SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

EXECUTIVE CALENDAR 

PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF NANCY ERICKSON, 

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

By Michelle Haynes, Executive Clerk

ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS 

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

*(updated at 3:00 p.m.)

FIRST SESSION {

SECOND SESSION {

Issue No. 48

CONVENED JANUARY 6, 2009

*1st update 

http://www.senate.gov/ExecutiveCalendar
UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT 

Kathleen Sebelius (Cal. No. 62) 

Ordered, That at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 28, 2009, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the 

nomination of Kathleen Sebelius, of Kansas, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services; that there be 8 hours of 

debate with respect to the nomination, with the time equally divided and controlled between the Leaders or their 

designees and that the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) be allotted 20 minutes; that upon the use or yielding 

back of time, the Senate proceed to vote on confirmation of the nomination; and that confirmation be subject to an 

affirmative 60 vote threshold; that upon achieving that threshold, the nomination be confirmed and the motion to 

reconsider be laid upon the table; that no further motions be in order; the President be immediately notified of the 

Senate's action and the Senate then resume legislative session. 

(April 23, 2009.) 
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TREATIES

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* Signifies nominee’s commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

* 29 65-3 Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner 

of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 

for a term expiring April 13, 2012, vice Rueben 

Jeffery III, resigned. 

Mar 17, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Harkin, Committee on 

Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

Forestry, without printed 

report. 

* 30 65-4 Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be Chairman of 

the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 

vice Reuben Jeffery III, resigned. 

Mar 17, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Harkin, Committee on 

Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

Forestry, without printed 

report. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

* 31 139 David J. Hayes, of Virginia, to be Deputy 

Secretary of the Interior, vice Patricia Lynn 

Scarlett, resigned. 

Mar 18, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Bingaman, Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources, 

without printed report. 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

32 81 Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen, of Indiana, to be an 

Assistant Attorney General, vice Jack Landman 

Goldsmith III, resigned. 

Mar 19, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

* 40 168 Philip H. Gordon, of the District of Columbia, to 

be an Assistant Secretary of State (European 

and Eurasian Affairs), vice Daniel Fried, 

resigned. 

Mar 31, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

* 56 178 Thomas L. Strickland, of Colorado, to be 

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, vice 

R. Lyle Laverty. 

Apr 01, 2009 Reported by Mrs. 

Boxer, Committee on 

Environment and Public 

Works, without printed report. 

 Mar 31, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Bingaman, Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources, 

without printed report. 
* Signifies nominee’s commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

SERVICES 

* 62 188 Kathleen Sebelius, of Kansas, to be Secretary of 

Health and Human Services. 

Apr 21, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Baucus, Committee on Finance, 

without printed report. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

* 63 182 Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be an 

Assistant Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency, vice Jeffrey R. Holmstead, 

resigned. 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mrs. 

Boxer, Committee on 

Environment and Public 

Works, without printed report. 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 

64 185 R. Gil Kerlikowske, of Washington, to be Director 

of National Drug Control Policy, vice John P. 

Walters, resigned. 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

65 212 Ronald H. Weich, of the District of Columbia, to 

be an Assistant Attorney General, vice William 

Emil Moschella. 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

* 66 214 April S. Boyd, of the District of Columbia, to be 

an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice 

Nathaniel F. Wienecke, resigned. 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 

* 67 279 Cameron F. Kerry, of Massachusetts, to be 

General Counsel of the Department of 

Commerce, vice Lily Fu Claffee, resigned. 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

* 68 280 Robert S. Rivkin, of Illinois, to be General 

Counsel of the Department of Transportation, 

vice David James Gribbin, IV, resigned. 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 
* Signifies nominee’s commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate 

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* 69 181 Roy W. Kienitz, of Pennsylvania, to be Under 

Secretary of Transportation for Policy, vice 

Jeffrey Shane, resigned. 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 

* 70 278 Peter H. Appel, of Virginia, to be Administrator 

of the Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration, Department of Transportation, 

vice Paul R. Brubaker, resigned. 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 

