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“NOMINATIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the Senate section on pages S10062 on Aug. 2, 1999.
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NOMINATIONS
Executive nominations received by the Senate August 2, 1999:
department of transportation
Stephen D. Van Beek, of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Deputy Secretary of Transportation, vice John Charles Horsley, resigned.
department of the treasury
Neal S. Wolin, of Illinois, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, vice Edward S. Knight, resigned.
mississippi river commission
Sam Epstein Angel, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission for a term of nine years.
(Reappointment)
Brigadier General Robert H. Griffin, United States Army, to be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission, under the provisions of Section 2 of an Act of Congress, approved June 1879 (21 Stat. 37) (33 USC 642).
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