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02/28/2017

Andrew F. Puzder, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Labor.

Nomination Number: PN38-115

Received Date: 01/20/2017

Last Action: Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.

02/07/2017

Elisabeth Prince DeVos, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Education.

Nomination Number: PN37-115

Received Date: 01/20/2017

Last Action: Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider tabled in Senate by Voice Vote.

01/03/2017

Patrick K. Nakamura, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years expiring August 30, 2022. (Reappointment)

Nomination Number: PN1919-114

Received Date: 11/29/2016

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2017

Antonia Whalen, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, vice Deborah S. Delisle, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN1317-114

Received Date: 04/07/2016

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2017

Karen Bollinger DeSalvo, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Howard K. Koh, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN463-114

Received Date: 05/07/2015

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2017

Constance Smith Barker, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2021. (Reappointment)

Nomination Number: PN1625-114

Received Date: 07/13/2016

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2017

Amy McIntosh, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, Department of Education, vice Carmel Martin, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN1316-114

Received Date: 04/07/2016

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2017

Walter A. Barrows, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Railroad Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2019. (Reappointment)

Nomination Number: PN51-114

Received Date: 01/08/2015

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2017

Thomas G. Kotarac, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Railroad Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2017, vice Michael Schwartz, term expired.

Nomination Number: PN1561-114

Received Date: 06/23/2016

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2017

Harry R. Hoglander, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2017. (Reappointment)

Nomination Number: PN949-114

Received Date: 11/19/2015

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2017

Richard Otto Buckius, of California, to be Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation, vice Cora B. Marrett, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN772-114

Received Date: 08/05/2015

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2017

Kent Yoshiho Hirozawa, of New York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2021. (Reappointment)

Nomination Number: PN1397-114

Received Date: 04/28/2016

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2017

Matthew Lehrich, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach, Department of Education, vice Peter Cunningham.

Nomination Number: PN1315-114

Received Date: 04/07/2016

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2017

Linda A. Puchala, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2018. (Reappointment)

Nomination Number: PN850-114

Received Date: 09/16/2015

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

12/10/2016

Adri Davin Jayaratne, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Brian Vincent Kennedy.

Nomination Number: PN53-114

Received Date: 01/08/2015

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.

03/14/2016

John B. King, of New York, to be Secretary of Education, vice Arne Duncan.

Nomination Number: PN1152-114

Received Date: 02/11/2016

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 40. Record Vote Number: 36.

02/24/2016

Robert McKinnon Califf, of South Carolina, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Margaret A. Hamburg, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN849-114

Received Date: 09/16/2015

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 89 - 4. Record Vote Number: 25.

11/19/2015

Victoria A. Lipnic, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2020. (Reappointment)

Nomination Number: PN746-114

Received Date: 07/30/2015

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.

11/19/2015

Michael Herman Michaud, of Maine, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, vice Keith Kelly.

Nomination Number: PN747-114

Received Date: 07/30/2015

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.

10/08/2015

W. Thomas Reeder, Jr., of Virginia, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, vice Joshua Gotbaum, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN513-114

Received Date: 05/21/2015

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.