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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:

       470. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's report to Congress entitled ``Incentive Pay for 
     Members of Precommissioning Programs Pursuing Foreign 
     Language Proficiency'' for Fiscal Year 2013, pursuant to 37 
     U.S.C. 316a; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       471. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and 
     Acquisition Policy, OUSD(AT&L) DPAP/DARS, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Defense 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Electronic 
     Submission of Technical Reports (DFARS Case 2014-D001) (RIN: 
     0750-AI25) received February 12, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       472. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and 
     Acquisition Policy, OUSD(AT&L) DPAP/DARS, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Defense 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Updated 
     Descriptions of Product Service Groups Subject to Trade 
     Agreements (DFARS Case 2015-D004) (RIN: 0750-AI49) received 
     February 12, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       473. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and 
     Acquisition Policy, OUSD(AT&L) DPAP/DARS, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Defense 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Defense 
     Contractors Performing Private Security Functions (DFARS Case 
     2014-D008) (RIN: 0750-AI31) received February 12, 2015, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       474. A letter from the Senior Procurement Executive, Office 
     of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Management and Oversight of the 
     Acquisition of Services [FAC 2005-80; FAR Case 2014-008; Item 
     II; Docket No.: 2014-0008; Sequence No.: 1] (RIN: 9000-AM84) 
     received February 12, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       475. A letter from the Senior Procurement Executive, Office 
     of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments [FAC 2005-80; 
     Item III; Docket No.: 2014-0053; Sequence No.: 5] received 
     February 12, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       476. A letter from the Senior Procurement Executive, Office 
     of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, 
     transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-80; 
     Small Entity Compliance Guide [Docket No.: FAR 2014-0052, 
     Sequence No.: 8] received February 12, 2015, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       477. A letter from the Chairman and President, Export-
     Import Bank, transmitting a report on a transaction involving 
     U.S. exports to Norwegian Air Shuttle A.S.A. (Norwegian), of 
     Oslo, Norway, pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the Export-
     Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       478. A letter from the Secretary, Division of Trading and 
     Markets, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the 
     Department's Major final rule -- Security-Based Swap Data 
     Repository Registration, Duties, and Core Principles [Release 
     No.: 34-74246; File No.: S7-35-10] (RIN: 3235-AK79) received 
     February 13, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       479. A letter from the Secretary, Division of Trading and 
     Markets, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's Major final rule -- Regulation SBSR ---- 
     Reporting and Dissemination of Security-Based Swap 
     Information [Release No.: 34-74244; File No.: S7-34-10] (RIN: 
     3235-AK80) received February 13, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       480. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of 
     Education, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects for American 
     Indians with Disabilities [Docket ID: ED-2013-OSERS-0083] 
     (RIN: 1820-AB66) received February 11, 2015, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       481. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the 
     Department's report to Congress on the Older Americans Act of 
     1965, as amended, for Fiscal Year 2013; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       482. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's direct final rule -- Amendments Related to: Tier 3 
     Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards, Nonroad Engine and 
     Equipment Programs, and MARPOL Annex VI Implementation [EPA-
     HQ-OAR-2011-0135; FRL-9922-31-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AS36) received 
     February 11, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       483. 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; Pennsylvania; Redesignation of 
     the Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle-York Nonattainment Areas to 
     Attainment for the 1997 Annual and 2006 24-Hour Fine 
     Particulate Matter Standard; Correction [EPA-R03-OAR-2014-
     0525; FRL-9921-32-Region 3] received February 11, 2015, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       484. 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; West Virginia's Redesignation 
     Request and Associated Maintenance Plan of the West Virginia 
     Portion of the Martinsburg-Hagerstown, WV-MD Nonattainment 
     Area for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Matter Standard; 
     Correction [EPA-R03-2013-0690; FRL-9921-31-Region 3] received 
     February 11, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       485. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; American Samoa [AS123-NBK; FRL-9922-86-
     Region 9] received February 11, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

