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“NOMINATIONS RETURNED TO THE PRESIDENT” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the in the Senate section section on pages S2-S3 on Jan. 3.
The Department oversees more than 500 million acres of land. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the department has contributed to a growing water crisis and holds many lands which could be better managed.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
NOMINATIONS RETURNED TO THE PRESIDENT
Monday, January 3, 2022
The following nominations transmitted by the President of the United States to the Senate during the first session of the 117th Congress, and upon which no action was had at the time of the sine die adjournment of the Senate, failed of confirmation under the provisions of Rule XXXI, paragraph 6, of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Administrative Conference of the United States
Andrew Fois, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States for a term of five years.
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Sara C. Bronin, of Connecticut, to be Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for a term expiring January 19, 2025.
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
Barbara George Johnson, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring February 4, 2026.
Mildred Otero, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring August 11, 2026.
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Jennifer Beth Sass, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Christy Goldsmith Romero, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the remainder of the term expiring April 13, 2024.
Kristin N. Johnson, of Michigan, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13,2025.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Mary T. Boyle, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years from October 27, 2018.
Corporation for National and Community Service
Cynthia C. Hogan, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring February 8, 2024.
Shirley Sachi Sagawa, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring October 6, 2024.
Alvin Harlyn Warren, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring October 6, 2023.
Department of Commerce
Arun Venkataraman, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service.
Grant T. Harris, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
Laurie E. Locascio, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology.
Jainey Kumar Bavishi, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
Viquar Ahmad, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
Viquar Ahmad, of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Commerce.
Jed David Kolko, of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs.
Department of Defense
Brenda Sue Fulton, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
Department of Education
Amy Loyd, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of Education.
Department of Energy
Shalanda H. Baker, of Texas, to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy.
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, of California, to be Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy.
Joseph F. DeCarolis, of North Carolina, to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration.
Maria Duaime Robinson, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Office of Electricity).
Department of Health and Human Services
Robert McKinnon Califf, of North Carolina, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services.
Department of Homeland Security
Ed Gonzalez, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Solomon Jeffrey Greene, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Mark Colon, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
David Uejio, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Julia Ruth Gordon, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
James Arthur Jemison II, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Elizabeth de Leon Bhargava, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Department of Justice
Helaine Ann Greenfeld, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Department of Labor
Elizabeth Schoff Watson, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.
Jose Javier Rodriguez, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Lisa M. Gomez, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor .
Department of State
C.S. Eliot Kang, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Security and Non-Proliferation).
Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs).
Sarah Margon, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
Mallory A. Stewart, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of State (Verification and Compliance).
Amy Gutmann, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Lisa A. Carty, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
Lisa A. Carty, of Maryland, 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.
Eric M. Garcetti, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of India.
Deborah E. Lipstadt, of Georgia, to be Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, with the rank of Ambassador.
Mari Carmen Aponte, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Panama.
John N. Nkengasong, of Georgia, to be Ambassador at Large, Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally.
Geeta Rao Gupta, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues.
Steven H. Fagin, of New Jersey, 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 Yemen.
Department of the Interior
Cynthia Weiner Stachelberg, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
Laura Daniel-Davis, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
Martha Williams, of Montana, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Department of Transportation
Mohsin Raza Syed, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
Victoria Marie Baecher Wassmer, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Transportation.
Christopher A. Coes, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
Robert Cornelius Hampshire, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
Carol Annette Petsonk, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
Steven Scott Cliff, of California, to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Ann Claire Phillips, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration.
Environmental Protection Agency
Carlton Waterhouse, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency.
David M. Uhlmann, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Henry Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Executive Office of the President
Laurel A. Blatchford, of the District of Columbia, to be Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget.
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Judith DelZoppo Pryor, of Ohio, to be First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2025.
Owen Edward Herrnstadt, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2025.
Reta Jo Lewis, of Georgia, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2025.
Federal Communications Commission
Gigi B. Sohn, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2021.
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Sandra L. Thompson, of Maryland, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency for a term of five years.
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Ernest W. DuBester, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 1, 2024.
Susan Tsui Grundmann, of Virginia, to be Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 1, 2025.
Kurt Thomas Rumsfeld, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years.
Federal Maritime Commission
Max Vekich, of Washington, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for a term expiring June 30, 2026.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services
Javier Ramirez, of Illinois, to be Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Meera Joshi, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Federal Reserve System
Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, to be 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 Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years.
Federal Trade Commission
Alvaro M. Bedoya, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the term of seven years from September 26, 2019.
International Atomic Energy Agency
Laura S. H. Holgate, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Adriana Debora Kugler, of Maryland, to be United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of two years.
Merit Systems Protection Board
Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board for the term of seven years expiring March 1, 2028.
Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Sean Burton, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring May 30, 2024.
Samuel H. Slater, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring November 22, 2023.
National Credit Union Administration
Todd M. Harper, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board for a term expiring April 10, 2027.
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Beverly Gage, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2024.
Fiona Whelan Prine, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2024.
National Mediation Board
Gerald W. Fauth, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2023.
Linda A. Puchala, of Maryland, to be Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2024.
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Susan Harthill, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2027.
Securities Investor Protection Corporation
Glen S. Fukushima, of California, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2021.
Glen S. Fukushima, of California, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2024.
Small Business Administration
Dilawar Syed, of California, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
Tennessee Valley Authority
Beth Pritchard Geer, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2026.
Robert P. Klein, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2026.
Kimberly Caudle Lewis, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2025.
L. Michelle Moore, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the remainder of the term expiring May 18, 2021.
L. Michelle Moore, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2026.
The Judiciary
Tovah R. Calderon, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of fifteen years.
Charlotte N. Sweeney, of Colorado, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado.
Hernan D. Vera, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California.
Adrienne Jennings Noti, 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.
Bridget Meehan Brennan, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.
Victoria Marie Calvert, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
John H. Chun, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington.
Charles Esque Fleming, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.
Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
Dale E. Ho, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.
David Augustin Ruiz, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.
Georgette Castner, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey.
Jacqueline Scott Corley, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California.
Ruth Bermudez Montenegro, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California.
Julie Rebecca Rubin, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland.
Cristina D. Silva, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada.
Leonard Philip Stark, of Delaware, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit.
Trina L. Thompson, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California.
Anne Rachel Traum, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada.
Andre B. Mathis, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
Alison J. Nathan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit.
United States Agency for Global Media
Amanda Bennett, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media.
United States Agency for International Development
Tamara Cofman Wittes, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
Amy Elizabeth Searight, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
Monde Muyangwa, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
