Order Code RL30959
CRS Report for Congress
Received through the CRS Web
Presidential Appointee Positions
Requiring Senate Confirmation and
Committees Handling Nominations
Updated October 27, 2003
Henry B. Hogue
Analyst in American National Government
Government and Finance Division
Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

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Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate
Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations
Summary
The President submits most nominations to the Senate when the Senate is in
session. The executive clerk refers the nomination to the appropriate committee or
committees on the day it is received. When making a referral, the executive clerk is
guided by Senate Rule XXV, which establishes the subject matters under the purview
of each committee and directs that “all proposed legislation, messages, petitions,
memorials, and other matters relating primarily to [those] subjects” be referred to that
committee. The executive clerk is also guided by precedents set by prior referrals
and standing orders and unanimous consent (UC) agreements pertaining to referral
of nominations.
Most nominations are referred to one committee. For some positions, a
nomination or series of nominations to a position are referred to more than one
committee, pursuant to a standing order or UC agreement. A nomination may be
jointly or sequentially referred to multiple committees.
Joint referral generally occurs when more than one committee has a claim to
jurisdiction over the subject matter related to the position. Under joint referral, the
committees receive the nomination simultaneously and may consider it concurrently.
All committees must report the nomination to the full Senate before it may be
considered on the floor.
Sequential referral generally occurs when one committee has predominant
jurisdiction over the subject matter related to the position, but other committees have
a claim as well. Under this process, a nomination is referred to the committee with
predominant jurisdiction first and then is sequentially referred to additional
committees. The second referral can be subject to a time limit after which the
committee without predominant jurisdiction is automatically discharged from further
consideration of the nomination.
This report identifies, by Senate committee, presidentially appointed positions
requiring Senate confirmation. For each committee list, positions are categorized as
full- or part-time and then grouped by department or agency. Where nominations
have been referred to more than one committee, the organizations and titles are noted
under each of the committees to which the nominations were referred. The lists also
include the lengths of fixed terms, where applicable. Some commissions, councils,
and other multi-member entities are required, by their enabling statute, to maintain
political balance in some way. This is noted in parentheses where applicable.
The information provided in this report was compiled from the Senate
nominations database of the Legislative Information System, data provided on
departmental and agency web sites, telephone conversations with agency officials,
and the United States Code. Related information may be found in CRS Report 98-
242, Committee Jurisdiction and Referral in the Senate, by Judy Schneider; and CRS
Report RL31980, Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee
and Floor Procedure, by Elizabeth Rybicki.

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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Referral of Nomination to Senate Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Organization of the Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Senate Committee on Armed Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Senate Committee on Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Senate Committee on the Judiciary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Senate Committee on Small Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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Presidential Appointee Positions
Requiring Senate Confirmation and
Committees Handling the Nominations
Introduction
Under the Constitution, the President and the Senate share the power to appoint
the principal officers of the United States. Almost all of the highest-level political
appointee positions in the federal government are filled by these officers.1 Three
distinct stages mark the appointment process — selection and nomination by the
President, consideration of the nomination by the Senate, and, if the nominee is
confirmed, official appointment by the President.2 During the confirmation process
in the Senate, a nomination is first referred to committee. Then, if the committee
reports the nomination to the full Senate, the nomination is placed on the Senate’s
Executive Calendar and may be called up for floor consideration.3 The following
pages briefly describe the referral process and identify, for each committee to which
referrals are made, the positions that fall within the committee’s jurisdiction.

Referral of Nomination to Senate Committee4
The President submits most nominations to the Senate when the Senate is in
session. The executive clerk refers the nomination to the appropriate committee or
committees on the day it is received. When making a referral, the executive clerk is
guided by Senate Rule XXV, which establishes the subject matters under the purview
of each committee and directs that “all proposed legislation, messages, petitions,
memorials, and other matters relating primarily to [those] subjects” be referred to that
1Positions in the White House Office to which the President makes appointments without
the need for Senate confirmation are important exceptions.
2In the final, official appointment stage, a confirmed nominee is given a commission signed
by the President, with the seal of the United States affixed thereto, and is sworn into office.
For more information on the appointment process generally for so-called advice and consent
positions, see CRS Report RL30910, Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions on
Regulatory and Other Collegial Boards and Commissions, 107th Congress, by Henry B.
Hogue; CRS Report RL31435, Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in
Independent and Other Agencies During the 107th Congress, by Henry B. Hogue; or CRS
Report RL31346, Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Executive
Departments During the 107th Congress, 2001-2002, by Henry B. Hogue.
3For more information on the Senate confirmation process, see CRS Report RL31980,
Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure, by
Elizabeth Rybicki.
4For more information on Senate committee referrals generally, see CRS Report 98-242
GOV, Committee Jurisdiction and Referral in the Senate, by Judy Schneider.

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committee. The executive clerk is also guided by precedents set by prior referrals
and standing orders and unanimous consent (UC) agreements pertaining to referral
of nominations.
Most nominations are sent to a single committee. Occasionally, the Senate
agrees, by unanimous consent or by standing order, to refer a nomination or some
nominations to more than one committee. Some UC agreements provide for such a
multiple referral only in the case of a specific nomination, while other UC
agreements apply to all future nominations to a particular position.
Nominations that are referred to more than one committee may be referred
jointly or sequentially. If a nomination is referred jointly, the committees receive it
simultaneously and may consider it concurrently. All committees must report the
nomination to the full Senate before it may be considered on the floor. In the case
of a sequential referral, the nomination is referred first to the committee of
predominant jurisdiction and referred sequentially to other committees as specified
by the UC agreement or standing order. UC agreements for sequential referral can
stipulate that the nomination must be reported out of the second committee within
a specified period of time (usually 20 days), or else that committee will be
automatically discharged from further consideration of the nomination.
Joint referral of a nomination occurs when more than one committee appears to
have a relatively equal jurisdictional claim. Nominations to five positions — two
in the Department of Commerce, and one each in the Department of Energy,
Department of the Interior, and Department of Labor — have been referred jointly
to two committees during the nominations cycle that began at the start of the 107th
Congress.5
Sequential referral is more likely when jurisdictional predominance appears to
favor one committee, but other committees also have some jurisdictional claim on
the nomination. In those instances, the nomination may be referred to the committee
with predominant jurisdiction, and, after being reported to the full Senate by that
committee, it may be referred sequentially to other committees. Since the beginning
of the 107th Congress, sequential referral has been agreed to, by unanimous consent,
for most inspector general (IG) nominations and the nomination for Assistant
Secretary of Homeland Security for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.6
5The positions include Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; Assistant
Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service;
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management; Assistant Secretary of the
Interior for Fish and Wildlife; and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment
and Training.
6In most cases, each IG nomination was referred to the committee with predominant
jurisdiction over the particular IG’s department and referred sequentially to the Committee
on Governmental Affairs. The Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency,
however, is referred only to the Select Committee on Intelligence. Also, IG nominations for
departments within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Governmental Affairs were referred
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In some instances, different committees have jurisdiction over different
positions within the same department or agency. (For details, see the committee
presentations that follow.) For example, six committees have jurisdiction over
positions in the Department of Commerce, and four committees have jurisdiction
over positions in the Department of the Interior. Usually, however, one committee
has jurisdiction over most positions in a department or agency.
Organization of the Report
This report identifies, by Senate committee, positions over which each
committee has jurisdiction. For each committee list, positions are categorized as full-
or part-time and then grouped by department or agency. Where nominations have
been referred to more than one committee, the organizations and titles are noted
under each of the committees to which the nominations were referred. A footnote
indicates the authority under which the referral to multiple committees was made.
Policy areas are not specified in statute for some of the sub-secretary positions.
The policy areas shown in the listings for such positions are drawn from the text of
presidential nomination messages and information from agency officials. In these
cases, titles and specific responsibilities may change over time.
Most appointments to departments and single-headed agencies are characterized
by an indefinite tenure; office holders serve at the pleasure of the President. In
contrast, terms of office for appointments to multi-member entities, such as
commissions and boards, are often for fixed periods of time. For those positions that
have fixed terms of office, the lists include the lengths of the terms.
Some commissions, councils, and other multi-member entities are required, by
their enabling statute, to maintain political balance in some way. This is noted in
parentheses where applicable.
The information provided in this report was compiled from the Senate
nominations database of the Legislative Information System,7 which covers the 97th-
108th Congresses, data provided on departmental and agency web sites, telephone
conversations with agency officials, and the United States Code.
6(...continued)
only to that committee. The Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Bureau of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement was referred to the Committee on Governmental
Affairs and referred sequentially to the Committee on the Judiciary.
7The database may be found at [http://www.congress.gov/nomis/].

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Senate Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry
Full-Time Positions
Department of Agriculture8
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service
Under Secretary — Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
Under Secretary — Food Safety
Under Secretary — Marketing and Regulatory Programs
Under Secretary — Natural Resources and Environment
Under Secretary — Research, Education, and Economics
Under Secretary — Rural Development
Administrator — Rural Utilities Services
Assistant Secretary — Administration
Assistant Secretary — Civil Rights
Assistant Secretary — Congressional Relations
Chief Financial Officer9
General Counsel
Inspector General10
Directors — Commodity Credit Corporation (seven positions; current members
are also Under Secretaries)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year term of office; chair, who must first
be confirmed as a commissioner, also needs to be confirmed)
Farm Credit Administration (political balance required)
Member — three positions (six-year term of office)
8See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
9The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
10On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.

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Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry (cont.)
Part-Time Positions
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac), Board of Directors
Member — five (of 15 total) positions (indefinite term of office; political
balance required)

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Senate Committee on Armed Services
Full-Time Positions
Department of Defense11
Military Officers (commissions and promotions)
Office of the Secretary
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
Under Secretary — Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer12
Under Secretary — Intelligence
Under Secretary — Personnel and Readiness
Under Secretary — Policy
Deputy Under Secretary — Acquisition and Technology
Deputy Under Secretary — Logistics and Materiel Readiness
Deputy Under Secretary — Personnel and Readiness
Deputy Under Secretary — Policy
Assistant Secretary — Health Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Homeland Defense
Assistant Secretary — International Security Affairs
Assistant Secretary — International Security Policy
Assistant Secretary — Legislative Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Networks and Information Integration
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Reserve Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflicts
Assistant to the Secretary — Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense
Programs
Director — Defense Research and Engineering
Director — Operational Test and Evaluation
General Counsel
Inspector General13
11See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
12The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
13On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
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Senate Committee on Armed Services (cont.)
Department of Defense (cont.)
Department of the Air Force
Secretary
Under Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Acquisition
Assistant Secretary — Financial Management and Comptroller
Assistant Secretary — Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Installations, Environment, and Logistics
General Counsel
Department of the Army
Secretary
Under Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Civil Works14
Assistant Secretary — Financial Management and Comptroller
Assistant Secretary — Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
Assistant Secretary — Installations and Environment
Assistant Secretary — Manpower and Reserve Affairs
General Counsel
Department of the Navy
Secretary
Under Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Financial Management and Comptroller
Assistant Secretary — Installations and Environment
Assistant Secretary — Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Research, Development, and Acquisition
General Counsel
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chair (two-year term of office)
Vice Chair (two-year term of office)
Chief of Staff (Air Force) (four-year term of office)
Chief of Staff (Army) (four-year term of office)
Chief of Naval Operations (four-year term of office)
Commandant of the Marine Corps (four-year term of office)
13(...continued)
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
14The most recent nomination to this post was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
and referred sequentially to the Committee Environment and Public Works pursuant to a
unanimous consent agreement of Mar. 11, 2003. Sen. Rick Santorum, “Unanimous Consent
Agreement — Referral of Nomination,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily
edition, vol. 149, Mar. 11, 2003, p. S3557.

