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Whereas many of those properties continue 

to be endangered and governments and communities continue to face fundamental and 

compelling challenges in the preservation of 

those properties; 

Whereas experts within Lithuania and 

from around the world believe that the cemetery located in the Snipiskes area of Vilnius, 

Lithuania, is an historic Jewish cemetery 

and is sacred ground; 

Whereas, in 2005, municipal authorities in 

Vilnius, Lithuania, approved the construction of an apartment building at the outer 

edge of that Jewish cemetery; 

Whereas that cemetery dates to the 15th 

century and is known by scholars in Lithuania and around the world as the first Jewish cemetery in Vilnius; 

Whereas it is believed that, before the Government closed the cemetery in the early 

1800s, more than 50,000 Jews were buried 

there; 

Whereas, in December 2006, several months 

after experts and groups from around the 

world expressed grave concern about the 

desecration of the Snipiskes cemetery, the 

Prime Minister of Lithuania established a 

working group to define the cemetery’s borders and to consider how to memorialize it; 

Whereas, in 2007, before the conclusion of 

the working group, authorities of the Government of Lithuania approved additional 

construction on the disputed ground; 

Whereas, in May 2007, the working group, 

consisting of historians, scientists, and rabbis from Lithuania and around the world, 

called for a halt in construction activity 

until completion of a site study to be undertaken using ground-penetrating radar; 

Whereas, on September 3, 2008, a group 

commissioned by the Government of Lithuania to study the area using the groundpenetrating radar concluded that the boundaries of the cemetery included the disputed 

apartment buildings; 

Whereas the Ministry of Culture of Lithuania released a statement dismissing the 

study as inconclusive; 

Whereas the fact that the Government of 

Lithuania has allowed construction to take 

place at the Jewish cemetery located in the 

Snipiskes area of Vilnius, Lithuania, and 

that desecration of sacred sites continues 

into the 21st century, is an affront to the 

international Jewish community, the people 

of the United States, and everyone who values religious freedom and ethnic diversity 

around the world; 

Whereas the United States and Lithuania 

signed the Agreement on the Protection and 

Preservation of Certain Cultural Properties 

on October 15, 2002; 

Whereas Article 1 of the Agreement states, 

‘‘Each Party will take appropriate steps to 

protect and preserve the cultural heritage of 

all national, religious or ethnic groups . . . 

who reside or resided in its territory and 

were victims of genocide in its territory during the Second World War. The term ‘cultural heritage’ for purposes of this Agreement means . . . cemeteries and memorials 

to the dead. . .’’; 

Whereas cemeteries are sacred sites and 

are established to remain undisturbed in perpetuity, and the sanctity of a cemetery is determined by the bodies buried in the cemetery; and 

Whereas, while vandalism of headstones or 

construction of a commercial building on the 

site disgraces the cemetery, it does not 

change its sacred status: Now, therefore, be 

it 

Resolved, That the Senate— 

(1) expresses strongly to the Government 

of Lithuania that the cemetery located in 

the Snipiskes area of Vilnius, Lithuania, 

which is an important part of the cultural 

heritage of the Jewish people, should not be 

further desecrated; 

(2) urges the Government of Lithuania to 

take all the necessary steps to immediately 

stop and, if necessary, reverse, construction 

on that cemetery; 

(3) reaffirms that constructive bilateral relations between Lithuania and the United 

States are important to the Governments 

and citizens of both countries; and 

(4) expresses strong support for the work of 

the United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad and 

for the European countries that continue to 

work to preserve sacred historical sites, despite ongoing challenges. 

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AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND 

PROPOSED 

SA 5692. Mr. LEVIN (for Mr. REID) proposed 

an amendment to the concurrent resolution 

H. Con. Res. 440, providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses. 

SA 5693. Mr. NELSON, of Nebraska (for Mr. 

DORGAN) proposed an amendment to the bill 

H.R. 6469, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize increased Federal funding for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. 

