List of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation

Under the United States Constitution and law of the United States, certain federal positions appointed by the president of the United States require confirmation (advice and consent) of the United States Senate. PAS positions, as well as other types of federal government positions, are published in the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions (Plum Book), which is released after each United States presidential election.^[1] A 2012 Congressional Research Service study estimated that approximately 1200-1400 positions require Senate confirmation.^[2]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

United States Secretary of Agriculture
- United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
- Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
- Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
- Under Secretary for Food Safety
- Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
- Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
- Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics
- Under Secretary for Rural Development
- General Counsel
- Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations
- Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
- Chief Financial Officer
- Inspector General
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (political balance required)
- Commissioner – five positions (five-year term of office; chair, who must first be confirmed as a commissioner, also needs to be confirmed)
Farm Credit Administration (political balance required)
- Member – three positions (six-year term of office)

Committee on Armed Services

Department of Defense
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
  - Secretary of Defense
  - Deputy Secretary of Defense
    - Director – Operational Test and Evaluation
    - General Counsel
    - Inspector General
    - Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs
  - Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
    - Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
    - Deputy Under Secretary for Logistics and Materiel Readiness
    - Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition and Technology
    - Assistant to the Secretary for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs
    - Director of Defense Research and Engineering
  - Under Secretary (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer
  - Under Secretary for Intelligence
  - Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness
    - Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness
    - Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs
    - Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs
  - Under Secretary for Policy
    - Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy
    - Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
    - Assistant Secretary for Global Security Affairs
    - Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense
    - Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs
    - Assistant Secretary for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities
- Department of the Air Force
- Department of the Army
- Department of the Navy
  - Secretary
  - Under Secretary
  - Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller
  - Assistant Secretary for Installations and Environment
  - Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
  - Assistant Secretary for Research, Development, and Acquisition
  - General Counsel
  - Chief of Naval Operations (four-year term of office)
  - Commandant of the Marine Corps (four-year term of office)
- Joint Chiefs of Staff
  - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (two-year term of office)
  - Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (two-year term of office)
Department of Energy
- Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security/Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration
- Principal Deputy Administrator - National Nuclear Security Administration
- Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs - National Nuclear Security Administration
- Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation - National Nuclear Security Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (political balance required)
- Member – five positions (five-year terms of office)
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (political balance required)
- Judge – five positions (15-year terms of office)
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Board of Regents
- Member – nine positions (six-year terms of office)
Military Officers (commissions and promotions) – Officers receive a commission assigning them to the officer corps from the President (with the consent of the Senate). Promotions of all commissioned military officers are also commissioned by the President (with the consent of the Senate).

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Department of Commerce
- Under Secretary for Export Administration
- Under Secretary for International Trade
- Assistant Secretary for Export Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement
- Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion/Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Assistant Secretary for Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development
- Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
- Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
- Assistant Secretary for Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner
- Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research
- Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
- Chief Financial Officer
- Director – Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (five-year term)
- General Counsel
- Inspector General
- President – Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
Department of Transportation
- Administrator – Federal Transit Administration
Department of the Treasury
- Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
- Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions
- Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing
- Comptroller of the Currency (five-year term of office)
- Director of the Mint (five-year term of office)
- Director – Office of Thrift Supervision (five-year term of office)
Council of Economic Advisers (Executive Office of the President)
- Chair
Export-Import Bank of the United States (political balance required)
- Member – five positions (four-year terms of office — Chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)
- Inspector General
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (political balance required)
- Member – three positions (six-year terms of office — Chair and vice chair, who first must be confirmed as members, also need to be confirmed.)
- Inspector General
Federal Housing Finance Board (political balance required)
- Member – four positions (seven-year terms of office)
Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors
- Governor – seven positions (14-year terms of office — Chair and vice chair, who first must be confirmed as governors, also need to be confirmed for four-year terms in those offices.)
National Credit Union Administration (political balance required)
- Member – three positions (six-year terms of office)
Securities and Exchange Commission (political balance required)
- Commissioner – five positions (five-year terms of office)
National Consumer Cooperative Bank, Board of Directors
- Member – three (of 15 total) positions (three-year terms of office)
National Institute of Building Sciences, Board of Directors
- Member – 15 to 21 positions (three-year terms of office)
Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Board of Directors
- Director – five (of seven total) positions (three-year terms of office)

Committee on the Budget

Office of Management and Budget (Executive Office of the President)
- Director
- Deputy Director

