[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 4, 1994)]
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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: 
Calendar items numbered 977, 978, 979, 980, 981, 982, 1123, 1178, 1191, 
1226, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 
1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1317, 
and all nominations placed on the Secretary's desk in the Foreign 
Service; I further ask unanimous consent that the nominees be 
confirmed, en bloc, that any statements appear in the Record as if 
read, that upon confirmation the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, en bloc, that the President be immediately notified of the 
Senate's action, and that 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:

               federal agricultural mortgage corporation

       Marilyn Fae Peters, of South Dakota, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
     Corporation.
       Clyde Arlie Wheeler, Jr., of Oklahoma, to be a Member of 
     the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
     Corporation.

                  commodity futures trading commission

       Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, to be a Commissioner of the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the remainder of the 
     term expiring April 13, 1995.
       Mary L. Schapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for 
     the term expiring April 13, 1999.
       Mary L. Schapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, vice 
     Wendy Lee Gramm, resigned.

                       farm credit administration

       Doyle Cook, of Washington, to be a Member of the Farm 
     Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, for 
     the term expiring May 21, 1998.

                  corporation for public broadcasting

       Alan Sagner, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of 
     Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the 
     remainder of the term expiring January 31, 1998.

                       department of agriculture

       Roger C. Viadero, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
     Department of Agriculture.

                       department of the treasury

       Stuart L. Brown, of Maryland, to be an Assistant General 
     Counsel in the Department of the Treasury (Chief Counsel for 
     the Internal Revenue Service).

             national corporation for housing partnerships

       Alan A. Diamonstein, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the National Corporation for Housing 
     Partnerships for the term expiring October 27, 1995.

                    united states information agency

       Robet B. Fulton, of Pennsylvania, to be an Association 
     Director of the United States Information Agency.

                     african development foundation

       Cecil James Banks, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for 
     a term expiring November 13, 1995.

                       Inter-American Foundation

       Patricia Hill Williams, of New York, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a 
     term expiring September 20, 2000.

         United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

       William Hybl, of Colorado, to be a Member of the United 
     States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term 
     expiring July 1, 1997. (Reappointment)

                          Department of State

       Vonya B. McCann, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador 
     during her tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
     State for International Communications and Information 
     Policy.

         United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

       Walter R. Roberts, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
     Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public 
     Diplomacy for a term expiring April 6, 1997. (Reappointment)

                          Department of State

       Patrick J. Leahy, of Vermont, to be a Representative of the 
     United States of America to the Forty-ninth Session of the 
     General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Frank H. Murkowski, of Alaska, to be a Representative of 
     the United States of America to the Forty-ninth Session of 
     the General Assembly of United Nations.
       Madeleine Korbel Albright, of the District of Columbia, to 
     be a Representative of the United States of America to the 
     Forty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of the United 
     Nations.
       Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be a 
     Representative of the United States of America to the Forty-
     ninth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       David Elias Birenbaum, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     an Alternate Representative of the United States of America 
     to the Forty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of the 
     United Nations.
       Karl Frederick Inderfurth, of North Carolina, to be an 
     Alternate Representative of the United States of America to 
     the Forty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of the United 
     Nations.
       Victor Marrero, of New York, to be an Alternate 
     Representative of the United States of America to the Forty-
     ninth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development

       Barbara Blum, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member 
     of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian 
     and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for the 
     remainder of the term expiring May 19, 1996.
       LaDonna Harris, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
     Native Culture and Arts Development for a term expiring May 
     19, 2000.
       Loren Kieve, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of 
     Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
     Native Culture and Arts Development for the remainder of the 
     term expiring May 19, 1996.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

       Harvey G. Ryland, of Florida, to be Deputy Director of the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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