[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 4764-4766]
[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-1017. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015, and 
     requirements for a ``Within-Session Sequestration Report to 
     the President and Congress''; to the Special Committee on 
     Aging; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Appropriations; 
     Armed Services; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the 
     Budget; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Energy and 
     Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Select 
     Committee on Ethics; Finance; Foreign Relations; Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions; Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs; Indian Affairs; Select Committee on 
     Intelligence; the Judiciary; Rules and Administration; Small 
     Business and Entrepreneurship; and Veterans' Affairs.
       EC-1018. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
     entitled ``Significant New Use Rule for
     Pentane, 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoro-4-(1,1,2,3,3,3-
     hexafluoropropoxy)'' (FRL No. 9922-30) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on March 19, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1019. A communication from the Associate General 
     Counsel, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, two (2) reports relative to vacancies in the Department 
     of Agriculture, received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on March 19, 2015; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1020. A communication from the Administrator, Rural 
     Business-Cooperative Service, Department of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Rural Business Development Grant Program'' (RIN0570-AA92) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 19, 2015; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-1021. A communication from the Acting 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: 
     Use of Military Construction Funds'' ((RIN0750-AI52) (DFARS 
     Case 2015-D006)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on March 23, 2015; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-1022. A communication from the Acting 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: 
     Deletion of Text Implementing 10 U.S.C. 2323'' ((RIN0750-
     AH45) (DFARS Case 2011-D038)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 23, 2015; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       EC-1023. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Policy), Department of Defense, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the training of the 
     U.S. Special Operations Forces with friendly foreign forces 
     during fiscal year 2014; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1024. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the National Guard and Reserve 
     Equipment Report (NGRER) for fiscal year 2016; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-1025. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Legislative Affairs), transmitting legislative 
     proposals relative to the ``National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2016''; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-1026. A communication from the Assistant General 
     Counsel, General Law, Ethics, and Regulation, Department of 
     the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, two (2) reports 
     relative to vacancies in the Department of the Treasury, 
     received in the Office

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     of the President of the Senate on March 19, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1027. A communication from the Chairman, Medicare 
     Payment Advisory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report entitled ``Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment 
     Policy''; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-1028. 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 14-141); to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-1029. 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 14-110); to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-1030. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of 
     Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Amendments to Excepted Benefits'' ((RIN0938-AS52) 
     (CMS-9946-F2)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on March 18, 2015; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-1031. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of 
     Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fiduciary Requirements for Disclosure in 
     Participant-Directed Individual Account Plans--Timing of 
     Annual Disclosure'' (RIN1210-AB68) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 19, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-1032. 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; Bottlenose 
     Dolphin Take Reduction Plan; Sea Turtle Conservation; 
     Modification to Fishing Activities'' (RIN0648-BB37) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 19, 
     2015; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1033. 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 
     Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2015 
     Commercial Accountability Measure and Closure for South 
     Atlantic Golden Tilefish Longline Component'' (RIN0648-XD735) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 19, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1034. 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; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota 
     Transfer'' (RIN0648-XD778) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 19, 2015; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1035. 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 
     Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal 
     Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South 
     Atlantic; Trip Limit Increase'' (RIN0648-XD790) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on March 19, 2015; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1036. 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 in the 
     Aleutian Islands Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian 
     Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XD803) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 19, 2015; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1037. 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; Big Skate in the Central 
     Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XD761) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 19, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1038. 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 
     Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal 
     Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Gulf of Mexico and 
     Atlantic Region; Amendment 20B; Correction'' (RIN0648-BD86) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 19, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1039. A communication from the Secretary of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Office 
     Biennial Report to Congress; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1040. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge 
     Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, St. 
