[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1232-D1238]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Friday, January 3, 2014

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action

  The Senate met at 11:46:32 a.m. in pro forma session, and adjourned 
at 12:00:19 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 6, 2014.
Nominations Returned to the President: The following nominations 
transmitted by the President of the United States to the Senate during 
the first session of the 113th Congress, and upon which no action was 
had, failed of confirmation under the provisions of Rule XXXI, 
paragraph 6, of the Standing Rules of the Senate:
  Jill A. Pryor, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eleventh Circuit.
  Rosemary Marquez, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Arizona.
  William L. Thomas, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Florida.
  Richard J. Engler, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years.
  Nicholas Christopher Geale, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2013.
  Patricia Nelson Limerick, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2018.
  Shelly Colleen Lowe, of Arizona, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2018.
  Vincent G. Logan, of New York, to be Special Trustee, Office of 
Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the Interior.
  Kenneth J. Kopocis, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Stephen Crawford, of Maryland, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service for the remainder of the term expiring December 8, 2015.
  Constance B. Tobias, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Board of 
Veterans' Appeals for a term of six years.
  Vicki Miles-LaGrange, of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term 
expiring December 10, 2015.
  Henry J. Aaron, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Social Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2014.
  Henry J. Aaron, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Social Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2020.
  Gloria Valencia-Weber, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 2014.
  Carlos Pascual, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (Energy Resources).
  David Michael Bennett, of North Carolina, to be a Governor of the 
United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2018.
  Yvette Roubideaux, of Maryland, to be Director of the Indian Health 
Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for the term of four 
years.
  Nanci E. Langley, of Hawaii, to be a Commissioner of the Postal 
Regulatory Commission for a term expiring November 22, 2018.
  Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of State 
for Arms Control and International Security.
  Mark D. Gearan, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term 
expiring December 1, 2015.
  Carolyn B. McHugh, of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Tenth Circuit.
  Pamela L. Reeves, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
  Robert James Grey, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 2014.
  Jon M. Holladay, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Agriculture.
  Timothy L. Brooks, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Arkansas.
  Jeffrey Alker Meyer, of Connecticut, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Connecticut.

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  Thomas Hicks, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Election Assistance 
Commission for a term expiring December 12, 2013.
  Thomas Hicks, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Election Assistance 
Commission for a term expiring December 12, 2017.
  Myrna Perez, of Texas, to be a Member of the Election Assistance 
Commission for a term expiring December 12, 2015.
  Laurie I. Mikva, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 2013.
  Laurie I. Mikva, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 2016.
  Keith Michael Harper, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as United States Representative to the UN Human 
Rights Council.
  Michael G. Carroll, of New York, to be Inspector General, United 
States Agency for International Development.
  James Cole, Jr., of New York, to be General Counsel, Department of 
Education.
  Mark Thomas Nethery, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for a 
term expiring October 6, 2018.
  Charles P. Rose, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for a term 
expiring May 26, 2019.
  John Gerson Levi, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 2014.
  James Donato, of California, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of California.
  Beth Labson Freeman, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of California.
  Jennifer Prescod May-Parker, of North Carolina, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
  James C. Miller, III, of Virginia, to be a Governor of the United 
States Postal Service for the term expiring December 8, 2017.
  Anne J. Udall, of Oregon, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of 
the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for a term expiring 
October 6, 2016.
  Terrell McSweeny, of the District of Columbia, to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner for the unexpired term of seven years from September 26, 
2010.
  Michael A. Hammer, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Chile.
  Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Peru.
  Pedro A. Delgado Hernandez, of Puerto Rico, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.
  Bruce Howe Hendricks, of South Carolina, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of South Carolina.
  Alison Renee Lee, of South Carolina, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of South Carolina.
  Katherine M. O'Regan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Wanda Felton, of New York, to be First Vice President of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2017.
  Mark Bradley Childress, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the United 
Republic of Tanzania.
  Tomasz P. Malinowski, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
  Carlos Roberto Moreno, of California, to be Ambassador to Belize.
  John Hoover, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Sierra Leone.
  Crystal Nix-Hines, of California, for the rank of Ambassador during 
her tenure of service as the United States Permanent Representative to 
the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
  Michael Keith Yudin, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department 
of Education.
  William Ward Nooter, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, of Missouri, to be a Member of the United 
States International Trade Commission for a term expiring December 16, 
2021.
  Adam M. Scheinman, of Virginia, to be Special Representative of the 
President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Jessica Garfola Wright, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of 
Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
  Elizabeth M. Robinson, of Washington, to be Under Secretary of 
Energy.
  Frank A. Rose, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Verification and Compliance).
  Carolyn Hessler Radelet, of Virginia, to be Director of the Peace 
Corps.
  Timothy M. Broas, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the 
Netherlands.

