[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 1720-1721]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:

       By Mr. WYDEN for the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources:
       *Ellen Dudley Williams, of Maryland, to be Director of the 
     Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy, Department of 
     Energy.
       *Christopher Smith, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of Energy (Fossil Energy).
       *Elizabeth M. Robinson, of Washington, to be Under 
     Secretary of Energy.
       *Franklin M. Orr, Jr., of California, to be Under Secretary 
     for Science, Department of Energy.
       *Neil Gregory Kornze, of Nevada, to be Director of the 
     Bureau of Land Management.
       *Esther Puakela Kia'aina, of Hawaii, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Interior.
       *Marc A. Kastner, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the 
     Office of Science, Department of Energy.
       *Jonathan Elkind, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of Energy (International Affairs).
       *Steven Croley, of Michigan, to be General Counsel of the 
     Department of Energy.
       *Michael L. Connor, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       *Tommy Port Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Interior.
       By Mr. LEAHY for the Committee on the Judiciary:
       Carolyn B. McHugh, of Utah, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Tenth Circuit.
       Timothy L. Brooks, of Arkansas, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.
       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.
       Pedro A. Delgado Hernandez, of Puerto Rico, to be United 
     States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.
       Pamela L. Reeves, of Tennessee, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
       James Maxwell Moody, Jr., of Arkansas, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
       Vince Girdhari Chhabria, of California, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Northern District of California.
       Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New York, to be an Assistant 
     Attorney General.
       John B. Owens, of California, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
       Michelle T. Friedland, of California, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.

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       Nancy L. Moritz, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Tenth Circuit.
       David Jeremiah Barron, of Massachusetts, to be United 
     States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit.
       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.
       Linda Vivienne Parker, of Michigan, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
       Christopher Reid Cooper, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
       M. Douglas Harpool, of Missouri, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.
       Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be United 
     States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
     Pennsylvania.
       Edward G. Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
       Sheryl H. Lipman, of Tennessee, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee.
       Stanley Allen Bastian, of Washington, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington.
       Manish S. Shah, of Illinois, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
       Daniel D. Crabtree, of Kansas, to be United States District 
     Judge for the District of Kansas.
       Cynthia Ann Bashant, of California, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Southern District of California.
       Jon David Levy, of Maine, to be United States District 
     Judge for the District of Maine.
       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.
       By Mr. SANDERS for the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       *Sloan D. Gibson, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
       *Linda A. Schwartz, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Policy and Planning).
       By Mrs. FEINSTEIN for the Select Committee on Intelligence.
       *Daniel Bennett Smith, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of State (Intelligence and Research).

  *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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