SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NINETY -NINTH CONGRESS 

FIRST SESSION { Convened January 3, 1985 

Adjourned December 20, 1985 

Convened January 21, 1986 SECOND SESSION { 

EXECUTIVE CALENDAR 

Tuesday, October 7, 1986 

PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JO-ANNE L. COE, 

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 

By Gerald A. Hackett, Executive Clerk 
RESOLUTION OVER, UNDER THE RULE 

S. Exec. Res. 445--To discharge the Committee on Foreign Relations of further 

consideration of the SALT II Treaty. Submitted July 15, 1986, by Mr. Quayle. 
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TREATIES 

Treaty Subject 

Doc. No. 

EX. Q, Tax Convention with Denmark 

96-2 

98-12 Protocol to Amend the 1980 Tax Convention 

with Denmark 

98-9 United Nations Convention on Contracts for 

the International Sale of Goods 

98-27 Inter-American Convention on Letters 

Rogatory, with Protocol 

99-28 The Convention on Wetlands of International 

Importance 

Reported 

By 

Dec 11, 85 Reported 

favorably, with a 

resolution of advice and 

consent to ratification 

without reservation, by 

Mr. Evans, Committee on 

Foreign Relations (Printed 

report--Ex. Rept. 99-5) 

Do. 

Sep 18, 86 Reported 

favorably, with a 

resolution of advice and 

consent to ratification 

without reservation, by 

Mr. Lugar, Committee on 

Foreign Relations (Printed 

report--Ex. Rept. 99-20) 

Sep 18, 86 Reported 

favorably, with a 

resolution of advice and 

consent to ratification 

without reservation, by 

Mr. Lugar, Committee on 

Foreign Relations (Printed 

report-Ex. Rept. 99-21) 

Sep 18, 86 Reported 

favorably, with a 

resolution of advice and 

consent to ratification 

without reservation, by 

Mr. Lugar, Committee on 

Foreign Relations (Pnnted 

report--Ex. Rept. 99-22) 
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17 98-29 Request for Advice and Consent to Sep 18, 86 Reported 

Withdrawal of a Reservation made to the favorably, with a 

1975 Patent Cooperation Treaty resolution of advice and 

consent to ratification 

without reservation, by 

Mr. Lugar, Committee on 

Foreign Relation (Printed 

report--Ex. Rept. 99-23) 

18 97-12 Inter-American Convention on Commercial Sep 19, 86 Reported 

Arbitration favorably, with a 

resolution of advice and 

consent to ratification 

with three reservations, 

by Mr. Lugar, Committee on 

Foreign Relations (Printed 

report--Ex. Rept. 99-24) 

19 99-11 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Sep 19. 86 Reported 

International Child Abduction favorably, with a 

resolution of advice and 

consent to ratification 

with two reservations, by 

Mr. Lugar, Committee on 

Foreign Relations (Printed 

reoort--Ex. Rept. 99-25) 

NOMINATIONS 

Calendar Message Nominee. Office, And Predecessor Reported 

No. No. By 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

* 930 1162 Kathleen W. Lawrence, of Virginia, to be Jul 16, 86 Mr. Helms, 

Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Committee on Agriculture, 

Community and Rural Development, vice Nutrition, and Forestry, 

Frank W. Naylor, Jr. without printed report. 

* 931 1163 Kathleen W. Lawrence, of Virginia, to be a Do. 

Member of the Board of Directors of the 

Commodity Credit Corporation, vice Frank 

W. Naylor, Jr. 
calendar Message 

No. No. 

* 1047 1301 

* 1051 1379 

* 1052 1318 

* 1053 1320 

• 1054 1321 

* 1055 1324 

* 1056 1326 

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Nominee, Office, And Predecessor 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Con. 

W. Kirk Miller, of Wisconsin, to be 

Administrator of the Federal Grain 

Inspection Service, vice Kenneth A. 

Gilles. 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

Jim R. Billington, of Oklahoma, to be a 

Member of the Farm Credit Administration 

Board, Farm Credit Administration, for a 

term of two years. (New Position) 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

L. Paul Bremer III, of Connecticut, a 

Career Member of the Senior Foreign 

Service, Class of Career Minister, to be 

Ambassador at Large for Counter-Terrorism. 

