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NOMINATIONS:
1. The Honorable David Pressman, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Hungary
2. The Honorable Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Energy Resources)
3. The Honorable Robert A. Wood, of New York, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations
4. Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues
5. Ms. Elizabeth Shortino, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund for a term of two years
6. Mr. Dean R. Thompson, of Maryland, 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
7. The Honorable Robert F. Godec, of Virginia, 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
8. Mr. Richard Lee Buangan, of California, 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
9. Ms. Marie C. Damour, of Virginia, 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 Fiji, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu
LEGISLATION:
10. S.4428, Taiwan Policy Act of 2022, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute
11. S.4466, Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022
12. S.3052, Cambodia Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2021, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute
13. S.3317, Democracy in the 21st Century Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute
14. S.552, Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2021, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute
15. S.4320, Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 2022, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute
16. S.4216, North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2022
17. H.R.4693, Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021H.R. 1036, Bassam Barabandi Rewards for Justice Act
18. H.R. 1036, Bassam Barabandi Rewards for Justice Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute
19. H.R.6899, Russia and Belarus SDR Exchange Prohibition Act of 2022
20. S.3589, Western Hemisphere Security Strategy Act of 2022
TREATIES:
21. Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden (Treaty Doc. 117-3)
FSO LISTS
22. Sara C. Schuman, received April 7, 2022 (PN 1948)
23. Alyce Camille Richardson, et al., received April 7, 2022 (PN 1949)