS) and Hammerhead Sharks in the Atlantic Region'' 
     (RIN0648-XD636) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 19, 
     2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-187. 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 Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-
     Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; 2014 Commercial 
     Accountability Measure and Closure for South Atlantic Gag'' 
     (RIN0648-XD599) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 19, 
     2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-188. 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; Inseason Adjustment 
     to the 2014 Gulf of Alaska Pollock Seasonal Apportionments'' 
     (RIN0648-XD627) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 19, 
     2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-189. 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 ``Boundary Expansion of Thunder Bay National 
     Marine Sanctuary'' (RIN0648-BC94) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 24, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-190. 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 Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2014 
     Commercial Accountability Measure and Closure for Atlantic 
     Migratory Group Cobia'' (RIN0648-XD601) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 19, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-191. 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 Northeastern United States; Bluefish Fishery; Quota 
     Transfer'' (RIN0648-XD638) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 19, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-192. 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 Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' 
     (RIN0648-XD631) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 19, 
     2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-193. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant

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     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Northern Rockfish in the 
     Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-
     XD632) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on December 19, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-194. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, 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; Gulf of Alaska Trawl 
     Economic Data Report'' (RIN0648-BE09) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 19, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-195. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly 
     Migratory Species; 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly 
     Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 
     7'' (RIN0648-BC09) received during adjournment of the Senate 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 19, 
     2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-196. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries Off West Coast 
     States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; 
     Trawl Rationalization Program; Chafing Gear Modifications'' 
     (RIN0648-BC84) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 19, 
     2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-197. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``International Fisheries; 
     Pacific Tuna Fisheries; 2014 Commercial Fishing for Pacific 
     Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean; Commercial 
     Retention Limit'' (RIN0648-BE58) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 19, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-198. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``International Fisheries; 
     Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory 
     Species; Restrictions on the Use of Fish Aggregating Devices 
     in Purse Seine Fisheries for 2015'' (RIN0648-BE36) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on December 19, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-199. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Taking of Marine Mammals 
     Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations and Atlantic 
     Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; 
     American Lobster Fishery'' (RIN0648-BE57) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 30, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-200. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to Framework 
     Adjustment 51 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 
     Management Plan and Sector Annual Catch Entitlements; Updated 
     Annual Catch Limits for Sectors and the Common Pool for 
     Fishing Year 2014'' (RIN0648-XD354) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 22, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-201. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the 
     Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; 
     Framework Adjustment 3'' (RIN0648-BE01) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 29, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-202. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable 
     Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly 
     Migratory Species; 2015 Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishing 
     Seasons'' (RIN0648-XD276) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 29, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-203. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, 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; Chinook Salmon Bycatch 
     Management in the Gulf of Alaska Non-Pollock Trawl Fisheries; 
     Amendment 97'' (RIN0648-BD48) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 29, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-204. A communication from the Deputy Assistant 
     Administrator for Regulatory Programs, 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 Cod Pot Gear 
     Fishing Closure in the Pribilof Islands Habitat Conservation 
     Zone in the Bering Sea; Amendment 103'' (RIN0648-BC34) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on December 29, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-205. 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: 
     Carquinez Strait Cable Repair Operation, Martinez, CA'' 
     ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2014-0950)) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 30, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-206. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulated 
     Navigation Area; Arthur Kill, NY and NJ'' ((RIN1625-AA11) 
     (Docket No. USCG-2013-1063)) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 30, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-207. 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: 
     Christina River; Wilmington, DE'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. 
     USCG-2014-1033)) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 30, 
     2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-208. 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 Zones 
     Within the Captain of the Port New Orleans Zone, Louisiana'' 
     ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2014-0993)) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 30, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-209. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Anchorage 
     Regulations: Anchorage Grounds, Los Angeles and Long Beach 
     Harbors, California'' ((RIN1625-AA01) (Docket No. USCG-2013-
     0841)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on December 30, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-210. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulated 
     Navigation Area; Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, Oregon Inlet, NC'' 
     ((RIN1625-AA11) (Docket No. USCG-2014-0987)) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 30, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-211. 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: 
     Reduced Visibility, Sector St. Petersburg Captain of the Port 
     Zone, FL'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2014-1013)) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on December 30, 2014; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-212. 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: 
     Kent Narrows Draw Bridge Repairs, Kent Island Narrows; Queen 
     Anne's County, MD'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2014-
     0898)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on December 30, 2014; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-213. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revision of 
     Safety/Security Zone Regulations;

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     2014 Tampa Bay; Captain of the Port St. Petersburg Zone, FL'' 
     ((RIN1625-AA87) (Docket No. USCG-2013-0040)) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on December 30, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-214. 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; Summer Flounder Fishery; 
     Commercial Quota Harvested for the State of New Jersey'' 
     (RIN0648-XD571) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on December 19, 
     2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-215. 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-BE64) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 19, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-216. A communication from the Acting Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Snapper-
     Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; 2014 Commercial 
     Accountability Measure and Closure for the South Atlantic 
     Porgy Complex'' (RIN0648-XD388) received during adjournment 
     of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     December 29, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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