SA 5694. Mr. NELSON, of Nebraska (for 

Mrs. LINCOLN) proposed an amendment to the 

resolution S. Res. 616, reducing maternal 

mortality both at home and abroad. 

SA 5695. Mr. LEVIN (for Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. BAUCUS, and Mr. GRASSLEY)) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. LEVIN to the bill H.R. 7222, to 

extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, 

and for other purposes. 

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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS 

SA 5692. Mr. LEVIN (for Mr. REID) 

proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 440, providing for an adjournment or recess of 

the two Houses; as follows: 

On page 1, line 3, strike ‘‘from Monday, 

September 29, 2008, through Friday, October 

3, 2008,’’ 

On page 2, line 2, strike ‘‘that’’ and all that 

follows through line 9 and insert: 

‘‘the Senate may adjourn or recess at any 

time from Thursday, October 2, 2008, through 

January 3, 2009, on a motion offered pursuant 

to this concurrent resolution by its Majority 

Leader or his designee until such time as 

specified in that motion, but not beyond 

noon on January 3, 2009, and it may reassemble pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent 

resolution.’’ 

On page 2, line 15, strike ‘‘time’’ and insert 

‘‘respective time’’. 

SA 5693. Mr. NELSON of Nebraska 

(for Mr. DORGAN) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 6469, to amend the 

Public Health Service Act to authorize 

increased Federal funding for the 

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stephanie 

Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008’’. 

SEC. 2. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE ORGAN 

PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK. 

Section 372(a) of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 274(a)) is amended by striking 

‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,000,000’’. 

SEC. 3. REPORT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health 

and Human Services shall request that the 

Executive Director of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network submit 

to Congress, not later than 1 year after the 

date of enactment of this Act, a report that 

shall include— 

(1) the identity of transplant programs 

that have become inactive or have closed 

since the heart allocation policy change of 

2006; 

(2) the distance to the next closest operational heart transplant center from such inactivated or closed programs and an evaluation of whether or not access to care has 

been reduced to the population previously 

serviced by such inactive or closed program; 

(3) the number of patients with rural zip 

codes that received transplants after the 

heart allocation policy change of 2006 as 

compared with the number of such patients 

that received such transplants prior to such 

heart allocation policy change; 

(4) a comparison of the number of transplants performed, the mortality rate for individuals on the transplant waiting lists, and 

the post-transplant survival rate nationally 

and by region prior to and after the heart allocation policy change of 2006; and 

(5) specifically with respect to 

allosensitized patients, a comparison of the 

number of heart transplants performed, the 

mortality rate for individuals on the heart 

transplant waiting lists, and the post heart 

transplant survival rate nationally and by 

region prior to and after the heart allocation 

policy change of 2006. 

(b) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—The increase 

provided for in the amendment made by section 2 shall not apply with respect to contracts entered into under section 372(a) of 

the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

274(a)) after the date that is 1 year after the 

date of enactment of this Act if the Executive Director of the Organ Procurement and 

Transplantation Network fails to submit the 

report under subsection (a). 

SA 5694. Mr. NELSON of Nebraska 

(for Mrs. LINCOLN) proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 616, reducing maternal mortality both at 

home and abroad; as follows: 

On page 3, line 4, strike ‘‘greater’’ and insert ‘‘more effective’’. 

On page 3, lines 6 and 7, strike ‘‘maternal 

health as a human right’’ and insert ‘‘that 

the right to access quality and affordable 

health care is essential to improving maternal health’’. 

SA 5695. Mr. LEVIN (for Mr. REID (for 

himself, Mr. BAUCUS, and Mr. GRASSLEY)) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. LEVIN to 

the bill H.R. 7222, to extend the Andean 

Trade Preference Act, and for other 

purposes; as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF ANDEAN TRADE 

PREFERENCE ACT. 

