[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 103 (Thursday, July 18, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S5799]
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. JOHNSON, of South Dakota, for the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       *Melvin L. Watt, of North Carolina, to be Director of the 
     Federal Housing Finance Agency for a term of five years.
       *Richard T. Metsger, of Oregon, to be a Member of the 
     National Credit Union Administration Board for a term 
     expiring August 2, 2017.
       *Jason Furman, of New York, to be a Member and Chairman of 
     the Council of Economic Advisers.
       *Mary Jo White, of New York, to be a Member of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 
     5, 2019.
       *Kara Marlene Stein, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 
     5, 2017.
       *Michael Sean Piwowar, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 
     5, 2018.
       By Mr. LEAHY for the Committee on the Judiciary.
       Todd M. Hughes, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
     States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit.
       Colin Stirling Bruce, of Illinois, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Central District of Illinois.
       Sara Lee Ellis, of Illinois, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
       Andrea R. Wood, of Illinois, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
       Madeline Hughes Haikala, of Alabama, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.
       James B. Comey, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Director of the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation for a term of ten years.

  *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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