WASHINGTON – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today, approved four bills and eight nominees subject to Senate confirmation. 

Bill and Nominations considered are as follows (all approved by voice vote):

1.    S. 2717, Maritime Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Sponsors: Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.)
       a. Fischer Substitute (modified)
       b. Baldwin 1

2.    S. 2369, Whaling Convention Amendments Act of 2018, Sponsors: Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

3.    S. 2511, CENOTE Act of 2018, Sponsors: Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
       a. Wicker substitute (modified)

4.    S. 2343, Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act of 2018, Sponsors: Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) 
       a. Wicker 1

5.    Nomination of Vice Adm. Karl L. Schultz to Admiral and to be Commandant of the United States Coast Guard

6.    Nomination of Vice Adm. Charles W. Ray to be Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard

7.    Nomination of Patrick Fuchs, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board (STB)

8.    Nomination of Michelle A. Schultz, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the STB

9.    Nomination of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner

10.  Nomination of Rubydee Calvert, of Wyoming, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

11.  Nomination of Laura Gore Ross, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

12.  Nomination of Alan E. Cobb, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority