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Nomination Records that are Split into Parts
Tracking the status through the Senate's confirmation process is straightforward for nominations with only one nominee, and for nominations with multiple nominees who all have the same confirmation process. But when the confirmation differs for the nominees in the same record, the record splits into parts.
For example, in the 107th Congress, 18 of the 19 nominees in PN132 were reported out of the Committee on Armed Services on March 29, 2001. One nominee was reported out on May 24, 2001. In order to track this different status through the confirmation process, the nomination record was split into two parts, PN132-01 and PN132-02. The original number, PN132, no longer tracks the status of the nominees. To identify the total number of nominees for PN132, add up the counts in each part.
A more complicated example is PN983 in the 107th Congress. Of the 41 nominees, the confirmation process of three diverged from the rest, so the record was split into two parts, PN983-01 and PN983-02. The original number, PN983, no longer tracks the status of the nominees. The confirmation process of one of these three nominees diverged again, so PN983-02 was split into two more parts, PN983-03 and PN983-04. Once split, PN983-02 no longer tracks the status of nominees. To identify the total number of nominees for PN983, add up the counts in each part.
Many older records identify the total number of nominees even after a record has split. For example, in the 106th Congress, PN114 was split into two parts, PN114-01 with 21 nominees and PN114-02 with 1 nominee, a total of 22 nominees. The original record continues to identify the 22 nominees, and these should not be added into the total.
More rarely, civilian nominations may also include more than one nominee. These are split right from the start, regardless of the similarity of the confirmation process. For example, in the 106th Congress, PN1 was sent to the Senate from the White House with 27 civilians nominated to various positions. This record was split into 27 additional parts immediately, with one name in each part.