*Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2017 *

**Nominations Submitted to the Senate **

*December 22, 2017 *

*The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service officers. *

*Submitted January 20 *

Terry Branstad,

of Iowa, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China.

Benjamin S. Carson, Sr.,

of Florida, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Elaine L. Chao,

of Kentucky, to be Secretary of Transportation.

Jay Clayton,

of New York, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2021, vice Daniel M. Gallagher, Jr. (term expired).

Daniel Coats,

of Indiana, to be Director of National Intelligence, vice James R. Clapper, Jr.

Elisabeth Prince DeVos,

of Michigan, to be Secretary of Education.

David Friedman,

of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Israel.

Nikki R. Haley,

of South Carolina, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations.

Nikki R. Haley,

of South Carolina, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations.

John F. Kelly,

of Virginia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.

Robert Lighthizer,

of Florida, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

James Mattis,

of Washington, to be Secretary of Defense.

Linda E. McMahon,

of Connecticut, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, vice Maria Contreras-Sweet, resigned.

Steven T. Mnuchin,

of California, to be Secretary of the Treasury.

Steven T. Mnuchin,

of California, to be United States Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United States Governor of the African Development Fund, and United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank, vice Jacob Joseph Lew, resigned.

Steven T. Mnuchin,

of California, to be United States Governor of the International Monetary Fund, United States Governor of the African Development Bank, United States Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank, and United States Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of five years, vice Jacob Joseph Lew, resigned.

James Richard Perry,

of Texas, to be Secretary of Energy.

Mike Pompeo,

of Kansas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, vice John Owen Brennan.

Thomas Price,

of Georgia, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Scott Pruitt,

of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Andrew F. Puzder,

of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Labor.

Todd M. Ricketts,

of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce.

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.,

of Florida, to be Secretary of Commerce.

Jeff Sessions,

of Alabama, to be Attorney General.

David J. Shulkin,

of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Rex W. Tillerson,

of Texas, to be Secretary of State.

Seema Verma,

of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, vice Marilyn B. Tavenner.

Vincent Viola,

of New York, to be Secretary of the Army, vice Eric Kenneth Fanning.

Ryan Zinke,

of Montana, to be Secretary of the Interior.

*Submitted March 21 *

Courtney Elwood,

of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, vice Caroline Diane Krass, resigned.

David Malpass,

of New York, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice D. Nathan Sheets.

Jeffrey A. Rosen,

of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation, vice Victor M. Mendez.

Amul R. Thapar,

of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Boyce F. Martin, Jr., retired.

Heather Wilson,

of South Dakota, to be Secretary of the Air Force, vice Deborah Lee James.

*Withdrawn March 21 *

Vincent Viola,

of New York, to be Secretary of the Army, vice Eric Kenneth Fanning, which was sent to the Senate on January 20, 2017.

*Submitted March 27 *

Althea Coetzee,

of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, vice Douglas J. Kramer.

Scott Gottlieb,

of Connecticut, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Robert McKinnon Califf.

William Francis Hagerty IV,

of Tennessee, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan.

*Submitted April 4 *

Sigal Mandelker,

of New York, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, vice David S. Cohen, resigned.

Heath P. Tarbert,

of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Marisa Lago.

*Submitted April 6 *

Makan Delrahim,

of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice William Joseph Baer, resigned.

Eric D. Hargan,

of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice William V. Corr, resigned.

David L. Norquist,

of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), vice Michael J. McCord.

*Submitted April 24 *

Vishal J. Amin,

of Michigan, to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Executive Office of the President, vice Daniel Henry Marti.

Noel J. Francisco,

of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States, vice Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., resigned.

David James Glawe,

of Iowa, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security, vice Francis Xavier Taylor.

Adam Lerrick,

of Wyoming, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Ramin Toloui.

Elaine McCusker,

of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, vice John Conger.

Brent James McIntosh,

of Michigan, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, vice Christopher J. Meade, resigned.

*Submitted April 25 *

Kari A. Bingen,

of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, vice Marcel J. Lettre, II, resigned.

Stephen Elliott Boyd,

of Alabama, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Peter Joseph Kadzik.

Scott P. Brown,

of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Independent State of Samoa.

Lee Francis Cissna,

of Maryland, to be Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, vice Leon Rodriguez.

Robert Daigle,

of Virginia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Department of Defense, vice Jamie Michael Morin.

Robert Story Karem,

of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Derek H. Chollet, resigned.

Kenneth P. Rapuano,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Eric Rosenbach, resigned.

John J. Sullivan,

of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State, vice Antony Blinken, resigned.

*Withdrawn April 25 *

Todd M. Ricketts,

of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, vice Bruce H. Andrews, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on January 20, 2017.

*Submitted April 28 *

David Bernhardt,

of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, vice Michael L. Connor.

Ryan Dean Newman,

of New Mexico, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, vice Alissa M. Starzak.

Pamela Hughes Patenaude,

of New Hampshire, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Nani A. Coloretti.

Mira Radielovic Ricardel,

of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, vice Eric L. Hirschhorn.

David Joel Trachtenberg,

of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, vice Brian P. McKeon.

*Submitted May 2 *

Marshall Billingslea,

of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Department of the Treasury, vice Daniel L. Glaser.

Russell Vought,

of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Brian C. Deese.

*Submitted May 8 *

Amy Coney Barrett,

of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, vice John Daniel Tinder, retired.

Matthew Bassett,

of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Jim R. Esquea.

John Kenneth Bush,

of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Danny J. Boggs, retired.

Joan Louise Larsen,

of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice David W. McKeague, retired.

Kevin Christopher Newsom,

of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, vice Joel F. Dubina, retired.

David C. Nye,

of Idaho, to be United States District Judge for the District of Idaho, vice Edward J. Lodge, retired.

Scott L. Palk,

of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, vice Stephen P. Friot, retired.

Damien Michael Schiff,

of California, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years, vice George W. Miller, retired.

