SRES 520 — Congress 119
An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.
Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/520
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119 SRES 520 PCS: Authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. U.S. Senate 2025-12-01 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. III Executive Calendar No. 3 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 520 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 1, 2025 Mr. Thune submitted the following resolution; which was ordered to lie over, under the rule EXECUTIVE RESOLUTION Authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. That it shall be in order to move to proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following nominations on the Executive Calendar: (1) Calendar Number 166: Henry Mack III, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor. (2) Calendar Number 267: James Percival, of Florida, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security. (3) Calendar Number 354: Pedro Allende, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security. (4) Calendar Number 429: Michael Powers, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. (5) Calendar Number 430: Benjamin Kohlmann, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy. (6) Calendar Number 431: Amy Henninger, of Virginia, to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense. (7) Calendar Number 432: David Denton, Jr., of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy. (8) Calendar Number 452: Benjamin Hobbs, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (9) Calendar Number 453: Ronald Kurtz, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (10) Calendar Number 454: Jonathan Burke, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Department of the Treasury. (11) Calendar Number 455: Chris Pilkerton, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security. (12) Calendar Number 456: David Courcelle, of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana for the term of 4 years. (13) Calendar Number 461: Jeremiah Workman, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training. (14) Calendar Number 462: Derek Theurer, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury. (15) Calendar Number 463: Jonathan Greenstein, of New York, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury. (16) Calendar Number 465: Crystal Carey, of New Jersey, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of 4 years. (17) Calendar Number 466: Rosario Palmieri, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor. (18) Calendar Number 467: James Murphy, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of 5 years expiring December 16, 2027. (19) Calendar Number 468: Kirsten Davies, of Tennessee, to be Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense. (20) Calendar Number 469: Derrick Anderson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. (21) Calendar Number 470: James Mazol, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. (22) Calendar Number 476: Sara Bailey, of Texas, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy. (23) Calendar Number 477: Braden Boucek, of Tennessee, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee for the term of 4 years. (24) Calendar Number 478: Dominick Gerace II, of Ohio, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio for the term of 4 years. (25) Calendar Number 479: Jerome Francis Gorgon, Jr., of Michigan, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan for the term of 4 years. (26) Calendar Number 480: Bryan Stirling, of South Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina for the term of 4 years. (27) Calendar Number 481: Thomas Wheeler II, of Indiana, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana for the term of 4 years. (28) Calendar Number 482: Thomas Albus, of Missouri, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri for the term of 4 years. (29) Calendar Number 483: Adam Mildred, of Indiana, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana for the term of 4 years. (30) Calendar Number 484: Harry Kumar, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce. (31) Calendar Number 486: Joyce Meyer, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs. (32) Calendar Number 488: Andrew Veprek, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration). (33) Calendar Number 489: John Bartrum, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (34) Calendar Number 509: William Kirk, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Small Business Administration. (35) Calendar Number 510: Jeffrey Hall, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (36) Calendar Number 511: Mitch Graves, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2029. (37) Calendar Number 512: Jeff Hagood, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term of expiring May 18, 2029. (38) Calendar Number 513: Randall Jones, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2028. (39) Calendar Number 514: Arthur Graham, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the remainder of the term expiring May 18, 2026. (40) Calendar Number 516: Douglas Troutman, of Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances of the Environmental Protection Agency. (41) Calendar Number 517: Anthony D'Esposito, of New York, to be Inspector General, Department of Labor. (42) Calendar Number 518: Platte Moring, of South Carolina, to be Inspector General, Department of Defense. (43) Calendar Number 520: Mindy Brashears, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety. (44) Calendar Number 521: Stella Herrell, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. (45) Calendar Number 522: Peter Metzger, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of the Treasury. (46) Calendar Number 524: Edward Forst, of Florida, to be Administrator of General Services. (47) Calendar Number 525: Stephen F. Rickard, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years. (48) Calendar Number 526: Elana S. Suttenberg, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years. (49) Calendar