Roll Call Votes:
- Confirmation of Executive Calendar #660, Joseph S. Hezir, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy; Confirmed: 89-3.
- Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1039, Gregory N. Stivers, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky; Invoked: 70-23.
- Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1040, Joseph F. Leeson, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Invoked 66-26.
- Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #835, Lydia Kay Griggsby, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years; Invoked: 53-36.
- Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1040, Joseph F. Leeson, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Confirmed 76-16.
- Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1082, Jeffery Martin Baran, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2018; Invoked: 53-40.
- Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1083, Lauren McGarity McFerran, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2019; Invoked: 51-42.
- Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #552, Ellen Dudley Williams – to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy; Invoked: 57-34.
Legislative Business
Passed H.R.2366 – World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
Passed H.R.4812 – Honor Flight Act
Passed H.R.5108 – Patent Trademark Office – Students
Passed H.R.5462 – Fees Charged to Passengers of Air Carriers
Passed H.R.5739 – No Social Security for Nazis
Passed S.1683 – Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013
Passed Calendar #536, S.1447 – Native American Water Settlements Technical Corrections Act
Passed S.J.Res.45 – Smithsonian Citizen Regent
Passed H.J.Res.105 – Bernardo de Galvez
Agreed To H.Con.Res.120 – Civil Air Patrol Ceremony-CVC Emancipation Hall
Adopted S.Res.569 – Falls Prevention Awareness Day
Adopted S.Res.594 – Centennial Year of the Birth of Jan Karski
Executive Business
The Senate confirmed the following nominations by voice votes:
- Executive Calendar #555, Franklin M. Orr, Jr., to be Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy
- Executive Calendar #1039, Gregory N. Stivers, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky
- Executive Calendar #835, Lydia Kay Griggsby, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years