[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 85 (Thursday, June 23, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S7293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of committees were submitted:

       By Mr. STEVENS for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation. Edmund S. Hawley, of California, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security.
       *David A. Sampson, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of 
     Commerce.
       *John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of 
     the Department of Commerce.
       *William Alan Jeffrey, of Virginia, to be Director of the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology.
       *Ashok G. Kaveeshwar, of Maryland, to be Administrator of 
     the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 
     Department of Transportation.
       *Israel Hernandez, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of 
     Commerce and Director General of the United States and 
     Foreign Commercial Service.
       *Coast Guard nomination of Radm Sally Brice-O'Hara to be 
     Rear Admiral.

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, for the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation I report favorably the following nomination list 
which was printed in the Record on the date indicated, and ask 
unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive 
Calendar that this nomination lie at the Secretary's desk for the 
information of Senators.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

       National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration nominations 
     beginning with Paul L. Schattgen and ending with David J. 
     Zezula, which nominations were received by the Senate and 
     appeared in the Congressional Record on June 16, 2005.

  *Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed 
subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear 
and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
  (Nominations without an asterisk were reported with the 
recommendation that they be confirmed.)

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