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, May 5, 2009

*(updated at 4:00 p.m.)

FIRST SESSION {

SECOND SESSION {

Issue No. 53

CONVENED JANUARY 6, 2009

*1st update 

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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 

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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. 

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. 
* 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 COMMERCE 

* 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 HOMELAND SECURITY 

* 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. 

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. 

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. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

* 94 222 Kristina M. Johnson, of Maryland, to be Under 

Secretary of Energy, vice Clarence H. Albright, 

resigned. 

Apr 30, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Bingaman, Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources, 

without printed report. 

* 95 250 Steven Elliot Koonin, of California, to be Under 

Secretary for Science, Department of Energy, 

vice Raymond L. Orbach, resigned. 

Apr 30, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Bingaman, Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources, 

without printed report. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

* 97 260 Hilary Chandler Tompkins, of New Mexico, to be 

Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, vice 

David Longly Bernhardt, resigned. 

Apr 30, 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 ENERGY 

* 98 270 Scott Blake Harris, of Virginia, to be General 

Counsel of the Department of Energy, vice 

David R. Hill, resigned. 

Apr 30, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Bingaman, Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources, 

without printed report. 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

SERVICES 

* 99 251 Yvette Roubideaux, of Arizona, to be Director of 

the Indian Health Service, Department of 

Health and Human Services, for the term of 

four years, vice Robert G. McSwain, resigned. 

May 01, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Dorgan, Committee on Indian 

Affairs, without printed report. 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

* 100 173 Ivan K. Fong, of Ohio, to be General Counsel, 

Department of Homeland Security, vice Philip 

J. Perry, resigned. 

May 04, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Lieberman, Committee on 

Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, without 

printed report. 

* 101 271 Timothy W. Manning, of New Mexico, to be 

Deputy Administrator for National 

Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, Department of Homeland Security, vice 

Dennis R. Schrader. 

May 04, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Lieberman, Committee on 

Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, without 

printed report. 

 [NEW REPORTS] 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

* 102 152 Alan B. Krueger, of New Jersey, to be an 

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Phillip 

L. Swagel, resigned. 

May 05, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Baucus, Committee on Finance, 

without printed report. 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

SERVICES 

* 103 189 William V. Corr, of Virginia, to be Deputy 

Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice 

Tevi David Troy, resigned. 

May 05, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Baucus, Committee on Finance, 

without printed report. 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 

* 104 202 Demetrios J. Marantis, of the District of 

Columbia, to be a Deputy United States Trade 

Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, 

vice Karan K. Bhatia, resigned. 

May 05, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Baucus, 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 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

* 105 226 Johnnie Carson, of Illinois, to be an Assistant 

Secretary of State (African Affairs), vice 

Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer, resigned. 

May 05, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 

* 106 169 Ivo H. Daalder, of Virginia, to be United States 

Permanent Representative on the Council of 

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with 

the rank and status of Ambassador 

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. 

May 05, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 

* 107 253 Luis C. de Baca, of Virginia, to be Director of the 

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with 

rank of Ambassador at Large, vice Mark P. 

Lagon, resigned. 

May 05, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 
NOMINATIONS PLACED ON THE SECRETARY’S DESK

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FOREIGN SERVICE 

PN273 FOREIGN SERVICE nominations (7) beginning Gregory D. Loose, and ending Gregory M. Wong, 

which nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 2, 2009. 

PN274 FOREIGN SERVICE nominations (154) beginning Laszlo F. Sagi, and ending Daniel E. Harris, 

which nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 2, 2009. 

PN275 FOREIGN SERVICE nominations (224) beginning John M. Kowalski, and ending Jeremy Terrill 

Young, which nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 2, 

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)