[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17503]
[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-3463. A communication from the Assistant Director for 
     Legislative Affairs, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C)'' (RIN3170-AA10) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on November 2, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-3464. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Flood Elevation Determinations'' ((44 CFR Part 67) 
     (Docket No. FEMA-2015-0001)) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 2, 2015; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-3465. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Division of Corporate Finance, Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``CROWDFUNDING'' (RIN3235-AL37) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on November 3, 2015; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs .
       EC-3466. 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 and Medicaid Programs; CY 2016 
     Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home 
     Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality 
     Reporting Requirements'' (RIN0938-AS46) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 30, 2015; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3467. 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; End-Stage Renal Disease 
     Prospective Payment System, and Quality Incentive Program'' 
     (RIN0938-AS48) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on October 30, 2015; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3468. 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; Hospital Outpatient 
     Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment 
     Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Short Inpatient 
     Hospital Stays; Transition for Certain Medicare-Dependent, 
     Small Rural Hospitals under the Hospital Inpatient 
     Prospective Payment System; Provider Administrative Appeals 
     and Judicial Review'' (RIN0938-AS42 and RIN0938-AS11) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 30, 2015; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-3469. 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; Revisions to Payment 
     Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions 
     to Part B for CY 2016'' (RIN0938-AS48) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on October 30, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-3470. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the establishment of 
     the danger pay allowance; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-3471. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the elimination of the 
     danger pay allowance; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-3472. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the status of the 
     Government of Cuba's compliance with the United States-Cuba 
     September 1994 ``Joint Communique'' and on the treatment of 
     persons returned to Cuba in accordance with the United 
     States-Cuba May 1995 ``Joint Statement''; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-3473. A communication from the Director of Regulations 
     Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Listing of 
     Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Spirulina Extract; 
     Confirmation of Effective Date'' (Docket No. FDA-2014-C-1552) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 30, 2015; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
  

       EC-3474. A communication from General Counsel, Corporation 
     for National and Community Service, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Volunteers in Service to 
     America'' (RIN3045-AA36) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     November 2, 2015; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-3475. A communication from the Chair of the Board of 
     Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the Inspector General's Semiannual Report for the six-
     month period from April 1, 2015 through September 30, 2015; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-3476. A communication from the Chairman, Board of 
     Trustees, and the President, John F. Kennedy Center for the 
     Performing Arts, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to the Center's financial statements, supplemental 
     schedules of operations, and independent auditor's report for 
     years ended September 28, 2014, and September 29, 2013, and a 
     report relative to the Center's schedule of expenditures of 
     federal awards and independent auditor's reports for the year 
     ended September 28, 2014; to the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration.
       EC-3477. A communication from the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     expenditures from the Pershing Hall Revolving Fund for fiscal 
     year 2015; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       EC-3478. A communication from the 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 Caribbean, Gulf 
     of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf 
     of Mexico; Red Snapper Management Measures; Correction'' 
     (RIN0648-BE91) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on October 30, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-3479. A communication from the Deputy Chief Financial 
     Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Schedule of Fees for Access to 
     NOAA Environmental Data, Information, and Related Products 
     and Services'' (RIN0648-BE86) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on October 30, 2015; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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