     Petersburg Beach, FL'' ((RIN1625-AA09) (Docket No. USCG-2014-
     0436)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on March 23, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1041. 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; 
     ARCTIC CHALLENGER, Port of Bellingham; Bellingham, WA'' 
     ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2015-0158)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 23, 2015; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1042. 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; 
     Pittsburgh, PA; Ice Accumulations; Allegheny River Mile 1.0-
     72.0'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2015-0126)) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 23, 
     2015; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1043. 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; 
     Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show; Black Warrior River; 
     Tuscaloosa, AL'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2015-0076)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 23, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1044. 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; 
     St. Patrick's Day Fireworks, Manitowoc River, Manitowoc, 
     Wisconsin'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2015-0130)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 23, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1045. 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; 
     State Route 520 Bridge Construction, Lake Washington; 
     Seattle, WA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2015-0098)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 23, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1046. 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 
     for Ice Conditions; Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Upper 
     Chesapeake Bay, and Tributaries; MD'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket 
     No. USCG-2014-0292)) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on March 23, 2015; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1047. 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; 
     Moon Island - Long Island Bridge Demolition; Boston Inner 
     Harbor, Quincy Bay; Quincy, MA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. 
     USCG-2014-1059)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on March 23, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1048. 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 and 
     Security Zones, Jacksonville Captain of the Port Zone'' 
     ((RIN1625-AA00 and RIN1625-AA87) (Docket No. USCG-2014-0152)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 23, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1049. 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; 
     Cooper River Bridge Run, Cooper River, and Town Creek 
     Reaches, Charleston, SC'' ((RIN1625-AA87) (Docket No. USCG-
     2015-0040)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on March 23, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1050. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge 
     Operation Regulation; Chevron Oil Company Canal, Fourchon, 
     LA'' ((RIN1625-AA09) (Docket No. USCG-2014-

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     1039)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on March 23, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-1051. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Great Lakes 
     Pilotage Rates--2015 Annual Review and Adjustment'' 
     ((RIN1625-AC22) (Docket No. USCG-2014-0481)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 23, 2015; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1052. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge 
     Operation Regulation; Passaic River, Rutherford, NJ'' 
     ((RIN1625-AA09) (Docket No. USCG-2014-1070)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 23, 2015; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1053. 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; Upper Mississippi River Between Mile 38.0 and 46.0, 
     Thebes, IL; and Between Mile 78.0 and 81.0, Grand Tower, IL'' 
     ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2013-0907)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 23, 2015; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1054. 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; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain of 
     the Port Lake Michigan Zone'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. 
     USCG-2014-1001)) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on March 23, 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1055. A communication from the Vice President of 
     Government Affairs and Corporate Communications, National 
     Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to Amtrak's Executive 
     Level 1 salary for 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1056. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Mississippi Abandoned Mine Land Plan'' ((SATS No. 
     MS-024-FOR) (Docket No. OSM-2014-0005)) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 23, 2015; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-1057. A communication from the Counsel to the Inspector 
     General, Office of Inspector General, General Services 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to a vacancy in the position of Inspector General, 
     General Services Administration, received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 19, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1058. A communication from the Chairman of the Consumer 
     Product Safety Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Commission's Annual Performance Report for fiscal year 2014; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-1059. A joint communication from the Chairman and the 
     General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Board's Buy American Act 
     Report for fiscal year 2014; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1060. A communication from the Board Members, Railroad 
     Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, an annual 
     report relative to the Board's compliance with the Government 
     in the Sunshine Act during calendar year 2014; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1061. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     report on activities of the National Guard Counterdrug 
     Schools; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-1062. A communication from the Co-Chief Privacy 
     Officers, Federal Election Commission, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the Commission's Privacy Report for fiscal year 2014; 
     to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
       EC-1063. A communication from the Chief of the Regulation 
     Policy, Tracking, and Control Office of the General Counsel, 
     Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Schedule for Rating Disabilities--Mental Disorders 
     and Definition of Psychosis for Certain VA Purposes'' 
     (RIN2900-AO96) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on March 18, 2015; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
       EC-1064. A communication from the Director of Regulations 
     and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Advisory 
     Committee; Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee; Termination'' 
     (Docket No. FDA-2012-N-0218) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 23, 2015; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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