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Department of Commerce
- Secretary of Commerce
- Deputy Secretary
- Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration
- General Counsel
- Under Secretary for Industry and Security
- Assistant Secretary for Economic Development Administration
- Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
- Director, Bureau of the Census
- Under Secretary for International Trade
- Assistant Secretary for Import Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance
- Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services
- Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States Foreign Commercial Service
- Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere/Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Environmental Observation and Prediction
- Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Management
- Chief Scientist
- Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
- Under Secretary for Standards and Technology/Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Under Secretary for Intellectual Property/Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Inspector General
Department of Homeland Security
- Under Secretary for Science and Technology
- Assistant Secretary/Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration
- Commandant of the Coast Guard
- United States Coast Guard officers (commissions and promotions)
Department of Transportation
- Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Under Secretary for Policy
- Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer
- Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy
- Administrator – Federal Aviation Administration (five-year term of office)
- Administrator – Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Administrator – Federal Railroad Administration
- Administrator – Maritime Administration
- Administrator – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Administrator – Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Administrator – Research and Innovative Technology Administration
- General Counsel
- Inspector General
Consumer Product Safety Commission (political balance required)
- Commissioner – five positions (seven-year terms of office - Only three of the positions have been funded and filled since the mid-1980s; chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)
Federal Communications Commission (political balance required)
- Commissioner – five positions (five-year terms of office)
Federal Maritime Commission (political balance required)
- Commissioner – five positions (five-year terms of office)
Federal Trade Commission (political balance required)
- Commissioner – five positions (seven-year terms of office)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Administrator
- Deputy Administrator
- Chief Financial Officer
- Inspector General
National Transportation Safety Board (political balance required)
- Member – five positions (five-year terms of office - Chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)
Office of Science and Technology Policy (Executive Office of the President)
- Director
- Associate Director – Science
- Associate Director – Technology
- Associate Director
- Associate Director
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects
- Federal Coordinator
Surface Transportation Board (political balance required)
- Member – three positions (five-year terms of office)
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors (political balance required)
- Member – nine positions (six-year terms of office)
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors
- Member – three positions (six-year terms of office; political balance required)
Reform Board (Amtrak)
- Member – seven positions (five-year terms of office)
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Advisory Board (political balance required)
- Member – five positions (indefinite terms of office)

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Department of Energy
- Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Under Secretary for Energy and Environment
- Under Secretary for Science
- Under Secretary for Nuclear Security
- Administrator – Energy Information Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability – runs the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
- Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy – runs the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management – runs the Office of Environmental Management
- Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy – runs the Office of Fossil Energy
- Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Domestic Policy
- Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy – runs the Office of Nuclear Energy
- Chief Financial Officer
- Director – Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
- Director – Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
- Director – Office of Economic Impact and Diversity
- Director – Office of Science
- General Counsel
- Inspector General
Department of the Interior
- Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
- Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget and Chief Financial Officer
- Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
- Commissioner – Bureau of Reclamation
- Director – Bureau of Land Management
- Director – National Park Service
- Director – Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- Director – United States Geological Survey
- Inspector General
- Solicitor
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (political balance required)
- Commissioner – five positions (five-year terms of office)
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects
- Federal Coordinator

Committee on Environment and Public Works

Department of Commerce
- Assistant Secretary for Economic Development
Department of Defense
- Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
Department of the Interior
- Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- Director – United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Transportation
- Administrator – Federal Highway Administration
Appalachian Regional Commission
- Federal Cochair
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
- Member – five positions (five-year terms of office – Chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)
Council on Environmental Quality (Executive Office of the President)
- Chair
Delta Regional Authority
- Federal Cochair
Environmental Protection Agency
- Administrator
- Deputy Administrator
- Assistant Administrator
- Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources Management
- Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation
- Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
- Assistant Administrator for Environmental Information
- Assistant Administrator for International Affairs
- Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
- Assistant Administrator for Research and Development
- Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response
- Assistant Administrator for Water
- Chief Financial Officer
- General Counsel
- Inspector General
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (political balance required)
- Commissioner – five positions (five-year terms of office)
- Inspector General
Tennessee Valley Authority, Board of Directors
- Member – nine positions (five-year terms of office)
- Inspector General
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
- Member – nine positions (six-year terms of office)

