It should be stressed that contrary to draft Article 104, the President of the United States does not have the power to unilaterally appoint cabinet or other executive branch officials or to regulate the procedures for their appointment. Article II, Section 2, clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution provides that the President shall nominate officers of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate. Pursuant to these provisions, not merely cabinet level positions (heads of departments), but over 1,200 top personnel in the U.S. executive branch must be nominated by the President and also approved by the Senate in order to be appointed. Under the same constitutional provision, the Congress controls whether or not to give the President or other actors power to solely appoint inferior officers. Thus, the legislature controls who may be appointed solely by the President, as well as the procedures by which such appointments may occur.