10/08/09 3:00 PMLocation : SD-226
Hearings to examine comprehensive immigration reform, focusing on faith-based
perspectives.
10/08/09 2:30 PMLocation : S-407
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence
community.
Location : SD-366
Hearings to examine S.522, to resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon Lake in the State of Alaska and to provide for the conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of
certain other public land in partial satisfaction of the land entitlement of the Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S.865 and H.R. 1442, bills to provide for the sale of the Federal Government's reversionary interest in
approximately 60 acres of land in Salt Lake City, Utah, originally conveyed to the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association under the Act of January 23, 1909, S.881, to provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act, S.940, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Nevada System of Higher Education certain Federal land located in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada, S.1272, to provide for the designation of the Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area in
the State of Oregon, to designate segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks in the State of Oregon as wild or recreation rivers, and S.1689, to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and the National
Landscape Conservation System in the State of New
Mexico.
Location : SD-419
Hearings to examine the nominations of William E. Kennard, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Cynthia Stroum, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Luxembourg, John F. Tefft,
of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, and Michael C. Polt, of Tennessee, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Estonia, all of the Department of State, and James Legarde Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development.
10/08/09 2:00 PMLocation : SD-419
Hearings to examine the nominations of William E. Kennard, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Cynthia Stroum, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Luxembourg, John F. Tefft,
of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, and Michael C. Polt, of Tennessee, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Estonia, all of the Department of State, and James Legarde Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development.
10/08/09 10:00 AMLocation : SD-366
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Joseph G. Pizarchik, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior, Jose Antonio Garcia, of Florida, to be Director of the
Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy, and 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; to be immediately followed by
a hearing to examine the nominations of Marcia K. McNutt, of California, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, and Arun Majumdar, of California, to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects
Agency-Energy, Department of Energy.
Location : SD-226
Business meeting to consider S.448 and H.R.985, bills to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media, S.1692, to
extend the sunset of certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the authority to issue national security letters, S.369, to prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the
market, S.379, to provide fair compensation to artists for use of their sound recordings, and the nominations of Jacqueline H. Nguyen and Dolly M. Gee, both to be a United States District Judge for the Central District of California, and Edward
Milton Chen and Richard Seeborg, both to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, and Brendan V. Johnson, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Karen Louise Loeffler, to be United States
Attorney for the District of Alaska, and Steven Gerard O'Donnell, to be United States Marshal for the District of Rhode Island, all of the Department of
Justice.
Location : TBA
Hearings to examine health care solutions for America's small
businesses.
Location : SD-538
Hearings to examine the future of the mortgage market and the housing
enterprises.
Location : SD-215
Hearings to examine the nominations of Jim R. Esquea, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary, and Bryan Hayes Samuels, of Illinois, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, both of the Department of Health and Human
Services.
