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SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE · RECEIVED AUG 7, 2026
AMBASSADORHEARING HELD

Justin Bytheway

Justin Bytheway of Utah, nominated to be Ambassador to Tonga.

HEARING HELD63 days waiting so far
63DAYS WAITINGPendingFINAL VOTE
SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE · RECEIVED AUG 7, 2026
Should the Senate confirm?
THE PATH TO CONFIRMATION

63 days and counting

WHERE THE TIME WENT63 days waiting so far
  • IN COMMITTEE63 DAYS SO FAR
  1. ReceivedAUG 7, 2026
  2. Referred to Foreign RelationsSAME DAYAUG 7, 2026
  3. Hearing+54 DAYSSEP 30, 2026
  4. ReportedNOT YET
  5. On the calendarNOT YET
  6. Floor voteNOT YET
  7. ConfirmedNOT YET
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

Waiting for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to vote. If it reports the nomination, it goes to the Executive Calendar.

LATEST OFFICIAL ACTION · SEP 30, 2026

Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held.

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THE VOTES

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Since September 2025, ambassadors and most executive nominees can be confirmed in a single en bloc vote by simple majority. Judges and cabinet secretaries still get individual votes.

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THE POST

Ambassador to Tonga

WHAT IT DOES
Leads the U.S. Embassy in Nuku'alofa and represents the President to the government of Tonga.
CAREER OR POLITICAL
Political appointee. Not a career member of the Foreign Service.
POST STATUS
No confirmed ambassador at post (State Department, September 2026).
OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION · PN1255-2

Justin Bytheway, of Utah, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Tonga.

THE NOMINEE

Bytheway has a career in the Foreign Service that has included six overseas assignments.

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