David Ryan Stras,

of Minnesota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, vice Diana E. Murphy, retired.

*Submitted May 10 *

Neil Chatterjee,

of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2021, vice Anthony T. Clark, resigned.

J. Christopher Giancarlo,

of New Jersey, to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, vice Timothy G. Massad, resigned.

Mark Andrew Green,

of Wisconsin, to be Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, vice Gayle Smith.

Andrew K. Maloney,

of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Anne Elizabeth Wall.

Jay Patrick Murray,

of Virginia, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

Jay Patrick Murray,

of Virginia, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations.

Robert F. Powelson,

of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2020, vice Philip D. Moeller, resigned.

Adam J. Sullivan,

of Iowa, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice Dana G. Gresham.

Robert L. Sumwalt III,

of South Carolina, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2021. (Reappointment)

*Submitted May 11 *

David J. Kautter,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Mark J. Mazur.

Brock Long,

of North Carolina, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, vice William Craig Fugate, resigned.

*Submitted May 16 *

Susan Parker Bodine,

of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Cynthia Giles.

Dan R. Brouillette,

of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, vice Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall.

James Donovan,

of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, vice Sarah Bloom Raskin.

Kevin Allen Hassett,

of Massachusetts, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice Jason Furman.

Derek Kan,

of California, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, vice Blair Anderson.

Doug Manchester,

of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

Brian D. Quintenz,

of Ohio, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2020, vice Scott O'Malia, resigned.

James J. Sullivan, Jr.,

of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2021, vice Thomasina Rogers, term expired.

Brooks D. Tucker,

of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Congressional and Legislative Affairs), vice Joan M. Evans, resigned.

*Submitted May 18 *

Claire M. Grady,

of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security, vice Russell C. Deyo.

Neomi Rao,

of the District of Columbia, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, vice Howard A. Shelanski.

David J. Redl,

of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, vice Lawrence E. Strickling.

*Submitted May 22 *

Kevin K. McAleenan,

of Hawaii, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, vice R. Gil Kerlikowske.

*Submitted May 25 *

Richard Ashooh,

of New Hampshire, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Kevin Wolf, resigned.

J. Paul Compton, Jr.,

of Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, vice Helen R. Kanovsky, resigned.

Brett Giroir,

of Texas, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to the qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Howard K. Koh, resigned.

Robert R. Hood,

of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Stephen C. Hedger.

David S. Jonas,

of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy, vice Steven Croley, resigned.

Gilbert B. Kaplan,

of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, vice Stefan M. Selig, resigned.

Karen Dunn Kelley,

of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, vice Mark Doms, resigned.

Heather L. MacDougall,

of Florida, to be a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2023. (Reappointment)

Neal J. Rackleff,

of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Mercedes Marquez.

Michael Arthur Raynor,

of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Callista L. Gingrich,

of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See.

George Nesterczuk,

of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management for a term of four years, vice Katherine Archuleta, resigned.

*Withdrawn May 25 *

James Donovan,

of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, vice Sarah Bloom Raskin, which was sent to the Senate on May 16, 2017.

*Submitted June 5 *

Henry Kerner,

of California, to be Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel, for the term of five years, vice Carolyn N. Lerner, term expired.

*Submitted June 6 *

Brian Allen Benczkowski,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Leslie Ragon Caldwell.

David Steele Bohigian,

of Missouri, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, vice Mimi E. Alemayehou.

Steven Gill Bradbury,

of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, vice Kathryn B. Thomson, resigned.

Annie Caputo,

of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2022, vice William Charles Ostendorff, term expired.

Robert Charrow,

of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, vice William B. Schultz.

Carlos G. Muñiz,

of Florida, to be General Counsel, Department of Education, vice James Cole, Jr.

Peter Louis Oppenheim,

of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education, vice Julius Lloyd Horwich.

Joseph Otting,

of Nevada, to be Comptroller of the Currency for a term of five years, vice Thomas J. Curry, term expired.

Stephen Parente,

of Minnesota, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Richard G. Frank.

David P. Pekoske,

of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Peter V. Neffenger.

Richard V. Spencer,

of Wyoming, to be Secretary of the Navy, vice Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr.

Charles Douglas Stimson,

of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, vice Paul Luis Oostburg Sanz.

Kristine L. Svinicki,

of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2022. (Reappointment)

Elizabeth Erin Walsh,

of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, vice Arun Madhavan Kumar. Ray Washburne,

of Texas, to be President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, vice Elizabeth L. Littlefield.

Owen West,

of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Michael D. Lumpkin.

David Wright,

of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2020, vice Jeffery Martin Baran, resigned.

*Submitted June 7 *

Michael P. Allen,

of Florida, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term of fifteen years, vice Bruce E. Kasold, term expired.

Jeffrey Bossert Clark,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice John Charles Cruden.

Allison H. Eid,

of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, vice Neil M. Gorsuch, elevated.

Ralph R. Erickson,

of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, vice Kermit E. Bye, retired.

Dabney Langhorne Friedrich,

of California, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, vice Reggie B. Walton, retired.

Timothy J. Kelly,

of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, vice Rosemary M. Collyer, retired.

Ryan McCarthy,

of Illinois, to be Under Secretary of the Army, vice Patrick Joseph Murphy.

Trevor N. McFadden,

of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, vice Richard J. Leon, retired.

Amanda L. Meredith,

of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term of fifteen years, vice William A. Moorman, retired.

Stephen S. Schwartz,

of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years, vice Lynn Jeanne Bush, term expired.

Patrick M. Shanahan,

of Washington, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, vice Robert O. Work, resigned.

Joseph L. Toth,

of Wisconsin, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term of fifteen years, vice Lawrence B. Hagel, retired.

*Submitted June 15 *

D. Michael Dunavant,

of Tennessee, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee for the term of four years, vice Edward L. Stanton III, resigned.

Louis V. Franklin, Sr.,

of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama for the term of four years, vice George L. Beck, Jr., resigned.

