Wrap Up for Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Roll Call Votes
1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #972, R. Russell Rumbaugh, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy; confirmed: 80-10.
2. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1194, Robert Harley Shriver III, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Management; confirmed: 57-35.
3. Motion to proceed to the Message accompanying H.R.2617, the legislative vehicle for the Omnibus; agreed to: 75-20.
Legislative Business
Passed the following bills:
S.5087, Not Invisible w/Schatz sub amdt
H.R.785, Private relief bill
S.5323, State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act
S.3773, Chehalis
H.R.7939, Student Veteran Emergency Relief Act w/Moran sub amdt
H.R.3285, 21st Century President Act
S.1294, Protecting American IP Act w/Van Hollen sub amdt
S.3946 Abolish Human Trafficking Reauthorization Act w/Cornyn sub amdt
S.4859 Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act of 2022 with Durbin-Cornyn amendment
Calendar #384, S.1324 – Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve Act
H.R. 5961, Technical amendments to US Code
S.5328, Terminal Lakes Assistance
S.5329, Food Donation Improvement Act
S.3949 Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act w/Grassley sub amdt
S. 4120 Childhood Cancer STAR Reauthorization w/Reed sub amdt
Calendar #499, S.1942 National Heritage Areas, w/committee-reported sub amdt
S.3519, Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail Designation Act w/Boozman sub amdt
Executive Business
Confirmed the following nominations:
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
Exec. Cal. #701 - Kathy K. Im, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2024
SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION
Exec. Cal. #1253 - Alan J. Patricof, of New York, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2022
Exec. Cal. #1254 - Alan J. Patricof, of New York, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2025
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Exec. Cal. #1256 – Cynthia Dyer, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large
Exec. Cal. #1265 - Lucy Tamlyn, of Rhode Island, 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 the Congo
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
Exec. Cal. #1280 - Rubydee Calvert, of Wyoming, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2028
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Exec. Cal. #1283 - Robert E. Primus, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2027
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
Exec. Cal. #1284 - Diane Susan Kaplan, of Alaska, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2026
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Exec. Cal. #1235 - Gene Rodrigues, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability)
The votes on confirmation of the following nominations will occur at times to be determined by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Republican Leader:
1. Executive Calendar #716, Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
2. Executive Calendar #780, Agnes Schaefer, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army.
3. Executive Calendar #781, Franklin R. Parker, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
