Biden nomination tracker An overview of Biden administration nominations and the status of key agency positions the Biden administration must fill February 25, 2021

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▪ Nomination trackers ▪ Key agency positions in the Biden administration ▪ ▪ Environment ▪ Agriculture ▪ Finance ▪ Commerce ▪ Foreign Policy ▪ Criminal ▪ Health Care Justice ▪ Labor ▪ Defense and ▪ Technology Intelligence ▪ Other ▪ Energy

2 Ten of Biden’s cabinet and cabinet-level officials have been confirmed by the Senate

Status of key positions requiring Senate confirmation Confirmed cabinet secretaries

FEBRUARY 25, 2021 • Dept. of State () • Dept. of Defense () ■ No nominee ■ Awaiting nomination ■ Awaiting confirmation ■ Confirmed • Dept. of the Treasury () • Dept. of Homeland Security () 11 • Dept. of Transportation () • Dept. of Veterans Affairs (Denis McDonough) • Dept. of Agriculture () 44 • Dept. of Energy () 3 Confirmed cabinet-level positions ▪ Director of National Intelligence () ▪ UN Representative (Linda Thomas-Greenfield) Departments without a deputy secretary nominee ▪ Dept. of Homeland Security ▪ Dept. of Veterans Affairs ▪ Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

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SOURCE Washington Post. MICHELLE SCHRIER 2/25/21 3 Cabinet Senate confirmations by number of days in office

FEBRUARY 25, 2021 ■ Obama ■ Trump ■ Biden

SOURCE Ballotpedia. ASHLEY THIEME 2/25/21 4 Roadmap

▪ Nomination trackers ▪ Key agency positions in the Biden administration ▪ White House ▪ Environment ▪ Agriculture ▪ Finance ▪ Commerce ▪ Foreign Policy ▪ Criminal ▪ Health Care Justice ▪ Labor ▪ Defense and ▪ Technology Intelligence ▪ Other ▪ Energy

5 Key White House positions

Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?

Chief of Staff No

Deputy Chief of Staff Jen O’Malley Dillon No Senior Advisor No West Wing Counselor No Director of Public Engagement No Director of Intergovt’l Affairs Julie Rodriguez No Counsel No Director Yes At Senate

Deputy Director Yes At Senate OMB Deputy Director for Jason Miller Yes At Senate Management OIRA Administrator Yes No nominee National Security Council National Security Advisor No National Economic Council Director No Domestic Policy Council Director No

Council of Economic Chairman Yes At Senate Advisors Communications Director No Communications Press Secretary No

6 Key agriculture positions

Requires Senate Agency Position Biden Appointee/Nominee Status Confirmation?

Secretary Tom Vilsack Yes Confirmed

Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh Yes At Senate Under Secretary for Food Safety Yes No nominee Under Secretary for Farm and Yes No nominee Foreign Agricultural Services Under Secretary for Marketing and Yes No nominee USDA Regulatory Programs Under Secretary for Natural Yes No nominee Resources and Environment

Under Secretary for Research, Yes No nominee Education and Economics Under Secretary for Food, Yes No nominee Nutrition, & Consumer Services FDA Commissioner Yes No nominee DOI Secretary Yes At Senate CFTC Chairperson and commissioner Rostin Benham (Acting chair) Yes Confirmed

7 Key commerce positions

Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?

Secretary Yes At Senate

Deputy Secretary Don Graves Yes At Senate

Undersecretary for Economic Yes No nominee Affairs Undersecretary for Industry Yes No nominee and Security Department of Commerce Undersecretary for Intellectual Yes No nominee Property Undersecretary for Yes No nominee International Trade Undersecretary for Oceans Yes No nominee and Atmosphere Undersecretary for Standards Yes No nominee and Technology US Patent and Trademark Director Yes No nominee Office

US Census Bureau Director Yes No nominee

8 Key criminal justice positions

Requires Senate Agency Position Biden Appointee/Nominee Status Confirmation?

Attorney General Yes At Senate

Deputy Attorney General Yes At Senate

Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Yes At Senate Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General for the Kristen Clarke Yes At Senate Civil Rights Division

Solicitor General Yes No nominee

ATF Director Yes No nominee FBI Director Christopher Wray* Yes Confirmed US Marshals Service Director Yes No nominee

*Holdover

9 Key defense and intelligence positions

Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?