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Senate Committee on Armed Services (cont.)
Department of Energy15
Under Secretary — Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear
Security Administration
Deputy Administrator — Defense Programs and National Nuclear Security
Administration
Deputy Administrator — Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
Assistant Secretary — Environmental Management16
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (political balance required)
Member — five positions (five-year term of office)
Selective Service System
Director
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Services (political balance required)
Judge — five positions (15-year term of office)
Part-Time Positions
National Security Education Board
Member — six (of 12 total) positions (term of office not to exceed four years)
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Board of Regents
Member — nine positions (six-year term of office)
15See also Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and Committee on Governmental
Affairs (for inspector general position).
16Nominations to this position are referred jointly to the Committee on Armed Services and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources pursuant to a standing order entered into
by the Senate by unanimous consent on June 28, 1990. Sen. George Mitchell, “Joint
Referral of Department of Energy Nomination,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional
Record, vol. 136, June 28, 1990, pp. 16573-16574.

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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce17
Under Secretary — Export Administration
Under Secretary — International Trade Administration18
Assistant Secretary — Export Enforcement
Assistant Secretary — Export Administration
Assistant Secretary — Trade Development
Assistant Secretary and Director General — United States and Foreign
Commercial Service19
Department of Housing and Urban Development20
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Administration
Assistant Secretary — Community Planning and Development
Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Assistant Secretary — Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Assistant Secretary — Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner
Assistant Secretary — Policy Development and Research
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Public and Indian Housing
Chief Financial Officer21
Director — Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring
17See also under Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Committee on
Environment and Public Works, Committee on Finance, Committee on Governmental
Affairs, and Committee on the Judiciary.
18The May 25, 2000 nomination of Robert S. LaRussa to this position was referred jointly
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Finance
pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of June 6, 2000. Sen. John W. Warner, “Joint
Referral,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 146, June 6,
2000, pp. S4588-4589. The Mar. 29, 2001 nomination of Grant D. Aldonas to this position
was also jointly referred.
19The Sept. 16, 1993 nomination of Lauri Fitz-Pegado to this position was referred jointly
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of Sept.
23, 1993. Sen. Paul Wellstone, “Joint Referral — Nomination of Lauri Fitz-Pegado,”
remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 139, Sept. 23, 1993, p.
S12462. Other nominations to this position, including the most recent one, in 2001, have
also been jointly referred.
20See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
21The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).

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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs (cont.)
Department of Housing and Urban Development (cont.)
Director — Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (five-year term of
office)
General Counsel
Inspector General22
President — Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
Department of Transportation23
Administrator — Federal Transit Administration
Department of the Treasury24
Comptroller of the Currency (five-year term of office)
Director of the Mint (five-year term of office)
Director — Office of Thrift Supervision (five-year term of office)
Assistant Secretary — Financial Institutions
Community Development Financial Institution Fund25
Administrator
22On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
23See also Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Committee on
Environment and Public Works and Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
24See also Committee on Finance and Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
25The Community Development Financial Institution (CDBFI) Fund, headed by an
administrator appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, was
created by P.L. 103-325, codified at 12 U.S.C. 4703. Subsequently, P.L. 104-19, providing
funding for the Department of the Treasury for FY1996, stated that “none of the funds shall
be available for expenses of an Administrator ... That the number of staff funded under this
heading shall not exceed 10 full-time equivalents ... [and] that notwithstanding any other
provision of law ... the Secretary of the Treasury shall have all powers and rights of the
Administrator of the CDBFI Act and the Fund shall be within the Department of the
Treasury.” That provision was included in several subsequent appropriations acts. See
12U.S.C.4703 note. At present, the CDBFI is located in the Department of the Treasury and
is led by a director appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs (cont.)
Council of Economic Advisers (Executive Office of the President)
Member — three positions
Export-Import Bank26 (political balance required)
Member — five positions (four-year term of office; chair, who first must be
confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed)
Inspector General27
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation28 (political balance required)
Member — three positions (six-year term of office; chair and vice chair, who
first must be confirmed as members, also need to be confirmed)
Inspector General29
Federal Housing Finance Board (political balance required)
Member — four positions (seven-year term of office)
Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors
Governor — seven positions (14-year term of office; chair and vice chair, who
first must be confirmed as governors, also need to be confirmed for four-
year terms in those offices)
National Credit Union Administration (political balance required)
Member — three positions (six-year term of office)
Securities and Exchange Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year term of office)
Part-Time Positions
National Consumer Cooperative Bank Board of Directors
Member — three (of 15 total) positions (three-year term of office)
National Corporation for Housing Partnerships30
Member — three positions (three-year term of office)
26See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
27See footnote 22.
28See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
29See footnote 22.
30Chapter 49 of Title 42 of the United States Code provides for the creation of certain
private corporations related to low and moderate income housing, and 42 U.S.C. 3934
stipulates that three of 15 members of the board of directors of such a corporation would be
appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the President. The last
nomination to the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships was submitted by the
President and confirmed by the Senate in 1997. Information on the current status of this
corporation was unavailable.