Justin E. Herdman,

of Ohio, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio for the term of four years, vice Carole Schwartz Rendon, resigned.

John W. Huber,

of Utah, to be United States Attorney for the District of Utah for the term of four years. (Reappointment)

Jessie K. Liu,

of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia for the term of four years, vice Ronald C. Machen, Jr., resigned.

Richard W. Moore,

of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama for the term of four years, vice Kenyen Ray Brown, resigned.

John E. Town,

of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama for the term of four years, vice Joyce White Vance, resigned.

Kelly Knight Craft,

of Kentucky, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada.

Sharon Day,

of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Costa Rica.

Jeffrey Gerrish,

of Maryland, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Industrial Competitiveness), with the rank of Ambassador, vice Robert W. Holleyman II.

Lynn A. Johnson, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Carmen R. Nazario.

Elinore F. McCance-Katz,

of Rhode Island, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Pamela S. Hyde.

Kathleen Troia McFarland,

of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Singapore.

Lucian Niemeyer,

of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Sharon E. Burke, resigned.

Jessica Rosenworcel,

of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2015. (Reappointment)

Nathan Alexander Sales,

of Ohio, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large, vice Tina S. Kaidanow, resigned.

Eric M. Ueland,

of Oregon, to be an Under Secretary of State (Management), vice Patrick Francis Kennedy.

*Submitted June 19 *

Spencer Bachus, III,

of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2021, vice Larry W. Walther, term expired.

Stephanos Bibas,

of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, vice Marjorie O. Rendell, retired.

James Clinger,

of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of six years, vice Jeremiah O'Hear Norton, resigned.

James Clinger,

of Pennsylvania, to be Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of five years, vice Martin J. Gruenberg, term expiring.

Gregory Doud,

of Kansas, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Darci L. Vetter.

Scott Garrett,

of New Jersey, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2021, vice Fred P. Hochberg, resigned.

John H. Gibson II,

of Texas, to be Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, vice Peter Levine.

George Edward Glass,

of Oregon, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Portuguese Republic.

Isabel Marie Keenan Patelunas,

of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of the Treasury, vice S. Leslie Ireland.

Michael Platt Jr.,

of Arkansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Steven Michael Haro, resigned.

Robert P. Storch,

of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector General of the National Security Agency. (New Position)

*Submitted June 20 *

Anna Maria Farias,

of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Gustavo Velasquez Aguilar, resigned.

Marvin Kaplan,

of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2020, vice Harry I. Johnson, III, resigned.

Patrick Pizzella,

of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, vice Christopher P. Lu, resigned.

Lance Allen Robertson,

of Oklahoma, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Kathy J. Greenlee.

*Submitted June 26 *

Thomas G. Bowman,

of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, vice Sloan D. Gibson.

Maria E. Brewer,

of Indiana, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Sierra Leone.

Mark H. Buzby,

of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration, vice Paul Nathan Jaenichen, Sr.

James Byrne,

of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, vice Leigh A. Bradley, resigned.

John P. Desrocher,

of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

Kelley Eckels Currie,

of Georgia, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

Kelley Eckels Currie,

of Georgia, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

Kyle Fortson,

of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2019, vice Nicholas Christopher Geale, term expired.

Robert Wood Johnson IV,

of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Jamie McCourt,

of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Belgium.

Michael Rigas,

of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Management, vice Christine M. Griffin.

Carl C. Risch,

of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs), vice Michele Thoren Bond.

Christopher A. Wray,

of Georgia, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a term of ten years, vice James B. Comey, Jr.

*Submitted June 29 *

Jerome M. Adams,

of Indiana, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for a term of four years, vice Vivek Hallegere Murthy.

Luis E. Arreaga,

of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Guatemala.

Brenda Burman,

of Arizona, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, vice Estevan R. Lopez.

Christopher Campbell,

of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Cyrus Amir-Mokri, resigned.

Peter B. Davidson,

of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, vice Kelly R. Welsh, resigned.

Joshua A. Deahl,

of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of fifteen years, vice Eric T. Washington, retired.

Janet Dhillon,

of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2022, vice Jenny R. Yang, term expiring.

Douglas W. Domenech,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Esther Puakela Kia'aina.

Matthew P. Donovan,

of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, vice Lisa S. Disbrow, resigned.

Eric S. Dreiband,

of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Thomas E. Perez, resigned.

William J. Emanuel,

of California, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2021, vice Kent Yoshiho Hirozawa, term expired.

Gerald W. Fauth,

of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2020, vice Harry R. Hoglander, term expired.

Susan M. Gordon,

of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, vice Stephanie O'Sullivan.

Jason Kearns,

of Colorado, to be Member of the United States International Trade Commission for the term expiring December 16, 2024, vice Dean A. Pinkert, resigned.

Ellen M. Lord,

of Rhode Island, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, vice Frank Kendall III.

Robert L. Sumwalt III,

of South Carolina, to be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board for a term of two years, vice Christopher A. Hart.

Krishna R. Urs,

of Connecticut, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Peru.

Brendan Carr,

of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2018, vice Thomas Edgar Wheeler.

Brendan Carr,

of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2018. (Reappointment)

Kay Bailey Hutchison,

of Texas, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

*Submitted July 11 *

Ronald L. Batory,

of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, vice Sarah Elizabeth Feinberg.

Susan Combs,

of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Rhea S. Suh, resigned.

Paul Dabbar,

of New York, to be Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy, vice Franklin M. Orr, Jr.

Lewis M. Eisenberg,

of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Italian Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of San Marino.

Robert P. Kadlec,

of New York, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Nicole Lurie.

Stephen B. King,

of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Czech Republic.

Mark Wesley Menezes,

of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Energy, vice Kristina M. Johnson, resigned.

Randal Quarles,

of Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 2004, vice Jeremy C. Stein, resigned.

Randal Quarles,

of Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the term of fourteen years from February 1, 2018. (Reappointment)

Randal Quarles,

of Colorado, to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years. (New Position)

Dennis Shea,

of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Geneva Office), with the rank of Ambassador, vice Michael W. Punke.

