Volume 162, No. 102 covering the 2nd Session of the 114th Congress (2015 - 2016) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H4178-H4180 on June 24, 2016.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.
Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:
5782. A letter from the Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, pursuant to Public Law 106-569; to the Committee on Financial Services.
5783. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Report to Congress on American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Facilities, in accordance with Sec. 650(b) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9801), as amended on December 12, 2007 by the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-134); to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
5784. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's direct final rule -- Approval of Iowa's State Implementation Plan (SIP); Definition of Greenhouse Gas and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Plantwide Applicability Limits (PALs) Revisions [EPA-R07-OAR-2016-0280; FRL-9947-81-Region 7] received June 16, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
5785. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval, Disapproval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval of Air Quality Implementation Plans and Federal Implementation Plan; Utah; Revisions to Regional Haze State Implementation Plan; Federal Implementation Plan for Regional Haze [EPA-R08-OAR-2015-0463; FRL-9947-42-Region 8] received June 16, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
5786. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's direct final rule -- South Dakota: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference [EPA-R08-RCRA-2016-0131; FRL-9947-04-Region 8] received June 16, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
5787. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's direct final rule -- Wyoming: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference [EPA-R08-RCRA-2016-0174; FRL-9947-06-Region 8] received June 16, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
5788. A letter from the Chair, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, transmitting the June 2016 Report to Congress on Medicaid and CHIP, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396(b)(1)(D); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XIX, Sec. 1900
(as amended by Public Law 111-148, Sec. 2801(a)(1)(A)(v));
(123 Stat. 91); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
5789. A letter from the Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's report entitled
``Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2015'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5848; Public Law 93-438, Sec. 208 (as amended by Public Law 104-66, Sec. 2171); (109 Stat. 731); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
5790. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification of the Arms Export Control Act, Transmittal No.: DDTC 15-125, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(C); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 94-329, Sec. 211(a)); (82 Stat. 1326) and 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 104-164, Sec. 141(c)); (110 Stat. 1431); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5791. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification of the Arms Export Control Act, Transmittal No.: DDTC 15-126, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(C); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 94-329, Sec. 211(a)); (82 Stat. 1326) and 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 104-164, Sec. 141(c)); (110 Stat. 1431); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5792. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification of the Arms Export Control Act, Transmittal No.: DDTC 16-012, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(C); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 94-329, Sec. 211(a)); (82 Stat. 1326) and 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 104-164, Sec. 141(c)); (110 Stat. 1431); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5793. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification of the Arms Export Control Act, Transmittal No.: DDTC 15-135, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 104-164, Sec. 141(c)); (110 Stat. 1431); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5794. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification of the Arms Export Control Act, Transmittal No.: DDTC 16-035, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 104-164, Sec. 141(c)); (110 Stat. 1431); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5795. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification of the Arms Export Control Act, Transmittal No.: DDTC 15-097, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 104-164, Sec. 141(c)); (110 Stat. 1431); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5796. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification of the Arms Export Control Act, Transmittal No.: DDTC 16-033, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 104-164, Sec. 141(c)); (110 Stat. 1431); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5797. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification of the Arms Export Control Act, Transmittal No.: DDTC 15-072, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(C); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 94-329, Sec. 211(a)); (82 Stat. 1326); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5798. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification of the Arms Export Control Act, Transmittal No.: DDTC 15-139, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(C); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 94-329, Sec. 211(a)); (82 Stat. 1326); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5799. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification of the Arms Export Control Act, Transmittal No.: DDTC 16-018, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(C); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 94-329, Sec. 211(a)); (82 Stat. 1326); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5800. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a certification of the Arms Export Control Act, Transmittal No.: DDTC 16-004, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(C); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(c) (as added by Public Law 94-329, Sec. 211(a)); (82 Stat. 1326); and 22 U.S.C. 2776(d)(1); Public Law 90-629, Sec. 36(d) (as added by Public Law 94-32 9, Sec. 211(a)); (90 Stat. 740); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5801. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report concerning international agreements other than treaties entered into by the United States to be transmitted to the Congress within the sixty-day period specified in the Case-Zablocki Act, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b(d)(1); Public Law 92-403, Sec. 1; (86 Stat. 619); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5802. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report on data mining activity in the Department of State for calendar year 2015, pursuant to Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 Sec. 804; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5803. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's report on progress toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus question covering the period of February 1 -- March 31, 2016, pursuant to Sec. 620C(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and in accordance with Sec. 1(a)(6) of Executive Order 13313; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
5804. A letter from the President and Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, transmitting the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
5805. A letter from the Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, transmitting the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines 2015 management report, pursuant to the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
5806. A letter from the Auditor, Office of the District of Columbia Auditor, transmitting a report entitled ``The Department of General Services Failed to Provide Information the DC Council Needed to Make Informed Decisions on the Scope and Cost of Modernizing the Duke Ellington School of the Arts''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
5807. A letter from the Acting Commissioner, Social Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's Semiannual Report to Congress for October 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) Sec. 5(b); Public Law 95-452, Sec. 5(b); (92 S tat. 1103); to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
5808. A letter from the Executive Director, United States Access Board, transmitting the Board's FY 2015 No FEAR Act report, pursuant to Public Law 107-174, 203(a); (116 Stat. 569); to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
5809. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Inspection of Towing Vessels
[Docket No.: USCG-2006-24412] (RIN: 1625-AB06) received June 21, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
5810. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Monongahela River mile 97.5 to mile 100.5, Morgantown, WV [Docket No.: USCG-2016-0202] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received June 21, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
5811. A letter from the Trial Attorney, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Railroad Workplace Safety; Roadway Worker Protection Miscellaneous Revisions (RRR)
[Docket No.: FRA-2008-0086] (RIN: 2130-AB89) received June 16, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
5812. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Chief Counsel for Safety, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Coverage of Maintenance of Way (MOW) Employees and Retrospective Regulatory Review-Based Amendments [Docket No.: FRA-2009-0039, Notice No.: 3] (RIN: 2130-AC10) received June 16, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
5813. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Section 108 -- Income with respect to Discharge of Qualified Real Property Business Indebtedness
(Rev. Rul. 2016-15) received June 20, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
5814. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Recovery of Investment in the Contract from Payments received from a Qualified Defined Benefit Plan by an Employee During Phased Retirement [Notice 2016-39] received June 20, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
5815. A letter from the Assistant Secretaries of Legislative Affairs, Department of State and Department of Defense, transmitting a joint report on the ongoing bilateral security relationship between the United States and the Republic of Cyprus, pursuant to Sec. 1276 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2016; jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Armed Services.
5816. A letter from the Board Members, Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting a report on the actuarial status of the railroad retirement system, including any recommendations for financing changes, pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 231f-1; Public Law 98-76, Sec. 502; (97 Stat. 440); jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Transportation and Infrastructure.
5817. A letter from the Board Members, Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting the 2016 annual report on the financial status of the railroad unemployment insurance system, pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 369; Public Law 100-647, Sec. 7105;
(102 Stat. 3772); jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Transportation and Infrastructure.
5818. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's report entitled ``Human Trafficking Awareness Training for Department of Homeland Security Personnel'', pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 643(a); Public Law 114-22, Sec. 903(a);
(129 Stat. 265); jointly to the Committees on Homeland Security and the Judiciary.
5819. A letter from the Director for Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: Fiscal Year 2015 report to Congress, pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 345(b); Public Law 107-296, Sec. 705; (116 Stat. 2219); jointly to the Committees on Homeland Security and the Judiciary.
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