(a) EXTENSION.—Section 208 of the Andean 

Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3206) is 

amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 208. TERMINATION OF PREFERENTIAL 

TREATMENT. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No duty-free treatment 

or other preferential treatment extended to 

beneficiary countries under this title shall— 

‘‘(1) remain in effect with respect to Colombia or Peru after December 31, 2009; 

‘‘(2) remain in effect with respect to Ecuador after June 30, 2009, except that duty-free 


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treatment and other preferential treatment 

under this title shall remain in effect with 

respect to Ecuador during the period beginning on July 1, 2009, and ending on December 

31, 2009, unless the President reviews the criteria set forth in section 203, and on or before June 30, 2009, reports to the Committee 

on Finance of the Senate and the Committee 

on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives pursuant to subsection (b) 

that— 

‘‘(A) the President has determined that Ecuador does not satisfy the requirements set 

forth in section 203(c) for being designated as 

a beneficiary country; and 

‘‘(B) in making that determination, the 

President has taken into account each of the 

factors set forth in section 203(d); and 

‘‘(3) remain in effect with respect to Bolivia after June 30, 2009, except that dutyfree treatment and other preferential treatment under this title shall remain in effect 

with respect to Bolivia during the period beginning on July 1, 2009, and ending on December 31, 2009, only if the President reviews 

the criteria set forth in section 203, and on or 

before June 30, 2009, reports to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the 

Committee on Ways and Means of the House 

of Representatives pursuant to subsection (b) 

that— 

‘‘(A) the President has determined that Bolivia satisfies the requirements set forth in 

section 203(c) for being designated as a beneficiary country; and 

‘‘(B) in making that determination, the 

President has taken into account each of the 

factors set forth in section 203(d). 

‘‘(b) REPORTS.—On or before June 30, 2009, 

the President shall make determinations 

pursuant to subsections (a)(2)(A) and 

(a)(3)(A) and report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on 

Ways and Means of the House of Representatives on— 

‘‘(1) such determinations; and 

‘‘(2) the reasons for such determinations.’’. 

(b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN APPAREL ARTICLES.—Section 204(b)(3) of such Act (19 U.S.C. 

3203(b)(3)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (B)— 

(A) in clause (iii)— 

(i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘6 succeeding 1-year periods’’ and inserting ‘‘7 succeeding 1-year periods’’; and 

(ii) in subclause (III)(bb), by striking ‘‘and 

for the succeeding 1-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘and for the succeeding 2-year period’’; 

and 

(B) in clause (v)(II), by striking ‘‘5 succeeding 1-year periods’’ and inserting ‘‘6 succeeding 1-year periods’’; and 

(2) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(II), by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 

SEC. 2. EARNED IMPORT ALLOWANCE PROGRAM. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Dominican 

Republic-Central America-United States 

Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 

(Public Law 109–53; 119 Stat. 495) is amended 

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 404. EARNED IMPORT ALLOWANCE PROGRAM. 

‘‘(a) PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Eligible apparel articles 

wholly assembled in an eligible country and 

imported directly from an eligible country 

shall enter the United States free of duty, 

without regard to the source of the fabric or 

yarns from which the articles are made, if 

such apparel articles are accompanied by an 

earned import allowance certificate that reflects the amount of credits equal to the 

total square meter equivalents of fabric in 

such apparel articles, in accordance with the 

program established under subsection (b). 

‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF QUANTITY OF SME.— 

For purposes of determining the quantity of 

square meter equivalents under paragraph 

(1), the conversion factors listed in ‘Correlation: U.S. Textile and Apparel Industry Category System with the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States of America, 

2008’, or its successor publications, of the 

United States Department of Commerce, 

shall apply. 

‘‘(b) EARNED IMPORT ALLOWANCE PROGRAM.— 

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of 

Commerce shall establish a program to provide earned import allowance certificates to 

any producer or entity controlling production of eligible apparel articles in an eligible 

country for purposes of subsection (a), based 

on the elements described in paragraph (2). 

‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The elements referred to 

in paragraph (1) are the following: 

‘‘(A) One credit shall be issued to a producer or an entity controlling production for 

every two square meter equivalents of qualifying fabric that the producer or entity controlling production can demonstrate that it 

has purchased for the manufacture in an eligible country of articles like or similar to 

any article eligible for preferential treatment under subsection (a). The Secretary of 

Commerce shall, if requested by a producer 

or entity controlling production, create and 

maintain an account for such producer or entity controlling production, into which such 

credits may be deposited. 

‘‘(B) Such producer or entity controlling 

production may redeem credits issued under 

subparagraph (A) for earned import allowance certificates reflecting such number of 

earned credits as the producer or entity may 

request and has available. 

‘‘(C) Any textile mill or other entity located in the United States that exports 

qualifying fabric to an eligible country may 

submit, upon such export or upon request, 

the Shipper’s Export Declaration, or successor documentation, to the Secretary of 

Commerce— 

‘‘(i) verifying that the qualifying fabric 

was exported to a producer or entity controlling production in an eligible country; and 

‘‘(ii) identifying such producer or entity 

controlling production, and the quantity and 

description of qualifying fabric exported to 

such producer or entity controlling production. 

‘‘(D) The Secretary of Commerce may require that a producer or entity controlling 

production submit documentation to verify 

purchases of qualifying fabric. 

‘‘(E) The Secretary of Commerce may 

make available to each person or entity 

identified in the documentation submitted 

under subparagraph (C) or (D) information 

contained in such documentation that relates to the purchase of qualifying fabric involving such person or entity. 

‘‘(F) The program shall be established so as 

to allow, to the extent feasible, the submission, storage, retrieval, and disclosure of information in electronic format, including information with respect to the earned import 

allowance certificates required under subsection (a)(1). 

‘‘(G) The Secretary of Commerce may reconcile discrepancies in the information provided under subparagraph (C) or (D) and 

verify the accuracy of such information. 

‘‘(H) The Secretary of Commerce shall establish procedures to carry out the program 

under this section by September 30, 2008, and 

may establish additional requirements to 

carry out the program. 

‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriate congressional 

committees’ means the Committee on Ways 

and Means of the House of Representatives 

and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; 

‘‘(2) the term ‘eligible apparel articles’ 

means the following articles classified in 

chapter 62 of the HTS (and meeting the requirements of the rules relating to chapter 

62 of the HTS contained in general note 29(n) 

of the HTS) of cotton (but not of denim): 

trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and 

shorts, skirts and divided skirts, and pants; 

‘‘(3) the term ‘eligible country’ means the 

Dominican Republic; and 

‘‘(4) the term ‘qualifying fabric’ means 

woven fabric of cotton wholly formed in the 

United States from yarns wholly formed in 

the United States and certified by the producer or entity controlling production as 

being suitable for use in the manufacture of 

apparel items such as trousers, bib and brace 

overalls, breeches and shorts, skirts and divided skirts or pants, all the foregoing of 

cotton, except that— 

‘‘(A) fabric otherwise eligible as qualifying 

fabric shall not be ineligible as qualifying 

fabric because the fabric contains nylon filament yarn with respect to which section 

213(b)(2)(A)(vii)(IV) of the Caribbean Basin 

Economic Recovery Act applies; 

‘‘(B) fabric that would otherwise be ineligible as qualifying fabric because the fabric 

contains yarns not wholly formed in the 

United States shall not be ineligible as 

qualifying fabric if the total weight of all 

such yarns is not more than 10 percent of the 

total weight of the fabric, except that any 

elastomeric yarn contained in an eligible apparel article must be wholly formed in the 

United States; and 

‘‘(C) fabric otherwise eligible as qualifying 

fabric shall not be ineligible as qualifying 

fabric because the fabric contains yarns or 

fibers that have been designated as not commercially available pursuant to— 

‘‘(i) article 3.25(4) or Annex 3.25 of the 

Agreement; 

‘‘(ii) Annex 401 of the North American Free 

Trade Agreement; 

‘‘(iii) section 112(b)(5) of the African 

Growth and Opportunity Act; 

‘‘(iv) section 204(b)(3)(B)(i)(III) or (ii) of the 

Andean Trade Preference Act; 

‘‘(v) section 213(b)(2)(A)(v) or 213A(b)(5)(A) 

of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery 

Act; or 

‘‘(vi) any other provision, relating to determining whether a textile or apparel article is 

an originating good eligible for preferential 

treatment, of a law that implements a free 

trade agreement entered into by the United 

States that is in effect at the time the claim 

for preferential treatment is made. 

‘‘(d) REVIEW AND REPORT.— 

‘‘(1) REVIEW.—The United States International Trade Commission shall carry out a 

review of the program under this section annually for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of, and making recommendations 

for improvements in, the program. 

‘‘(2) REPORT.—The United States International Trade Commission shall submit to 

the appropriate congressional committees 

annually a report on the results of the review carried out under paragraph (1). 

‘‘(e) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.— 

‘‘(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The program under 

this section shall be in effect for the 10-year 

period beginning on the date on which the 

President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that sections A, B, C, 

and D of the Annex to Presidential Proclamation 8213 (December 20, 2007) have taken 

effect. 

‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The program under 

this section shall apply with respect to 

qualifying fabric exported to an eligible 

country on or after August 1, 2007.’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

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America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 403 

the following: 

‘‘Sec. 404. Earned import allowance program.’’. 

SEC. 3. AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY 

ACT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 112 of the African 

Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721) 

is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)(6)(A), by striking 

‘‘ethic’’ in the second sentence and inserting 

‘‘ethnic’’; and 

(2) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, and subject to paragraph (2),’’; 

(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); 

(C) in paragraph (4)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘Subsection (b)(3)(C)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Subsection (b)(3)(B)’’; and 

(ii) by redesignating such paragraph (4) as 

paragraph (2); and 

(D) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the 

term ‘lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country’ means— 

‘‘(A) a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

country that had a per capita gross national 

product of less than $1,500 in 1998, as measured by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; 

‘‘(B) Botswana; 

‘‘(C) Namibia; and 

‘‘(D) Mauritius.’’. 

(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made 

by subsection (a) apply to goods entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 

on or after the 15th day after the date of the 

enactment of this Act. 

(c) REVIEW AND REPORTS.— 

(1) ITC REVIEW AND REPORT.— 

(A) REVIEW.—The United States International Trade Commission shall conduct a 

review to identify yarns, fabrics, and other 

textile and apparel inputs that through new 

or increased investment or other measures 

can be produced competitively in beneficiary 

sub-Saharan African countries. 

(B) REPORT.—Not later than 7 months after 

the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

United States International Trade Commission shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Comptroller General a report on the results of the review carried out under subparagraph (A). 

(2) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

after the submission of the report under 

paragraph (1)(B), the Comptroller General 

shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that, based on 

the results of the report submitted under 

paragraph (1)(B) and other available information, contains recommendations for 

changes to United States trade preference 

programs, including the African Growth and 

Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) and 

the amendments made by that Act, to provide incentives to increase investment and 

other measures necessary to improve the 

competitiveness of beneficiary sub-Saharan 

African countries in the production of yarns, 

fabrics, and other textile and apparel inputs 

identified in the report submitted under 

paragraph (1)(B), including changes to requirements relating to rules of origin under 

such programs. 

(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

(A) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 

committees’’ means the Committee on Ways 

and Means of the House of Representatives 

and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and 

(B) the term ‘‘beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries’’ has the meaning given the 

term in section 506A(c) of the Trade Act of 

1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a(c)). 

(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 

6002(a)(2)(B) of Public Law 109–432 is amended 

by striking ‘‘(B) by striking’’ and inserting 

‘‘(B) in paragraph (3), by striking’’. 

SEC. 4. GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES. 

Section 505 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 

U.S.C. 2465) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

2009’’. 

SEC. 5. CUSTOMS USER FEES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13031(j)(3) of the 

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 

Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘November 14, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘February 14, 

2018’’; and 

(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘October 7, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘January 31, 

2018’’. 