Mary Kirtley Waters,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs), vice Julia Frifield.

*Submitted July 13 *

Rostin Behnam,

of New Jersey, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring June 19, 2021 vice Mark P. Wetjen, resigned.

Michael Lawrence Brown,

of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, vice Julie E. Carnes, elevated.

William L. Campbell, Jr.,

of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, vice Kevin Hunter Sharp, resigned.

Thomas Alvin Farr,

of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, vice Malcolm J. Howard, retired.

Charles Barnes Goodwin,

of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, vice Robin J. Cauthron, retired.

Mark Saalfield Norris, Sr.,

of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, vice J. Daniel Breen, retired.

Thomas Lee Robinson Parker,

of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, vice Samuel H. Mays, Jr., retired.

William M. Ray II,

of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, vice Harold L. Murphy.

Eli Jeremy Richardson,

of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, vice Todd J. Campbell, retired.

Tilman Eugene Self, III,

of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, vice C. Ashley Royal, retired.

*Submitted July 19 *

Kurt G. Alme,

of Montana, to be United States Attorney for the District of Montana for the term of four years, vice Michael W. Cotter, resigned.

Annemarie Carney Axon,

of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, vice Sharon Lovelace Blackburn, retired.

Peter Henry Barlerin,

of Colorado, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Cameroon.

John J. Bartrum,

of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Ellen Gloninger Murray.

Liles Clifton Burke,

of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, vice C. Lynwood Smith, retired.

Stephen Censky,

of Missouri, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, vice Krysta L. Harden, resigned.

Donald Q. Cochran, Jr.,

of Tennessee, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee for the term of four years, vice David Rivera, resigned.

Russell M. Coleman,

of Kentucky, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky for the term of four years, vice David J. Hale, resigned.

Peter E. Deegan, Jr.,

of Iowa, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa for the term of four years, vice Kevin W. Techau, resigned.

Michael Dourson,

of Ohio, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice James J. Jones.

J. Cody Hiland,

of Arkansas, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas for the term of four years, vice Christopher R. Thyer, resigned.

Daniel J. Kaniewski,

of Minnesota, to be Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, vice Timothy W. Manning.

Joseph Kernan,

of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, vice Marcel John Lettre, II.

Marc Krickbaum,

of Iowa, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa for the term of four years, vice Nicholas A. Klinefeldt, resigned.

Brian J. Kuester,

of Oklahoma, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years, vice Mark F. Green, resigned.

Hester Maria Peirce,

of Ohio, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2020, vice Luis Aguilar, resigned.

Guy B. Roberts,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Andrew Charles Weber.

R. Trent Shores,

of Oklahoma, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years, vice Danny Chappelle Williams, Sr., resigned.

*Withdrawn July 19 *

James Clinger,

of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of six years, vice Jeremiah O'Hear Norton, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on June 19, 2017.

James Clinger,

of Pennsylvania, to be Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of five years, vice Martin J. Gruenberg, term expiring, which was sent to the Senate on June 19, 2017.

*Submitted July 20 *

Bart M. Davis,

of Idaho, to be United States Attorney for the District of Idaho for the term of four years, vice Wendy J. Olson, resigned.

Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.,

of Utah, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Russian Federation.

Joshua J. Minkler,

of Indiana, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana for the term of four years, vice Joseph H. Hogsett, resigned.

*Submitted July 25 *

Joseph Balash,

of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Janice Marion Schneider.

Samuel H. Clovis, Jr.,

of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics, vice Catherine E. Woteki.

Daniel Alan Craig,

of Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, vice Joseph L. Nimmich.

Mark T. Esper,

of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Army, vice Eric K. Fanning.

Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick,

of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.

Anthony Kurta,

of Montana, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, vice Laura Junor, resigned.

A. Wess Mitchell,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs), vice Victoria Nuland.

Robert L. Wilkie,

of North Carolina, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, vice Jessica Garfola Wright, resigned.

*Submitted July 27 *

John R. Bass,

of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Samuel Dale Brownback,

of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, vice David Nathan Saperstein.

Ann Marie Buerkle,

of New York, to be Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, vice Elliot F. Kaye.

Ann Marie Buerkle,

of New York, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term a of seven years from October 27, 2018. (Reappointment)

Michael James Dodman,

of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

J. Steven Dowd,

of Florida, to be United States Director of the African Development Bank for a term of five years, vice Walter Crawford Jones, resigned.

Halsey B. Frank,

of Maine, to be United States Attorney for the District of Maine for the term of four years, vice Thomas Edward Delahanty II, resigned.

Peter Hoekstra,

of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Jeffrey B. Jensen,

of Missouri, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri for the term of four years, vice Richard G. Callahan, resigned.

Mark A. Klaassen,

of Wyoming, to be United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming for the term of four years, vice Christopher A. Crofts, resigned.

Daniel J. Kritenbrink,

of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

C.J. Mahoney,

of Kansas, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Investment, Services, Labor, Environment, Africa, China, and the Western Hemisphere), with the rank of Ambassador, vice Miriam E. Sapiro, resigned.

Byung J. Pak,

of Georgia, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia for the term of four years, vice Sally Quillian Yates, resigned.

Brian D. Schroder,

of Alaska, to be United States Attorney for the District of Alaska for the term of four years, vice Karen Louise Loeffler, resigned.

Justin Hicks Siberell,

of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Michele Jeanne Sison,

of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Haiti.

D. Michael Hurst, Jr.,

of Mississippi, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi for the term of four years, vice Gregory K. Davis, resigned.

William C. Lamar,

of Mississippi, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi for the term of four years, vice Felicia C. Adams, resigned.

*Submitted August 2 *

Daniel M. Gade,

of North Dakota, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2021, vice Constance S. Barker, term expired.

Melissa Sue Glynn,

of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Enterprise Integration), vice Linda A. Schwartz.

