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“EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Senate section on pages S7293 on June 23, 2005.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
The following executive reports of committees were submitted:
By Mr. STEVENS for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Edmund S. Hawley, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security.
*David A. Sampson, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
*John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Commerce.
*William Alan Jeffrey, of Virginia, to be Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
*Ashok G. Kaveeshwar, of Maryland, to be Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Department of Transportation.
*Israel Hernandez, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service.
*Coast Guard nomination of Radm Sally Brice-O'Hara to be Rear Admiral.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation I report favorably the following nomination list which was printed in the Record on the date indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that this nomination lie at the Secretary's desk for the information of Senators.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration nominations beginning with Paul L. Schattgen and ending with David J. Zezula, which nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on June 16, 2005.
*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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