December 19, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 206 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages S7238-S7239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

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                       NOMINATIONS IN STATUS QUO

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I send a list of nominations to the desk 
and ask that they be kept in status quo despite the sine die 
adjournment of the 1st session of the 116th Congress.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations in status quo are as follows:

                 Nominations in Status Quo by Committee


           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

       Cal. #238--Mindy Brashears, of Texas, to be Under Secretary 
     of Agriculture for Food Safety.
       Cal. #368--Scott Soles, of Texas, to be Chief Financial 
     Officer, Department of Agriculture.


                      Committee on Armed Services

     Military:
       PN 1223--Nicholas W. DiGeorge to be Lieutenant Commander.
       PN 1224--Colin R. Young to be Lieutenant Commander.
       PN 1262--Shaun J. Arredondo to be Major.
       PN 1263--Steven K. Uhlman to be Major.
       PN 1292--Christopher M. Feroli to be Major.
     Civilian:
       PN 1277--Elaine A. Mccusker, of Virginia, to be Under 
     Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
       PN 1322--James E. McPherson, of Virginia, to be Under 
     Secretary of the Army.
       PN 1310--Charles Williams, of Missouri, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Navy.
       Cal. #506--Thomas A. Summers, of Pennsylvania, to be a 
     Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a 
     term expiring October 18, 2020.
       Cal. #505--Jessie Hill Roberson, of Virginia, to be a 
     Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a 
     term expiring October 18, 2023. (Reappointment)
       Cal. #504--Joseph Bruce Hamilton, of Texas, to be a Member 
     of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term 
     expiring October 18, 2022.


          Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development

       Cal. #546--John Bobbitt, of Texas, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
       PN 1153--Peter J. Coniglio, of Virginia, to be Inspector 
     General, Export-Import Bank.
       Cal. #547--Brian D. Montgomery, of Texas, to be Deputy 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
       PN 612--Nazak Nikakhtar, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary 
     of Commerce for Industry and Security.
       Exec. No. 500--Bruce Poliquin, of Maine, to be a Director 
     of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term 
     expiring December 31, 2021.
       PN 701--Paul Shmotolokha, of Washington, to be First Vice 
     President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for 
     a term expiring January 20, 2021.
       Exec. Cal. #545--Mitchell A. Silk, of New York, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
       PN 56--Claudia Slacik, of New York, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United 
     States for a term expiring January 20, 2023.
       PN 1034--David Carey Woll, Jr., of Connecticut, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.


                          Committee on Budget

           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

       Cal. #369--Michelle A. Schultz, of Pennsylvania, to be a 
     Member of the Surface Transportation Board for the term of 
     five years.
     Coast Guard:
       PN 1182--Capt. Miriam L. Lafferty to be Rear Admiral (Lower 
     Half).


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

       PN 857--Andrew George Biggs, of Oregon, to be a Member of 
     the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico 
     for the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019. (New 
     Position)
       PN 858--Jose Baldomero Carrion, of Puerto Rico, to be a 
     Member of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for 
     Puerto Rico for the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 
     2019. (New Position)
       PN 859--Carlos M. Garcia, of Massachusetts, to be a Member 
     of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto 
     Rico for the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019. 
     (New Position)
       PN 860--Arthur J. Gonzalez, of New York, to be a Member of 
     the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico 
     for the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019. (New 
     Position)
       PN 861--Jose R. Gonzalez, of New York, to be a Member of 
     the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico 
     for the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019. (New 
     Position)
       PN 862--Ana Matosantos, of California, to be a Member of 
     the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico 
     for the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019. (New 
     Position)
       PN 863--David Skeel, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
     Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico for 
     the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019. (New 
     Position)
       PN 1246--Lanny Erdos, of Ohio, to be Director of the Office 
     of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

       Cal. #453--Katherine Andrea Lemos, of California, to be 
     Chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 
     Board for a term of five years.
       Cal. #451--Katherine Andrea Lemos, of California, to be a 
     Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board 
     for a term of five years.
       *PN 1247 (will be HSGAC) Robert J. Feitel, of Maryland, to 
     be Inspector General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.


                          Committee on Finance

       PN 1159--Kipp Kranbuhl, of Ohio, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Treasury.
       PN 1278--Alina I. Marshall, of Virginia, to be a Judge of 
     the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.
       PN 1279--Christian N. Weiler, of Louisiana, to be a Judge 
     of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.
       PN 1248--Sarah C. Arbes, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services.
       PN 85--James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, to be a 
     Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary 
     Medical Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years.
       PN 84--James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, to be a 
     Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and 
     Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 
     Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years.
       PN 83--James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, to be a 
     Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital 
     Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years.
       PN 82--Jason J. Fichtner, of the District of Columbia, to 
     be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a term 
     expiring September 30, 2024.
       Cal. #416--Travis Greaves, of the District of Columbia, to 
     be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of 
     fifteen years.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

       Cal No. 549 Sung Y. Kim, of California, a Career Member of 
     the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

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     the United States of America to the Republic of Indonesia.
       PN 1035--Natalie E. Brown, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to 
     the Republic of Uganda.
       PN 1249--Todd C. Chapman, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
     Federative Republic of Brazil.
       PN 1296--Jason Myung-Ik Chung, of Virginia, to be United 
     States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank 
     of Ambassador.
       PN 1045--Sandra E. Clark, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
     Burkina Faso.
       PN 1280--J. Steven Dowd, of Florida, to be United States 
     Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development.
       PN 1161--John Hennessey-Niland, of Illinois, to be 
     Ambassador to the Republic of Palau.
       PN 1229--Joseph Manso, of New York, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the 
     rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United 
     States Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition 
     of Chemical Weapons.
       PN 1231--Dorothy Shea, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador 
     to the Lebanese Republic.
       PN 1281--Henry T. Wooster, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
     the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
       PN 1164--Donald Wright, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
     the United Republic of Tanzania.
       PN 1037--Steven Christopher Koutsis, of Massachusetts, to 
     be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad.
       Exec. Cal. No. 216 Charles L. Glazer, of Connecticut, to be 
     a Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public 
     Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 2020.
       Cal. #531--Andeliz N. Castillo, of New York States 
     Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American 
     Development Bank.
       Cal. #525--Michael George DeSombre, of Illinois, to be 
     Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kingdom of 
     Thailand.


           Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

       Cal. #541--Cynthia L. Attwood, of Virginia, to be a Member 
     of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for a 
     term expiring April 27, 2025. (Reappointment)
       Cal. #542--Amanda Wood Laihow, of Maine, to be a Member of 
     Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for the 
     remainder of a term expiring April 27, 2023.
       Cal. #552--Crosby Kemper III, of Missouri, to be Director 
     of the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a term of 
     four years.
       Cal. #69--Charles Wickser Banta, of New York, to be a 
     Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term 
     expiring September 3, 2022.
       Cal. #74--Michelle Itczak, of Indiana, to be a Member of 
     the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring 
     September 3, 2020.
       Cal. #76--Barbara Coleen Long, of Missouri, to be a Member 
     of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring 
     September 3, 2022.
       Cal. #78--Carleton Varney, of Massachusetts, to be a Member 
     of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring 
     September 3, 2022.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

       Cal. #60--Julia Akins Clark, of Maryland, to be a Member of 
     the Merit Systems Protection Board for the term of seven 
     years expiring March 1, 2021.
       Cal. #340--B. Chad Bungard, of Maryland, to be a Member of 
     the Merit Systems Protection Board for the term of seven 
     years expiring March 1, 2025.
       Cal. #339--Troy D. Edgar, of California, to be Chief 
     Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
       PN 798--Elizabeth J. Shapiro, of the District of Columbia, 
     to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
     District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
       PN 1048--Rahkel Bouchet, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
       PN 1283--Mark A. Robbins, of the District of Columbia, to 
     be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District 
     of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
       PN 1284--Carl Ezekiel Ross, of the District of Columbia, to 
     be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District 
     of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
       Exec. Cal. 554--Paul J. Ray, of Tennessee, to be 
     Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory 
     Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.
       Cal. #61--Dennis Dean Kirk, of Virginia, to be a Member of 
     the Merit Systems Protection Board for the term of seven 
     years expiring March 1, 2023.
       Cal. #62--Dennis Dean Kirk, of Virginia, to be Chairman of 
     the Merit Systems Protection Board.
       Cal. #498--Peter Gaynor, of Rhode Island, to be 
     Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
     Department of Homeland Security.
       PN 1153--Peter J. Coniglio, of Virginia, to be Inspector 
     General, Export-Import Bank.
       PN 1247--Robert J. Feitel, of Maryland, to be Inspector 
     General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

       PN 1250--Michael D. Weahkee, of New Mexico, to be Director 
     of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human 
     Services.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

       Cal. #111--William R. Evanina, of Pennsylvania, to be 
     Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security 
     Center.


                 Committee on Rules and Administration

            Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

       Exec. 555--Jovita Carranza, of Illinois, to be 
     Administrator of the Small Business Administration.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

       PN 1109--Grant C. Jaquith, of New York, to be a Judge of 
     the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for 
     the term of fifteen years.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

       Exec. Cal. #329--Matthew H. Solomson, of Maryland, to be a 
     Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term 
     of fifteen years, vice Emily Clark Hewitt, retired.
       Exec. Cal. #358--Diane Gujarati, of New York, to be United 
     States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 
     vice John Gleeson, resigned.
       Exec. Cal. #384--Robert Anthony Molloy, of the Virgin 
     Islands, to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin 
     Islands for a term of ten years, vice Curtis V. Gomez, term 
     expired.
       Exec. Cal. #461--John Fitzgerald Kness, of Illinois, to be 
     United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
     Illinois, vice Samuel DerYeghiayan, retired.
       Exec. Cal. #462--Eleni Maria Roumel, of Maryland, to be a 
     Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term 
     of fifteen years, vice Mary Ellen Coster Williams, term 
     expired.
       Exec. Cal. #491--Silvia Carreno-Coll, of Puerto Rico, to be 
     United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, 
     vice Jay A. Garcia-Gregory, retired.
       Exec. Cal. #535--Philip M. Halpern, of New York, to be 
     United States District Judge for the Southern District of New 
     York, vice P. Kevin Castel, retired.
       Exec. Cal. #538--Barbara Bailey Jongbloed, of Connecticut, 
     to be United States District Judge for the District of 
     Connecticut, vice Alvin W. Thompson, retired.
       Exec. Cal. #229--Virgil Madden, of Indiana, to be a 
     Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission for a 
     term of six years, vice Patricia Cushwa, term expired.
       Exec. Cal. #372--Monica David Morris, of Florida, to be a 
     Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission for a 
     term of six years, vice J. Patricia Wilson Smoot, term 
     expired.
       PN 1174--Scott H. Rash, of Arizona, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Arizona, vice Cindy K. 
     Jorgenson, retired.


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  On page S7239, December 19, 2019, third column, the following 
appears: PN 1174--of Arizona, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Arizona, vice Cindy K. Jorgenson, retired.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: PN 1174--Scott H. 
Rash, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Arizona, vice Cindy K. Jorgenson, retired.


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       PN 1314--John Charles Hinderaker of Arizona, to be United 
     States District Judge for the District of Arizona, vice Raner 
     Christercunean Collins, retired.

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