John Henderson,

of South Dakota, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice Miranda A. A. Ballentine, resigned.

Robert J. Higdon, Jr.,

of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina for the term of four years, vice Thomas Gray Walker, resigned.

Thomas L. Kirsch II,

of Indiana, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana for the term of four years, vice David A. Capp, resigned.

Ted McKinney,

of Indiana, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. (New Position)

John Marshall Mitnick,

of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, vice Stevan Eaton Bunnell.

Ryan Douglas Nelson,

of Idaho, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, vice Hilary Chandler Tompkins.

Richard Glick,

of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2022, vice Colette Dodson Honorable, term expired.

Jamie McCourt,

of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the French Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Principality of Monaco.

Kevin J. McIntyre,

of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2018, vice Norman C. Bay, resigned.

Kevin J. McIntyre,

of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2023. (Reappointment)

*Withdrawn August 2 *

George Nesterczuk,

of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management for a term of four years, vice Katherine Archuleta, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on May 25, 2017.

Jamie McCourt,

of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Belgium, which was sent to the Senate on June 26, 2017.

*Submitted August 3 *

Scott C. Blader,

of Wisconsin, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin for the term of four years, vice John William Vaudreuil, resigned.

Michael B. Brennan,

of Wisconsin, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, vice Terence T. Evans, deceased.

Richard Duke Buchan III,

of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Andorra.

Donald C. Coggins, Jr.,

of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, vice Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., retired.

Elizabeth Ann Copeland,

of Texas, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, vice James S. Halpern, retired.

Terry A. Doughty,

of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, vice Robert G. James, retired.

Robert M. Duncan, Jr.,

of Kentucky, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky for the term of four years, vice Kerry B. Harvey, resigned.

Leonard Steven Grasz,

of Nebraska, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, vice William J. Riley, retired.

Thomas J. Hushek,

of Wisconsin, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of South Sudan.

Michael Joseph Juneau,

of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, vice Richard Haik, Sr., retired.

John R. Lausch,

of Illinois, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois for the term of four years, vice Zachary Thomas Fardon, resigned.

J. Douglas Overbey,

of Tennessee, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee for the term of four years, vice William C. Killian, resigned.

Charles E. Peeler,

of Georgia, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia for the term of four years, vice Michael J. Moore, resigned.

William J. Powell,

of West Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia for the term of four years, vice William J. Ihlenfeld, II, resigned.

A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr.,

of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, vice Cameron M. Currie, retired.

Holly Lou Teeter,

of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, vice Kathryn H. Vratil, retired.

Patrick J. Urda,

of Indiana, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, vice Diane L. Kroupa, retired.

Robert Earl Wier,

of Kentucky, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, vice Amul R. Thapar, elevated.

*Submitted September 5 *

James Thomas Abbott,

of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 1, 2020, vice Patrick Pizzella, term expired.

Larry Edward André, Jr.,

of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Djibouti.

Jeffery Martin Baran,

of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2023. (Reappointment)

Robert Behler,

of Pennsylvania, to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense, vice J. Michael Gilmore.

James Bridenstine,

of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, vice Charles F. Bolden, Jr., resigned.

Thomas L. Carter,

of South Carolina, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

John C. Demers,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice John P. Carlin, resigned.

Michael T. Evanoff,

of Arkansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Diplomatic Security), vice Gregory B. Starr, resigned.

Nina Marie Fite,

of Pennsylvania, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Angola.

Daniel L. Foote,

of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Zambia.

Timothy Gallaudet,

of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, vice Mark E. Schaefer, resigned.

Mark L. Greenblatt,

of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Export-Import Bank, vice Osvaldo Luis Gratacos Munet, resigned.

Richard Grenell,

of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Andrei Iancu,

of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, vice Michelle K. Lee, resigned.

Gregory Ibach,

of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, vice Edward M. Avalos, resigned.

Robert J. Jackson, Jr.,

of New York, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2019, vice Mary Jo White.

Kenneth Ian Juster,

of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of India.

Colleen Kiko,

of North Dakota, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 29, 2022, vice Ernest W. Dubester, term expired.

Adam I. Klein,

of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for the remainder of the term expiring January 29, 2018, vice David Medine, resigned.

Adam I. Klein,

of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 2024.(Reappointment)

W. Robert Kohorst,

of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Croatia.

Barbara Lee,

of Florida, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-second Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Matthew Z. Leopold,

of Florida, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Avi Garbow.

Tom Marino,

of Pennsylvania, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy, vice Michael A. Botticelli, resigned.

Cheryl L. Mason,

of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals for a term of six years, vice James Philip Terry, retired.

Edward Masso,

of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Estonia.

Edward T. McMullen, Jr.,

of South Carolina, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Swiss Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Jonathan F. Mitchell,

of Washington, to be Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States for the term of five years, vice Paul R. Verkuil, resigned.

Thomas B. Modly,

of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of the Navy, vice Janine Anne Davidson.

Emily Webster Murphy,

of Missouri, to be Administrator of General Services, vice Denise Turner Roth.

Jennifer Gillian Newstead,

of New York, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, vice Brian James Egan, resigned.

William Northey,

of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, vice Michael T. Scuse.

Frederick M. Nutt,

of Virginia, to be Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget, vice David Arthur Mader.

David Dale Reimer,

of Ohio, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Seychelles.

David Ross,

of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Peter Silva Silva, resigned.

Christopher R. Sharpley,

of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency, vice David B. Buckley, resigned.

Christopher Smith,

of New Jersey, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-second Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Cheryl Marie Stanton,

of South Carolina, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, vice David Weil, resigned.

Suzanne Israel Tufts,

of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Keith A. Nelson, resigned.

Stephen Alexander Vaden,

of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, vice Jeffrey Michael Prieto.

Bruce J. Walker,

of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability), vice Patricia A. Hoffman.

Margaret Weichert,

of Georgia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget, vice Beth F. Cobert.

Eric P. Whitaker,

of Illinois, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Niger.