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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs (cont.)
National Institute of Building Sciences, Board of Directors
Member — 15 to 21 positions (three-year term of office)
Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Board of Directors
Member — five (of seven total) positions (three-year term of office)

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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce31
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Economic Affairs
Under Secretary — Oceans and Atmosphere
Under Secretary — Technology
Assistant Secretary — Communications and Information
Assistant Secretary — Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Oceans and Atmosphere
Assistant Secretary — Technology Policy
Assistant Secretary — Administration and Chief Financial Officer32
Assistant Secretary and Director General — U.S. and Foreign Commercial
Service33
Chief Scientist — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Director — National Institute of Standards and Technology
General Counsel
Inspector General34
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — Officer Corps
31See also under Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Committee on
Environment and Public Works, Committee on Finance, Committee on Governmental
Affairs, and Committee on the Judiciary.
32The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
33The Sept. 16, 1993 nomination of Lauri Fitz-Pegado to this position was referred jointly
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of Sept.
23, 1993. Sen. Paul Wellstone, “Joint Referral — Nomination of Lauri Fitz-Pegado,”
remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 139, Sept. 23, 1993, p.
S12462. Other nominations to this position, including the most recent one, in 2001, have
also been jointly referred.
34On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.

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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation (cont.)
Department of Homeland Security35
Under Secretary — Border and Transportation Security
Under Secretary — Science and Technology
United States Coast Guard — Commandant
United States Coast Guard — Officers (commissions and promotions)
Department of Transportation36
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Policy
Assistant Secretary — Aviation and International Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer37
Assistant Secretary — Governmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Transportation Policy
Administrator — Federal Aviation Administration (five-year term of office)
Administrator — Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Administrator — Federal Railroad Administration
Administrator — Maritime Administration
Administrator — National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Administrator — Research and Special Programs Administration
Administrator — St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (seven-year
term of office)
Deputy Administrator — Federal Aviation Administration
Director — Bureau of Transportation Statistics (four-year term of office)
General Counsel
Inspector General38
Consumer Product Safety Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (seven-year term of office; only three of the
positions have been funded and filled since the mid-1980s; chair, who first
must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed)
35See also Committee on Finance, Committee on Governmental Affairs, Select Committee
on Intelligence, and Committee on the Judiciary. As of Sept. 10, 2003, the President had
submitted nominations to the Senate for all advice and consent positions at the Department
of Homeland Security except nine assistant secretary positions. Nominations to each of
these assistant secretary positions will be referred according to the responsibilities of the
position.
36See also under Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Committee on
Environment and Public Works, and Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
37The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation (cont.)
Federal Communications Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year term of office)
Federal Maritime Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year term of office)
Federal Trade Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (seven-year term of office)
National Aeronautic and Space Administration39
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Chief Financial Officer
Inspector General40
National Transportation Safety Board (political balance required)
Member — five positions (five-year term of office; chair, who first must be
confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed)
Office of Science and Technology Policy (Executive Office of the President)
Director
Associate Director — Science
Associate Director — Technology
Associate Director
Associate Director
Surface Transportation Board (political balance required)
Member — three positions (five-year term of office)
Part-Time Positions
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors (political balance
required)
Member — nine positions (six-year term of office)
Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council
Member — 11 (of 18 total) positions (initial appointments only)41
39See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
40See footnote 34.
41The Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council was established by the Air Traffic
Management System Performance Improvement Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-264, Sec. 230; 49
U.S.C. 106(p)(2)). It provided that the “Council shall consist of 18 members,” including 11
who are to be appointed by, “in the case of initial appointments to the Council, the President
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation (cont.)
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Board of Directors
Member — three positions (six-year term of office; political balance required)
Reform Board (AMTRAK)
Member — seven positions (five-year term of office)
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Advisory Board (political
balance required)
Member — five positions (indefinite term of office)
41(...continued)
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and ... in the case of subsequent
appointments to the Council, the Secretary of Transportation.” As of Oct. 24, 2003, seven
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Senate Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
Full-Time Positions
Department of Energy42
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Energy, Science, and Environment
Under Secretary — Nuclear Security
Administrator — Energy Information Administration
Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Assistant Secretary — Environmental Management43
Assistant Secretary — Environment, Safety, and Health
Assistant Secretary — Fossil Energy
Assistant Secretary — Policy and International Affairs
Chief Financial Officer44
Director — Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
Director — Office of Minority Economic Impact
Director — Office of Science
General Counsel
Inspector General45
42See also under Committee on Armed Services and Committee on Governmental Affairs
(for inspector general position).
43Nominations to this position are referred jointly to the Committee on Armed Services and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources pursuant to a standing order entered into
by the Senate by unanimous consent on June 28, 1990. Sen. George Mitchell, “Joint
Referral of Department of Energy Nomination,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional
Record, vol. 136, June 28, 1990, pp. 16573-16574.
44The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
45On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
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Senate Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources (cont.)
Department of the Interior46
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Fish and Wildlife and Parks47
Assistant Secretary — Land and Minerals Management
Assistant Secretary — Policy, Management, and Budget and Chief Financial
Officer48
Assistant Secretary — Water and Science
Commissioner — Bureau of Reclamation
Director — Bureau of Land Management
Director — National Park Service
Director — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Director — U.S. Geological Survey
Inspector General49
Solicitor
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year term of office)
46See also Committee on Environment and Public Works, Committee on Governmental
Affairs (for inspector general position), and Committee on Indian Affairs.
47On Sept. 13, 2001, the most recent nomination to this position was referred jointly to
Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources by unanimous consent. Sen. Harry Reid, “Joint Referral of Nomination,” remarks
in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 147, Sept. 13, 2001, p. S9405.
48The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
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Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce50
Assistant Secretary — Economic Development
Department of Defense51
Assistant Secretary — Army — Civil Works52
Department of the Interior53
Assistant Secretary — Fish and Wildlife and Parks54
Director — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Transportation55
Administrator — Federal Highway Administration
Appalachian Regional Commission
Federal Cochair
Alternate Federal Cochair
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Member — five positions (five-year term of office; chair, who first must be
confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed)
50See also Committee on Banking, Housing , and Urban Affairs, Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation, Committee on Finance, Committee on Governmental Affairs,
and Committee on the Judiciary.
51See also Committee on Armed Services and Committee on Governmental Affairs (for
inspector general position).
52The most recent nomination to this post was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
and then referred sequentially to the Committee Environment and Public Works pursuant
to a unanimous consent agreement of March 11, 2003. Sen. Rick Santorum, “Unanimous
Consent Agreement — Referral of Nomination,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional
Record, daily edition, vol. 149, March 11, 2003, p. S3557.
53See also Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Committee on Governmental
Affairs (for inspector general position), and Committee on Indian Affairs.
54On Sept. 13, 2001, the most recent nomination to this position was referred jointly to
Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources by unanimous consent. Sen. Harry Reid, “Joint Referral of Nomination,” remarks
in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 147, Sept. 13, 2001, p. S9405.
55See also Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Committee on Governmental
Affairs (for inspector general position), and Committee on Commerce, Science, and
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Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works (cont.)
Council on Environmental Quality (Executive Office of the President)
Chair
Delta Regional Authority
Federal Cochair
Environmental Protection Agency56
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Assistant Administrator — Administration and Resources Management
Assistant Administrator — Air and Radiation
Assistant Administrator — Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Assistant Administrator — Environmental Information
Assistant Administrator — International Affairs
Assistant Administrator — Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
Assistant Administrator — Research and Development
Assistant Administrator — Solid Waste
Assistant Administrator — Water
Assistant Administrator
Chief Financial Officer57
General Counsel
Inspector General58
Nuclear Regulatory Commission59 (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year term of office)
Inspector General60
56See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
57The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
58On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
59See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
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Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works (cont.)
Tennessee Valley Authority61
Member — three positions (nine-year term of office)
Inspector General62
Part-Time Positions
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy
Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
Member — nine positions (six-year term of office)
Mississippi River Commission
Commissioner — four positions (indefinite term of office)
Commissioner — three positions (nine-year term of office)
61See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
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Senate Committee on Finance
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce63
Under Secretary — International Trade Administration64
Assistant Secretary — Import Administration
Assistant Secretary — Market Access and Compliance
Department of Health and Human Services65
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Administrator — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Assistant Secretary — Children and Families
Assistant Secretary — Legislation
Assistant Secretary — Budget, Technology, and Finance and Chief Financial
Officer66
Assistant Secretary — Planning and Evaluation
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
Commissioner — Children, Youth, and Families
General Counsel
Inspector General67
63See also Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation, Committee on Environment and Public Works, Committee on
Governmental Affairs, and Committee on the Judiciary.
64The May 25, 2000 nomination of Robert S. LaRussa to this position was referred jointly
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Finance
pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of June 6, 2000. Sen. John W. Warner, “Joint
Referral,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 146, June 6,
2000, pp. S4588-4589. The Mar. 29, 2001 nomination of Grant D. Aldonas to this position
was also jointly referred.
65See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position), Committee
on Health, Education , Labor, and Pensions, and Committee on Indian Affairs.
66The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
67On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.

