08/06/09 2:30 PMLocation : SR-253
Hearings to examine waste, fraud, and abuse in the SBIR
Program.
08/06/09 2:15 PMLocation : SD-628
Business meeting to consider S.J.Res.14, to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the Federal Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States,
H.R.1129, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron working training program for Native Americans, and S.443, to transfer certain land to the United States to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian
Tribe, to place land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S.1011, to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process
for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing
entity.
08/06/09 12:00 PMLocation : TBA
Business meeting to consider the nominations of John R. Fernandez, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, and Gary S. Guzy, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Environmental
Quality.
08/06/09 10:30 AMLocation : SD-226
Business meeting to consider S.J.Res.7, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the election of
Senators.
08/06/09 10:00 AMLocation : SD-366
Hearings to examine the nominations of John R. Norris, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2012, Jose Antonio Garcia, of Florida, to be Director of
the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy, and Joseph G. Pizarchik, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the
Interior.
Location : SD-406
Hearings to examine climate change and clean
energy.
Location : SD-342
Hearings to examine the United States Postal
Service.
Location : SVC-202/203
To receive a briefing to examine Moldova's recent
elections.
Location : SD-226
Business meeting to consider the nominations of David J. Kappos, of New York, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and Steven M. Dettelbach, of Ohio, to be United
States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Carter M. Stewart, of Ohio, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and David Edward Demag, of Vermont, to be United States Marshal for the District of Vermont, all of the
Department of Justice.
Location : SD-226
Hearings to examine comprehensive immigration reform, focusing on employment-based immigration to propel America's economy while protecting America's
workforce.