David C. Fields, of California, a Career 

Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 

Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 

Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

America to the Central African Republic. 

Alexander Fletcher Watson, of Maryland, a 

Career Member of the Senior Foreign 

Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to 

be Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

America to the Republic of Peru. 

Charles J. Pilliod, Jr., of Ohio, to be 

Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

America to Mexico. 

James Daniel Phillips, of Kansas, a Career 

Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 

Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador 

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 

United States of America to the Republic 

of Burundi. 

Reported 

By 

Sep 19, 86 Mr. Helms, 

Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry, 

without printed report 

Sep 30, 86 Mr. Helms, 

Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry, 

without printed report 

Sep 30, 86 Mr. Lugar, 

Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 
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- Calendar Message Nominee, Office, And Predecessor Reported 

No. No. Bv 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE -- Con. 

* 1057 1327 Peter O. Murphy, of the District of Sep 30, 86 Mr. Lugar, 

Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador Committee on Foreign 

during the tenure of his service as Relations, without printed 

Special Negotiator for United report. 

States-canada Trade and Investment Issues. 

* 1058 1345 James Roderick Lilley, of Maryland, to be Do. 

Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

America to the Republic of Korea. 

* 1059 1346 Ronald DeWayne Palmer, of the District of Do. 

Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior 

Foreign Service, Class of 

Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador 

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 

United States of America to Mauritius. 

* 1060 1347 David A. Korn, of the District of Columbia, Do. 

a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 

Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to 

be Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

America to the Republic of Togo. 

* 1061 1358 James Wilson Rawlings, of Connecticut, to Do. 

be Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

America to Zimbabwe. 

* 1062 1384 Everett E. Bierman, of Virginia, to be Do. 

Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

America to Papua New Guinea, and to serve 

concurrently and without additional 

compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary 

and Plenipotentiary of the United States 

of America to Solomon Islands. 

* 1063 1398 Everett Ellis Briggs, of New Hampshire, a Do. 

Career Member of the Senior Foreign 

Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to 

be Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

America to the Republic of Honduras. 
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Calendar Message Nominee, Office, And Predecessor Reported No. No. Bv 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE -- Con. 

* 1064 1399 Theodore E. Gildred, of California, to be Sep 30, 86 Mr. Lugar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Committee on Foreign Plenipotentiary of the United States of Relations, without printed America to Argentina. report. 

* 1065 1403 Paul A. Russo, of Virginia, to be Do. 

Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

America to Barbados, and to serve 

concurrently and without additional 

compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary 

and Plenipotentiary of the United States 

of America to the Commonwealth of 

Dominica, Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

America to Saint Lucia, Ambassador 

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 

United States of America to Saint Vincent 

and the Grenadines, Ambassador 

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 

United States of America to Antigua and 

Barbuda, and Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

America to St. Christopher and Nevis. 

* 1066 1431 Frank Shakespeare, of Connecticut, to be Do. 

Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

America to the Holy See. 

UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON 

PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

* 1067 192 Hershey Gold, of California, to be a Member Do. 

of the United States Commission on Public 

Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 

1987. (Reappointment) 

UNITED STATES ADVISORY 

COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

* 1068 536-1 Herbert Schmertz, of New York, to be a Do. 

Member of the United States Advisory 

Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term 

expiring April 6, 1988. (Reappointment) 
Calendar Message 

No. No. 

* 1069 536-2 

* 1070 536-3 

* 1071 841 

* 1072 1247 

* 1073 1333 

* 1074 1325 

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Nominee, Office, And Predecessor 

UNITED STATES ADVISORY 

COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

-- Con. 

Edwin J. Feulner, Jr., of Virginia, to be a 

Member of the United States Advisory 

Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term 

expiring July 1, 1988. (Reappointment) 

E. Robert Wallach, of California, to be a 

Member of the United States Advisory 

Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term 

expirmg July l, 1988. (Reappointment) 

Richard M. Scaife, of Pennsylvania, to be a 

Member of the United States Advisory 

Commission on Pubhc Diplomacy for a term 

exptring July 1, 1988. (Reappointment) 

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY 

Thomas R. Blank, of Delaware, to be an 

Assistant Administrator of the Agency for 

International Development, vice Cathryn C. 

