[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11639]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate July 9, 2014:


                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

       DARCI L. VETTER, OF NEBRASKA, TO BE CHIEF AGRICULTURAL 
     NEGOTIATOR, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, 
     WITH THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR.


           NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

       WILLIAM D. ADAMS, OF MAINE, TO BE CHAIRPERSON OF THE 
     NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES FOR A TERM OF FOUR 
     YEARS.


              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

       JULIAN CASTRO, OF TEXAS, TO BE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND 
     URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

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