Washington, D.C. – Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Co-Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) have scheduled a Full Committee mark-up for Thursday, March 16, 2006, at 3 p.m. in room S-128 of the Capitol. The agenda is:

NOMINATIONS:

PN 1194 – Vice Admiral Thad Allen, to be Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and to be Admiral

PN 1029 – Rear Admiral (Lower Half) John C. Acton to be Rear Admiral (Upper Half) in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve

PN 1007

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Jody A. Breckenridge to be Rear Admiral (Upper Half)

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Arthur E. Brooks to be Rear Admiral (Upper Half)

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) John E. Crowley to be Rear Admiral (Upper Half)

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Richard R. Houck to be Rear Admiral (Upper Half)

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Richard R. Kelly to be Rear Admiral (Upper Half)

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) David P. Pekoske to be Rear Admiral (Upper Half)

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Fred M. Rosa to be Rear Admiral (Upper Half)

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Timothy S. Sullivan to be Rear Admiral (Upper Half)

PN 1350 – Two hundred and seven U.S. Coast Guard promotions to the rank of Ensign

PN 1287 – Robert McDowell, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission

PN 1162 – Roger Shane Karr, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation

PN 1163 – Tyler D. Duvall, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation

PN 1165 – Nicole R. Nason, to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

PN 1178 – Thomas J. Barrett, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Safety Administration

PN 1056 – Robert C. Cresanti, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology

PN 1320 – Stephen S. Meador, to be Lieutenant of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

LEGISLATIVE ITEM:

1) S. 1215, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act