NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Richard Capel Howorth, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2020.  (Reappointment)

Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Zimbabwe.

Victoria Marie Baecher Wassmer, of Illinois, to be Under Secretary of Energy, vice Kristina M. Johnson, resigned.