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January 21, 2021|Jeff Davis
Updated December 13, 2024
STATUS OF BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TRANSPORTATION NOMINATIONS – 118th CONGRESS (2023-2024) |
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| Department of Transportation | Sarah Baker | General Counsel | Nomination transmitted 2/8/24 |
| Department of Transportation | [no nominee since position created by law 11/15/21] | Asst. Sec. for Multimodal Freight | |
| DOT – Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration | [no nominee since Biden took office 1/20/21] | Administrator | |
| Amtrak Board of Directors | David Capozzi | Director for a 5-year term | Nomination reported 12/12/24 (Cal. No. 851) |
| Amtrak Board of Directors | Samuel Lathem | Director for a 5-year term | Nomination re-transmitted 1/25/24 |
| Amtrak Board of Directors | Ronald Batory | Director for a 5-year term | Nomination reported 12/12/24 (Cal. No. 853) |
| Amtrak Board of Directors | Elaine Marie Clegg | Director for a 5-year term | Nomination reported 12/12/24 (Cal. No. 854) |
| Amtrak Board of Directors | Lanhee Chen | Director for a 5-year term | Nomination reported 12/12/24 (Cal. No. 857) |
| Federal Maritime Commission | L.E. Sola | Commissioner for a term expiring 6/30/28 | Nomination reported 12/12/24 (Cal. No. 855) |
| International Civil Aviation Organization | Charlie Crist | Representative of the U.S., with the rank of Ambassador | Nomination reported 1/24/24 (Cal. No. 483) |
| National Transportation Safety Board | Thomas Chapman | Member for a term expiring 12/31/18 | Nomination transmitted 7/31/24 |
| Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority | Samuel Slater | Member, for an unfinished term expiring 11/22/23 and a full term expiring 11/22/29 | Nomination transmitted 1/23/23 |
For the summary table of all Biden’s transportation nominees in the previous Congress (2021-2022), see here.
Stages of the process:
- The White House announces the President’s intention to nominate.
- Transmission of the official nomination paperwork from the White House to the Senate.
- Hearing in front of a Senate committee. (Optional – some lower-profile nominees get approved without a hearing.)
- Vote in committee to approve or reject the nomination.
- The chairman of the committee reports the approved nomination to the Senate and it is placed on the Executive Calendar, almost always the same day of the committee vote. (Per S. Res. 116, some low-profile nominees can now go straight to the Calendar without being approved in committee or formally reported, unless a Senator specifically objects – see here for details.)
- The Senate votes to confirm or reject the nomination. (Alternately, the nomination could sit on the Calendar indefinitely, until withdrawn or until automatically returned to the President at the end of the session.)
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Publication Date:January 21, 2021