Committee on Finance

Department of Commerce
- Under Secretary for International Trade
- Assistant Secretary for Import Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance
Department of Health and Human Services
- Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Administrator – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology
- Chief financial officer
- Assistant Secretary for Children and Families
- Assistant Secretary for Legislation
- Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
- Commissioner – Children, Youth, and Families
- General Counsel
- Inspector General
Department of Homeland Security
- Commissioner – U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Department of the Treasury
- Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Under Secretary for Domestic Finance
- Under Secretary for International Affairs
- Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
- Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy
- Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets
- Assistant Secretary (Deputy Under Secretary) for International Affairs
- Assistant Secretary (Deputy Under Secretary) for Legislative Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy
- Chief Financial Officer
- Director — Policy Planning
- Chief Counsel — Internal Revenue Service/Assistant General Counsel for Tax
- Commissioner — Internal Revenue Service (five-year terms of office)
- General Counsel
- Inspector General
- Inspector General — Tax Administration
Office of the United States Trade Representative (Executive Office of the President)
- U.S. Trade Representative
- Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
- Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
- Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
- Chief Agricultural Negotiator
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- Director
Social Security Administration
- Commissioner (six-year term of office)
- Deputy Commissioner (six-year term of office)
- Inspector General
United States International Trade Commission (political balance required)
- Commissioner – six positions (nine-year terms of office)
United States Tax Court
- Judge – 19 positions (15-year terms of office)
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
- Member – two (of six total) positions (four-year terms of office)
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
- Member – two (of six total) positions (four-year terms of office)
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
- Member – two (of six total) positions (four-year terms of office)
Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board
- Member – six (of nine total) positions (five-year terms of office)
Social Security Advisory Board (political balance required)
- Member – three (of seven total) positions (six-year terms of office)

Committee on Foreign Relations

Department of State
- Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources
- Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
- Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
- Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
- Under Secretary for Management
- Under Secretary for Political Affairs
- Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for African Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations
- Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
- Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security
- Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research
- Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation
- Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugee, and Migration
- Assistant Secretary for Resource Management
- Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
- Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs
- Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism
- Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
- Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
- Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
- U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States
- U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Chief Financial Officer
- United States Global AIDS Coordinator
- Director General - United States Foreign Service
- Director — Office of Foreign Missions
- Inspector General of the Department of State
- Legal Adviser of the Department of State
- Chief of Protocol
- Counselor of the Department of State
- Ambassadors
- Foreign Service Officers (commissions and promotions)
- United States Mission to the United Nations
  - U.S. Permanent Representative and Chief of Mission to the United Nations
  - U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative – United Nations
  - U.S. Representative – United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture
  - U.S. Representative – United Nations Economic and Social Council
  - U.S. Alternate Representative – Special Political Affairs in the United Nations
  - U.S. Representative – United Nations Management and Reform
  - U.S. Representative – European Office of the United Nations (Geneva)
  - U.S. Representative – United Nations Office at Vienna (also serves as a representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency)
  - U.S. Representative – International Atomic Energy Agency
  - U.S. Deputy Representative – International Atomic Energy Agency
  - U.S. Representative to sessions of the General Assembly and other United Nations Bodies — numerous positions (terms of office depends on length of session)
United States Agency for International Development
- Administrator
- Assistant Administrator — Asia and Near East
- Assistant Administrator — Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance
- Assistant Administrator — Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade
- Assistant Administrator — Europe and Eurasia
- Assistant Administrator — Global Health
- Assistant Administrator — Latin America and Caribbean
- Assistant Administrator — Legislative and Public Affairs
- Assistant Administrator — Policy and Program Coordination
- Assistant Administrator — Sub-Saharan Africa
- Deputy Administrator
- Inspector General
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- U.S. Executive Director
International Broadcasting Bureau, Broadcasting Board of Governors
- Director
International Joint Commission, United States and Canada
- Commissioner – three positions
International Monetary Fund
- U.S. Executive Director (two-year term of office)
- U.S. Alternate Executive Director (two-year term of office)
Inter-American Development Bank
- U.S. Executive Director (three-year term of office)
- U.S. Alternate Executive Director (three-year term of office)
Inter-American Investment Corporation
- U.S. Alternate Executive Director for the Inter-American Investment Corporation
United States Trade and Development Agency
- Director
African Development Bank
- U.S. Executive Director (five-year term of office; full-time)
- Governor and Alternate Governor (five-year terms of office; part-time)
Asian Development Bank
- U.S. Executive Director (full-time)
- Governor and Alternate Governor (part-time)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- U.S. Executive Director two-year term of office; full-time
- U.S. Alternate Executive Director
- Governor
- Alternate Governor

