"The President makes appointments to certain positions within the federal government,
either using authorities granted to the President alone or with the advice and consent of
the Senate. There are some 151 full-time leadership positions on 34 federal regulatory
and other collegial boards and commissions for which the Senate provides advice and consent. This report
identifies all nominations submitted to the Senate for full-time positions on these 34 boards and commissions
during the 115th Congress.
Information for each board and commission is presented in profiles and tables. The profiles provide information
on leadership structures and statutory requirements (such as term limits and party balance requirements). The
tables include full-time positions confirmed by the Senate, incumbents as of the end of the 115th Congress,
incumbents’ parties (where balance is required), and appointment action within each board or commission.
Additional summary information across all 34 boards and commissions appears in Appendix A.
During the 115
th Congress, the President submitted 140 nominations to the Senate for full-time positions on these
boards and commissions (most of the remaining positions on these boards and commissions were not vacant
during that time). Of these 140 nominations, 75 were confirmed, 12 were withdrawn, and 53 were returned to the
President. At the end of the 115
th Congress, 22 incumbents were serving past the expiration of their terms. In
addition, there were 43 vacancies among the 151 positions.
Information for this report was compiled using the Senate nominations database at https://www.congress.gov/, the
Congressional Record (daily edition), the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, telephone discussions
with agency officials, agency websites, the United States Code, and the 2016 Plum Book (United States
Government Policy and Supporting Positions)..."
Presidential appointments
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