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  Martha L. Minow, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 2014.
  Joseph Pius Pietrzyk, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 2014.
  Vince Girdhari Chhabria, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of California.
  Matthew Frederick Leitman, of Michigan, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
  Judith Ellen Levy, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Michigan.
  Laurie J. Michelson, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Michigan.
  James Maxwell Moody, Jr., of Arkansas, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
  Linda Vivienne Parker, of Michigan, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
  Leslie E. Bains, of New York, to be a Director of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2015.
  Robert Michael Simon, of Maryland, to be an Associate Director of the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy.
  Donald Lu, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Albania.
  Robert A. Sherman, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the 
Portuguese Republic.
  Tony Hammond, of Missouri, to be a Commissioner of the Postal 
Regulatory Commission for a term expiring October 14, 2018.
  Jo Emily Handelsman, of Connecticut, to be an Associate Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
  Michael L. Connor, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
Interior.
  Sarah Bloom Raskin, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  L. Paige Marvel, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court for a term of fifteen years.
  John L. Estrada, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Trinidad and Tobago.
  Noah Bryson Mamet, of California, to be Ambassador to the Argentine 
Republic.
  Thomas Frederick Daughton, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Namibia.
  Michael Stephen Hoza, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Cameroon.
  Eunice S. Reddick, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Niger.
  Karen Clark Stanton, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Republic of Timor-Leste.
  Amy Jane Hyatt, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Palau.
  France A. Cordova, of New Mexico, to be Director of the National 
Science Foundation for a term of six years.
  Michelle T. Friedland, of California, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
  Nancy L. Moritz, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Tenth Circuit.
  John B. Owens, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  Christopher Reid Cooper, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
  Daniel D. Crabtree, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Kansas.
  Sheryl H. Lipman, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Tennessee.
  Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
  M. Douglas Harpool, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Missouri.
  Edward G. Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
  Gary Blankinship, of Texas, to be United States Marshal for the 
Southern District of Texas for the term of four years.
  Robert L. Hobbs, of Texas, to be United States Marshal for the 
Eastern District of Texas for the term of four years.
  Amos Rojas, Jr., of Florida, to be United States Marshal for the 
Southern District of Florida for the term of four years.
  Peter C. Tobin, of Ohio, to be United States Marshal for the Southern 
District of Ohio for a term of four years.
  J. Christopher Giancarlo, of New Jersey, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the remainder of the term 
expiring April 13, 2014.
  Frank G. Klotz, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear 
Security.
  Kathryn D. Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Oceans and Atmosphere.
  Steven Croley, of Michigan, to be General Counsel of the Department 
of Energy.
  Karen Dynan, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.

