Wrap Up for Thursday, May 2, 2024
Roll Call Votes
1. Motion to proceed to Cal. #211, H.R.3935, to amend title 49, USC, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs; agreed to: 81-10.
Legislative Business
Passed the following bills and joint resolutions:
· S.3249 – Captain Elwin Shopteese VA Clinic
· S.3285 – Charlie Dowd VA Clinic
· H.R. 593 – John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA Clinic
· H.Con.Res.89 – Use of Emancipation Hall for Holocaust remembrance
· S.Con.Res.34 – Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
· S.Con.Res.35 – Use of Rotunda for Inaugural Ceremonies
Adopted the following resolutions:
· S.Res.652 Second Chance Month
· S.Res.671 Small Business Week
· S.Res.672 Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
· S.Res.674 Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls
· S.Res.675 National Minority Health Month
· S.Res.673 Sen David Hampton Pryor
Executive Business
Confirmed the following nominations:
Cal. #’s 381, 612 through 619, 624 through 629, 631 through 633, 634 excepting Col. Catherine V. Barrington, and 635 through 646, and all nominations on the Secretary’s Desk in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, Space Force, and Foreign Service excepting PN 587
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE
Exec. Cal. #423 - John Joseph Sullivan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four years
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Exec. Cal. #207 - Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Peru
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Exec. Cal. #271 - Cynthia Kierscht, of Minnesota, 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 Djibouti.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Exec. Cal. #484 - Joann M. Lockard, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Burkina Faso.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Exec. Cal.#519 - Cardell Kenneth Richardson, Sr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of State
INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Exec. Cal. #485 - Robert David Gioia, of New York, to be a Commissioner on the part of the United States on the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Exec. Cal. #577 - Laura Stone, of Utah, 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 the Marshall Islands.
Exec. Cal. #580 - Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir, of Connecticut, 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 Indonesia.
Exec. Cal. #583 - Jennifer M. Adams, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Cabo Verde.
Exec. Cal. #584 - Arthur W. Brown, of Pennsylvania, 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 Ecuador.
Exec. Cal. #586 - Richard Mills, Jr., of Georgia, 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 Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Exec. Cal. #587 - Lisa Peterson, of Virginia, 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 Burundi.
Exec. Cal. #588 - Richard H. Riley IV, of California, 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 Federal Republic of Somalia.
Exec. Cal. #589 - Elizabeth Rood, of Pennsylvania, 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 Turkmenistan.
Exec. Cal. #591 - Mark Toner, of Pennsylvania, 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 Liberia.
Exec. Cal. #592 - Pamela M. Tremont, of Virginia, 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 Zimbabwe.
