03/23/10 2:30 PMLocation : SD-366
Hearings to examine S.1546, to provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of Mantua, Utah, S.2798, to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire through the facilitation of insect and disease infestation treatment of National
Forest System and adjacent land, S.2830, to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects, and
S.2963, to designate certain land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, to provide for the exchange of certain Federal land and non-Federal
land.
Location : SH-216
Hearings to examine U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. Strategic Command, and U.S. Forces Korea in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and the Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217
following the open session.
Location : SR-253
Hearings to examine reviewing the national broadband
plan.
Location : SD-342
Hearings to examine making the government more transparent and
accountable.
03/23/10 2:15 PMLocation : S-116
Business meeting to consider S.1382, to improve and expand the Peace Corps for the 21st century, S.2839, to amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and foreign programs and centers
for treatment of victims of torture, S.624, to provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis by 2015 by improving the capacity of the United States Government to fully implement the
Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005, S.Res.409, calling on members of the Parliament in Uganda to reject the proposed "Anti-Homosexuality Bill", S.Res.446, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Malta for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on
August 8, 2008, at Valletta (Treaty Doc.111-01), protocol Amending the Convention between the United States of America and New Zealand for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income, signed
on December 1, 2008, at Washington (Treaty Doc.111-03), and the nominations of Elizabeth L. Littlefield, of the District of Columbia, to be President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Carolyn Hessler Radelet, of the District of
Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, Mari Carmen Aponte, District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, Robert Stepehn Ford, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, Raul Yzaguirre, of
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Theodore Sedgwick, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, and Bisa Williams, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, all of the Department of State, Lana Pollack,
of Michigan, to be a Commissioner on the part of the United States on the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, and Walter Isaacson, of Louisiana, to be Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and Dennis Mulhaupt, of
California, Victor H. Ashe, of Tennessee, Michael Lynton, of California, S. Enders Wimbush, of Virginia, and Susan McCue, of Virginia, all to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and a routine list in the Foreign
Service.
03/23/10 11:00 AMLocation : SR-253
Hearings to examine the nomination of Major General Robert A. Harding, United States Army (Retired), of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland
Security.
03/23/10 10:00 AMLocation : SD-366
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Jeffrey A. Lane, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental
Affairs.
Location : SD-124
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Defense and the Department of the
Navy.
03/23/10 9:30 AMLocation : SD-138
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of
Labor.
Location : SH-216
Hearings to examine the nominations of Elizabeth A. McGrath, of Virginia, to be Deputy Chief Management Officer, Michael J. McCord, of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy Under Secretary, Comptroller, Sharon E. Burke, of Maryland, to be Director of
Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Solomon B. Watson IV, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, and Katherine Hammack, of Arizona, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army, all of the Department of
Defense.