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  R. Gil Kerlikowske, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner 
of Customs, Department of Homeland Security.
  Matthew T. Harrington, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom 
of Lesotho.
  Pamela K. Hamamoto, of Hawaii, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other 
International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Sarah Sewall, of Massachusetts, to be an Under Secretary of State 
(Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights).
  Suzanne Eleanor Spaulding, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary, 
Department of Homeland Security.
  Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General.
  Linda A. Schwartz, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.
  Dwight L. Bush, Sr., of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Kingdom of Morocco.
  Roy K. J. Williams, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Economic Development.
  Paul Nathan Jaenichen, Sr., of Kentucky, to be Administrator of the 
Maritime Administration.
  Christopher Smith, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Fossil Energy).
  Esther Puakela Kia'aina, of Hawaii, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Interior.
  Victoria Marie Baecher Wassmer, of Illinois, to be Chief Financial 
Officer, Environmental Protection Agency.
  Richard G. Frank, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Health and Human Services.
  Larry Edward Andre, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Mauritania.
  Helen Meagher La Lime, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Angola.
  Luis G. Moreno, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Jamaica.
  George James Tsunis, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Norway.
  Puneet Talwar, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs).
  Michael Anderson Lawson, of California, for the rank of Ambassador 
during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of 
America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation 
Organization.
  Daniel W. Yohannes, of Colorado, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Anthony Luzzatto Gardner, of New York, to be Representative of the 
United States of America to the European Union, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador.
  Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-
eighth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Barbara Lee, of California, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sixty-eighth Session of the General Assembly 
of the United Nations.
  Mark Meadows, of North Carolina, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sixty-eighth Session of the General Assembly 
of the United Nations.
  Theodore Strickland, of Ohio, to be an Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sixty-eighth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  Stephen N. Zack, of Florida, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sixty-eighth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and 
Hour Division, Department of Labor.
  James H. Shelton III, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Education.
  John P. Carlin, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  Sloan D. Gibson, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs.
  Jo Ann Rooney, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary of the Navy.
  Jamie Michael Morin, of Michigan, to be Director of Cost Assessment 
and Program Evaluation, Department of Defense.
  David J. Arroyo, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2016.
  Cynthia H. Akuetteh, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Gabonese Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of the Democratic Republic 
of Sao Tome and Principe.
  Eric T. Schultz, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Zambia.
  Camilla C. Feibelman, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for a 
term expiring April 15, 2017.
  Tamara Wenda Ashford, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.
  Richard Stengel, of New York, to be Under Secretary of State for 
Public Diplomacy.

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  Leslie Ragon Caldwell, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General.
  Cynthia Ann Bashant, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of California.
  Stanley Allen Bastian, of Washington, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Washington.
  Diane J. Humetewa, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Arizona.
  Jon David Levy, of Maine, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Maine.
  Steven Paul Logan, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Arizona.
  Douglas L. Rayes, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Arizona.
  Manish S. Shah, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Illinois.
  John Joseph Tuchi, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Arizona.
  Charles Norman Wiltse Keckler, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term 
expiring July 13, 2016.
  Kathryn B. Thomson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Transportation.
  Bruce Heyman, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Canada.
  Kevin Whitaker, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Colombia.
  David Jeremiah Barron, of Massachusetts, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the First Circuit.
  Mark G. Mastroianni, of Massachusetts, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Massachusetts.
  Indira Talwani, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Massachusetts.
  Debra L. Miller, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Surface 
Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2017.
  Steven Joel Anthony, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Railroad Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2018.
  Theodore David Chuang, of Maryland, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Maryland.
  George Jarrod Hazel, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Maryland.
  Catherine Ann Novelli, of Virginia, to be an Under Secretary of State 
(Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment).
  Susan McCue, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of three years.
  Dana J. Hyde, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium 
Challenge Corporation.
  Mark E. Lopes, of Arizona, to be United States Executive Director of 
the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of three years.
  Catherine Ann Novelli, of Virginia, to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
  Catherine Ann Novelli, of Virginia, to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
for a term of five years; United States Alternate Governor of the 
Inter-American Development Bank for a term of five years.
  Lanhee J. Chen, of California, to be a Member of the Social Security 
Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2018.
  Alan L. Cohen, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Social Security 
Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2016.
  Kelly R. Welsh, of Illinois, to be General Counsel of the Department 
of Commerce.
  Arun Madhavan Kumar, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign 
Commercial Service.
  Arnold A. Chacon, of Virginia, to be Director General of the Foreign 
Service.
  Daniel Bennett Smith, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Intelligence and Research).
  Helen Tierney, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department 
of Veterans Affairs.
  Alfredo J. Balsera, of Florida, to be a Member of the United States 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 
2014.
  Joseph S. Hezir, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Energy.
  Nani A. Coloretti, of California, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of the Treasury.
  Jonathan Elkind, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(International Affairs).
  Rhea Sun Suh, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
Wildlife.
  Charles Hammerman Rivkin, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs).
  Robert C. Barber, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Iceland.
  Bathsheba Nell Crocker, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of State (International Organization Affairs).
  Mark Gilbert, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to New 
Zealand.
  Tina S. Kaidanow, of the District of Columbia, to be Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large.

