119th Congress · PN11-3 · Department of the Interior
Douglas Burgum
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 80–17 (roll call vote 26) · January 30, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- HearingJanuary 16, 2025
- Committee voteJanuary 23, 2025
- On the Senate calendarJanuary 23, 2025
- Senate voteJanuary 29, 2025
- ConfirmedJanuary 30, 2025
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Description on the record: Douglas Burgum, of North Dakota, to be Secretary of the Interior.
Source: Congress.gov PN11-3, record updated February 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN11-3 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/11-3?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 80 - 17. Record Vote Number: 26.” (January 30, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- February 25, 2026
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- Raw copy kept
- nominations-119-2026-10-16-06a5bfe9.jsonl.gz
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Senate votes
Roll calls recorded on this nomination. Both parties are shown the same way, and nothing here is a score.
Cloture vote (a vote to end debate) · January 29, 2025
Yea 78Nay 20Not voting 2
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 24 | 19 | 2 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 53 | 0 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (78)
Nay (20)
Not Voting (2)
Source: Senate roll call vote 25, January 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN11-3
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 25, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_25- Why this vote is linked here
- The Senate vote record names this nomination number, or Congress.gov lists this roll call number in the nomination’s action line.
Confirmation vote · January 30, 2025
Yea 80Nay 17Not voting 3
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 26 | 16 | 3 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 53 | 0 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (80)
Nay (17)
Not Voting (3)
Source: Senate roll call vote 26, January 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN11-3
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 26, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_26- Why this vote is linked here
- The Senate vote record names this nomination number, or Congress.gov lists this roll call number in the nomination’s action line.
Committee steps
- Hearings By (full committee) January 16, 2025: Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Referred To January 20, 2025: Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Markup By January 23, 2025: Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Reported By January 23, 2025: Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Every recorded action
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-44.
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 9. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Lee, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, without printed report.
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported favorably.
- Cloture motion presented in Senate.
- Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- By unanimous consent agreement, debate 1/30/2025.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 78 - 20. Record Vote Number: 25.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 80 - 17. Record Vote Number: 26.
- By unanimous consent agreement, vote 1/30/2025.
- Considered by Senate.
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