Secretary Lloyd Austin Yes Confirmed

Deputy Secretary Yes Confirmed

Undersecretary for Policy Yes At Senate Department of Defense Undersecretary for Intelligence Yes No nominee

Undersecretary for Acquisition, Yes No nominee Technology and Logistics

Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Yes Confirmed Deputy Secretary Yes No nominee Under Secretary for Strategy, Yes No nominee Policy, and Plans Department of Homeland Security ICE Director Yes No nominee FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell Yes At Senate CBP Commissioner Yes No Nominee

USCIS Director Yes No nominee

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines Yes Confirmed NSA Director Yes CIA Director William Burns Yes At Senate

Department of Veterans Secretary Denis McDonough Yes Confirmed Affairs Deputy Secretary Yes No nominee 10 Key energy positions

Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation? White House Special Presidential Envoy for Climate No Secretary Jennifer Granholm Yes Confirmed Deputy Secretary David Turk Yes At Senate Undersecretary for Management and Energy Yes No nominee Performance Undersecretary for Nuclear Security Yes No nominee Undersecretary for Science Yes No nominee Chair Richard Glick (D) Yes* Confirmed (Term expires June 30, 2022) Commissioner Neil Chatterjee (R) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 30, 2021) Commissioner FERC James Danly (R) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 30, 2023) Commissioner Allison Clements (D) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 30, 2024) Commissioner Mark Christie (R) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 30, 2025) Secretary Deb Haaland Yes At Senate Interior Deputy Secretary Elizabeth Klein Yes Announced Administrator Michael Regan Yes At Senate EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe Yes At Senate

*Yes (for board member); no (for chairmanship)

11 Key environmental positions

Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry No White House Chair, Council on Environmental Quality Brenda Mallory Yes At Senate

Administrator Michael Regan Yes At Senate EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe Yes At Senate

Secretary Deb Haaland Yes At Senate

Interior Deputy Secretary Elizabeth Klein Yes Announced

Bureau of Land Management Director Yes No nominee

Secretary Pete Buttigieg Yes Confirmed Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg Yes At Senate

12 Key finance positions

Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?

Chair Gary Gensler (D) Yes At Senate

Commissioner Allison Herren Lee (D) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 5, 2022) Commissioner Securities and Exchange Elad L. Roisman (R) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 5, 2023) Commission Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw (D) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 5, 2024) Commissioner Hester M. Peirce (R) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 5, 2025)

Secretary Janet Yellen Yes Confirmed Treasury Deputy Secretary Yes At Senate Comptroller of the Currency Yes No nominee CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Yes At Senate OMB Director Neera Tanden Yes At Senate White House CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse Yes At Senate

13 Key foreign policy positions

Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?

Secretary Antony Blinken Yes Confirmed

Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman Yes At Senate

Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Bonnie Jenkins Yes Announced Security Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Uzra Zeya Yes Announced Human Rights Undersecretary for Political State Department Victoria Nuland Yes At Senate Affairs

UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Yes At Senate

NATO Ambassador Yes No nominee

OAS Ambassador Yes No nominee

EU Ambassador Yes No nominee

OECD Ambassador Yes No nominee

USAID Administrator Yes At Senate

Executive Office of the US Trade Representative Yes At Senate President

14 Key health care positions

Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?

Secretary Yes At Senate

Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm Yes At Senate

Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine Yes At Senate

Assistant Secretary for Yes No nominee Preparedness and Response

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Yes At Senate

HRSA Administrator No No nominee HHS CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Yes At Senate

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky No

CCIIO Director, CMS Yes No nominee

FDA Commissioner Yes No nominee

COVID-19 Equity Task Force Marcella Nunez-Smith No Chair

Chief Medical Adviser on Anthony Fauci No COVID-19 to the President

White House Director Susan Rice No Domestic Policy Council

15 Key labor positions

Requires Senate Agency Position Biden Appointee/Nominee Status Confirmation?

Secretary Yes At Senate

Deputy Secretary Julie Su Yes At Senate

Bureau of Labor Statistics William Beach Yes Confirmed Labor Commissioner

Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Yes No nominee Health

Administrator Yes At Senate SBA Deputy Administrator Yes No nominee

EEOC General Counsel Yes No nominee

NLRB Chairperson John Ring Yes* Confirmed

*Yes (for board member); no (for chairmanship)

16 Key technology positions

Requires Senate Agency Position Biden Appointee/Nominee Status Confirmation?

Chair Yes No nominee

Commissioner Brendan Carr Yes Confirmed (Term Expires Aug. 3, 2021)

Commissioner FCC Jessica Rosenworcel* Yes Confirmed (Term Expires Aug. 3, 2021)

Commissioner Geoffrey Starks Yes Confirmed (Term Expires Jan. 2, 2024) Commissioner Nathan Simington Yes Confirmed (Term expires Dec. 8, 2025) OSTP Director Yes At Senate Executive Office of the (President’s Science Advisor) President Chief Technology Officer Yes No nominee

FTC Chair Yes No nominee

US Agency for Global Media Chief Executive Officer Yes No nominee

Assistant Secretary for NTIA (Commerce) Communications and Yes No nominee Information NASA Administrator Yes No nominee

*Serving as acting chair

17 Other key policy positions

Requires Senate Agency Position Biden Appointee/Nominee Status Confirmation?

Secretary Yes At Senate

Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten Yes At Senate

Undersecretary of Education James Kvaal Yes At Senate

Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Yes No nominee Administration Commissioner

Director of the Institute of Yes No nominee Education Sciences

Secretary Yes At Senate

Deputy Secretary Yes No nominee HUD Federal Housing Yes No nominee Commissioner

Inspector General Rae Oliver* Yes Confirmed

*Holdover

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