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“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H7387-H7389 on Nov. 2, 2015.
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EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.
Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:
3332. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Rimsulfuron; Pesticide Tolerances
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0035; FRL-9912-31] received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Agriculture.
3333. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Nicosulfuron; Pesticide Tolerances
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0034; FRL-9912-40] received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Agriculture.
3334. A letter from the Secretary of the Commission, Federal Trade Commission, transmitting the Commission's adoption of revised guides -- Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims received October 28, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3335. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Requirements Relating to Supply Chain Risk (DFARS Case 2012-D050) [Docket No.: DARS 2013-0052]
(RIN: 0750-AH96) received October 28, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Armed Services.
3336. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: New Designated Countries -- Montenegro and New Zealand (DFARS Case 2015-D033) [Docket DARS-2015-0049] (RIN: 0750-AI71) received October 28, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Armed Services.
3337. A letter from the Chief Counsel, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule
-- Suspension of Community Eligibility; Philadelphia County, PA, et al. [Docket ID: FEMA-2015-0001] [Internal Agency Docket No.: FEMA-8405] received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Financial Services.
3338. A letter from the Deputy Director, ODRM, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Medicaid Program; Methods for Assuring Access to Covered Medicaid Services [CMS-2328-FC] (RIN: 0938-AQ54) received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3339. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Metaflumizone; Pesticide Tolerance
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0607; FRL-9934-88] received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3340. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's direct final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Oklahoma [EPA-R06-OAR-2011-0034; FRL-9936-37-Region 6] received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3341. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval of Air Quality State Implementation Plans (SIP); State of Iowa; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2008 Lead National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) [EPA-R07-OAR-2015-0394; FRL-9936-33-Region 7] received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3342. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; WY; Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference [EPA-R08-OAR-2015-0428; FRL-9932-61-Region 8] received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3343. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's direct final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Large Aboveground Storage Tanks [EPA-R01-OAR-2015-0546; A-1-FRL-9933-89-Region 1] received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3344. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; Conflict of Interest Infrastructure Requirements [EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0440; FRL-9936-35-Region 4] received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3345. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Diethofencarb; Pesticide Tolerance
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0695; FRL-9934-05] received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3346. A letter from the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Refinements to Policies and Procedures for Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by Public Utilities [Docket No.: RM14-14-000; Order No.: 816] received October 28, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3347. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Updated Statements of Legal Authority for the Export Administration Regulations to Include Continuation of Emergency Declared in Executive Order 13224 [Docket No.: 150928889-5889-01] (RIN: 0694-AG75) received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
3348. A letter from the Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense, transmitting a notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer and Acceptance to the Government of Thailand, Transmittal No. 15-61, pursuant to Sec. 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
3349. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, transmitting a report certifying that the export of the listed item to the People's Republic of China is not detrimental to the U.S. space launch industry, pursuant to Sec. 1512 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Pub. L. 105-261), as amended by Sec. 146 of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Pub. L. 105-277), and the President's September 29, 2009 delegation of authority [74 Fed. Reg. 50, 913 (Oct. 2, 2009)]; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
3350. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Visas: Interview Waiver Authority (RIN: 1400-AD80) received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
3351. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a notification, effective September 6, 2015, that the danger pay allowance was determined for specific areas in Haiti and Turkey, pursuant to Sec. 131 of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
3352. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a notification, effective September 6, 2015, that the posts listed no longer qualify for the danger pay allowance, pursuant to Sec. 131 of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
3353. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting agreements prepared by the Department of State 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, 1 U.S.C. 112b; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
3354. A letter from the Executive Analyst (Political), Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, Pub. L. 105-277; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
3355. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Enrollment Options Following the Termination of a Plan or Plan Option (RIN: 3206-AN07) received October 28, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
3356. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- Solicitation of Federal Civilian and Uniformed Service Personnel for Contributions to Private Voluntary Organizations (RIN: 3206-AM68) received October 28, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
3357. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule
-- Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Rule To List the Dusky Sea Snake and Three Foreign Corals Under the Endangered Species Act [Docket No.: 140707555-5880-02]
(RIN: 0648-XD370) received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
3358. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; 2015 Recreational Accountability Measure and Closure for Red Grouper [Docket No.: 100217095-2081-04] (RIN: 0648-XE217) received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
3359. A letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Disposition of Unclaimed Human Remains, Funerary Objects, Sacred Objects, or Objects of Cultural Patrimony [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19087; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] (RIN: 1024-AE00) received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
3360. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Removal of Cuba from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism (DFARS 2015-D032) (RIN: 0750-AI67) received October 28, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
3361. A letter from the General Counsel, National Transportation Safety Board, transmitting the Board's final rule -- Organization and Functions of the Board and Delegations of Authority [Docket No.: NTSB-GC-2012-0002]
(RIN: 3147-AA03) received October 28, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
3362. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Extension of the Expiration Date for State Disability Examiner Authority To Make Fully Favorable Quick Disability Determinations and Compassionate Allowance Determinations [Docket No.: SSA-2015-0011] (RIN: 0960-AH77) received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
3363. A letter from the Deputy Director, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Medicare Program; Final Waivers in Connection With the Shared Savings Program [CMS-1439-F] (RIN: 0938-AR30) received October 29, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
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