* 71 151 Dana G. Gresham, of the District of Columbia, to 

be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, 

vice Simon Charles Gros. 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 

* 72 252 Joseph C. Szabo, of Illinois, to be Administrator 

of the Federal Railroad Administration, vice 

Joseph H. Boardman. 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 

* 73 150 Sherburne B. Abbott, of Texas, to be an Associate 

Director of the Office of Science and Technology 

Policy, vice Duncan T. Moore, resigned. 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 

COAST GUARD 

* 74 90 The following named officer for appointment as 

Vice Commandant of the United States Coast 

Guard and to the grade indicated under Title 

14, U.S.C., Section 47: 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 

to be Vice Admiral 

 Vice Adm. David P. Pekoske 

* 75 91 The following named officer for appointment as 

Chief of Staff of the United States Coast Guard 

and to the grade indicated under Title 14, 

U.S.C., Section 50a: 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 
* Signifies nominee’s commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate 

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to be Vice Admiral 

 Rear Adm. John P. Currier 

* 76 233 The following named officer for appointment in 

the United States Coast Guard to the grade 

indicated under title 14, U.S.C., section 271: 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 

to be Rear Admiral (Lower Half) 

 Capt. Robert E. Day, Jr. 

* 77 92 The following named officer for appointment as 

Commander, Pacific Area of the United States 

Coast Guard and to the grade indicated under 

Title 14, U.S.C., Section 50: 

Apr 23, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 

to be Vice Admiral 

 Rear Adm. Jody A. Breckenridge 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

* 78 153 John Morton, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 

Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Julie L. 

Myers, resigned. 

Apr 27, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Lieberman, Committee on 

Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, without 

printed report. 

* 79 204 William Craig Fugate, of Florida, to be 

Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of Homeland 

Security, vice R. David Paulison. 

Apr 27, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Lieberman, Committee on 

Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, without 

printed report. 

 [NEW REPORTS] 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

DEVELOPMENT 

* 80 147 Ronald C. Sims, of Washington, to be Deputy 

Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, vice Romolo A. Bernardi, 

resigned. 

Apr 28, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Dodd, Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs, 

without printed report. 

* 81 231 Peter A. Kovar, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 

vice Sheila McNamara Greenwood. 

Apr 28, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Dodd, Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs, 

without printed report. 
* Signifies nominee’s commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate 

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* 82 276 John D. Trasvina, of California, to be an 

Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development, vice Kim Kendrick, resigned. 

Apr 28, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Dodd, Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs, 

without printed report. 

* 83 277 Helen R. Kanovsky, of Maryland, to be General 

Counsel of the Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, vice Robert M. Couch. 

Apr 28, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Dodd, Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs, 

without printed report. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

* 84 149 David S. Cohen, of Maryland, to be Assistant 

Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Department 

of the Treasury, vice Patrick M. O'Brien, 

resigned. 

Apr 28, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Dodd, Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs, 

without printed report. 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED 

STATES 

* 85 301 Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to be President of 

the Export-Import Bank of the United States 

for a term expiring January 20, 2013, vice 

James Lambright, term expired. 

Apr 28, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Dodd, Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs, 

without printed report. 
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COAST GUARD 

PN190 COAST GUARD nomination of Michael J. McNeil, which was received by the Senate and appeared in 

the Congressional Record of March 17, 2009. 

PN191 COAST GUARD nomination of Desarae A. Janszen, which was received by the Senate and appeared 

in the Congressional Record of March 17, 2009. 
NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBJECT TO PROCEEDING

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 When following the objection to a unanimous consent request to proceeding to, and, or passage of, a measure or matter on their

behalf, a Senator has notified the appropriate leader, or their designee, in writing and submits such objection for inclusion in the 

Congressional Record and the Senate Executive Calendar, it shall be placed in the section of the Executive Calendar entitled “Notice 

of Intent to Object to Proceeding”. (Sec. 512, P.L. 110-81)