Volume 167, No. 29 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 COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H511 on Feb. 15.
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 COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.
Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:
EC-258. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a proclamation that terminates the national emergency first declared in Proclamation 9844 of February 15, 2019 (Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Boarder of the United States), pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622 (H. Doc. No. 117--15); to the Committee on Armed Services and ordered to be printed.
EC-259. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Control of Air Pollution From Airplanes and Airplane Engines: GHG Emission Standards and Test Procedures [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0276; FRL-10018-45-OAR]
(RIN: 2060-AT26) received February 2, 2021, 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.
EC-260. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Colorado; Revisions to Regulation Number 7 and RACT Requirements for 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard for the Denver Metro/North Front Range Nonattainment Area
[EPA-R08-OAR-2020-0114; FRL-10019-22-Region 8] received February 2, 2021, 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.
EC-261. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; California; South Coast Air Quality Management District; Ventura County Air Pollution Control District [EPA-R09-OAR-2020-0121; FRL-10017-02-Region 9] received February 2, 2021, 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.
EC-262. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final action -- Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0279; FRL-10019-04-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AU40) received February 2, 2021, 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.
EC-263. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Improvements for Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Test Procedures, and Other Technical Amendments [EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0307; FRL-10006-90-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AU62) received February 2, 2021, 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.
EC-264. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting an Executive Order declaring a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Burma, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.; 8 U.S.C. 1182(f); and 3 U.S.C. 301 (H. Doc. No. 117--13); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
EC-265. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting notification that the national emergency with respect to Libya, that was declared in Executive Order 13566 of February 25, 2011, is to continue in effect beyond February 25, 2021, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 202(d); (90 Stat. 1257) (H. Doc. No. 117--14); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
EC-266. A letter from the Director, Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final regulations -- Source of Income From Certain Sales of Personal Property [TD 9921] (RIN: 1545-BP16) received February 2, 2021, 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.
EC-267. A letter from the Director, Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Beginning of Construction for Sections 45 and 48; Extension of Continuity Safe Harbor for Offshore Projects [Notice 2021-5] received February 2, 2021, 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.
EC-268. A letter from the Director, Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final regulations -- Guidance on Passive Foreign Investment Companies [TD 9936] (RIN: 1545-BO59) received February 2, 2021, 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.
EC-269. A letter from the Director, Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final regulations -- Excise Taxes; Transportation of Persons by Air; Transportation of Property by Air; Aircraft Management Services [TD 9948] (RIN: 1545-BP37) received February 2, 2021, 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.
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