LegiStorm

Location : SD-366
Hearings to examine S.2891, to further allocate and expand the availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam, S.2779 and H.R.3671, bills to promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, S.3387, to provide for the release of water from the marketable yield pool of water stored in the Ruedi Reservoir for the benefit of endangered fish habitat in the Colorado River, and for other purpose, S.3404, to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to take actions to improve environmental conditions in the vicinity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in Lake County, Colorado, and H.R.4252, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of water resources in the Rialto-Colton Basin in the State of California.

Location : SD-342
Hearings to examine the National Security Personnel System and performance management in the Federal government.

Location : SR-253
Business meeting to consider S.3386, to protect consumers from certain aggressive sales tactics on the Internet, S.1938, to establish a program to reduce injuries and deaths caused by cellphone use and texting while driving, S.3302, to amend title 49, United States Code, to establish new automobile safety standards, make better motor vehicle safety information available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the public, S.3084, to increase the competitiveness of United States businesses, particularly small and medium-sized manufacturing firms, in interstate and global commerce, foster job creation in the United States, and assist United States businesses in developing or expanding commercial activities in interstate and global commerce by expanding the ambit of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program and the Technology Innovation Program to include projects that have potential for commercial exploitation in nondomestic markets, providing for an increase in related resources of the Department of Commerce, S.2847, to regulate the volume of audio on commercials, S.817, to establish a Salmon Stronghold Partnership program to conserve wild Pacific salmon and for other purposes, S.1748, to establish a program of research, recovery, and other activities to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter, the nomination of Carl Wieman, of Colorado, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and a promotion list in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps and the Coast Guard.

Location : SD-226
An oversight hearing to examine the enforcement of the antitrust laws.

Location : SVC-210/212
Hearings to examine the significant challenges faced by journalists and independent media throughout the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OCSE) region, focusing on physical threats and violence targeting journalists, including the murder of scores of investigative reporters.

Location : SD-406
Hearings to examine S.3305, to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills, and S.3461, to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to renegotiate the terms of the lease known as "Mississippi Canyon 252" with respect to claims relating to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill that exceed existing applicable economic liability limitations.

Location : SD-538
Hearings to examine S.1619, to establish the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, to establish the Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, to establish a comprehensive planning grant program, to establish a sustainability challenge grant program.

Location : SD-366
Hearings to examine issues related to the Department of the Interior's May 27th report entitled, Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf, including oversight of recent actions recommended by the Department to address the safety of offshore oil development.