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For Immediate Release
12/11/06
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Joe Brenckle - Republican Press Office 202-224-3991
Brian Eaton w/Stevens 202-224-0445
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Senate Approves Nominees for NTIA, NTSB, Saint Lawrence Seaway, NOAA, and USCG
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
– The United States Senate early Saturday morning unanimously approved nominees discharged from the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee for positions with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Board, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the United States Coast Guard (USCG).
Discharged from the Senate Commerce Committee and approved by the Senate:
John M. R. Kneuer, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, and head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
PN 2062 – Steven Chealander - Nominated to be a Member National Transportation Safety Board
PN 2112 – Charles Dorkey III - Nominated to Board of Directors Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
PN 2086 – Rear Admiral Cynthia A. Coogan to be Director of the Coast Guard Reserve
PN 2093 – Raymond C. Slagle to be a Captain in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PN 2094 – Sixteen Promotions in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the rank of Ensign
PN 2131 – Greg E. Versaw to be a Lieutenant in the Coast Guard
PN 2154 – Two Hundred and Thirty-Two Coast Guard Promotions to the rank of Lieutenant Commander
PN 2185 – Andrea L. Contratto and Stephen B. Nye to the rank of Captain in the Coast Guard Reserve
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Senate Approves Resolution Honoring NOAA/Coast and Geodetic Survey
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate this week approved a resolution (S. Res. 628) honoring the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the 200th anniversary of its Coast and Geodetic Survey (CGS), originally authorized by President Thomas Jefferson. The Resolution recognizes the bicentennial of the Coast and Geodetic Survey’s two centuries of contributions t...
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Senate Approves Pretexting Legislation
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
– The United States Senate today passed H.R. 4709, the Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was a co-sponsor of the Senate companion to the House legislation, S. 2178. The measure will criminalize the practice of “pretexting,” which consists of obtaining confidential phone records info...
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Congress Approves Wool Suit Labeling Act
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
–Congress this week unanimously approved H.R. 4583, Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fairness and International Standards Conforming Act sponsored by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN-7). The measure will now be sent to the President for his consideration.
H.R. 4583, the Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fairness and International Standards Conforming Act, amends the Wool Products Labeling Ac...
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