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Timothy Petty To Be Assistant Secretary Of Commerce For Oceans And Atmosphere · Congress.wiki

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Timothy Petty To Be Assistant Secretary Of Commerce For Oceans And Atmosphere

PN462-4

Timothy Petty, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, vice Jainey Kumar Bavishi, resigned.

Received: August 1, 2025; August 1, 2025
Authority: December 19, 2025; December 19, 2025
Last Action: December 18, 2025; December 18, 2025

1Nominees

13Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Nominees

1 nominee

Senate Vote

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Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)

53

Yea

47

Nay

0

Present

0

Not Voting

Voted on December 17, 2025

Recorded Votes

Recorded Senate votes

2 recorded

December 19, 2025

Nomination Confirmed (53-43)

On the Nomination

December 17, 2025

Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)

On the Cloture Motion

Action History

FloorDecember 18, 2025

Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 655.

FloorDecember 18, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorDecember 17, 2025

By unanimous consent agreement, debate 12/18/2025.

FloorDecember 17, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorDecember 17, 2025

Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 47. Record Vote Number: 653.

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Committees & Meetings

1 committee · 2 meetings

Committees

1 total

Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationSenate

Committee Meetings

2 meetings related to this nomination

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Stephen Carmel, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration, John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, Laura DiBella, of Florida, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, Ethan Klein, of New Jersey, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, Trent Morse, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Timothy Petty, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and Michelle A. Schultz, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationRussell Senate Office Building, 253Nov 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Hearings to examine the nominations of Stephen Carmel, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration, Laura DiBella, of Florida, and Robert Harvey, of Florida, both to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, and Timothy Petty, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationRussell Senate Office Building, 253

Oct 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM

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Timothy Petty

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere · Department of Commerce

Indiana