Wrap Up for Thursday, September 6, 2018
Roll Call
Votes
1.
Confirmation
Executive Calendar #779, Dominic W. Lanza, of Arizona, to be US District Judge
for the District of Arizona; confirmed: 60-35.
2.
Confirmation Executive Calendar #782, Charles J.
Williams, of Iowa, to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa;
confirmed: 79-12.
Legislative Business
Passed H.R.302: to provide
protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain
medical services in a secondary State.
Passed S.1417, with Hatch-Heinrich amendment:
Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017.
Passed Calendar #255, S.1586: to require the Under Secretary for Oceans and
Atmosphere to update periodically the environmental sensitivity index products
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for each coastal area of
the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.
Passed H.R.6124: Tribal
Social Security Fairness Act of 2018.
Adopted S.Res.522: a resolution designating the week of September 23
through September 29, 2018 as “Gold Star Families Remembrance Week”.
Adopted S.Res.603: designating
September 2018 as “School Bus Safety Month”.
Adopted S.Res.612: designating
September 2018 as “National Child Awareness Month” to promote awareness of
charities that benefit children and youth-serving organizations throughout the
United States and recognizing the efforts made by those charities and
organizations on behalf of children and youth as critical contributions to the
future of the United States.
Adopted S.Res.623: to constitute the majority
party’s membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress
or until their successors are chosen.
Adopted S.Res.624: commemorating Arthur Ashe, a native of Richmond,
Virginia, on the 50th anniversary of his historic win at the 1968
U.S. Open Tennis Championship and honoring his humanitarian contributions to
civil rights, education, the movement against apartheid in South Africa, and
HIV/AIDS awareness.
By voice vote, the Senate agreed to a
conference with the House on the following:
Minibus II (Interior/THUD/FSGG/Ag)
Minibus III (Defense/LaborH)
Executive
Business
Confirmed the following
nominations:
JUDICIARY
Executive
Calendar #693 - Marilyn Jean Horan, of Pennsylvania, to be US District Judge
for the Western District of Pennsylvania;
Executive
Calendar #731 - William F. Jung, of Florida, to be US District Judge for the
Middle District of Florida;
Executive
Calendar #778 - Kari A. Dooley, of Connecticut, to be US District Judge for the
District of Connecticut;
Executive Calendar
#838 - Robert R. Summerhays, of Louisiana, to be US District Judge for the
Western District of Louisiana;
Executive
Calendar #839 - Eric C. Tostrud, of Minnesota, to be US District Judge for the
District of Minnesota;
Executive
Calendar #893 - Alan D. Albright, of Texas, to be US District Judge for the
Western District of Texas.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Executive
Calendar #1001 - Randy W. Berry, of Colorado, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United
States of America to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
Executive
Calendar #1002 - Donald Lu, of California, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United
States of America to the Kyrgyz Republic.
Executive
Calendar #1003 - Alaina B. Teplitz, of Colorado, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United
States of America to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to
serve concurrently as Ambassador of the United States of America to the
Republic of Maldives.
Executive
Calendar #1054 - Michael A. Hammer, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United
States of America to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Executive
Calendar #1055 - Dereck J. Hogan, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United States of
America to the Republic of Moldova.
Executive
Calendar #1056 - Philip S. Kosnett, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United States of
America to the Republic of Kosovo.
Executive
Calendar #1058 - Stephanie Sanders Sullivan, of Maryland, a Career Member of
the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador of
the United States of America to the Republic of Ghana.
Executive
Calendar #1059 - Judy Rising Reinke, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador of the United
States of America to Montenegro;
And
all nominations on the Secretary’s Desk in the Foreign Service.
