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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Kenneth 
D. Bell, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of North Carolina.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. McSALLY). The Senator from Louisiana.