	Introduction

This report provides an overview of the process for filling positions to which the President makes appointments with the advice and consent of the Senate (PAS positions). It also identifies, for the 108 th Congress, all nominations to full-time positions requiring Senate confirmation in 38 organizations in the executive branch (25 independent agencies, six agencies in the Executive Office of the President (EOP), and seven multilateral banking organizations) and four agencies in the legislative branch. It excludes appointments to executive departments and to regulatory and other boards and commissions, which are covered in other reports. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, formerly an independent agency covered by earlier versions of this report, became part of the Department of Homeland Security when that department was established in 2003; it is not covered by this report. Another government organization, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, came into existence early in the 108 th Congress after it was established by the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003. Appointments During the 108th Congress

During the 108 th Congress, President George W. Bush submitted to the Senate 40 nominations to full-time positions in independent and other agencies. Of these nominations, 31 were confirmed and nine were returned to the President; none were withdrawn. The President made four recess appointments during this period to positions in organizations covered in this report (the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Agency for International Development). Two of these appointments occurred during the 2004 Memorial Day recess and two during the 2004 August recess. All four of these recess appointments would have expired at the end of the first session of the 109 th Congress. Before this time, the Senate confirmed nominations of each of these four appointees to their respective positions. NOMINATIONS AND INCUMBENTS: FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

	Appalachian Regional Commission

	Broadcasting Board of Governors

	Central Intelligence Agency/ Intelligence Community

	Corporation for National and Community Service

	Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to the District of Columbia

	Delta Regional Authority

	Environmental Protection Agency

	Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

	General Services Administration

	Millennium Challenge Corporation

	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

	National Archives and Records Administration

	National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities

	National Science Foundation

	Office of Government Ethics

	Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

	Office of Personnel Management

	Office of Special Counsel

	Overseas Private Investment Corporation

	Peace Corps

	Selective Service System

	Small Business Administration

	Social Security Administration

	Trade and Development Agency

	U.S. Agency for International Development

	NOMINATIONS AND INCUMBENTS: FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

	Council of Economic Advisers

	Council on Environmental Quality

	Office of Management and Budget

	Office of National Drug Control Policy

	Office of Science and Technology Policy

	Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

	NOMINATIONS AND INCUMBENTS: FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS

	African Development Bank

	Asian Development Bank

	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

	Inter-American Development Bank

	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)

	International Joint Commission, U.S. and Canada

	International Monetary Fund

	NOMINATIONS AND INCUMBENTS: FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AGENCIES

	Architect of the Capitol

	Government Accountability Office

	Government Printing Office

	Library of Congress

Appendix A. Alphabetical Listing of Nominees and Appointees, January 3, 2003 -January 3, 2005
Appendix B.
This report provides an overview of the process for filling positions to which the President makes appointments with the advice and consent of the Senate. It also discusses nominations to full-time positions in 38 executive branch organizations (25 independent agencies, six agencies in the Executive Office of the President (EOP), and seven multilateral banking organizations) and four legislative branch agencies. It excludes appointments to executive departments and to regulatory and other boards and commissions, which are covered in other reports. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, formerly an independent agency covered by earlier versions of this report, became part of the Department of Homeland Security when that department was established during the period covered by this report. Another government organization, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, came into existence early in the 108th Congress after it was established by the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003.
During the 108th Congress, President George W. Bush submitted to the Senate 40 nominations to full-time positions in independent and other agencies. Of these, 31 were confirmed and nine were returned to the President; none were withdrawn. The President made four recess appointments during this period to positions in organizations covered in this report (the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Agency for International Development). Two of these occurred during the 2004 Memorial Day recess and two during the 2004 August recess. All four of these recess appointments would have expired at the end of the first session of the 109th Congress. Before this time, the Senate confirmed nominations of each of these four appointees to their respective positions.
Information for this report was compiled from data from the Senate nominations database of the Legislative Information System at http://www.congress.gov/nomis/, the Congressional Record (daily edition), the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and telephone discussions with agency officials. The report will not be updated.