The Senate convened at 12:00 pm.

Passed by a vote of 50-47: Passage of S.J.Res.55, Sullivan NEPA Permitting Reform CRA with Senator Manchin voting in the affirmative.

Confirmed, 67-29: Executive Calendar #1100, Roopali H. Desai to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.

The Senate will next convene at 12 Noon on Saturday, August 6, 2022. The next vote will occur at 12:30pm on Saturday on the Motion to Discharge from the Environment and Public Works Committee the nomination of David Uhlmann to be to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Leader Schumer announced he expects the Senate will vote on the Motion to Proceed to the Reconciliation legislation on Saturday afternoon.

The Senate will next convene at 12:00 Noon on Saturday, August 6, 2022.

The Senate confirmed the following nominations by voice vote:

1. Executive Calendar #967 Nasser H. Paydar to be Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
2. Executive Calendar #994 David Applegate to be Director of the United States Geological Survey.
3. Executive Calendar #1094 Susie Feliz to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
4. Executive Calendar #1095 Donald R. Cravins to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development.
5. Executive Calendar #1104 Jaime Areizaga-Soto to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals for a term of six years.
6. Executive Calendar #1126 Kathryn Wheelbarger to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four years.
7. Executive Calendar #1127 Michael K. Singh to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four years.
8. Executive Calendar #1128 Jonathan Wingate Burks to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four years.
9. Executive Calendar #891 Edward Gabriel to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four years.
10. Executive Calendar #892 Nathalie Rayes to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four years.
11. Executive Calendar #893 Mary Green Swig to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four years.
12. Executive Calendar #1114 Yohannes Abraham to be Representative of the United States of America to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
13. Executive Calendar #1123 Shirley Sachi Sagawa to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring October 6, 2024.
14. Executive Calendar #1069 Carlos Felipe Uriarte to be an Assistant Attorney General.
15. Executive Calendar #1070 Carlton W. Reeves to be Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission.
16. Executive Calendar #1071 Carlton W. Reeves to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2027.
17. Executive Calendar #1072 Laura E. Mate to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2027.
18. Executive Calendar #1073 Claire McCusker Murray to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2025.
19. Executive Calendar #1074 Luis Felipe Restrepo to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2025.
20. Executive Calendar #1075 Claria Horn Boom to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2023.
21. Executive Calendar #1076 John Gleeson to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2023.
22. Executive Calendar #1077 Candice C. Wong to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2027.
23. Executive Calendar #984 Michael C. Gonzales a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Zambia.
24. Executive Calendar #1052 Timmy T. Davis 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 State of Qatar.
25. Executive Calendar #1061 Dean R. Thompson a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Nepal.
26. Executive Calendar #1062 Richard Lee Buangan a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Mongolia.
27. Executive Calendar #1064 Marie C. Damour a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Fiji/Kiribati/ Nauru/Tonga/Tuvalu.
28. Executive Calendar #1111 Robert F. Godec a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Thailand.
29. Executive Calendar #1115 Jonathan Henick a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Uzbekistan.
30. Executive Calendar #1116 Angela Price Aggeler a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of North Macedonia.
31. Executive Calendar #1117 Gautam A. Rana 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 Slovak Republic.
32. Executive Calendar #1118 Daniel N. Rosenblum a Career Member of the Senior Executive Service, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Senate adjourned at 7:51pm.