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Elizabeth Ann Copeland, of Texas, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, vice James S. Halpern, retired. (08/28/2018 legislative day)

Patrick J. Urda, of Indiana, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, vice Diane L. Kroupa, retired. (08/28/2018 legislative day)

Peter G. Strasser, of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana for the term of four years, vice Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., resigned. (08/28/2018 legislative day)

Robert M. Duncan, of Kentucky, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2018, vice Thurgood Marshall, Jr., term expired. (08/28/2018 legislative day)

David Williams, of Illinois, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2019, vice Dennis J. Toner, term expired. (08/28/2018 legislative day)

James H. Anderson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Robert M. Scher, resigned. (08/28/2018 legislative day)

James E. Hubbard, of Colorado, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, vice Robert Bonnie, resigned. (08/28/2018 legislative day)

Karen S. Evans, of West Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response). (New Position) (08/28/2018 legislative day)

Dawn DeBerry Stump, of Texas, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2022, vice Timothy G. Massad resigned. (08/28/2018 legislative day)

Dan Michael Berkovitz, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2023, vice Sharon Y. Bowen, resigned. (08/28/2018 legislative day)

Richard Clarida, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 2008, vice Daniel K. Tarullo, resigned. (08/28/2018 legislative day)

Nancy E. Brasel, of Minnesota, to be United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, vice Ann D. Montgomery, retired. (08/28/2018 legislative day)

A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in state of the remains of the late Honorable John Sidney McCain, III. (08/28/2018 legislative day)

A concurrent resolution providing for the use of the catafalque situated in the Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center in connection with memorial services to be conducted in the rotunda of the Capitol for the Honorable John Sidney McCain, III, late a Senator from the State of Arizona. (08/28/2018 legislative day)

Today's prayer was offered by Monsignor Stephen J. Rossetti, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.

The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on August 28, 2018 at 10:06 a.m.: That the Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 43, S. Con. Res. 44, and that the Senate agreed to Relative to the Death of the Honorable John Sidney McCain, III, United States Senator from the State of Arizona S. Res. 619.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

Without objection, the Chair laid S. Con. Res. 44 before the House.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.