07/08/09 2:30 PMLocation : S-407
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence
community.
Location : SD-419
Hearings to examine industrial competitiveness under climate policies, focusing on lesson from
Europe.
Location : SD-406
Hearings to examine the nominations of Robert Perciasepe, of New York, to be Deputy Administrator, and Craig E. Hooks, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Administrator, both of the Environmental Protection
Agency.
07/08/09 2:00 PMLocation : SR-253
Business meeting to consider S.588, to amend title 46, United States Code, to establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels, S.649, to require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission, S.668, to reauthorize the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to promote the protection of the resources of the Northwest Straits,
S.1194, to reauthorize the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, and S.1308, to reauthorize the Maritime Administration; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of Charles F. Bolden, Jr., of Texas, to be
Administrator, Lori Garver, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator, both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Deborah A. P. Hersman, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, Richard A. Lidinsky, Jr.,
of Maryland, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, and Polly Trottenberg, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation
Policy.
Location : SD-538
Hearings to examine the effects of the economic crisis on community banks and credit unions in rural
communities.
07/08/09 1:30 PMLocation : SD-192
Business meeting to markup proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for Financial Services and General
Government.
07/08/09 12:00 PMLocation : S-116
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Christopher William Dell, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, Capricia Penavic Marshall, of the District
of Columbia, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service, Maria Otero, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary of State and Global Affairs, Philip L. Verveer, of the District of Columbia,
for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs and United States Coordinator for
International Communications and Information Policy, Laurie Susan Fulton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Denmark, Louis B. Susman, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Charles H. Rivkin, of
California, to be Ambassador to France, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to Monaco, Mark Henry Gitenstein, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Romania, Timothy J. Roemer, of Indiana, to be
Ambassador to India, Richard J. Schmierer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, and Gordon Gray, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, all of the Department of
State.
07/08/09 10:00 AMLocation : SD-192
Business meeting to markup proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for Energy and Water
Development.
Location : SD-215
Hearings to examine how climate change legislation relates to international trade
considerations.
Location : SD-124
Business meeting to markup proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for Energy and Water
Development.
