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Read. Follow. Verify.Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Meeting Records (2017-2018)
Record date · January 1, 2019
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What This Bill Does
This document contains the official records of three business meetings held by the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works between June 2017 and February 2018. The committee met to review and report on presidential nominations for key federal agency positions.
The committee's actions during these meetings advanced the confirmation process for high-level officials at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of the Army, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The agency received a reappointed member following the committee's action.
Environmental Protection Agency
The agency underwent a change in leadership for the Deputy Administrator position.
Department of the Army
The department received a new Assistant Secretary following the committee's action.
Key Facts
- The committee held business meetings on June 15, 2017, December 13, 2017, and February 7, 2018.
- The committee considered the reappointment of Kristine L. Svinicki to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2022.
- The committee considered the nomination of R. D. James to be Assistant Secretary of the Army, replacing Jo-Ellen Darcy.
- The committee considered the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, replacing Robert Perciasepe.
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- All meetings were held in the Dirksen Senate Building in Washington, D.C.
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The committee held business meetings at roughly six-month intervals to process pending presidential nominations.
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