International Development Association

- U.S. Executive director for the international Development Association
- U.S. Alternate director for the international Development Association
- Governor for the international Development Association
- Alternate Governor for the international Development Association

International Finance Corporation

- U.S. Executive director for the International Finance Corporation
- U.S. Alternate Director for the International finance Corporation
- Governor for the International Finance corporation
- Alternate Governor for the International Finance Corporation
Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Chief Executive Officer (full-time)
- Member, Board of Directors – four (of nine total) positions (part-time; three-year terms of office)
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
- President/Chief Executive Officer (full-time)
- Executive Vice President (full-time)
- Member, Board of Directors – eight (of 15 total) positions (part-time; three-year terms of office)
Peace Corps
- Director (full-time)
- Deputy Director (full-time)
- Member, Peace Corps National Advisory Council — 15 positions (part-time; political balance required; two-year terms of office)
Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting (political balance required)
- Member – nine positions (three-year terms of office)
African Development Foundation, Board of Directors (political balance required)
- Member – seven positions (six-year terms of office)
African Development Fund
- Governor and Alternate Governor
Broadcasting Board of Governors (political balance required)
- Member – eight (of nine total) positions (three-year terms of office)
Inter-American Foundation, Board of Directors (political balance required)
- Member — nine positions (six-year terms of office)
U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (political balance required)
- Commissioner — seven positions (three-year terms of office)

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Department of Education
- Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Director, Institute of Education Sciences (six-year term of office)
- Under Secretary
- Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights – runs the Office for Civil Rights
- Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach – runs the Office of Communications and Outreach
- Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education – runs the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development – runs the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development
- Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education – runs the Office of Postsecondary Education
- Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services – runs the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
- Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education – runs the Office of Vocational and Adult Education
- Chief Financial Officer
- Commissioner – Rehabilitation Services Administration
- General Counsel
- Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services
- Administrator — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Aging
- Assistant Secretary for Health
- Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
- Commissioner of Food and Drugs
- Director – National Institutes of Health
- Surgeon General (four-year term of office)
Department of Labor
- Secretary of Labor
- Deputy Secretary of Labor
- Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy
- Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Policy
- Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training Service
- Administrator – Wage and Hour Division
- Chief Financial Officer
- Commissioner – Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Inspector General
- Solicitor
Corporation for National and Community Service
- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Financial Officer
- Inspector General
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (political balance required)
- Commissioner – five positions (five-year terms of office)
- General Counsel (four-year term of office)
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
- Director
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
- Commissioner – five positions (six-year terms of office)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
- National Endowment for the Arts – Chair (four-year term of office)
- National Endowment for the Humanities – Chair (four-year term of office)
- Institute of Museum and Library Services – Director (four-year term of office)
National Labor Relations Board (Political balance is not required, but, by tradition, no more than three members are from the same party.)
- Member – five positions (five-year terms of office)
- General Counsel (four-year term of office)
National Mediation Board (political balance required)
- Member – three positions (three-year terms of office)
National Science Foundation
- Director (six-year term of office)
- Deputy Director
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
- Member – three positions (six-year terms of office)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- Director
Railroad Retirement Board
- Member – three positions (five-year terms of office; chair, who first must be appointed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)
- Inspector General
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
- Member – eight (of 13 total) positions (six-year terms of office)
Corporation for National and Community Service, Board of Directors (political balance required)
- Member – 15 positions (five-year terms of office)
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
- Member – eight (of 13 total) positions (six-year terms of office)
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
- Member – six (of 13 total) positions (six-year terms of office)
Legal Services Corporation Board of Directors (political balance required)
- Member – 11 positions (three-year terms of office)
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
- Member – 14 (of 15 total) positions (five-year terms of office)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
- National Council on the Arts
  - Member – 14 positions (of 21 total) positions (six-year terms of office)
- National Council on the Humanities
  - Member – 26 positions (of 27 total) positions (six-year terms of office)
United States Institute of Peace, Board of Directors (political balance required)
- Member – 12 (of 15 total) positions (four-year terms of office)

