SENATE COMMERCE CMTE VOTE ON TIM PETTY’S NOMINATION TO BE NOAA DEPUTY ADMIN, Nov 19, 2025, DC, 10:30 am ET

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will meet in Executive Session in 253 Russell Senate Office Building on November 19, 2025 at 10:30 am ET to consider eight nominations, one of which is for Timothy Petty to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Deputy Administrator of NOAA.  The meeting will be webcast on the committee’s website and YouTube channel.

The full list of nominations is:

Agenda:

• Nomination of Stephen Carmel, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration
• Nomination of John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board
• Nomination of Laura DiBella, of Florida, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner
• Nomination of Ethan Klein, of New Jersey, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Nomination of Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy
• Nomination of Trent Morse, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
• Nomination of Timothy Petty, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (NOAA Deputy Administrator)
• Nomination of Michelle Schultz, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board (renomination)

Agenda is subject to change