[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 26 (Thursday, March 12, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S1883]
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                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of committees were submitted:

       By Mr. McCain, from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation:
       Robert J. Shapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be Under 
     Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs.
       John Charles Horsley, of Washington, to be Associate Deputy 
     Secretary of Transportation.
       James E. Hall, of Tennessee, to be Chairman of the National 
     Transportation Safety Board for a term of two years. 
     (Reappointment)
       Orson Swindle, of Hawaii, to be a Federal Trade 
     Commissioner for the term of seven years from September 26, 
     1997, term expired, to which position he was appointed during 
     the last recess of the Senate.
       Mozelle Willmont Thompson, of New York, to be a Federal 
     Trade Commissioner for the term of seven years from September 
     26, 1996, to which position he was appointed during the last 
     recess of the Senate.
       Winter D. Horton, Jr., of Utah, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a 
     term expiring January 31, 2002, term expired.
       Christy Carpenter, of California, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
     for a term expiring January 31, 2002, term expired.
       The following-named officers for appointment in the U.S. 
     Coast Guard to the grade indicated under title 14, U.S.C., 
     section 271:

                           To be rear admiral

     Rear Adm. (lh) Joseph J. McClelland, Jr., 1599
     Rear Adm. (lh) John L. Parker, 7443
     Rear Adm. (lh) Paul J. Pluta, 4222
     Rear Adm. (lh) Thad W. Allen, 3199

       The following-named officers for appointment in the U.S. 
     Coast Guard to the grade indicated under title 14 U.S.C., 
     section 271:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

     Capt. David S. Belz, 7006
     Capt. James S. Carmichael, 7926
     Capt. Roy J. Casto, 8656
     Capt. James A. Kinghorn, 8699
     Capt. Erroll M. Brown, 1778

  (The above nominations were reported with the recommendation that 
they be confirmed, subject to the nominees' commitment to respond to 
requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of 
the Senate.)
  Mr. McCain. Mr. President, for the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation, I report favorably seven nominations lists in the 
Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which 
were printed in full in the Congressional Record  on November 6, 1997, 
January 29, 1998 and March 3, 1998, and ask unanimous consent, to save 
the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar, that 
these nominations lie at the Secretary's desk for the information of 
Senators.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The nominations ordered to lie on the Secretary's desk were printed 
in the Records of November 6, 1997, January 29, 1998 and March 3, 1998, 
at the end of the Senate proceedings.)

       In the Coast Guard nominations beginning Cdr. Claudio R. 
     Azzaro, and ending Cdr. Jerry J. Saulter, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of November 6, 1997.
       In the Coast Guard nominations beginning Stephen W. Rochon, 
     and ending Louis M. Farrell, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     January 29, 1998.
       In the Coast Guard nomination of Robert L. Clarke, Jr., 
     which was received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record  of January 29, 1998.
       In the Coast Guard nomination of Kerstin B. Rhinehart, 
     which was received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record of January 29, 1998.
       In the Coast Guard nomination of Maury M. Mcfadden, which 
     was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of January 29, 1998.
       In the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
     nominations beginning James A. Illg, and ending Jennifer D. 
     Garte, which nominations were received by the Senate and 
     appeared in the Congressional Record of January 29, 1998.
       In the Coast Guard nominations beginning William J. 
     Shelton, and ending Keith O. Pelletier, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 3, 1998.

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