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Howard Lutnick To Be Secretary Of Commerce

PN11-9

Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce.

Received: January 20, 2025; January 20, 2025
Authority: January 6, 2026; January 6, 2026
Last Action: February 18, 2025; February 18, 2025

1Nominees

13Actions

1Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Nominees

1 nominee

Senate Vote

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Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46)

52

Yea

46

Nay

0

Present

2

Not Voting

Voted on February 7, 2025

Recorded Votes

Recorded Senate votes

4 recorded

February 18, 2025

Nomination Confirmed (51-45)

On the Nomination

February 13, 2025

Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)

On the Cloture Motion

February 7, 2025

Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46)

On the Motion to Proceed

February 7, 2025

Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46)

On the Motion to Proceed

Action History

FloorFebruary 18, 2025

Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. Record Vote Number: 57.

FloorFebruary 18, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorFebruary 13, 2025

Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 45. Record Vote Number: 54.

FloorFebruary 13, 2025

By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.

FloorFebruary 13, 2025

Considered by Senate.

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 S.93, to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, S.98, to require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost universal service program funding, S.99, to require the Secretary of Commerce to produce a report that provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of Department of Commerce programs related to supply chain resilience and manufacturing and industrial innovation, S.161, to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue rules relating to the testing procedures used under the New Car Assessment Program of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, S.195, to amend the Visit America Act to promote music tourism, S.216, to amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, S.245, to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish a working group on cyber insurance, to require dissemination of informative resources for issuers and customers of cyber insurance, S.246, to protect the right of law-abiding citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of local and State prohibitions, S.257, to improve the resilience of critical supply chains, S.258, to improve forecasting and understanding of tornadoes and other hazardous weather, S.260, to amend the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act to require hygienic handling of breast milk and baby formula by security screening personnel of the Transportation Security Administration and personnel of private security companies providing security screening, S.278, to prohibit users who are under age 13 from accessing social media platforms, to prohibit the use of personalized recommendation systems on individuals under age 17, and limit the use of social media in schools, S.281, to require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive information to consumers about ticket prices and related fees, to prohibit speculative ticketing, S.283, to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and the Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a standard methodology for identifying the country of origin of seafood to support enforcement against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, S.306, to establish and maintain a coordinated program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that improves wildfire, fire weather, fire risk, and wildfire smoke related forecasting, detection, modeling, observations, and service delivery, S.314, to prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of prices for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging, S.315, to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring access to AM broadcast stations in passenger motor vehicles, and the nomination of Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationRussell Senate Office Building, 253Feb 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Hearings to examine the nomination of Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationRussell Senate Office Building, 253Jan 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM

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Hearing Records

1 hearing on record

Nomination Of Howard Lutnick, Nominee To Be Secretary, U.s. Department Of Commerce

Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationJan 29, 2025

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Howard Lutnick

Secretary of Commerce · Department of Commerce

New York