119th Congress · PN852-8 · National Science Foundation
James O'Neill
Where this nomination stands
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · March 2, 2026
- ReceivedMarch 2, 2026
- Sent to committeeMarch 2, 2026
- Hearing
- Committee vote
- On the Senate calendar
- Senate vote
- Outcome
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Description on the record: James O'Neill, of Texas, to be Director of the National Science Foundation for a term of six years, vice Sethuraman Panchanathan.
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN852-8 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/852-8?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.” (March 2, 2026)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- March 3, 2026
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- Raw copy kept
- nominations-119-2026-10-16-06a5bfe9.jsonl.gz
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Senate votes
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Committee steps
- Referred To March 2, 2026: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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