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 TWELFTH CONGRESS

We dn e sday, May 4, 2011

FIRST SESSION {

SECOND SESSION {

Issue No. 37

CONVENED J ANUARY 5, 2011

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UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT

J ohn J . McConne ll, J r. (Cal. No. 75) 

Ordered, That relative to th e cloture motion filed on the nomination of J ohn J . McConnell, J r., of Rhode Island, to be 

United States District J udge for the District of Rhode Island, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived.

(May 2, 2011.)
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TREATIES

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* S ignifies nom inee’s com m itm ent to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted com m ittee of the S enate

NOMINATIONS

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THE J UDICIARY

31 8 Susan L. Carney, of Connecticut, to be United 

States Circuit J udge for the Second Circuit, 

vice Barrington D. Parker, retir ed.

Feb 17, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without printed 

report.

34 39 Michael H. Simon, of Oregon, to be United 

States District J udge for the District of 

Oregon, vice Ancer L. Haggerty, retired.

Feb 17, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without printed 

report.

43 5 Caitlin J oan Halligan, of New York, to be 

United States Circuit J udge for the District 

of Columbia Circuit, vice J ohn G. Roberts, 

J r., elevated.

Mar 10, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without printed 

report.

44 9 Arenda L. Wright Allen, of Virginia, to be 

United States District J udge for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, vice J erome B. Friedman, 

retired.

Mar 10, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without printed 

report.

47 41 Michael Francis Urbanski, of Virginia, to be 

United States District J udge for the Western 

District of Virginia, vice Norman K. Moon, 

retired.

Mar 10, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without printed 

report.

DEP ARTMENT OF DEFENSE

* 49 51 J o Ann Rooney, of Massachusetts, to be 

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 

for Personnel and Readiness, vice Michael L. 

Dominguez.

Mar 15, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Levin, Committee on Armed 

Services, without printed

report.

THE J UDICIARY

61 16 Edward Milton Chen, of California, to be 

United States District J udge for the 

Northern District of California, vice Martin J . 

J enkins, resigned.

Mar 17, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without print ed 

report.

DEP ARTMENT OF J USTICE

62 49 J ames Michael Cole, of the District of 

Columbia, to be Deputy Attorney General, 

vice David W. Ogden, resigned, to which 

position he was appointed during the last 

recess of the Senate.

Mar 17, 2011 Reported by Mr.

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without printed 

report.
* S ignifies nom inee’s com m itm ent to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted com m ittee of the S enate

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 

P RESIDENT

* 67 100 Philip E. Coyle, III, of California, to be an 

Associate Director of the Office of Science and 

Technology Policy, vice Rosina M. Bierbaum.

Mar 17, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Rockefeller, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report.

THE J UDICIARY

73 15 Claire C. Cecchi, of New J ersey, to be United 

States District J udge for the District of New 

J ersey, vice J oseph A. Greenawa y, elevated.

Mar 31, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without printed 

report.

75 32 J ohn J . McConnell, J r., of Rhode Island, to be 

United States District J udge for the District 

of Rhode Island, vice Ernest C. Torres, 

retired.

Mar 31, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without printed 

report.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 

P RESIDENT

* 78 154 Heather A. Higginbottom, of the District of 

Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the Office 

of Management and Budget, vice Robert L. 

Nabors, resigned.

Apr 05, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Conrad, Committee on the 

Budget, without printed 

report.

Mar 16, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Lieberman, Committee on 

Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, 

without printed report.

DEP ARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

* 79 57 Daniel M. Ashe, of Maryland, to be Director of 

the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

vice Samuel D. Hamilton.

Apr 05, 2011 Reported by Mrs. 

Boxer, Committee on 

Environment and Public 

Works, without printed 

report.
* S ignifies nom inee’s com m itm ent to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted com m ittee of the S enate

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80 3 Goodwin Liu, of California, to be United States 

Circuit J udge for the Ninth Circuit, vice a 

new position created by Public Law 110-117, 

approved J anuary 7, 2008.

Apr 07, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without printed 

report.

81 35 Esther Salas, of New J ersey, to be United 

States District J udge for the District of New 

J ersey, vice Katharine Sweeney Hayden, 

retired.

Apr 07, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without printed 

report.

82 93 J . Paul Oetken, of New York, to be United 

States District J udge for the Southern 

District of New York, vice Denny Chin, 

elevated.

Apr 07, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without printed 

report.

83 157 Paul A. Engelmayer, of New York, to be United 

States District J udge for the Southern 

District of New York, vice Gerard E. Lynch, 

elevated.

Apr 07, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without printed 

report.

84 92 Ramona Villagomez Manglona, of the Northern 

Mariana Islands, to be J u dge for the District 

Court for the Northern Mariana Islands for a 

term of ten years, vice Alex R. Munson, 

retired.

Apr 07, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

J udiciary, without printed 

report.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

* 86 334 Ben S. Bernanke, of New J ersey, to be United 

States Alternate Governor of the 

International Monetary Fund for a term of 

five years. (Reappointment)

Apr 12, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report.

DEP ARTMENT OF STATE

* 95 64 David Bruce Shear, of New York, 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 Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam.

Apr 12, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report.
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AIR FORCE

97 322 The following named officer for appointment in 

the United States Air Force to the grade 

indicated while assigned to a position of 

importance and responsibility under title 10, 

U.S.C., section 601:

Apr 14, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Levin, Committee on Armed 

Services, without printed 

report.

to be Lieutenant General

Maj. Gen. David L. Goldfein

DEP ARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

* 102 59 J enni Rane LeCompte, of the District of 

Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 

Treasury, vice Michele A. Davis, resigned.

Apr 14, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

Baucus, Committee on 

Finance, without printed 

report.

DEP ARTMENT OF COMMERCE

* 103 98 Eric L. Hirschhorn, of Maryland, to be Under 

Secretary of Commerce for Export 

Administration, vice Mario Mancuso, 

resigned.

Apr 14, 2011 Reported by Mr. 

J ohnson SD, Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs, without printed 

report.
NOMINATIONS PLACED ON THE SECRETARY’S DESK

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBJ ECT

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When a notice of intent to object is given to the appropriate leader, or their designee, and such notice is submitted for inc lusion in 

the Congressional Record and the Senate Executive Calendar, or following the objection to a unanimous consent to proceeding to, 

and, or disposition of, matters relating to nominations and treaties on their behalf, it shall be placed in the section of th e Senate 

Executive Calendar entitled “Notice of Intent to Object”. (S. Res. 28, 112th Congress)
MOTIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION

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 After an action taken by the Senate, any Senator voting with the prevailing side or who has not voted may, on the same day or on 

either of the next two days of actual session thereafter, either enter a motion for reconsideration or move a reconsideration . This section 

contains such motions not yet acted on as so provided by Rule XIII, Paragraph 1.