[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 10050]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate June 12, 2014:


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       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.


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       MICHAEL J. MCCORD, OF OHIO, TO BE UNDER SECRETARY OF 
     DEFENSE (COMPTROLLER).


                         FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

       STANLEY FISCHER, OF NEW YORK, TO BE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE 
     BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR A TERM 
     OF FOUR YEARS.
       LAEL BRAINARD, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE A MEMBER 
     OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR A 
     TERM OF FOURTEEN YEARS FROM FEBRUARY 1, 2012.
       JEROME H. POWELL, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD 
     OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR A TERM OF 
     FOURTEEN YEARS FROM FEBRUARY 1, 2014.


                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

       TODD A. BATTA, OF IOWA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 
     AGRICULTURE.


           NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

       R. JANE CHU, OF MISSOURI, TO BE CHAIRPERSON OF THE NATIONAL 
     ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS.