Volume 166, No. 191 covering the 2nd Session of the 116th Congress (2019 - 2020) 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 H5727-H5728 on Nov. 9, 2020.
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-5583. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank, transmitting a report involving U.S. exports to various countries, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 635(b)(3); July 31, 1945, ch. 341, Sec. 2 (as added by Public Law 102-266, Sec. 102); (106 Stat. 95); to the Committee on Financial Services.
EC-5584. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting that, as a result of continued consequences of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a renewal, effective October 23, 2020, that a public health emergency exists and has existed since January 27, 2020, nationwide, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 247d(a); July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 319(a) (as amended by Public Law 107-188, Sec. 144(a)); (116 Stat. 630); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
EC-5585. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo that was declared in Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
EC-5586. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Sudan that was declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
EC-5587. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to South Sudan that was declared in Executive Order 13664 of April 3, 2014, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
EC-5588. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to significant malicious cyber-enabled activities that was declared in Executive Order 13694 of April 1, 2015, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
EC-5589. A letter from the Secretary, Department of State, transmitting a letter regarding an opportunity to ensure compensation is finally provided to victims of the 1998 al-Qa'ida-backed terrorist attacks on the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, including U.S. national victims who have long advocated for settlement of their claims; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
EC-5590. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting four (4) notifications of the designation of acting officer or discontinuation of service in acting role, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
EC-5591. A letter from the Chairman and Chief Executive and Administrative Officer, Federal Labor Relations Authority, transmitting the 64th Semiannual Report of the Federal Labor Relations Authority Inspector General for the period April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
EC-5592. A letter from the Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board, transmitting the Board's final list of activities performed by federal government sources for the executive agency that are not inherently governmental functions for 2020, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 501 note; Public Law 105-270, Sec. 2(c)(1)(A); (112 Stat. 2382); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
EC-5593. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Invasive Species Program 2019 Report to Congress, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 4730(6)(A); Public Law 115-282, Sec. 903(g)(6)(A); (132 Stat. 4360); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
EC-5594. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Child Welfare Outcomes 2017: Report to Congress, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 679b(a)(5); Public Law 105-89, Sec. 203(a); (111 Stat. 2127); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
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