The Senate Judiciary Committee is responsible for conducting hearings on nominations to fill executive positions within the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Commerce, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the United States Parole Commission, United States Sentencing Commission.  Following confirmation hearings during which nominees are asked questions by the members of the Committee, a nomination is listed for consideration by the Judiciary Committee during an Executive Business Meeting.  If a majority of the Committee orders an executive nomination to be reported to the full Senate for consideration, the nomination is placed on the Executive Calendar.  If a majority of the Senate votes in favor of an executive nomination, the President is notified and the nomination is confirmed.

• 111th Congress:  Executive Confirmations
  
• 110th Congress:  Executive Confirmations
  

Executive nominations that are considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee include:

• Department of Justice
• • Attorney General
    Eric H. Holder Jr.
    
  • Deputy Attorney General
    David W. Ogden
    
  • Associate Attorney General
    Thomas J. Perrelli
  • Solicitor General
    Elena Kagan
  • Assistant Attorneys General (11 positions)
    Dawn Johnsen, Office of Legal Counsel
    David Kris, National Security Division
    Tony West, Civil Division
    Lanny Breuer, Criminal Division
    Christine Varney, Antitrust Division
    
  • Administrator and Deputy Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  • Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
  • Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance
  • Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • Director, Community Relations Service (four-year term)
  • Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (10-year term)
  • Director, National Institute of Justice
  • Director, Office for Victims of Crime
  • Director, Office on Violence Against Women
  • Director, U.S. Marshals Service
  • Inspector General
  • Special Counsel, Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (four-year term)
  • U.S. Attorneys (93 positions, four-year term)
  • U.S. Marshals (94 positions, four-year term)
    
    
• Department of Homeland Security
• • Assistant Secretary, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
    
    
• Department of Commerce
• • Under Secretary, Intellectual Property/Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
    
    
• Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
• • Chair (full-time, three-year term, nominated from among Commissioner members)
  • Members (part-time, three positions, three-year term)
    
    
• Office of National Drug Control Policy
• • Director
  • Deputy Director
  • Deputy Director, Demand Reduction
  • Deputy Director, State and Local Affairs
  • Deputy Director, Supply Reduction
    
    
• United States Parole Commission
• • Members (five positions, six-year term)
    
    
• United States Sentencing Commission
• • Chair (full-time, six-year term, nominated from among Commission members)
  • Vice Chair (full-time, three positions, six-year term, designated from among Commission members)
  • Commissioners (part-time, seven positions, six-year term)
    
    
• State Justice Institute, Board of Directors
• • Director (part-time, 11 positions, three-year term)