Steven E. Winberg,

of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy), vice Christopher Smith.

Dean L. Winslow,

of Delaware, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Jonathan Woodson, resigned.

David G. Zatezalo,

of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, vice Joseph A. Main.

*Submitted September 6 *

Katherine Brunett McGuire,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Adri Davin Jayaratne.

Jeff Tien Han Pon,

of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management for a term of four years, vice Katherine Archuleta, resigned.

Randy Reeves,

of Mississippi, to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs, vice Steve L. Muro, resigned.

*Submitted September 7 *

R. Stan Baker,

of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, vice William T. Moore, Jr., retired.

Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock,

of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, vice Callie V. Granade, retired.

Ryan Wesley Bounds,

of Oregon, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, retired.

John W. Broomes,

of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, vice John Thomas Marten, retired.

Rebecca Grady Jennings,

of Kentucky, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, vice John G. Heyburn II, retired.

Terry Fitzgerald Moorer,

of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, vice William H. Steele, retired.

Fernando Rodriguez, Jr.,

of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, vice Gregg Jeffrey Costa, elevated.

Karen Gren Scholer,

of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, vice Jorge A. Solis, retired.

Brett Joseph Talley,

of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, vice Mark E. Fuller, resigned.

Elizabeth L. Branch,

of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, vice Frank M. Hull, retired.

Rainey R. Brandt,

of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years, vice Judith Nan Macaluso, retired.

Deborah J. Israel,

of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years, vice Melvin R. Wright, retired.

Matthew J. Kacsmaryk,

of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, vice Mary Lou Robinson, retired.

Gregory G. Katsas,

of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, vice Janice R. Brown, retired.

Emily Coody Marks,

of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, vice Myron H. Thompson, retired.

Jeffrey Carl Mateer,

of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, vice Richard A. Schell, retired.

William L. Wehrum,

of Delaware, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Regina McCarthy, resigned.

*Submitted September 11 *

Scott W. Brady,

of Pennsylvania, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania for the term of four years, vice David J. Hickton, resigned.

Bobby L. Christine,

of Georgia, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia for the term of four years, vice Edward J. Tarver, resigned.

David J. Freed,

of Pennsylvania, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania for the term of four years, vice Peter J. Smith, resigned.

Andrew E. Lelling,

of Massachusetts, to be United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts for the term of four years, vice Carmen Milagros Ortiz, resigned.

Stephen R. McAllister,

of Kansas, to be United States Attorney for the District of Kansas for the term of four years, vice Barry R. Grissom, resigned.

Ronald A. Parsons, Jr.,

of South Dakota, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota for the term of four years, vice Brendan V. Johnson, resigned.

John F. Bash,

of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas for the term of four years, vice Robert Lee Pitman, resigned.

Walter David Counts, III,

of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, vice Robert A. Junell, retired.

Howard R. Elliott,

of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, vice Marie Therese Dominguez.

James F. Geurts,

of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice Sean Joseph Stackley.

Rebecca Eliza Gonzales,

of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Lesotho.

R. Andrew Murray,

of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina for the term of four years, vice Anne M. Tompkins, resigned.

Matthew Spencer Petersen,

of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, vice Richard W. Roberts, retired.

Carla Sands,

of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Denmark.

Manisha Singh,

of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs), vice Charles Hammerman Rivkin.

Paul Trombino III,

of Wisconsin, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, vice Gregory Guy Nadeau.

*Submitted September 14 *

Walter G. Copan,

of Colorado, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, vice Willie E. May, resigned.

Matthew G.T. Martin,

of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina for the term of four years, vice Ripley Rand, resigned.

Brian D. Montgomery,

of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Carol J. Galante.

Glen R. Smith,

of Iowa, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, for a term expiring May 21, 2022, vice Kenneth Albert Spearman, term expired.

Michael B. Stuart,

of West Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia for the term of four years, vice R. Booth Goodwin II, resigned.

James E. Trainor, III,

of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2023, vice Matthew S. Petersen, term expired.

*Withdrawn September 14 *

Daniel Alan Craig,

of Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, vice Joseph L. Nimmich, which was sent to the Senate on July 25, 2017.

*Submitted September 25 *

Peter B. Robb,

of Vermont, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of four years, vice Richard F. Griffin, Jr., term expiring.

*Submitted October 2 *

Barry W. Ashe,

of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, vice Ivan L.R. Lemelle, retired.

Daniel Desmond Domenico,

of Colorado, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado, vice Robert E. Blackburn, retired.

Stuart Kyle Duncan,

of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice W. Eugene Davis, retired.

Gregory E. Maggs,

of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the term of fifteen years to expire on the date prescribed by law, vice Charles E. Erdmann, term expired.

Dennis M. Devaney,

of Michigan, to be a Member of the United States International Trade Commission for a term expiring June 16, 2023, vice Irving A. Williamson, term expired.

Diana Furchtgott-Roth,

of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation. (New Position)

Nazakhtar Nikakhtar,

of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Marcus Dwayne Jadotte, resigned.

Randolph J. Stayin,

of Virginia, to be a Member of the United States International Trade Commission for a term expiring June 16, 2026, vice Meredith M. Broadbent, term expired.

*Submitted October 3 *

Don R. Willett,

of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice Emilio M. Garza, retired.

Spencer Bachus, III,

of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2019, vice Patricia M. Loui, term expired.

Spencer Bachus, III,

of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2023. (Reappointment)

Ernest W. Dubester,

of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 1, 2019, vice Carol Waller Pope, term expired.

Neil Jacobs,

of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Manson K. Brown, resigned.

Timothy Kelly,

of Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of Education, vice Brenda Dann-Messier.

Judith Delzoppo Pryor,

of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2021, vice Larry W. Walther, term expired.

Kimberly A. Reed,

of West Virginia, to be First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2021, vice Wanda Felton, resigned.

Claudia Slacik,

of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2019, vice Sean Robert Mulvaney, term expired.

