UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT 

(Priscilla Richman Owen [Cal. No. 71]) 

Ordered, That at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 23, 2005, the Senate return to executive session and resume 

consideration of the nomination of Priscilla Richman Owen, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth 

Circuit; provided that the time from 12 noon to 1 p.m. be under control of the Majority Leader or his designee, and 

at 1 p.m. the Democratic Leader or his designee be recognized; provided that floor time then rotate every 60 minutes 

between the two Leaders or their designees until 4 p.m., at which time the Majority Leader or his designee be 

recognized from 4:45 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. 

(May 20, 2005.) 
RESOLUTIONS

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

NOMINATIONS

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MESSAGE

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NOMINEE, OFFICE, AND PREDECESSOR REPORTED 

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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

26 111 Edward L. Flippen, of Virginia, to be Inspector 

General, Corporation for National and 

Community Services, vice J. Russell George. 

Mar 09, 2005 Senate Committee 

on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

discharged. Pursuant to 

unanimous consent agreement 

of January 20, 2005. 

 Feb 10, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Enzi, Committee on Health, 

Education, Labor, and 

Pensions, without printed 

report. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

* 35 227 Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to be 

Deputy Secretary of the Interior, vice J. Steven 

Griles, resigned. 

Mar 16, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Domenici, Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources, 

without printed report. 

THE JUDICIARY 

37 199 William Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, to be United 

States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice 

Thomas G. Nelson, retired. 

Mar 17, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Specter, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 

DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND 

REALIGNMENT COMMISSION 

* 40 283 Anthony Joseph Principi, of California, to be a 

Member of the Defense Base Closure and 

Realignment Commission. (New Position) 

Mar 17, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Warner, Committee on Armed 

Services, without printed 

report. 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

SERVICES 

* 57 88 Daniel R. Levinson, of Maryland, to be Inspector 

General, Department of Health and Human 

Services, vice Janet Rehnquist, resigned. 

Apr 13, 2005 Senate Committee 

on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

discharged by Unanimous 

Consent. Pursuant to an order 

of the Senate of January 20, 

2005. 
* Signifies nominee’s commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate 

NOMINATIONS

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NO.

MESSAGE

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NOMINEE, OFFICE, AND PREDECESSOR REPORTED 

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 Mar 17, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Grassley, Committee on 

Finance, without printed 

report. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

* 58 284 David Garman, of Virginia, to be Under 

Secretary of Energy, vice Robert Gordon Card, 

resigned. 

Apr 13, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Domenici, Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources, 

without printed report. 

MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLORSHIP AND 

EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL 

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 

FOUNDATION 

* 62 84 D. Michael Rappoport, of Arizona, to be a 

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris 

K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 

National Environmental Policy Foundation for 

a term expiring October 6, 2008. 

(Reappointment) 

Apr 13, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Inhofe, Committee on 

Environment and Public 

Works, without printed report. 

MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND 

EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL 

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 

FOUNDATION 

* 63 85 Michael Butler, of Tennessee, to be a Member of 

the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall 

Scholarship and Excellence in National 

Environmental Policy Foundation for a term 

expiring October 6, 2008, vice Eric D. Eberhard, 

term expired. 

Apr 13, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Inhofe, Committee on 

Environment and Public 

Works, without printed report. 

THE JUDICIARY 

66 202 Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, to be United States 

Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia 

Circuit, vice Patricia M. Wald, retired. 

Apr 14, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Specter, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 

71 194 Priscilla Richman Owen, of Texas, to be United 

States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice 

William L. Garwood, retired. 

Apr 21, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Specter, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

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

NOMINATIONS

CALENDAR 

NO.

MESSAGE

NO.

NOMINEE, OFFICE, AND PREDECESSOR REPORTED 

BY

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72 201 Janice R. Brown, of California, to be United 

States Circuit Judge for the District of 

Columbia Circuit, vice Stephen F. Williams, 

retired. 

Apr 21, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Specter, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 

100 200 William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, to be United 

States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit. 

May 12, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Specter, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

101 68 Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary 

of Agriculture for Rural Development, vice Jill 

L. Long, resigned. 

May 12, 2005 Senate Committee 

on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

Forestry discharged by 

Unanimous Consent. 

102 69 Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be a Member of the 

Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit 

Corporation,vice Jill L. Long, resigned. 

May 12, 2005 Senate Committee 

on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

Forestry discharged by 

Unanimous Consent. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

* 103 326 John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be the 

Representative of the United States of America 

to the United Nations, with the rank and status 

of Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the 

United States of America in the Security 

Council of the United Nations. 

May 18, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Lugar, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without 

recommendation, and with 

printed report no. S. Ex. Rept. 

109-1. Minority views filed. 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

* 104 429 Raymond Simon, of Arkansas, to be Deputy 

Secretary of Education, vice Eugene Hickok, 

resigned. 

May 18, 2005 Reported by Mr. 

Enzi, Committee on Health, 

Education, Labor, and 

Pensions, without printed 

report.