Semerad, resigned. 

Richard E. Bissell, of Virginia, to be an 

Assistant Administrator of the Agency for 

International Development, vice Richard A. 

Derham, resigned. 

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY 

AGENCY 

The following-named persons to be the 

Representative and Alternate 

Representatives of the United States of 

America to the Special Session and the 

Thirtieth Session of the General 

Conference of the International Atomic 

Energy Agency: 

Representative: 

John S. Herrington. 

- Reported 

Bv 

Sep 30, 86 Mr. Lugar, 

Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 
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Calendar 

No. 

* 1074 

* 1075 

* 1076 

Message 

No. 

1325 

1315 

1402 

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Nominee, Office, And Predecessor 

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY 

AGENCY -- Con. 

Alternate Representatives: 

Richard T. Kennedy. 

Bruce Chapman. 

Lee M. Thomas. 

Lando W. Zech, Jr .. 

UNITED NATIONS 

Joan Clark, of California, to be an 

Alternate Representative of the United 

States of America to the Forty-first 

Session of the General Assembly of the 

United Nations. 

The following-named persons to be 

Representatives and Alternate 

Representatives of the United States of 

America to the Forty-first Session of the 

General Assembly of the United Nations: 

Representatives: 

Vernon A. Walters, of Florida 

Herbert Stuart Okun, of the 

District of Columbia 

Thomas F. Eagleton, United States 

Senator from the State of Missouri 

Larry Pressler, United States 

Senator from the States of South Dakota 

Alternate Representatives: 

Patricia Mary Byrne, of Ohio 

Hugh Montgomery, of Virginia 

Joseph Verner Reed, of New York 

John Kerry, United States Senator 

from the State of Massachusetts 

Paul S. Trible, Jr., United States 

Senator from the State of Virginia 

Reported 

Bv 

Sep 30, 86 Mr. Lugar, 

Committee on Foreign 

Relat10ns, without printed 

report. 

Do. 

Do. 
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Calendar Message Nominee, Office, And Predecessor Reported 

No. No. Bv 

THE JUDICIARY 

1079 1411 Douglas H. Ginsburg, of the District of Oct 2, 86 Mr. Thurmond 

Columbia, to be United States Circuit Committee on the Judici~ry Judge for the District of Columbia without printed report. ' 

Circuit, vice J. Skelly Wright, retired. 

1080 1432 Bruce M. Selya, of Rhode Island, to be Do. 

United States Circuit Judge for the First 

Circuit vice a new position created by 

P.L. 98-353, approved July 10, 1984. 

1081 1334 James R. Spencer. of Virginia, to be United Do. 

States District Judge for the Eastern 

District of Virginia vice John A. 

MacKenzie, rettred. 

1082 1361 Patrick J. Duggan, of Michigan, to be Do. 

United States District Judge for the 

Eastern District of Michigan vice a new 

position created by P.L. 98-353, approved 

July 10, 1984. 

1083 1412 Alex T. Howard, Jr., of Alabama, to be Do. 

United States District Judge for the 

Southern District of Alabama vice a new 

position created by P.L. 98-353, approved 

July 10, 1984. 

1084 1424 Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., of South Carolina, Do. 

to be United States District Judge for the 

District of South Carolina, vice Charles 

E. Simons, Jr., retired. 

1085 1360 John Paul Wiese, of Virginia, to be a Judge Do. 

of the United States Claims Court for a 

term of fifteen years. (Reappointment) 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

1086 1322 George L. McBane, of North Carolina, to be Do. 

United States Marshal for the Middle 

District of North Carolina for the term of 

four years. (Reappointment) 

1087 1348 George MacKenzie Rast, of Florida, to be a Do. 

Commissioner of the United States Parole 

Commission for a term of six years, vice 

Paula A. Tennant, resigned. 
Calendar 

No. 