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Senate Committee on Finance (cont.)
Department of Homeland Security68
Commissioner — Customs
Department of the Treasury69
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Domestic Finance
Under Secretary — Enforcement
Under Secretary — International Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Economic Policy
Assistant Secretary — Enforcement
Assistant Secretary — Financial Markets
Assistant Secretary — Management and Chief Financial Officer70
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs and Public Liaison
Assistant Secretary — Tax Policy
Chief Counsel — Internal Revenue Service/Assistant General Counsel for Tax
Commissioner — Internal Revenue (five-year term of office)
Deputy Under Secretary — International Affairs
Deputy Under Secretary — Legislative Affairs
General Counsel
Inspector General71
Inspector General — Tax Administration72
Treasurer — United States
Office of United States Trade Representative (Executive Office of the President)
U.S. Trade Representative
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Chief Agricultural Negotiator
68See also Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Committee on
Governmental Affairs, Select Committee on Intelligence, and Committee on the Judiciary.
As of Sept. 10, 2003, the President had submitted nominations to the Senate for all advice
and consent positions at the Department of Homeland Security except nine assistant
secretary positions. Nominations to each of these assistant secretary positions will be
referred according to the responsibilities of the position.
69See also Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Committee on
Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
70The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
71See footnote 67.
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Senate Committee on Finance (cont.)
Social Security Administration73
Commissioner (six-year term of office)
Deputy Commissioner (six-year term of office)
Inspector General74
United States International Trade Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — six positions (nine-year term of office)
United States Tax Court
Judge — 19 positions (15-year term of office)
Part-Time Positions
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees (political balance
required)
Member — two (of six total) positions (four-year term of office)
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance Trust
Fund, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
Member — two (of six total) positions (four-year term of office)
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees
(political balance required)
Member — two (of six total) positions (four-year term of office)
Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board
Member — six (of nine total) positions (five-year term of office)
Social Security Advisory Board (political balance required)
Member — three (of seven total) positions (six-year term of office)
73See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Full-Time Positions
Department of State75
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Deputy Secretary — Management and Resources
Under Secretary — Arms Control and International Security Affairs
Under Secretary — Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs
Under Secretary — Global Affairs
Under Secretary — Management
Under Secretary — Political Affairs
Under Secretary — Public Diplomacy
Assistant Secretary — Administration
Assistant Secretary — African Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Arms Control
Assistant Secretary — Consular Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Diplomatic Security
Assistant Secretary — East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Economic and Business Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Educational and Cultural Affairs
Assistant Secretary — European Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Intelligence and Research
Assistant Secretary — International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Assistant Secretary — International Organizations
Assistant Secretary — Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Near Eastern Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Non-Proliferation
Assistant Secretary — Oceans and International Environmental and Science
Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Political and Military Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Population, Refugee, and Migration Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary — South Asian Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Verification and Compliance
Assistant Secretary — Western Hemisphere Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Resource Management
Ambassador-at-Large — International Religious Freedom
Ambassador-at-Large — War Crimes Issues
Chief Financial Officer76
Coordinator — Counterterrorism
75See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
76The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (cont.)
Department of State (cont.)
Counselor
Director General — Foreign Service
Director — Office of Foreign Missions
Inspector General77
Legal Adviser
Special Negotiator — Chemical and Biological Arms Control
Special Representative — Nuclear Nonproliferation
Ambassadors/Foreign Service Officers
Office of U.S. Representative to the United Nations
U.S. Permanent Representative and Chief of Mission — United Nations
U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative — United Nations
U.S. Representative — United Nations Economic and Social Council
U.S. Alternate Representative — United Nations Special Political Affairs
U.S. Representative — United Nations Management and Reform
U.S. Representative — European Office of the United Nations
U.S. Representative — Vienna Office of the United Nations (also serves as a
representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency)
U.S. Representative — International Atomic Energy Agency
U.S. Deputy Representative — International Atomic Energy Agency
U.S. Representative to sessions of the General Assembly and other United
Nations Bodies — numerous positions (term of office depends on length
of session)
Agency for International Development78
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Assistant Administrator — Sub-Saharan Africa
Assistant Administrator — Asia and Near East
Assistant Administrator — Europe and Eurasia
Assistant Administrator — Global Health
Assistant Administrator — Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance
Assistant Administrator — Latin America and Caribbean
77On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (cont.)
Agency for International Development (cont.)
Assistant Administrator — Legislative and Public Affairs
Assistant Administrator — Management
Assistant Administrator — Policy and Program Coordination
Assistant Administrator — Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade
Inspector General79
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
U.S. Executive Director
International Broadcasting Bureau, Broadcasting Board of Governors
Director
International Joint Commission, United States and Canada
Commissioner — three positions
International Monetary Fund
U.S. Executive Director (two-year term of office)
U.S. Alternate Executive Director (two-year term of office)
Inter-American Development Bank
U.S. Executive Director (three-year term of office; also serves as U.S.
Executive Director for Inter-American Investment Corporation)
U.S. Alternate Executive Director (three-year term of office also serves as U.S.
Alternate Executive Director for Inter-American Investment Corporation)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S. Permanent Representative
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
President
Executive Vice President
Member, Board of Directors — eight (of 15 total) positions (three-year term of
office)
Trade and Development Agency
Director
Organizations with Full- and Part-Time Positions80
African Development Bank
U.S. Executive Director (five-year term of office; full-time)
Governor and Alternate Governor (five-year term of office; part-time)
79See footnote 77.
80Because several organizations under this committee have both full- and part-time advice
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (cont.)
Asian Development Bank
U.S. Executive Director (full-time)
Governor and Alternate Governor (part-time)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
U.S. Executive Director (two-year term of office; full-time; also serves as U.S.
Executive Director for the International Finance Corporation and the
International Development Association)
U.S. Alternate Executive Director (two-year term of office; full-time; also
serves as U.S. Alternate Executive Director for the International Finance
Corporation and the International Development Association)
Governor (same individual as the International Monetary Fund Governor; five-
year term of office; part-time; also serves as Governor for the International
Finance Corporation and the International Development Association)
Alternate Governor (five-year term of office; part-time; also serves as Alternate
Governor for the International Finance Corporation and the International
Development Association)
Peace Corps
Director (full-time)
Deputy Director (full-time)
Member, Peace Corps National Advisory Council — 15 positions (part-time;
political balance required)
Part-Time Positions
Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting (political balance required)
Member — nine positions (three-year term of office)
African Development Foundation, Board of Directors (political balance required)
Member — seven positions (six-year term of office)
African Development Fund
Governor and Alternate Governor
Broadcasting Board of Governors (political balance required)
Member — eight (of nine total) positions (three-year term of office)
Inter-American Foundation, Board of Directors (political balance required)
Member — nine positions (six-year term of office)
Middle East Development Bank
Governor and Alternate Governor
U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (political balance required)
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Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce81
Director — Bureau of the Census
Department of Homeland Security82
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Management
Under Secretary — Emergency Preparedness and Response
Assistant Secretary — Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement83
Assistant Secretary — Border and Transportation Security Policy
Assistant Secretary — Plans, Programs, and Budgets
Director — Office for Domestic Preparedness
General Counsel
Inspector General
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to the District of Columbia
Director (six-year term of office)
District of Columbia Court of Appeals (15-year term of office)
Chief Judge
Judges — eight positions
District of Columbia Superior Court (15-year term of office)
Chief Judge
Judges — 58 positions
Federal Labor Relations Authority (political balance required)
Members — three positions (five-year term of office)
General Counsel (five-year term of office)
81See also Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation, Committee on Environment and Public Works, Committee on
Finance, and Committee on the Judiciary.
82See also Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Committee on Finance,
Select Committee on Intelligence, and Committee on the Judiciary. As of Sept. 10, 2003,
the President had submitted nominations to the Senate for all advice and consent positions
at the Department of Homeland Security except nine assistant secretary positions.
Nominations to each of these assistant secretary positions will be referred according to the
responsibilities of the position.
83The first nomination to this new position was referred to the Committee on Governmental
Affairs and referred sequentially to the Committee on the Judiciary pursuant to a unanimous
consent agreement of June 13, 2003. Sen. Bill Frist, “Sequential Referral of Nomination,”
remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, June 13, 2003, p.
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Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (cont.)
General Accounting Office
Comptroller General (15-year term of office)
Deputy Comptroller General84
General Services Administration
Administrator
Inspector General
Merit Systems Protection Board (political balance required)
Member — three positions; (seven-year term of office; chair, who first must be
confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed)
National Archives and Records Administration
Archivist
Office of Government Ethics
Director (five-year term of office)
Office of Management and Budget (Executive Office of the President)
Director
Deputy Director
Deputy Director — Management
Administrator — Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Administrator — Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Controller — Office of Federal Financial Management
Office of Personnel Management
Director (four-year term of office)
Deputy Director
Inspector General
Office of Special Counsel
Special Counsel (five-year term of office)
Postal Rate Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (six-year term of office)
Most Other Inspectors General85
84The term of the Deputy Comptroller General expires upon the appointment of a new
Comptroller General, or when a successor is appointed (31 U.S.C. 703(b)).
85On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
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Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (cont.)
Part-Time Positions
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Member — five positions (four-year term of office)
Special Panel on Appeals
Chair (six-year term of office)
United States Postal Service Board of Governors (political balance required)
Governor — nine positions (nine-year term of office)
85(...continued)
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
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Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions
Full-Time Positions
Department of Education86
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Civil Rights
Assistant Secretary — Educational Research and Improvement
Assistant Secretary — Elementary and Secondary Education
Assistant Secretary — Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Legislation and Congressional Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Management
Assistant Secretary — Postsecondary Education
Assistant Secretary — Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Assistant Secretary — Vocational and Adult Education
Chief Financial Officer87
Commissioner — Education Statistics (four-year term of office)
Commissioner — Rehabilitation Services Administration
General Counsel
Inspector General88
Department of Health and Human Services89
Administrator — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Assistant Secretary — Administration on Aging
Assistant Secretary — Public Health and Science
Commissioner — Food and Drug Administration
Director — National Institutes of Health
Surgeon General (four-year term of office)
Public Health Service — Officer Corps
86See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
87The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
88On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
89See also Committee on Finance, Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector
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Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions (cont.)
Department of Labor90
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Administration and Management
Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Disability Employment Policy
Assistant Secretary — Employee Benefits Security Administration
Assistant Secretary — Employment and Training Administration
Assistant Secretary — Employment Standards Administration
Assistant Secretary — Mine Safety and Health Administration
Assistant Secretary — Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Assistant Secretary — Policy
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Veterans’ Employment and Training91
Administrator — Wage and Hour Division
Chief Financial Officer92
Commissioner — Bureau of Labor Statistics
Director — Women’s Bureau
Inspector General93
Solicitor
Corporation for National and Community Service94
Chief Executive Officer
Managing Director
Managing Director
Chief Financial Officer
Inspector General95
90See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position) and
Committee on Veterans Affairs.
91On Sept. 5, 2001, the most recent nomination to this position was referred jointly to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Veterans’
Affairs pursuant to unanimous consent agreements of Aug. 3, 2001, and Sept. 5, 2001. Sen.
Harry Reid, “Referral of Frederico Juarbe, Jr.,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional
Record, daily edition, vol. 147, Aug. 3, 2001, p. S8893; Sen. Harry Reid, “Unanimous
Consent Agreement — Nominations,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily
edition, vol. 147, Sept. 5, 2001, p. S9127.
92The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
93See footnote 88.
94See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
95See footnote 88.

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Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions (cont.)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year term of office)
General Counsel (four-year term of office)
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Director
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Commissioner — five positions (six-year term of office)
National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts — Chair (four-year term of office)
National Endowment for the Humanities — Chair (four-year term of office)
Institute of Museum Services — Director
National Labor Relations Board (Political balance is not required, but, by tradition,
no more than three members are from the same party)
Member — five positions (five-year term of office)
General Counsel (four-year term of office)
National Mediation Board (political balance required)
Member — three positions (three-year term of office)
National Science Foundation
Director (six-year term of office)
Deputy Director
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Member — three positions (six-year term of office)
Office of National Drug Control Policy (Executive Office of the President)96
Deputy Director — Demand Reduction
Railroad Retirement Board97
Member — three positions (five-year term of office; chair, who first must be
appointed as a member, also needs to be confirmed)
Inspector General98
96See also Committee on the Judiciary.
97See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
98See footnote 88.

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Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions (cont.)
Part-Time Positions
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, Board
of Trustees (political balance required)
Member — eight (of 13 total) positions (six-year term of office)
Corporation for National and Community Service, Board of Directors (political
balance required)
Member — 15 positions (five-year term of office)
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance
required)
Member — eight (of 13 total) positions (six-year term of office)
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, Board of Trustees (political
balance required)
Member — six (of 13 total) positions (six-year term of office)
Legal Services Corporation Board of Directors (political balance required)
Member — 11 positions (three-year term)
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
Member — 14 (of 15 total) positions (five-year term of office)
National Council on Disability
Member — 15 positions (three-year term of office)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Council on the Arts
Member — 14 positions (of 21 total) positions (six-year term of office)
National Council on the Humanities
Member — 26 positions (of 27 total) positions (six-year term of office)
National Museum Services Board
Member — 14 positions (of 15 total) positions (five-year term of office)
National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board
Member — 10 positions (three-year term of office)
National Science Board (National Science Foundation)
Member — 24 positions (six-year term of office)
United States Institute of Peace, Board of Directors (political balance required)
Member — 12 (of 15 total) positions (four-year term of office)

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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Full-Time Positions
Department of Health and Human Services99
Director — Indian Health Service (four-year term of office)
Commissioner — Administration for Native Americans
Department of the Interior100
Assistant Secretary — Indian Affairs
Chair — National Indian Gaming Commission
Special Trustee — American Indians
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
Commissioner (two-year term of office)
Part-Time Positions
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development,
Board of Trustees
Member — 13 (voting) positions (six-year term of office)
99See also Committee on Finance, Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position), and Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
100See also Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Committee on Environment and
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Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Full-Time Positions
Department of Homeland Security101
Under Secretary — Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection
Central Intelligence Agency
Director
Deputy Director
Deputy Director — Community Management
Assistant Director — Administration
Assistant Director — Analysis and Production
Assistant Director — Collection
General Counsel
Inspector General
101See also Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Committee on Finance,
Committee on Governmental Affairs, and Committee on the Judiciary. As of Sept. 10, 2003,
the President had submitted nominations to the Senate for all advice and consent positions
at the Department of Homeland Security except nine assistant secretary positions.
Nominations to each of these assistant secretary positions will be referred according to the
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Full-Time Positions
Department of Homeland Security102
Assistant Secretary — Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement103
Director — Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
Department of Justice104
Attorney General
Deputy Attorney General
Associate Attorney General
Assistant Attorney General — Antitrust Division
Assistant Attorney General — Civil Division
Assistant Attorney General — Civil Rights Division
Assistant Attorney General — Criminal Division
Assistant Attorney General — Environment and Natural Resources
Assistant Attorney General — Office of Justice Programs
Assistant Attorney General — Legislative Affairs
Assistant Attorney General — Office of Legal Counsel
Assistant Attorney General — Office of Legal Policy
Assistant Attorney General — Tax Division
Administrator — Drug Enforcement
Administrator — Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Deputy Administrator — Drug Enforcement
Director — Bureau of Justice Assistance
Director — Bureau of Justice Statistics
Director — Community Relations Service (four-year term of office)
Director — Federal Bureau of Investigation (10-year term of office)
Director — National Institute of Justice
Director — Office for Victims of Crime
102See also Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Committee on Finance,
Committee on Governmental Affairs, and Select Committee on Intelligence. As of Sept. 10,
2003, the President had submitted nominations to the Senate for all advice and consent
positions at the Department of Homeland Security except nine assistant secretary positions.
Nominations to each of these assistant secretary positions will be referred according to the
responsibilities of the position.
103The first nomination to this new position was referred to the Committee on Governmental
Affairs and referred sequentially to the Committee on the Judiciary pursuant to a unanimous
consent agreement of June 13, 2003. Sen. Bill Frist, “Sequential Referral of Nomination,”
remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, June 13, 2003, p.
S7903.
104Although the Department of Justice is included in the statute that provides presidentially
appointed and Senate-confirmed chief financial officers for all of the major executive branch
agencies (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)), this provision is superseded by 28 U.S.C. 507. The latter
section provides that the Assistant Attorney General for Administration, appointed by the
Attorney General with the approval of the President, shall be the CFO for the Department
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary (cont.)
Department of Justice (cont.)
Director — U.S. Marshals Service
Director — Violence Against Women Office
Inspector General105
Solicitor General
Special Counsel — Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (four-
year term of office)
U.S. Attorney — 93 positions (four-year term of office)
U.S. Marshal — 94 positions (four-year term of office)
Department of Commerce106
Under Secretary — Intellectual Property/Director - U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Chair — (three-year term of office; nominated from among commissioner
members; see additional listing under part-time positions below)
Office of National Drug Control Policy (Executive Office of the President)107
Director
Deputy
Director
Deputy Director — State and Local Affairs
Deputy Director — Supply Reduction
United States Circuit Court
Judges — 179 positions (life tenure)
United States Court of Federal Claims
Judges — 16 positions (15-year term of office)
United States Court of International Trade (life tenure)
Judges — nine positions (political balance required)
105On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
106See also Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Committee on Environment
and Public Works, Committee on Finance, and Committee on Governmental Affairs.
107See also Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Senate Committee on the Judiciary (cont.)
United States District Courts
Judges — 665 positions (most are life tenure; includes four judges in three
territorial courts, who are appointed to 10-year terms of office)
United States Parole Commission
Member — five positions (six-year term)
United States Sentencing Commission
Chair — (six-year term of office; nominated from among commission members
— see additional listing under part-time positions below)
Vice Chair — three positions (six-year term of office; designated from among
commission members — see additional listing under part-time positions
below)
United States Supreme Court
Chief Justice — (life tenure)
Associate Justices — eight positions (life tenure)
Part-Time Positions
Foreign Claims Settlements Commission
Member — three positions (three-year term of office; one of the three members
is also nominated to be the full-time chair of the commission, as shown
above.)
State Justice Institute, Board of Directors
Director — 11 positions (three-year term of office)
United States Sentencing Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — seven positions (six-year term of office; one of the seven
members is also nominated to be the full-time chair of the commission,
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Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Full-Time Positions
Architect of the Capitol
Architect
Election Assistance Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — four positions (four-year term of office)108
Federal Election Commission (political balance required)
Commissioners — six positions (six-year term of office)
Government Printing Office
Public Printer
Library of Congress
Librarian
108The initial terms of office for these new positions will differ from the fixed terms shown
here so as to stagger the terms of the commission membership. The initial terms are
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Senate Committee on Small Business
Full-Time Positions
Small Business Administration109
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Chief Counsel for Advocacy
Inspector General110
109See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
110On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
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Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Full-Time Positions
Department of Labor111
Assistant Secretary — Veterans Employment and Training112
Department of Veterans Affairs113
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Benefits (four-year term of office)
Under Secretary — Health (four-year term of office)
Under Secretary — Memorial Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Legislative Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Human Resources and Administration
Assistant Secretary — Information and Technology
Assistant Secretary — Management and Chief Financial Officer114
Assistant Secretary — Policy and Planning
Assistant Secretary — Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
Chair — Board of Veterans Appeals (six-year term of office)
General Counsel
Inspector General115
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Judge — three-seven positions (15-year term of office)
111See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position) and
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
112On Sept. 5, 2001, the most recent nomination to this position was referred jointly to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Veterans’
Affairs pursuant to unanimous consent agreements of Aug. 3, 2001 and Sept. 5, 2001. Sen.
Harry Reid, “Referral of Frederico Juarbe, Jr.,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional
Record, daily edition, vol. 147, Aug. 3, 2001, p. S8893; Sen. Harry Reid, “Unanimous
Consent Agreement — Nominations,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily
edition, vol. 147, Sept. 5, 2001, p. S9127.
113See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
114The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
115On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.

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