Volume 164, No. 177 covering the 2nd Session of the 115th Congress (2017 - 2018) 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 H9465-H9467 on Nov. 6, 2018.
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:
6706. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs, Department of Transportation, transmitting an alleged violation of the Antideficiency Act, pursuant to Sec. 145.8 of the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-11 (2018); to the Committee on Appropriations.
6707. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a report of two violations of the Antideficiency Act, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1351; Public Law 97-258; (96 Stat. 926); to the Committee on Appropriations.
6708. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's interim final temporary rule -- Regulation Crowdfunding and Regulation A Relief and Assistance for Victims of Hurricane Michael
[Release No.: 33-10567] received October 22, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services.
6709. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a renewed determination that a public health emergency exists nationwide as a result of the consequences of the opioid crisis, 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.
6710. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a Declaration of a Public Health Emergency and Waiver and/or Modification of Certain HIPAA, and Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program Requirements (Typhoon Yutu on the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), 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) and 42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(d); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, Sec. 1135(d) (as added by Public Law 107-188, Sec. 143(a)); (116 Stat. 628); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
6711. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report titled ``National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease: 2018 Update'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 11225(g); Public Law 111-375, Sec. 2(g); (124 Stat. 4102); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
6712. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report titled, ``An Evaluation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices'', pursuant to Section 3092 of the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
6713. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a Report to Congress on Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 -- Title III -- Section 20301: Hurricane Maria Relief for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Medicaid Program; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
6714. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Pyroxasulfone; Pesticide Tolerances
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0334; FRL-9983-29] received October 22, 2018, 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.
6715. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0098; FRL-9984-70] received October 22, 2018, 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.
6716. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Prothioconazole; Pesticide Tolerances
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0531; FRL-9984-63] received October 22, 2018, 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.
6717. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Delegation of Authority to Oklahoma
[EPA-R06-OAR-2008-0063; FRL-9985-49-Region 6] received October 22, 2018, 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.
6718. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Boscalid; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0310; FRL-9979-17] received October 22, 2018, 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.
6719. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval of Louisiana's Request to Relax the Federal Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) Gasoline Standard for the Baton Rouge Area [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0172; FRL-9985-76-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AT91) received October 22,2018, 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.
6720. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; VOC Definition Update and Removal of Obsolete Gasoline Vapor Recovery Regulations [EPA-R05-OAR-2017-0279; FRL-9985-30-Region 5] received October 22, 2018, 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.
6721. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference [NC-2018; FRL-9974-83-Region 4] received October 22, 2018, 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.
6722. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Burundi that was declared in Executive Order 13712 of November 22, 2015, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257) and 50 U.S.C. 1703(c); Public Law 95-223, Sec 204(c);
(91 Stat. 1627); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
6723. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report pursuant to Sec. 804 of the Palestine Liberation Organization Commitments Compliance Act of 1989 (Title VIII, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, FY 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246)), as amended, and Secs. 603-604 (Middle East Peace Commitments Act of 2002) and 699 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, FY 2003 (``the Act'', Public Law 107-228); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
6724. A letter from the Assistant Director, OSD SEMO, Department of Defense, transmitting a notification of a nomination and an action on nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
6725. A letter from the Assistant Director, OSD SEMO, Department of Defense, transmitting a notification of a designation of acting officer an action on nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b);
(112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
6726. A letter from the Assistant Director, OSD SEMO, Department of Defense, transmitting a notification of an action on nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
6727. A letter from the Assistant Director, OSD SEMO, Department of Defense, transmitting a notification of a vacancy and an action on nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
6728. A letter from the Assistant Director, OSD SEMO, Department of Defense (Army), transmitting a notification of an action on nomination and a 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 Government Reform.
6729. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Trustees and President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, transmitting the Center's audited financial statements for the fiscal years ending October 1, 2017 and October 2, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. 8G(h)(2); Public Law 95-452, Sec. 8G(h)(2) (as added by Public Law 100-504, Sec. 104(a)); (102 Stat. 2525); to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
6730. A letter from the Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2018 through 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 306(a); Public Law 103-62, Sec. 3 (as amended by Public Law 111-352, Sec. 2); (124 Stat. 3866); to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
6731. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a petition filed on behalf of workers at the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to be added to the Special Exposure Cohort, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 7384q(c)(2); Public Law 106-398, Sec. 1
(as amended by Public Law 108-375, Sec. 3166(b)(1)); (118 Stat. 2188); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
6732. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Mile Markers 94 to 95 Above Head of Passes, New Orleans, LA [Docket No.: USCG-2018-0619] (RIN; 1625-AA00) received October 22, 2018, 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.
6733. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Ballast Water Management-Annual Reporting Requirement [Docket No.: USCG-2018-0245] (RIN: 1625-AC45) received October 22, 2018, 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.
6734. A letter from the Attorney, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Palm Beach, FL [Docket No.: USCG-2017-0273] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received October 22, 2018, 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.
6735. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Pensacola, FL, and Establishment of Class E Airspace; Milton, FL [Docket No.: FAA-2018-0062; Airspace Docket No.: 18-ASO-3] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received October 25, 2018, 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.
6736. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting notification of the intent to terminate the designation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country under the African Growth and Opportunity Act as of January 1, 2019, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2466a(c)(2); Public Law 93-618, Sec. 506A(c)(2) (as added by Public Law 114-27, Sec. 105(b)(2)); (129 Stat. 366)
(H. Doc. No. 115--168); to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
6737. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's notice -- Medicare Program; CY 2019 Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts [CMS-8068-N] (RIN: 0938-AT33) received October 22, 2018, 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.
6738. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's notice -- Medicare Program; CY 2019 Part A Premiums for the Uninsured Aged and for Certain Disabled Individuals Who Have Exhausted Other Entitlement [CMS-8069-N] (RIN: 0938-AT34) received October 22, 2018, 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.
6739. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Notice Regarding Certain Church Plan Clarifications under Section 336 of the PATH Act [Notice 2018-81] received October 24, 2018, 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.
6740. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Guidance under Sections 36B, 5000A, and 6011 on the suspension of personal exemption deductions [Notice 2018-84] received October 24, 2018, 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.
6741. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Special Rules for Capital Gains Invested in Opportunity Zones, RR-123479-18 (Revenue Ruling 2018-29) received October 24, 2018, 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.
6742. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Single Security Initiative (Section 817)
(Rev. Proc. 2018-54) received October 24, 2018, 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.
6743. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a revised report entitled, ``Annual Report to Congress on the Medicare and Medicare and Medicaid Integrity Programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395ddd(i)(2); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVIII, Sec. 1893(i)(2) (as amended by Public Law 111-148, Sec. 6402(j)(1)(B)); (124 Stat. 762) and 42 U.S.C. 1396u-6(e)(5); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, Sec.1936(e)(5) (as added by Public Law 109-171, Sec. 6034(a)(2)); (120 Stat. 76); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
6744. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2019 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update and CY 2020 Case-Mix Adjustment Methodology Refinements; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements; Home Infusion Therapy Requirements; and Training Requirements for Surveyors of National Accrediting Organizations [CMS-1689-FC] (RIN: 0938-AT29) received November 2, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
6745. A letter from the Correspondence and Regulations Specialist, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Medicare Program: Changes to Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs [CMS-1695-FC] (RIN: 0938-AT30) received November 2, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
6746. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, transmitting a draft of legislation establishing the Bureau of Space Commerce, within the Department of Commerce; jointly to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology and Oversight and Government Reform.
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