1088 

1089 

1090 

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* 1092 

Message 

No. 

1363 

1426 

1435 

1274 

1181 

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Nominee, Office, And Predecessor 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE -- Con. 

Donald Ray Melton, of Arkansas, to be 

United States Marshal for the Eastern 

District of Arkansas for the term of four 

years vice Charles H. Gray, term expired. 

Robert L. Barr, Jr., of Georgia, to be 

United States Attorney for the Northern 

District of Georgia for the term of four 

years, vice Larry D. Thompson, resigned. 

J. William Roberts, of Illinois, to be 

United States Attorney for the Central 

District of Illinois for the term of four 

years vice Gerald D. Fines, term expired. 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

John W. Melchner, of Maryland, to be 

Inspector General, Department of 

Transportation, vice Joseph P. Welsch, 

resigned. 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Simon C. Fireman. of Massachusetts, to be a 

Member of the Board of Directors of the 

Export-Import Bank of the United States 

for the remainder of the term expiring 

January 20, 1987, vice Richard H. Hughes, 

resigned. 

Reported 

By 

Oct 2. 86 Mr. Thurmond, 

Committee on the Judiciary, 

without printed report 

Do. 

Do. 

Sep 24, 86 Mr. Danforth, 

Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report 

Oct 2, 86 Mr. Roth, 

Committee on Governmental 

Affairs, without printed 

report. 

Oct 2, 86 Mr. Heinz, for 

Mr. Garn, Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs, without printed 

report. 
Calendar 

No. 

* 1093 

* 1094 

* 1095 

* 1096 

* 1097 

Message 

No. 

1316 

1423 

972 

1349 

1381 

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Nominee, Office, And Predecessor 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

Thomas T. Demery, of Michigan, to be an 

Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development, vice Maurice Lee Barksdale, 

resigned. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING 

SCIENCES 

Fred E. Hummel, of Califorma, to be a 

Member of the Board of Directors of the 

National Institute of Building Sciences 

for a term expiring September 7, 1989. 

(Reappointment) 

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS 

AUTHORITY 

Henry Bowen Frazier III, of Virginia, to be 

a Member of the Federal Labor Relations 

Authority for a term of five years 

expiring July 1, 1990. (Reappointment) 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 

PRESIDENT 

Robert P. Bedell, of Virginia, to be 

Administrator for Federal Procurement 

Policy, vice Donald E. Sowle, resigned. 

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 

John N. Griesemer, of M1SS0uri, to be a 

Governor of the United States Postal 

Service for the term expiring December 8, 

1995. (Reappointment) 

Reported 

Bv 

Oct 2, 86 Mr. Heinz, for 

Mr. Garn, Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs, without printed 

report. 

Do. 

Oct 2, 86 Mr. Roth, 

Committee on Governmental 

Affairs, without printed 

report. 

Do. 

Do. 
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Calendar Message Nominee, Office, And Predecessor Reported No. No. Bv 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

* 1098 1385 Yaun A. Newill, of New Jersey, to be an Oct 2, 86 Mr. Stafford, Assistant Administrator of the Committee on Environment 

Environmental Protection Agency, vice and Public Works, without 

Bernard D. Goldstein, resigned. printed report. 

THE JUDICIARY 

1100 1359 John L. Napier, of South Carolina, to be a Oct 2, 86 Mr. Thurmond, 

Judge of the United States Claims Court Committee on the Judiciary, 

for a term of fifteen years, vice Kenneth 

R. Harkins, term expired. 

without printed report. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

* 1101 863-1 James L. Malone, of Virginia, to be Oct 3, 86 Mr. Lugar, 

Ambassador Extraordinary and Committee on Foreign 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of Relations, with printed 

America to Belize. report with additional 

views - Ex.Rent. 99-26. 

*Signifies nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly 

constituted committee of the Senate. 
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NOMINATIONS PLACED ON THE SECRETARY'S DESK IN THE 

SERVICE 

SENIOR FOREIGN 

Senior Foreign Service nomination of Edwin G. Corr, which was received by the Senate and 

appeared m the Congressional Record of October 28, 1985.