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     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       486. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Guam [GU122-NBK; FRL-9923-01-Region 9] 
     received February 11, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       487. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; North Dakota; Regional Haze State 
     Implementation Plan; Federal Implementation Plan for 
     Interstate Transport of Pollution Affecting Visibility and 
     Regional Haze; Reconsideration [EPA-R08-OAR-2010-0406; FRL-
     9922-80-OAR] received February 11, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       488. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Partial Approval and Partial 
     Disapproval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; Wyoming; Revisions to Wyoming Air Quality Standards 
     and Regulations; Nonattainment Permitting Requirements and 
     Chapter 3, General Emission Standards [EPA-R08-OAR-2014-0761; 
     FRL-9922-94-Region 8] received February 11, 2015, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       489. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Pendimethalin; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0768; FRL-9921-89] received February 11, 
     2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       490. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Pyrimethanil; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0530; FRL-9922-07] received February 11, 
     2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       491. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's direct final rule -- Revisions to the California 
     State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air 
     Pollution Control District [EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0863; FRL-9921-
     51-Region 9] received February 11, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       492. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Media Bureau, 
     Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule -- Amendment of Section 73.622(i), 
     Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments, Television Broadcast 
     Stations, (Longview, Texas) [MB Docket No.: 14-245] [RM-
     11740] received February 13, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       493. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional 
     Affairs, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     Management Directive -- Generic Issues Program (MD 6.4) 
     received February 12, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       494. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting Transmittal No. 14-61, 
     Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer and Acceptance 
     to Australia, pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act, as amended; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       495. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Transmittal No. 
     DDTC 14-120, pursuant to the reporting requirements of 
     Section 36(c) and 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       496. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Transmittal No. 
     DDTC 14-152, pursuant to the reporting requirements of 
     Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       497. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     report entitled ``Human Rights Report for International 
     Military Education and Training Recipients for Calendar Year 
     2013'', in accordance with Section 549 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       498. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the 
     National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 
     204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 
     U.S.C. 1703(c), a six-month periodic report on the national 
     emergency with respect to Ukraine that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       499. A letter from the Executive Director, Counsumer 
     Product Safety Commission, transmitting the Commission's 
     summary of the inventories of commercial and inherently 
     governmental activities for fiscal year 2014, as required by 
     the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (FAIR 
     Act) and the Office of Management and Budget; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       500. A letter from the Assistant Director, Senior Executive 
     Management Office, Department of Defense, transmitting five 
     reports pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       501. A letter from the Deputy Director, Administration on 
     Aging, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- State Long-Term Care Ombudsman 
     Programs (RIN: 0985-AA08) received February 11, 2015, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       502. A letter from the Chief Financial Officer, Department 
     of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the 
     Department's Fiscal Year 2012 Inventory of Inherently 
     Governmental and Commercial Activities, as required by OMB 
     Circular A-76 and the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act 
     of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       503. A letter from the Chief Financial Officer, Department 
     of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the 
     Department's Fiscal Year 2013 Inventory of Inherently 
     Governmental and Commercial Activities, as required by OMB 
     Circular A-76 and the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act 
     of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       504. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Office of General 
     Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       505. A letter from the Architect of the Capitol, 
     transmitting the semiannual report of disbursements for the 
     operations of the Architect of the Capitol for the period of 
     July 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 
     1868a(a); (H. Doc. No. 114--10); to the Committee on House 
     Administration and ordered to be printed.
       506. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Interior, transmitting the Department's sixth annual report 
     to Congress on the North Slope Science Initiative, for 2013-
     2014, pursuant to Public Law 109-58, section 348(e); to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       507. A letter from the Secretary of the Commission, Bureau 
     of Competition, Federal Trade Commission, transmitting the 
     Commission's final rule -- Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds 
     for Section 7a of the Clayton Act received February 12, 2015, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       508. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
     Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's report to Congress: ``North Atlantic Coast 
     Comprehensive Study: Resilient Adaptation to Increasing 
     Risk'', dated January 2015, pursuant to Pub. L. 113-2 and 
     Sec. 3026 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act 
     of 2014; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       509. A letter from the Chief, Trade and Commercial 
     Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, Department 
     of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final 
     rule -- Documentation Related to Goods Imported from U.S. 
     Insular Possessions [USCBP-2014-0001] (RIN: 1515-AD97) 
     received February 12, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       510. A communication from the President of the United 
     States, transmitting the Economic Report of the President, 
     together with the 2015 Annual Report of the Council of 
     Economic Advisers, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1022(a); (H. Doc. 
     No. 114--2); to the Committee on the Joint Economic Committee 
     and ordered to be printed.
       511. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional 
     and Public Affairs, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting 
     a corrected copy of the Administration's fiscal year 2016 
     proposed budget and performance plan; jointly to the 
     Committees on Agriculture and Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
       512. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a 
     report to Congress entitled ``The Mother and Infant Home 
     Visiting Program Evaluation: Early Findings on the Maternal, 
     Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program'', pursuant 
     to Public Law 111-148; jointly to the Committees on Energy 
     and Commerce and Ways and Means.
       513. A letter from the Administrator, Centers for Medicare 
     and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 
     Medicare Program; Contract Year 2016 Policy and Technical 
     Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare 
     Prescription Drug Benefit Programs [CMS-4159-F2] (RIN: 0938-
     AS20) received February 11, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Committees on Energy and 
     Commerce and Ways and Means.
       514. A letter from the Director, Office of Management and 
     Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting an 
     update to the Administration's 2011 Cybersecurity Legislative 
     Proposal for the consideration of the Congress; jointly to 
     the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial 
     Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce.

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