Volume 166, No. 102 covering the 2nd Session of the 116th Congress (2019 - 2020) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S2648-S2649 on June 2, 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 AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated:
EC-4609. A communication from the Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Indebtedness of Military Personnel'' (RIN0790-AK33) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 19, 2020; to the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-4610. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Sudan that was declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4611. 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 situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo that was declared in Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4612. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to significant foreign narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia that was declared in Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4613. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Yemen that was declared in Executive Order 13611 of May 16, 2012; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4614. 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 situation in and in relation to Syria that was declared in Executive Order 13894 of October 14, 2019; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4615. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Syria that was declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4616. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, with respect to the stabilization of Iraq; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4617. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, a legislative proposal entitled ``Authorization for the Disposal of Waste by the National Nuclear Security Administration''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
EC-4618. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Community Right-to-Know; Corrections to Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting Requirements'' (FRL No. 10007-23-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-4619. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Implementing Statutory Addition of Certain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting'' (FRL No. 10008-08-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-4620. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Ocean Dumping: Cancellation of Final Designation for an Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site'' (FRL No. 10009-39-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-4621. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (19-4.B)'' (FRL No. 10008-71-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-4622. 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; Georgia; 2010 1-Hour SO2 NAAQS Transport Infrastructure'' (FRL No. 10009-69-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 19, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-4623. 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; Minnesota; Revision to the Minnesota State Implementation Plan'' (FRL No. 10007-92-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 19, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-4624. 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; New Hampshire; Negative Declaration for the Oil and Gas Industry; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule'' (FRL No. 10010-00-Region 1) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 19, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-4625. 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; Approval of Substitution for Dallas-Fort Worth Area Transportation Control Measures''
(FRL No. 10009-40-Region 6) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 19, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-4626. 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; Wisconsin; Redesignation of the Newport State Park Area in Door County to Attainment of the 2015 Ozone NAAQS'' (FRL No. 10009-61-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 19, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-4627. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Regulatory Updates to Allegheny County Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) Permitting Requirements for 2012 PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)'' (FRL No. 10009-51-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 19, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-4628. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Flonicamid; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10009-26-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 19, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4629. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Florida; Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management'' (FRL No. 10008-85-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 19, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-4630. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Indoxacarb; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9995-89-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 19, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4631. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2015-2017 Code Editions Incorporation by Reference'' (RIN3150-AJ74) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 19, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-4632. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Guidance on Application of Section 305 to Stock Distributions by REITs and RICs'' (Rev. Proc. 2020-19) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 20, 2020; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-4633. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``The Treatment of Certain Interests in Corporations as Stock or Indebtedness'' ((RIN1545-BN68) (TD 9897)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 20, 2020; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-4634. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, a report relative to new cultural property agreements with Belize, Bulgaria, Egypt, and Libya and the extension of existing agreements with Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Cyprus, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Mali, Nicaragua, and Peru; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-4635. A communication from the Chief of the Border Security Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Period of Admission and Extensions of Stay for Representatives of Foreign Information Media Seeking to Enter the United States'' (RIN1651-AB38) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 20, 2020; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-4636. A communication from the Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Bureau of Investigation National Crime Information Center (NCIC)'' (28 CFR Part 16) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 20, 2020; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-4637. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to section 1705(e) (6) of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, as amended by Section 102(g) of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, a semiannual report relative to telecommunications-related payments made to Cuba during the period from July 1, 2019 through December 21, 2019; to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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