[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 121 (Wednesday, August 5, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S8864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:

       By Mr. ROCKEFELLER for the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       *Susan L. Kurland, of Illinois, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Transportation.
       *Christopher P. Bertram, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     an Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
       *Dennis F. Hightower, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
       *Christopher A. Hart, of Colorado, to be a Member of the 
     National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring 
     December 31, 2012.
       *Patricia D. Cahill, of Missouri, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
     for a term expiring January 31, 2014.
       *Daniel R. Elliott, III, of Ohio, to be a Member of the 
     Surface Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 
     2013.
       *Robert S. Adler, of North Carolina, to be a Commissioner 
     of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of seven 
     years from October 27, 2007.
       *Anne M. Northup, of Kentucky, to be a Commissioner of the 
     Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years 
     from October 27, 2004.

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. 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 Denise J. Gruccio and ending with 
     Sara A. Slaughter, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on July 31, 
     2009.

  *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.

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