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Department of Commerce
- Director – Bureau of the Census
United States Department of Homeland Security
- Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Under Secretary for Management
- Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs
- Assistant Secretary – Policy
- Assistant Secretary – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Assistant Secretary of Transportation Security – Transportation Security Administration
- Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration
- Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Chief Financial Officer
- General Counsel
- Inspector General
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to the District of Columbia
- Director (six-year term of office)
District of Columbia Court of Appeals (15-year terms of office)
- Chief Judge
- Judges – eight positions
Superior Court of the District of Columbia (15-year terms of office)
- Chief Judge
- Judges – 61 positions
Federal Labor Relations Authority (political balance required)
- Members – three positions (five-year terms of office)
- General Counsel (five-year term of office)
Government Accountability Office
- Comptroller General of the United States (15-year term of office)
- Deputy Comptroller General
General Services Administration
- Administrator
- Inspector General
Merit Systems Protection Board (political balance required)
- Member – three positions (seven-year terms of office). The Chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.
National Archives and Records Administration
- Archivist of the United States
Office of Government Ethics
- Director (five-year term of office)
Office of Management and Budget (Executive Office of the President)
- Director
- Deputy Director
- Deputy Director – Management
- Administrator – Office of Federal Procurement Policy
- Administrator – Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
- Controller – Office of Federal Financial Management
Office of Personnel Management
- Director (four-year term of office)
- Deputy Director
- Inspector General
Office of Special Counsel
- Special Counsel (five-year term of office)
Postal Regulatory Commission (political balance required)
- Commissioner – five positions (six-year terms of office)
Most other Inspectors General
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
- Member – five positions (four-year terms of office)
Special Panel on Appeals
- Chair (six-year term of office)
Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service (political balance required)
- Governor – nine positions (nine-year terms of office)

Committee on Indian Affairs

Department of Health and Human Services
- Director – Indian Health Service (four-year term of office)
- Commissioner – Administration for Native Americans
Department of the Interior
- Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs
- Chair – National Indian Gaming Commission (three-year term of office)
- Special Trustee – American Indians

Select Committee on Intelligence

Department of Justice
- Assistant Attorney General – National Security Division
Department of State
- Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research
Department of the Treasury
- Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis
Central Intelligence Agency
- Director
- General Counsel
- Inspector General
Director of National Intelligence
- Principal Deputy Director
- Director, National Counterterrorism Center
- General Counsel
- Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
- Chief Information Officer

Committee on the Judiciary

Department of Commerce
- Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property – United States Patent and Trademark Office
Department of Homeland Security
- Assistant Secretary – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Director – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Department of Justice
- Attorney General
- Solicitor General
- Deputy Attorney General
- Associate Attorney General
- Assistant Attorney General - Antitrust Division
- Assistant Attorney General – Office of Justice Programs
- Assistant Attorney General – Office of Legal Counsel
- Assistant Attorney General – Office of Legal Policy
- Assistant Attorney General – Office of Legislative Affairs
- Assistant Attorney General – Civil Division
- Assistant Attorney General – Civil Rights Division
- Assistant Attorney General – Criminal Division
- Assistant Attorney General – Environment and Natural Resources Division
- Assistant Attorney General – National Security Division
- Assistant Attorney General – Tax Division
- Administrator – Drug Enforcement Administration
- Deputy Administrator – Drug Enforcement Administration
- Director – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
- Director – Community Relations Service (four-year term of office)
- Director – Federal Bureau of Investigation (10-year term of office)
- Director – Office on Violence Against Women
- Director – United States Marshals Service
- Inspector General
- Special Counsel – Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (four-year term of office)
- United States Attorney – 93 positions (one in each federal judicial district, except that one U.S. Attorney serves for both the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands) (four-year terms of office)^[3]
- United States Marshal – 94 positions (one in each federal judicial district) (four-year terms of office)
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
- Chair (three-year term of office; nominated from among commissioner members - See additional listing under part-time positions below.)
Office of National Drug Control Policy (Executive Office of the President)
- Director of National Drug Control Policy ("Drug Czar")
- Deputy Director of National Drug Control Policy
- Deputy Director for Demand Reduction
- Deputy Director for Supply Reduction
- Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs
United States courts of appeals
- Judges – 179 positions (life tenure)
United States Court of Federal Claims
- Judges – 16 positions (15-year terms of office)
United States Court of International Trade (life tenure)
- Judges – nine positions (political balance required)
United States district court
- Judges – 678 positions. Most are life tenure; in total there are 663 permanent judgeships, 11 temporary judgeships, and four territorial court judgeships. In the districts with the 11 temporary judgeships, the seat lapses with the departure of a judge from that district at some particular time specified in statute unless Congress enacts legislation to extend the temporary judgeship or convert it to a permanent judgeship.
United States Parole Commission
- Member – five positions (six-year term of office)
United States Sentencing Commission
- Chair – (six-year term of office; nominated from among commission members; see additional listing under part-time positions below.)
- Vice Chair – three positions (six-year terms of office; designated from among commission members — See additional listing under part-time positions below.)
Supreme Court of the United States
- Chief Justice of the United States (life tenure)
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States – eight positions (life tenure)
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
- Member – three positions (three-year terms of office — One of the three members is also nominated to be the full-time chair of the commission, as shown above)
State Justice Institute, Board of Directors
- Director – 11 positions (three-year terms of office)
United States Sentencing Commission (political balance required)
- Commissioner – seven positions (six-year terms of office; one of the seven members is also nominated to be the full-time chair of the commission, and two others are designated as full-time vice-chairs)