Claudia Slacik,

of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2023. (Reappointment)

David Christian Tryon,

of Ohio, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration, vice Darryl L. DePriest, resigned.

*Withdrawn October 3 *

Spencer Bachus, III,

of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2021, vice Larry W. Walther, term expired, which was sent to the Senate on June 19, 2017.

*Submitted October 5 *

Frank M. Coffman,

of Oklahoma, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years, vice Patrick J. Wilkerson, term expired.

Kurt D. Engelhardt,

of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice Edith Brown Clement, retired.

Thomas M. Griffin, Jr. ,

of South Carolina, to be United States Marshal for the District of South Carolina for the term of four years, vice Kelvin Corneilius Washington, term expired.

Mark S. James,

of Missouri, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri for the term of four years, vice Alfred Cooper Lomax, term expired.

R.D. James,

of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, vice Jo-Ellen Darcy.

Bruce D. Jette,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, vice Heidi Shyu, resigned.

Lisa A. Johnson,

of Washington, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Namibia.

Johnny Lee Kuhlman,

of Oklahoma, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Oklahoma for the term of four years, vice Charles Thomas Weeks II, term expired.

Shon J. Manasco,

of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice Gabriel Camarillo.

Daniel C. Mosteller,

of South Dakota, to be United States Marshal for the District of South Dakota for the term of four years, vice Paul Charles Thielen, term expired.

Kate S. O'Scannlain,

of Maryland, to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor, vice M. Patricia Smith, resigned.

David J. Ryder,

of New Jersey, to be Director of the Mint for a term of five years, vice Edmund C. Moy, resigned.

Gary G. Schofield,

of Nevada, to be United States Marshal for the District of Nevada for the term of four years, vice Christopher Tobias Hoye, term expired.

Leon A. Westmoreland,

of Georgia, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years. (New Position)

Andrew Wheeler,

of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Robert Perciasepe, resigned.

Mitchell Zais,

of South Carolina, to be Deputy Secretary of Education, vice James H. Shelton, III, resigned.

*Submitted October 16 *

Stephen Akard,

of Indiana, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, vice Arnold A. Chacon, resigned.

Alex A. Beehler,

of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, vice Katherine Hammack.

Brock D. Bierman,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, vice Thomas O. Melia.

John Edward Dupuy,

of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Office of Personnel Management, vice Patrick E. McFarland, resigned.

Gail S. Ennis,

of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Social Security Administration, vice Patrick P. O'Carroll, Jr., resigned.

James C. Ho,

of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice Carolyn D. Randall, retired.

James E. McPherson,

of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, vice Alissa M. Starzak.

Barry Lee Myers,

of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, vice Kathryn D. Sullivan, resigned.

Kirstjen Nielsen,

of Virginia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security, vice John F. Kelly, resigned.

Yleem D.S. Poblete,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Verification and Compliance), vice Frank A. Rose.

John C. Rood,

of Arizona, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, vice Christine E. Wormuth.

Preston Rutledge,

of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Phyllis Corinne Borzi, resigned.

Jon J. Rychalski,

of Montana, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, vice Helen Tierney, resigned.

Hannibal Ware,

of the Virgin Islands, to be Inspector General, Small Business Administration, vice Peggy E. Gustafson.

Kathleen Hartnett White,

of Texas, to be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality, vice Nancy Helen Sutley.

*Submitted October 23 *

Kenneth J. Braithwaite,

of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Norway.

Christopher Caldwell,

of Arkansas, to be Federal Cochairperson, Delta Regional Authority, vice Christopher A. Masingill.

*Withdrawn October 23 *

Tom Marino,

of Pennsylvania, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy, vice Michael A. Botticelli, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on September 5, 2017.

*Submitted October 24 *

William Beach,

of Kansas, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, for a term of four years, vice Erica Lynn Groshen, term expired.

Tara Sweeney,

of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Kevin K. Washburn, resigned.

Robert M. Weaver,

of Oklahoma, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for the term of four years, vice Yvette Roubideaux, term expired.

Leonard Wolfson,

of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Erika Lizabeth Moritsugu.

*Submitted October 30 *

Irving Dennis,

of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, vice Bradford Raymond Huther.

Steven Gardner,

of Kentucky, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, vice Joseph G. Pizarchik.

Kenneth L. Marcus,

of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education, vice Catherine Elizabeth Lhamon.

M. Lee McClenny,

of Washington, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Paraguay.

Carmen Guerricagoitia McLean,

of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years, vice Gregory E. Jackson, retired.

Carlos Trujillo,

of Florida, to be Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Carmen Lomellin, resigned.

Peter Hendrick Vrooman,

of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Rwanda.

Robert M. Duncan,

of Kentucky, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2018, vice Thurgood Marshall, Jr., term expired.

Robert M. Duncan,

of Kentucky, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2025. (Reappointment)

Calvin R. Tucker,

of Pennsylvania, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2023, vice Carolyn L. Gallagher, term expired.

David Williams,

of Illinois, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2019, vice Dennis J. Toner, term expired.

*Submitted November 1 *

Joel Danies,

of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Gabonese Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.

Michael D. Griffin,

of Alabama, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, vice Alan F. Estevez.

Scott A. Mugno,

of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice David Morris Michaels.

Randall G. Schriver,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice David B. Shear.

Douglas Webster,

of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Education, vice Lawrence A. Warder, resigned.

James R. Sweeney II,

of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, vice Sarah Evans Barker, retired.

*Submitted November 2 *

Jerome H. Powell,

of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years, vice Janet L. Yellen, term expiring.

John C. Anderson,

of New Mexico, to be United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico for the term of four years, vice Damon Paul Martinez, resigned.

Robin S. Bernstein,

of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Dominican Republic.

Joseph D. Brown,

of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas for the term of four years, vice John Malcolm Bales, resigned.

John H. Durham,

of Connecticut, to be United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut for the term of four years, vice Deirdre M. Daly, resigned.

