Volume 167, No. 90 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 - 2022) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S3332-S3333 on May 24.
More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
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-1075. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Sodium lauroyl sarcosinate; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10022-72) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 18, 2021; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-1076. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Trifludimoxazin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10019-62) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 18, 2021; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-1077. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to the threat from securities investments that finance Communist Chinese military companies that was declared in Executive Order 13959 of November 12, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-1078. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Delaware; Nonattainment New Source Review Requirements for 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard'' (FRL No. 10023-62-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 18, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-1079. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; Regulatory Updates to Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) Permitting Requirements for 2012 Fine Particulate Matter
(PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)'' (FRL No. 10023-38-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 18, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-1080. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Texas; Clean Data Determination for the 2010 1-Hour Primary Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard; Anderson and Freestone Counties and Titus County Nonattainment Areas, Final rule'' (FRL No. 10023-51-Region 6) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 18, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-1081. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Plan Requirements for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills that Commenced Construction on or before July 17, 2014, and Have Not Been Modified or Reconstructed since July 17, 2024'' (RIN2060-AU52) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 18, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-1082. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Part 18 and Part 19 Revisions'' (FRL No. 10023-86-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 18, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-1083. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Modification of Limitations on Redesignation by the Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board (MGCRB)'' (RIN0938-AU56) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 18, 2021; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-1084. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model Three-Year Extension and Changes to Episode Definition and Pricing; Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policies and Regulation Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency'' (RIN0938-AU01) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 18, 2021; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-1085. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2022 and Pharmacy Benefit Manager Standards'' (RIN0938-AU18) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 18, 2021; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-1086. A communication from the Deputy Assistant General Counsel of the Division of Regulatory Services, Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Calculation of the Endowment Factor for Allocations to Historically Black Colleges and Universities under Section 314(a)(2)(A) of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021'' (RIN1840-AD63) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 18, 2021; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-1087. A communication from the Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Minimum Standards for Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies for Official Purposes'' (RIN1601-AB03) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 18, 2021; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
EC-1088. A communication from the Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Administration's Semiannual Report of the Inspector General and the Semiannual Management Report on the Status of Audits for the period from October 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
EC-1089. A communication from the Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on applications for delayed-notice search warrants and extensions during fiscal year 2020; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-1090. A communication from the Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for a report relative to compliance by the United States courts of appeals and district courts with the time limitations established for deciding habeas corpus death penalty petitions; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-1091. A communication from the Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report of the Proceedings of the Judicial Conference of the United States''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-1092. A communication from the Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) for two reports entitled, ``2020 Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts'' and
``Judicial Business of the United States Courts''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-1093. A communication from the Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to law, the fourteenth report to Congress on crime victims' rights; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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