Number 527: John Cuong Truong, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years. (50) Calendar Number 528: Thomas Ferguson III, of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina for the term of 4 years. (51) Calendar Number 529: Robert Kadlec, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. (52) Calendar Number 530: Marc Berkowitz, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. (53) Calendar Number 531: Joseph Jewell, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. (54) Calendar Number 532: Brendan Rogers, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy. (55) Calendar Number 533: David Beck, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration. (56) Calendar Number 534: Charles Young III, of West Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army. (57) Calendar Number 535: Michael Borders, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force. (58) Calendar Number 536: William Lane III, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force. (59) Calendar Number 537: John Noh, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. (60) Calendar Number 538: James Caggy, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. (New Position) (61) Calendar Number 539: Timothy Dill, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. (62) Calendar Number 540: Michael Payne, of Virginia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Department of Defense. (63) Calendar Number 541: Maurice Todd, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. (64) Calendar Number 550: Ethan Klein, of New Jersey, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. (65) Calendar Number 551: Stephen Carmel, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration. (66) Calendar Number 552: Timothy Petty, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. (67) Calendar Number 553: Laura DiBella, of Florida, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for a term expiring June 30, 2028. (68) Calendar Number 554: Trent Morse, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring May 30, 2030. (69) Calendar Number 555: Michelle A. Schultz, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board for a term expiring November 30, 2030. (Reappointment) (70) Calendar Number 557: Francis Cassidy, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (71) Calendar Number 558: Joseph Gormley, of Maryland, to be President, Government National Mortgage Association. (72) Calendar Number 559: Travis Hill, of Maryland, to be Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of 5 years. (73) Calendar Number 561: Jeffrey Goettman, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Africa, Western Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle East, Environment, Labor, and Industrial Competitiveness), with the Rank of Ambassador. (74) Calendar Number 562: Arjun Mody, of New Jersey, to be Deputy Commissioner Social Security for the term expiring January 19, 2031. (75) Calendar Number 563: Julie Callahan, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador. (76) Calendar Number 564: Leo Brent Bozell III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of South Africa. (77) Calendar Number 565: Benjamin Leon, Jr., of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Principality of Andorra. (78) Calendar Number 566: Brent Christensen, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People's Republic of Bangladesh. (79) Calendar Number 567: Morvared Namdarkhan, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs). (80) Calendar Number 568: Thomas Bell, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services. (81) Calendar Number 569: John Walk, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Agriculture. (82) Calendar Number 570: Andrew Duva, of Florida, to be an Assistant Attorney General. (83) Calendar Number 575: Erin Creegan, of New Hampshire, to be United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire for the term of 4 years. (84) Calendar Number 576: Ryan Anthony Kriegshauser, of Kansas, to be United States Attorney for the District of Kansas for the term of 4 years. (85) Calendar Number 577: James Kruger, of Mississippi, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi for the term of 4 years. (86) Calendar Number 578: Scott Leary, of Mississippi, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi for the term of 4 years. (87) Calendar Number 579: Michael Selig, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (88) Calendar Number 580: Michael Selig, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2029. December 1, 2025 Ordered to lie over, under the rule
Plain-English summary
Confidence: high · Complexity: simple · Model: grok-4.5
This is a Senate process resolution. It would let senators take up a big batch of presidential nominees in one package instead of grinding through them one name at a time.
The list is long—dozens of people for jobs across government. Think Labor, Homeland Security, Defense, HUD, Treasury, the NLRB, EPA, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Attorneys in a bunch of states, some ambassadors, inspectors general, and other posts. “En bloc” just means they could move and vote on that whole group together in executive session (the part of Senate work that handles nominations and treaties).
If it worked, agencies waiting on leaders and the nominees themselves would feel it first. Everyday folks might notice only later, if those offices start filling and making decisions faster—or if the package fight itself slows the calendar.
It needed cloture to limit debate (that’s the 60-vote hurdle to stop talking and move ahead). Cloture failed 43–37, so the resolution did not clear that bar.
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| Issue | Yea advances | Nay advances | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congressional Procedure | Adopt majority agenda and special rules | Protect minority rights and open deliberation | Yea green-lights packaged en bloc consideration of many nominations; Nay prefers blocking that bundled procedure so names face more separate deliberation. |