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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:
EC-3273. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter stating the Department is honored to, and will, provide military funeral support for former Senator Robert J. Dole; to the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-3274. A letter from the Section Chief, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Addition of the United States Space Force as a Registration Waiver and Registration Fee Exempt Military Entity [Docket No.: DEA-749]
(RIN: 1117-AB70) received January 11, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-3275. A letter from the Director, Office of Labor- Management Standards, Office of Program Operations, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's final rule
-- Rescission of Labor Organization Annual Financial Report for Trusts In Which A Labor Organization Is Interested, Form T-1 (RIN: 1245-AA12) received January 26, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor.
EC-3276. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Food [Docket No.: FDA-2019-N-3325] (RIN: 0910-AH31) received January 11, 2022, 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-3277. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements; Delayed Effective Date [Docket No.: FDA-2019- N-3065] (RIN: 0910-AI39) received January 11, 2022, 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-3278. A letter from the Section Chief, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final amendment -- Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Isotonitazene in Schedule I [Docket No.: DEA-631] received January 11, 2022, 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-3279. A letter from the Section Chief, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of 4,4-DMAR in Schedule I [Docket No.: DEA-498] January 11, 2022, 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-3280. A letter from the Section Chief, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final rulemaking -- Designation of Methyl alpha-phenylacetoacetate, a Precursor Chemical Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Phenylacetone, Methamphetamine, and Amphetamine, as a List I Chemical
[Docket No.: DEA-678] received January 11, 2022, 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-3281. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Bicyclopyrone; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0542; FRL-9199-01- OCSPP] received January 11, 2022, 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-3282. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators; Extension to Expiration Date of Certification Plans [EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0831; FRL-9134-02-OCSPP] (RIN: 2070-AL00) received January 11, 2022, 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-3283. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's direct final rule -- Massachusetts: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions [EPA-R01-RCRA-2020-0175; FRL-8892-01-R1] received January 11, 2022, 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-3284. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Spinetoram; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0022; FRL-9123-01-OCSPP] received January 11, 2022, 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-3285. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Various Fragrance Components; Exemptions from the Requirement of a Tolerance
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0294; FRL-9226-01-OCSPP] received January 11, 2022, 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-3286. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; 2015 Ozone NAAQS Interstate Transport Requirements [EPA-R01-OAR-2021-0353; FRL-8916-02-R1] received January 11, 2022, 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-3287. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Hawaii; Interstate Transport for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS [EPA- R09-OAR-2020-0567; FRL-9001-02-R9] received January 11, 2022, 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-3288. A letter from the Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report titled ``Implementation of Executive Order 12938 Concerning the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction'', Department Report Number 004508, 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.
EC-3289. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a Periodic Report on the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea, 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.
EC-3290. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a Periodic Report on the National Emergency With Respect to Belarus, 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.
EC-3291. A letter from the Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report titled ``Identification of Foreign Persons Involved in the Erosion of the Obligations of China under the Joint Declaration or the Basic Law'', Department Report Number: 004650, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 5701 note; Public Law 116-149, Sec. 5(a); (134 Stat. 669); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
EC-3292. A letter from the Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report titled ``International Exchanges and Training Programs: Activities of the Interagency Working Group'', Department Report Number: 004548; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
EC-3293. A letter from the Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting twenty-five notifications of, a designation of acting officer, a nomination, an action on nomination, a discontinuation of service in acting role, and a change in previously submitted reported information, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
EC-3294. A letter from the Associate General Counsel for General Law, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting three notifications of a nomination, an action on nomination, and a discontinuation of service in acting role, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
EC-3295. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Peer Reviews of Contracts for Supplies and Services (DFARS Case 2019-D037) [Docket: DARS-2021-0023] (RIN: 0750-AK77) received January 11, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-3296. A letter from the Sup. Attorney Advisor (Chief), Executive Office of Immigration Review, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Executive Office for Immigration Review Electronic Case Access and Filing [EOIR Docket No.: 018-0203; A.G. Order No.: 5257-2021] (RIN: 1125-AA81) received January 11, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-3297. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting a report titled ``Alternative Decentralized and Centralized Wastewater Treatment Technology'', pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1314a(b)(2); Public Law 115-270, Sec. 4102(b)(2); (132 Stat. 3872); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
EC-3298. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting a report titled ``The Prevalence Throughout the U.S. of Low- and Moderate-Income Households Without Access to a Treatment Works and the Use by States of Assistance under Section 603(c)(12) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act'', pursuant to Sec. 4107(b) of America's Water Infrastructure Act; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
EC-3299. A letter from the Section Chief, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's direct final rule -- Clarification Regarding the Supplier's DEA Registration Number on the Single-Sheet DEA Form 222 [Docket No.: DEA-662]
(RIN: 1117-AB61) received January 11, 2022, 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 the Judiciary.
EC-3300. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a letter stating the Department will be unable to fully invest the portion of the CSRDF not immediately required to pay beneficiaries and that the DISP previously determined to end on December 15, 2021, will continue through December 16, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8348(l)(2); Public Law 89-554, Sec. 8348(l)(2) (as added by Public Law 99-509, Sec. 6002(c)); (100 Stat. 1933); jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Oversight and Reform.
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