Senate approves Kautter as Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy

The Senate on August 3, 2017, approved by voice vote the nomination of David Kautter, a former Director of National Tax at EY, to serve as the United States Treasury Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy. The nomination was one of a large number approved as the Senate appeared to be wrapping up its business and headed toward recessing until September.

The Senate also approved the FDA Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2430) by a vote of 94-1.

The full list of Executive Branch nominees approved by voice vote follows, and additional confirmations are possible:

State Department

— Mark Andrew Green, of Wisconsin, to be Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development

— Sharon Day, of Florida, to be Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Costa Rica

— Nathan Alexander Sales, of Ohio, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large

— George Edward Glass, of Oregon, to be Ambassador of the United States to the Portuguese Republic

— Robert Wood Johnson IV, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

— Luis E. Arreaga, of Virginia, to be Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Guatemala

— Krishna R. Urs, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Peru

— Kay Bailey Hutchison, of Texas, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador

— Ray Washburne, of Texas, to be President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

— Kelley Eckels Currie, of Georgia, to be Representative of the United States on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the Rank of Ambassador, as well as an Alternate Representative of the United States to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations

— David Steele Bohigian, of Missouri, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

— Michael Arthur Raynor, of Maryland, to be Ambassador of the United States to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

— Maria E. Brewer, of Indiana, to be Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Sierra Leone

— John P. Desrocher, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Banking

— Mira Radielovic Ricardel, of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration

— Richard Ashooh, of New Hampshire, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce

— Neal J. Rackleff, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

— Anna Maria Farias, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Intelligence

— David James Glawe, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security

— Susan M. Gordon, of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence

State Department

— Carl C. Risch, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs)

— Lewis M. Eisenberg, of Florida, to be Ambassador of the United States to the Italian Republic, and to serve concurrently as Ambassador to the Republic of San Marino

— Kelly Knight Craft, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador of the United States to Canada

Treasury

— David Malpass, of New York, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury

— Brent James McIntosh, of Michigan, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury

— Andrew K. Maloney, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury

— David J. Kautter, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

— Christopher Campbell, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

HSGAC

— Claire M. Grady, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security

— David P. Pekoske, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security

FCC

— Jessica Rosenworcel, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2015 (Reappointment)

— Brendan Carr, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2018

HELP and Finance

— Peter Louis Oppenheim, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs

— James J. Sullivan, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

— Heather L. MacDougall, of Florida, to be a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

— Elinore F. McCance-Katz, of Rhode Island, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use

— Lance Allen Robertson, of Oklahoma, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging

— Jerome M. Adams, of Indiana, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and the be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service

— Robert P. Kadlec, of New York, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

SBA

— Althea Coetzee, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration

Justice Department

— Vishal J. Amin, of Michigan, to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator

— Stephen Elliott Boyd, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Attorney General

— Beth Ann Williams, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Attorney General

— John W. Huber, of Utah, to be United States Attorney for the District of Utah

— Justin E. Herdman, of Ohio, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio

— John E. Town, of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama

Veterans Affairs

— Brooks D. Tucker, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Congressional and Legislative Affairs)

— Michael P. Allen, of Florida, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

— Amanda L. Meredith, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

— Joseph L. Toth, of Wisconsin, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

— Thomas G. Bowman, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs

— James Byrne, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of Transportation and Commerce

— Michael Platt, Jr., of Arkansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce

— Robert L. Sumwalt III, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board

— Karen Dunn Kelley, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs

— Elizabeth Erin Walsh, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service

— Mark H. Buzby, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration

— Peter B. Davidson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Commerce

— Robert L. Sumwalt III, of South Carolina, to be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board

CFTC

— J. Christopher Giancarlo, of New Jersey, to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

— Brian D. Quintenz, of Ohio, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

— Rostin Behnam, of New Jersey, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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