SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JULIE E. ADAMS,

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

By Jennifer A. Gorham, Executive Clerk

ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

Monday, June 26, 2017

FIRST SESSION {

SECOND SESSION {

Issue No. 96

CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2017

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UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT

Kristine L. Svinicki (Cal. No. 115)

Ordered, That following Leader remarks on Monday, June 26, 2017, the Senate proceed to executive 

session and resume consideration of the nomination of Kristine L. Svinicki, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2022.

Ordered further, That on the Svinicki nomination, the post-cloture time not expire until 5:30 p.m. on 

Monday, June 26, 2017. (Jun. 22, 2017.)
RESOLUTIONS

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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

NOMINATIONS

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

* 61 294 Elaine McCusker, of Virginia, to be a Principal 

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, vice 

John Conger.

May 23, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

McCain, Committee on Armed 

Services, without printed 

report.

* 63 346 Robert Daigle, of Virginia, to be Director of 

Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, 

Department of Defense, vice Jamie Michael 

Morin.

May 23, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

McCain, Committee on Armed 

Services, without printed 

report.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

* 95 173 Heath P. Tarbert, of Maryland, to be an 

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice 

Marisa Lago.

May 23, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Crapo, Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs, without printed 

report.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

* 96 364 Mira Radielovic Ricardel, of California, to be 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Export 

Administration, vice Eric L. Hirschhorn.

May 23, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Crapo, Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs, without printed 

report.

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

* 98 119 Althea Coetzee, of Virginia, to be Deputy 

Administrator of the Small Business 

Administration, vice Douglas J. Kramer.

May 24, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Risch, Committee on Small 

Business and 

Entrepreneurship, without 

printed report.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

* 100 365 David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Deputy 

Secretary of the Interior, vice Michael L. 

Connor.

Jun 06, 2017 Reported by Ms. 

Murkowski, 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

NOMINATIONS

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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY 

COMMISSION

* 101 405 Neil Chatterjee, of Kentucky, to be a Member 

of the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission for the term expiring June 30, 

2021, vice Anthony T. Clark, resigned.

Jun 06, 2017 Reported by Ms. 

Murkowski, Committee on 

Energy and Natural 

Resources, without printed 

report.

* 102 406 Robert F. Powelson, of Pennsylvania, to be a 

Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission for the term expiring June 30, 

2020, vice Philip D. Moeller, resigned.

Jun 06, 2017 Reported by Ms. 

Murkowski, Committee on 

Energy and Natural 

Resources, without printed 

report.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

* 103 459 Dan R. Brouillette, of Texas, to be Deputy 

Secretary of Energy, vice Elizabeth 

Sherwood-Randall.

Jun 06, 2017 Reported by Ms. 

Murkowski, Committee on 

Energy and Natural 

Resources, without printed 

report.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

* 104 117 William Francis Hagerty IV, of Tennessee, to 

be Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

America to Japan.

Jun 07, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Corker, Committee on 

Foreign Relations, without 

printed report.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

105 299 Noel J. Francisco, of the District of Columbia, 

to be Solicitor General of the United States, 

vice Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., resigned.

Jun 08, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Grassley, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report.

106 249 Makan Delrahim, of California, to be an 

Assistant Attorney General, vice William 

Joseph Baer, resigned.

Jun 08, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Grassley, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report.

107 58 Steven Andrew Engel, of the District of 

Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney 

General, vice Virginia A. Seitz, resigned.

Jun 08, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Grassley, 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

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

* 109 363 Pamela Hughes Patenaude, of New 

Hampshire, to be Deputy Secretary of 

Housing and Urban Development, vice Nani 

A. Coloretti.

Jun 14, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Crapo, Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs, without printed 

report.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 

PRESIDENT

* 110 457 Kevin Allen Hassett, of Massachusetts, to be 

Chairman of the Council of Economic 

Advisers, vice Jason Furman.

Jun 14, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Crapo, Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs, without printed 

report.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

* 111 103 David Malpass, of New York, to be an Under 

Secretary of the Treasury, vice D. Nathan 

Sheets.

Jun 14, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Hatch, Committee on 

Finance, without printed 

report.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES

* 112 248 Eric D. Hargan, of Illinois, to be Deputy 

Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

vice William V. Corr, resigned.

Jun 14, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Hatch, Committee on 

Finance, without printed 

report.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

* 113 296 Brent James McIntosh, of Michigan, to be 

General Counsel for the Department of the 

Treasury, vice Christopher J. Meade, 

resigned.

