[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 25645-25646]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of committees were submitted:

       By Mr. WARNER for the Committee on Armed Services.
       Army nomination of Maj. Gen. Robert T. Clark.
       By Mr. SHELBY for the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       *Paul S. Atkins, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 
     5, 2008.
       *Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term 
     of fourteen years from February 1, 2004.
       *Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Vice 
     Chairman of the Board of

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     Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four 
     years.
       By Mr. McCAIN for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       Karen K. Bhatia, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of Transportation.
       *Gwendolyn Brown, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial 
     Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
       *Charles Darwin Snelling, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member 
     of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington 
     Airports Authority for the remainder of the term expiring May 
     30, 2006.
       Coast Guard nomination of Capt. John C. Acton.
       Coast Guard nominations beginning Capt. Arthur E. Brooks 
     and ending Capt. Timothy S. Sullivan, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on September 29, 2003.

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, for the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation, I report favorably the following nomination lists 
which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, 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.

       Coast Guard nominations beginning Christina M. Schultz and 
     ending Kurt M. Van Hauter, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on 
     September 10, 2003.
       Coast Guard nominations beginning Daniel B. Abel and ending 
     Paul E. Wiedenhoeft, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on September 
     10, 2003.
       Coast Guard nominations beginning Michael A. Alfultis and 
     ending Kurt A. Sebastian, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on 
     September 10, 2003.
       Coast Guard nominations beginning Delano G. Adams and 
     ending Russell H. Zullick, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on 
     October 16, 2003.
       By Mr. HATCH for the Committee on the Judiciary.
       Dale S. Fischer, of California, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Central District of California.
       Gary L. Sharpe, of New York, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of New York.

  *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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