Christopher Ashley Ford,

of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Security and Non-Proliferation), vice Thomas M. Countryman, resigned.

Brandon J. Fremin,

of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana for the term of four years, vice James Walter Frazer Green, resigned.

Robert K. Hur,

of Maryland, to be United States Attorney for the District of Maryland for the term of four years, vice Rod J. Rosenstein, term expired.

Jeffrey Kessler,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Paul Piquado, resigned.

Ryan K. Patrick,

of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas for the term of four years, vice Kenneth Magidson, resigned.

McGregor William Scott,

of California, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California for the term of four years, vice Benjamin B. Wagner, resigned.

*Submitted November 14 *

Alex Michael Azar II,

of Indiana, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Thomas Price, resigned.

Jason Klitenic,

of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, vice Robert S. Litt.

Robert Frank Pence,

of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Finland.

Timothy R. Petty,

of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Anne Castle, resigned.

Thomas D. Homan,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Sarah R. Saldana.

*Withdrawn November 14 *

Timothy Kelly,

of Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of Education, vice Brenda Dann-Messier, which was sent to the Senate on October 3, 2017.

*Submitted November 16 *

Michael K. Atkinson,

of Maryland, to be Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, vice Irvin Charles McCullough III.

Melissa F. Burnison,

of Kentucky, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs), vice Bradley Crowell.

Linda Capuano,

of Texas, to be an Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, vice Adam E. Sieminski.

Johnny Collett,

of Kentucky, to be Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, vice Michael K. Yudin.

John G. Vonglis,

of New York, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy, vice Joseph S. Hezir.

*Submitted November 29 *

Marvin Goodfriend,

of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 2016, vice Sarah Bloom Raskin, resigned.

Joseph E. Macmanus,

of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Colombia.

*Submitted December 1 *

Phyllis L. Bayer,

of Mississippi, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice Dennis V. McGinn.

Erik Bethel,

of Florida, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of two years, vice Sara Margalit Aviel, resigned.

Jeffrey DeWit,

of Arizona, to be Chief Financial Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, vice David Radzanowski.

David T. Fischer,

of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Morocco.

Tadd M. Johnson,

of Minnesota, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2022, vice Terrence L. Bracy, term expired.

Lisa Johnson-Billy,

of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for a term expiring August 25, 2018, vice Diane Humetewa, resigned.

Lisa Johnson-Billy,

of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for a term expiring August 25, 2024. (Reappointment)

Mark Schneider,

of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Institute of Education Science, Department of Education for a term of six years, vice John Q. Easton, term expired.

Judy Lynn Shelton,

of Virginia, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vice Scott Allen, resigned.

Barbara Stewart,

of Illinois, to be Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, vice Wendy M. Spencer, resigned.

James Edwin Williams,

of Utah, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Labor, vice James L. Taylor.

Thomas E. Workman,

of New York, to be a Member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council for a term of six years, vice S. Roy Woodall, Jr., term expired.

Matthew D. Harris,

of Utah, to be United States Marshal for the District of Utah for the term of four years, vice James Alfred Thompson, term expired.

Ted G. Kamatchus,

of Iowa, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Iowa for the term of four years, vice Michael Robert Bladel, term expired.

Joseph P. Kelly,

of Nebraska, to be United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska for the term of four years, vice Deborah K. R. Gilg, retired.

Joseph D. McClain,

of Indiana, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Indiana for the term of four years, vice Kerry Joseph Forestal, resigned.

Scott W. Murray,

of New Hampshire, to be United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire for the term of four years, vice Emily Gray Rice, resigned.

David A. Weaver,

of Colorado, to be United States Marshal for the District of Colorado for the term of four years, vice John Leroy Kammerzell, term expired.

David C. Weiss,

of Delaware, to be United States Attorney for the District of Delaware for the term of four years, vice Charles M. Oberly, III, resigned.

Jelena McWilliams,

of Ohio, to be Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of five years, vice Martin J. Gruenberg, term expired.

Jelena McWilliams,

of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of six years, vice Jeremiah O'Hear Norton, resigned.

*Submitted December 11 *

Chai Rachel Feldblum,

of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2023. (Reappointment)

Michael D. Griffin,

of Alabama, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. (New Position)

Joseph H. Hunt,

of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Stuart F. Delery, resigned.

Gregory J. Slavonic,

of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice Franklin R. Parker.

*Submitted December 19 *

Frank T. Brogan,

of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, vice Deborah S. Delisle, resigned.

Lisa Gordon-Hagerty,

of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, Department of Energy, vice Frank G. Klotz, resigned.

Andrea L. Thompson,

of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, vice Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, resigned.

Susan A. Thornton,

of Maine, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs), vice Daniel R. Russel.

*Submitted December 20 *

Susan Paradise Baxter,

of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, vice Sean J. McLaughlin, resigned.

Joel M. Carson, III,

of New Mexico, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, vice Paul J. Kelly, Jr., retired.

Colm F. Connolly,

of Delaware, to be United States District Judge for the District of Delaware, vice Sue L. Robinson, retired.

Kari A. Dooley,

of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, vice Robert N. Chatigny, retired.

Gordon P. Giampietro,

of Wisconsin, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, vice Rudolph T. Randa, retired.

Marilyn Jean Horan,

of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, vice Gary L. Lancaster, deceased.

Chad F. Kenney,

of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, vice Luis Felipe Restrepo, elevated.

Maryellen Noreika,

of Delaware, to be United States District Judge for the District of Delaware, vice Gregory Moneta Sleet, retired.

*Submitted December 21 *

William F. Jung,

of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, vice Anne C. Conway, retired.

William W. McSwain,

of Pennsylvania, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for the term of four years, vice Zane David Memeger, resigned.

Jill Alko Otake,

of Hawaii, to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, vice Susan Oki Mollway, retired.

Billy J. Williams,

of Oregon, to be United States Attorney for the District of Oregon for the term of four years, vice S. Amanda Marshall, resigned.

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