[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 25371]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate, Wednesday, October 21, 
2009:


                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

       WILLIAM E. SPRIGGS, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF LABOR.
       JOSEPH A. MAIN, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 
     LABOR FOR MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH.


                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

       JOSE ANTONIO GARCIA, OF FLORIDA, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE 
     OFFICE OF MINORITY ECONOMIC IMPACT, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.


                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

       MARCIA K. MCNUTT, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE 
     UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.


                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

       ARUN MAJUMDAR, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE 
     ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY--ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF 
     ENERGY.

       THE ABOVE NOMINATIONS WERE APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE 
     NOMINEES' COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS TO APPEAR AND 
     TESTIFY BEFORE ANY DULY CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE.


                  UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

       WILLIAM K. SESSIONS III, OF VERMONT, TO BE CHAIR OF THE 
     UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION.


                             THE JUDICIARY

       ROBERTO A. LANGE, OF SOUTH DAKOTA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA.