Nominations Submitted to the Senate, Week Ending Friday, September 8, 2006

The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service officers.

Submitted September 5

David Longly Bernhardt, of Colorado, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, vice Sue Ellen Wooldridge., Mary Amelia Bomar, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the National Park Service, vice Frances P. Mainella, resigned.

Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice J. Dickson Phillips, Jr., retired.

Larry W. Brown, of Virginia, to be a member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2010, vice R. Bruce Matthews, resigned.

Peter E. Cianchette, of Maine, to be a member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term expiring September 14, 2010, vice Nancy Killefer, term expired.

Charles F. Conner, of Indiana, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation, vice James R. Moseley.

John Ray Correll, of Indiana, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, vice Jeffrey D. Jarrett.

Charles L. Glazer, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of El Salvador.

William James Haynes II, of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice H. Emory Widener, Jr., retiring.

Tracy A. Henke, of Missouri, to be Executive Director of the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security, vice C. Suzanne Mencer, resigned.

Robert T. Howard, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Information and Technology), vice Robert N. McFarland.

Collister Johnson, Jr., of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation for a term of 7 years, vice Albert S. Jacquez, term expired.

John Edward Mansfield, of Virginia, to be a member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2011 (reappointment).

William W. Mercer, of Montana, to be Associate Attorney General, vice Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Mark Myers, of Alaska, to be Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, vice Charles G. Groat, resigned.

William Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice Thomas G. Nelson, retired.

James F. X. O’Gara, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy, vice Barry D. Crane.

Halil Suleyman Ozerden, of Mississippi, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, vice David C. Bramlette, retired.

Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice Stephen S. Trott, retired.

Richard Stickler, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, vice David D. Lauriski, resigned.

Sara Alicia Tucker, of California, to be Under Secretary of Education, vice Edward R. McPherson, resigned.

Michael Brunson Wallace, of Mississippi, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice Charles W. Pickering, Sr., retired.

William Ludwig Wehrum, Jr., of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Jeffrey R. Holmstead, resigned.

Peter Stanley Winokur, of Maryland, to be a member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2009, vice John T. Conway, term expired.

Otis D. Wright II, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, vice Gary L. Taylor, retired.

George H. Wu, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, vice Ronald S. W. Lew, retiring.

Submitted September 6

Robert K. Steel, of Connecticut, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Randal Quarles.

Submitted September 7

Jovita Carranza, of Illinois, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, vice Melanie Sabelhaus, resigned.

Paul DeCamp, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, vice Tammy Dee McCutchen, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Michael F. Duffy, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of 6 years expiring August 30, 2012 (reappointment), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Lauren M. Maddox, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach, Department of Education, vice Kevin F. Sullivan, resigned.

Daniel Meron, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, vice Alex Azar II, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate., Mary E. Peters, of Arizona, to be Secretary of Transportation, vice Norman Y. Mineta, resigned.

Dean A. Pinkert, of Virginia, to be a member of the U.S. International Trade Commission for the term expiring December 16, 2015, vice Jennifer Anne Hillman, term expiring.

Irving A. Williamson, of New York, to be a member of the U.S. International Trade Commission for the term expiring June 16, 2014, vice Stephen Koplan, term expired.

Donald Y. Yamamoto, of New York, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.