06/19/08 2:30 PMLocation : SH-219
Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence
matters.
Location : SD-538
Hearings to examine risk management, focusing on its implications for systemic
risk.
06/19/08 2:15 PMLocation : SD-419
Hearings to examine the nominations of James Culbertson, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, David F. Girard-diCarlo, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, Kristen Silverberg, of Texas, to
be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, John R. Beyrle, of Michigan, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Russian
Federation, Asif J. Chaudhry, of Washington, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Tina S. Kaidanow, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, Philip Thomas Reeker, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia, and
Marie L. Yovanovitch, of Connecticut, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Armenia.
06/19/08 2:00 PMLocation : SD-106
Business meeting to markup approval of fiscal year 2009 302(b) allocations, an original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and an original bill making appropriations for
Commerce, Justice, Science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2009.
Location : SD-342
Hearings to examine management challenges facing the Federal Protective Service, focusing on a recent report from the Government Accountability
Office.
06/19/08 10:00 AMLocation : SD-430
Hearings to examine the efficacy of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act (MINER)(Public Law 109-236), focusing on a two year
review.
Location : SD-106
Hearings to examine illegal drugs, focusing on economic impact, societal costs, and policy
responses.
Location : SR-253
Hearings to examine cruise ship safety, focusing on potential steps for keeping Americans safe at
sea.
06/19/08 9:30 AMLocation : SD-562
Business meeting to consider S.1255, to protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings, S.531, to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the "Bennett Freeze", S.1080, to
develop a program to acquire interests in land from eligible individuals within the Crow Reservation in the State of Montana, S.2489, to enhance and provide to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project certain benefits of the
Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program, S.160, to provide for compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River, and S.2494, to provide for
equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine an original bill to address law
and order in Indian country.