Jun 14, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Hatch, Committee on 

Finance, without printed 

report.

* 114 407 Andrew K. Maloney, of Virginia, to be a 

Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice 

Anne Elizabeth Wall.

Jun 14, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Hatch, Committee on 

Finance, without printed 

report.
* 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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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

* 115 561 Kristine L. Svinicki, of Virginia, to be a 

Member of the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission for the term of five years 

expiring June 30, 2022. (Reappointment)

Jun 15, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Barrasso, Committee on 

Environment and Public 

Works, without printed 

report.

THE JUDICIARY

116 373 David C. Nye, of Idaho, to be United States 

District Judge for the District of Idaho, vice 

Edward J. Lodge, retired.

Jun 15, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Grassley, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report.

117 374 Scott L. Palk, of Oklahoma, to be United States 

District Judge for the Western District of 

Oklahoma, vice Stephen P. Friot, retired.

Jun 15, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Grassley, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 

PRESIDENT

118 298 Vishal J. Amin, of Michigan, to be Intellectual 

Property Enforcement Coordinator, 

Executive Office of the President, vice Daniel 

Henry Marti.

Jun 15, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Grassley, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY

119 352 Lee Francis Cissna, of Maryland, to be Director 

of United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security, vice Leon Rodriguez.

Jun 15, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Grassley, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report.

ARMY

140 529-2 The following named officers for appointment 

in the Reserve of the Army to the grades 

indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 

12203:

to be Brigadier General

Col. Darius S. Gallegos

Jun 20, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

McCain, Committee on Armed 

Services, without printed 

report.
* 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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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 

PRESIDENT

* 153 367 Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Deputy 

Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget, vice Brian C. Deese.

Jun 21, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Johnson, Committee on 

Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, 

without printed report.

Jun 14, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Enzi, Committee on the 

Budget, without printed 

report.

* 154 478 Neomi Rao, of the District of Columbia, to be 

Administrator of the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, vice Howard A. 

Shelanski.

Jun 21, 2017 Reported by Mr. 

Johnson, Committee on 

Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, 

without printed report.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

* 155 403 Adam J. Sullivan, of Iowa, to be an Assistant 

Secretary of Transportation, vice Dana G. 

Gresham.

Jun 21, 2017 Placed on the 

Calendar pursuant to S.Res. 

116, 112th Congress.
* Signifies nominee’s commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate

NOMINATIONS PLACED ON THE SECRETARY’S DESK

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* Committee of jurisdiction has requested appropriate biographical and financial information on this nominee

** Committee of jurisdiction has received the necessary biographical and financial information on this nominee; nominee will remain in this 

section for 10 session days

PRIVILEGED NOMINATIONS

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DATE

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NOMINEE AND POSITION * INFORMATION 

REQUESTED BY 

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** REQUESTED 

INFORMATION 

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SENATOR REQUESTED REFERRAL TO 

COMMITTEE OF JURISDICTION 

Pursuant to S. Res. 116, 112th Congress, nominations in this section of the Executive Calendar are entitled to expedited procedures.

351 Apr 25, 2017 Stephen Elliott Boyd, of 

Alabama, to be an Assistant 

Attorney General, vice Peter 

Joseph Kadzik.

Yes May 17, 2017 - Mrs. Feinstein.

464 May 16, 2017 Brooks D. Tucker, of Maryland, 

to be an Assistant Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs 

(Congressional and Legislative 

Affairs), vice Joan M. Evans, 

resigned.

Yes

512 May 25, 2017 Robert R. Hood, of Georgia, to be 

an Assistant Secretary of 

Defense, vice Stephen C. 

Hedger.

Yes Jun 14, 2017

567 Jun 06, 2017 Peter Louis Oppenheim, of 

Maryland, to be Assistant 

Secretary for Legislation and 

Congressional Affairs, 

Department of Education, vice 

Julius Lloyd Horwich.

Yes

674 Jun 19, 2017 Michael Platt, Jr., of Arkansas, 

to be an Assistant Secretary of 

Commerce, vice Steven 

Michael Haro, resigned.

Yes
NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBJECT

MESSAGE

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NOMINEE AND OFFICE DATE AND SENATOR

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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 inclusion 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 the Senate Executive 

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

58 Steven Andrew Engel, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 

Attorney General.

Jun 20, 2017 - Mr. Grassley.
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.