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                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:

       By Mr. BARRASSO for the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       *Nicole R. Nason, of New York, to be Administrator of the 
     Federal Highway Administration.
       *Andrew Wheeler, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency.
       *John Fleming, of Louisiana, to be Assistant Secretary of 
     Commerce for Economic Development.
       *John L. Ryder, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term 
     expiring May 18, 2021.
       *Peter C. Wright, of Michigan, to be Assistant 
     Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental 
     Protection Agency.
       By Mr. GRASSLEY for the Committee on Finance.
       Elizabeth Darling, of Texas, to be Commissioner on 
     Children, Youth, and Families, Department of Health and Human 
     Services.
       Michael J. Desmond, of California, to be Chief Counsel for 
     the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General Counsel 
     in the Department of the Treasury.
       Michael Faulkender, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Treasury.
       Jeffrey Kessler, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of Commerce.

  *Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed 
subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear 
and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
  (Nominations without an asterisk were reported with the 
recommendation that they be confirmed.)

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