(b) REPEAL.—Section 15201 of the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public 

Law 110–246) is amended by striking subsections (c) and (d). 

SEC. 6. TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CORPORATE ESTIMATED TAXES. 

The percentage under subparagraph (C) of 

section 401(1) of the Tax Increase Prevention 

and Reconciliation Act of 2005 in effect on 

the date of the enactment of this Act is increased by 2 percentage points. 

SEC. 7. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

Section 15402 of the Food, Conservation, 

and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246) 

is amended— 

(1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking 

‘‘Carribean’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Caribbean’’; and 

(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘231A(b)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘213A(b)’’. 

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EXECUTIVE SESSION 

EXECUTIVE CALENDAR 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed 

to executive session to consider Calendar Nos. 695, 758, 759, 762, 763, 764, 767 

to and including 770, 776, 777, 778, 785, 

786, 787, 788, 789, 790 to and including 

804, 807 to and including 812, all nominations on the Secretary’s Desk in the 

Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and 

Navy; that the Commerce Committee 

be discharged of PN2090, Coast Guard 

promotions; that the HELP Committee 

be discharged of the following: for 

membership on the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission: 

PN1828, Mary Lucille Jordan, and 

PN1976 Michael Young; for membership 

on the National Council on Disability: 

PN1503 Katherine O. McCary; PN1509 

Chad Colley; PN1510 Victoria Ray Carlson; PN1511 Tony J. Williams; PN1512 

John R. Vaughn; PN1761 Marlyn Andrea Howe; PN1762 Lonnie C. Moore; 

PN1763 Heather McCallum; for membership on the Board of Trustees of the 

James Madison Memorial Fellowship 

Foundation: PN1687 John J. Faso; 

PN1688 Joe Manchin III; PN1689 Harvey 

M. Tettlebaum; for membership on the 

Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation: PN1977 

Dave Heineman; for membership on the 

National Science Board, National 

Science Foundation: PN2023 Esin 

Gulari; PN2025 Diane Souvaine; for 

membership on the National Council 

on the Arts: PN2102 JoAnn Falletta and 

PN2103 Lee Greenwood; that the Finance Committee be discharged of 

PN2017, Edwin Eck, Internal Revenue 

Service Oversight Board; that the Foreign Relations Committee be discharged of the following: to serve as a 

U.S. Representative to the U.N. General Assembly: PN2055 Anthony H. 

Gioia and PN2056 Karen Elliott House; 

PN1751 James Franklin Jeffrey to be 

Career Member of the Senior Foreign 

Service; for various foreign service officers, consular officers and career members of the senior foreign service: 

PN1991, PN1998, PN1999 and PN2000; 

that the Judiciary Committee be discharged of PN1703 Dennis Michael 

Klein; that the Senate proceed to their 

consideration, en bloc; that the nominations be confirmed, en bloc; the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 

table, en bloc; that no further motions 

be in order; and that any statements 

relating to the nominations be printed 

in the Record; provided further that 

the President be immediately notified 

of the Senate’s action and the Senate 

return to legislative session. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows: 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Christine O. Hill, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Congressional Affairs). 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Matthew A. Reynolds, of Massachusetts, to 

be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs). 

Brian H. Hook, of Iowa, to be an Assistant 

Secretary of State (International Organization Affairs). 

C. Steven McGann, of New York, a Career 

Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class 

of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 

States of America to the Republic of the Fiji 

Islands, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 

United States of America to the Republic of 

Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and 

the Republic of Kiribati. 

Carol Ann Rodley, of Virginia, 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 Kingdom of 

Cambodia. 

Sung Y. Kim, of California, a Foreign Service Officer of Class One, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for the Six Party Talks. 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Patrick W. Dunne, of New York, to be 

Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

Carol Waller Pope, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor 

Relations Authority for a term expiring July 

1, 2009 (Reappointment), to which position 

she was appointed during the last recess of 

the Senate. 

Thomas M. Beck, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority 

for a term of five years expiring July 1, 2010. 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

Ruth Y. Goldway, of California, to be a 

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