[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 10295-10296]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       1883. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Personnel 
     and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter 
     on the approved retirement of Admiral James A. Winnefeld, 
     Jr., United States Navy, and his advancement to the grade of 
     admiral on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       1884. A letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant 
     Secretary Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of Defense, transmitting a 
     legislative proposal that the Department of Defense requests 
     be enacted during the first session of the 114th Congress 
     addressing the military retirement recommendations of the 
     Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization 
     Commission; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       1885. A letter from the Counsel, Legal Division, Bureau of 
     Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting the Bureau's 
     final rule -- Amendments to the 2013 Integrated Mortgage 
     Disclosures Rule Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures 
     Act (Regulation X) and the Truth In Lending Act (Regulation 
     Z) and the 2013 Loan Originator Rule Under the Truth in 
     Lending Act (Regulation Z) [Docket No.: CFPB-2014-0028] (RIN: 
     3170-AA48) received June 22, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       1886. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Securities and 
     Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule 
     -- Commission Guidance Regarding the Definition of the Terms 
     ``Spouse'' and ``Marriage'' Following the Supreme Court's 
     Decision in United States v. Windsor [Release Nos.: 33-9850; 
     34-75250; IA-4122; IC-31684] received June 22, 2015, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
       1887. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of 
     Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a list of 
     international agreements other than treaties entered into by 
     the United States to be transmitted to Congress within sixty 
     days, in accordance with the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 
     112b; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       1888. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification, 
     pursuant to Sec. 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, 
     Transmittal No.: DDTC 14-050; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
       1889. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a letter regarding 
     commitments in the Joint Plan of Action, pursuant to the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 Sec. 
     1245(d)(5) and 1245(d)(1); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
       1890. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting notification that the national 
     emergency, with respect to the Western Balkans, originally 
     declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, is to 
     continue in effect beyond June 26, 2015; (H. Doc. No. 114-
     44); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be 
     printed.
       1891. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting notification that the national 
     emergency, with respect to North Korea, originally declared 
     on June 26, 2008, by Executive Order 13466, as amended and 
     extended, is to continue in effect beyond June 26, 2015; (H. 
     Doc. No. 114-45); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
     ordered to be printed.
       1892. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's Office 
     of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress for the 6-
     month period of October 1, 2014-March 31, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       1893. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Office of General 
     Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, Pub. L. 
     105-277; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       1894. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting pursuant to the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, the semiannual reports to Congress from the Treasury 
     Inspector General and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
     Administration, during the reporting period of October 1, 
     2014, through March 31, 2015; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
       1895. A letter from the Executive Director for Operations, 
     Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting a letter 
     providing the Web site address where the U.S. Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission has posted its commercial activities 
     inventory, pursuant to the Federal Activities Inventory 
     Reform Act of 1998 and the Office of Management and Budget 
     Circular No. A-76, ``Performance of Commercial Activities''; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       1896. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislation, Health and Human Services, transmitting the 
     Department's Child Welfare Outcomes 2010-2013 Report to 
     Congress, pursuant to Public Law 105-89, Sec. 203(a); (111 
     Stat. 2127); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1897. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     IRB only rule -- Update of Weighted Average Interest Rates, 
     Yield Curves, and Segment Rates [Notice 2015-42] received 
     June 22, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.

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       1898. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     IRB only rule -- Additional no-rule area -- grantor trusts 
     and Sec. 1014 basis step-up (Rev. Proc. 2015-37) received 
     June 22, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       1899. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     IRB only rule -- Applicable Federal Rates -- July 2015 (Rev. 
     Rul. 2015-15) received June 22, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       1900. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations 
     Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's 
     IRB only rule -- Application Procedures for Approval of 
     Benefit Suspensions for Certain Multiemployer Defined Benefit 
     Pension Plans under Sec. 432(e)(9) (Rev. Proc. 2015-34) 
     received June 22, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.

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