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  Theodore Reed Mitchell, of California, to be Under Secretary of 
Education.
  Massie Ritsch, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Communications and Outreach, Department of Education.
  William A. LaPlante, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Air Force.
  Joseph P. Mohorovic, of Illinois, to be a Commissioner of the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years from 
October 27, 2012.
  Janice Marion Schneider, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Interior.
  Ellen Dudley Williams, of Maryland, to be Director of the Advanced 
Research Projects Agency--Energy, Department of Energy.
  Colleen Bradley Bell, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to Hungary.
  Joseph William Westphal, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom 
of Saudi Arabia.
  Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the International Monetary Fund for a term of five years.
  Madelyn R. Creedon, of Indiana, to be Principal Deputy Administrator, 
National Nuclear Security Administration.
  Robin S. Rosenbaum, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Eleventh Circuit.
  James D. Peterson, of Wisconsin, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Wisconsin.
  Nancy J. Rosenstengel, of Illinois, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Illinois.
  Ronnie L. White, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Missouri.
  Kevin W. Techau, of Iowa, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Iowa for the term of four years.
  Tommy Port Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  Neil Gregory Kornze, of Nevada, to be Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management.
  Thomas A. Burke, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  Stefan M. Selig, of New York, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
International Trade.
  Ericka M. Miller, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
  Caroline Diane Krass, of the District of Columbia, to be General 
Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.
  Timothy G. Massad, of Connecticut, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 
2017.
  Timothy G. Massad, of Connecticut, to be Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission.
  Mark Gilbert, of the District of Columbia, to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Independent State 
of Samoa.
  Mark E. Lopes, of Arizona, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 
2016.
  Harry James Franklyn Korrell III, of Washington, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term 
expiring July 13, 2014.
  Victor B. Maddox, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 2016.
  Franklin M. Orr, Jr., of California, to be Under Secretary for 
Science, Department of Energy.
  Marc A. Kastner, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of 
Science, Department of Energy.
  Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Massachusetts, to be Medical Director in 
the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to 
qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be 
Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for a term of four years.
  Debo P. Adegbile, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  Linda Thomas-Greenfield, an Assistant Secretary of State (African 
Affairs), to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African 
Development Foundation for the remainder of the term expiring September 
27, 2015.
  Sherry Moore Trafford, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for 
the term of fifteen years.
  Steven M. Wellner, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Andrew Mark Luger, of Minnesota, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Minnesota for the term of four years.
  Damon Paul Martinez, of New Mexico, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of New Mexico for the term of four years.
  Brad R. Carson, of Oklahoma, to be Under Secretary of the Army.
  Richard A. Kennedy, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term 
expiring May 30, 2016.

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  David Radzanowski, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Financial 
Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  Maureen Elizabeth Cormack, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Bosnia 
and Herzegovina.
  Leslie Berger Kiernan, of Maryland, to be Representative of the 
United States of America to the United Nations for U. N. Management and 
Reform, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Leslie Berger Kiernan, of Maryland, to be Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations for U. N. Management 
and Reform.
  Heather L. MacDougall, of Florida, to be a Member of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2017.
  John Roth, of Michigan, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Homeland Security.
  Peter A. Selfridge, of Minnesota, to be Chief of Protocol, and to 
have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service.
  Douglas Alan Silliman, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Kuwait.
  Robert A. Wood, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the Conference on 
Disarmament.
  Portia Y. Wu, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor.
  Thomas Edgar Rothman, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2016.
  Elisebeth Collins Cook, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Privacy 
and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 
2020.
  Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Fifth Circuit.
  Julie E. Carnes, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Eleventh Circuit.
  James Alan Soto, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Arizona.
  Leo T. Sorokin, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Massachusetts.
  Eleanor Louise Ross, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Georgia.
  Leigh Martin May, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Georgia.
  M. Hannah Lauck, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Virginia.
  Mark Howard Cohen, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Georgia.
  Tanya S. Chutkan, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Columbia.
  Michael P. Boggs, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Georgia.
  5 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  9 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Foreign Service. 
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