Committee on Rules and Administration

Architect – Architect of the Capitol
Commissioner – Election Assistance Commission (four positions; four-year terms of office; political balance required)
Commissioner – Federal Election Commission (six positions; six-year terms of office; political balance required)
Public Printer – Government Printing Office
Librarian – Library of Congress

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Small Business Administration
- Administrator
- Deputy Administrator
- Chief Counsel for Advocacy
- Inspector General

Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Department of Labor
- Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training Service
Department of Veterans Affairs
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits (four-year term of office) – heads Veterans Benefits Administration
- Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health (four-year term of office) – heads Veterans Health Administration
- Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs – heads National Cemetery Administration
- Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Congressional and Legislative Affairs
- Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology
- Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Policy and Planning
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chair, Board of Veterans Appeals (six-year term of office)
- General Counsel
- Inspector General
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- Judge – three-seven positions (15-year terms of office)

Former Senate-confirmed positions

There are a number of positions that required Senate confirmation of appointees in the past, but do not today. The Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 (Pub.L. 112-166), signed into law on August 10, 2012, eliminates the requirement of Senate approval for 163 positions, allowing the president alone to appoint persons to these positions:^[4] Parts of the act went into effect immediately, while other parts took effect on October 9, 2012, 60 days after enactment.^[4]

Department of Agriculture:
- Assistant Secretary for Administration,
- Administrator of the Rural Utilities Services
- all members of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation (7)
Department of Commerce:
- Chief Scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Defense:
- All members of the National Security Education Board (6)
- Director of the Selective Service System
Department of Education:
- Assistant Secretary for Management
- Commissioner for Education Statistics
Department of Health and Human Services:
- Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
Department of Homeland Security:
- Director of the Office for Domestic Preparedness
- Assistant Administrator for Grant Programs, Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)
- Administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration
- Director of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement
- Chief Medical Officer
- Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
Housing and Urban Development:
- Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
Department of Justice:
- Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance
- Director of the National Institute of Justice
- Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Director of the Office for Victims of Crime
Department of Labor:
- Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
- Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
- Director of the Women's Bureau
Department of State
- Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Administration
Department of Transportation:
- Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs
- Assistant Secretary for Administration
- Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
- Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Department of the Treasury:
- Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Management
- Treasurer of the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs:
- Assistant Secretary for Management
- Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration
- Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness
Appalachian Regional Commission:
- Alternative Federal Co-Chairman
Council of Economic Advisers:
- all members (2), except the Chairperson
Corporation for National and Community Service:
- Managing directors (2)
National Council on Disability:
- All members, including the Chairperson
National Museum and Library Services Boards:
- all members
National Science Foundation:
- all Board members
Office of National Drug Control Policy:
- Deputy Directors
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation:
- Commissioner
United States Agency for International Development (USAID):
- Assistant Administrator for Management
Community Development Financial Institution Fund:
- Administrator
Mississippi River Commission:
- all Commissioners (7)
National Board for Education Sciences:
- all members (15)
National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board:
- all members (10)
Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development:
- all members (13)
United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps:
- all appointments and promotions (except Surgeon General)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps:
- all appointments and promotions

The act also eliminated entirely the positions of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.^[4]

References

↑ "Plum Book: About". Government Publishing Office.
↑ Plumer, Brad (16 July 2013). "Does the Senate really need to confirm 1,200 executive branch jobs?". Washington Post. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
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1 2 3 Maeve P. Carey, Presidential Appointments, the Senate's Confirmation Process, and Changes Made in the 112th Congress, Congressional Research Service, Oct. 9, 2012.

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