07/28/10 3:00 PMLocation : SD-342
Joint hearings to examine flood preparedness and mitigation, focusing on map modernization, levee inspection, and levee
repairs.
07/28/10 2:30 PMLocation : SD-406
Hearings to examine protecting America's water treatment
facilities.
Location : SD-226
Hearings to examine the nominations of Kathleen M. O'Malley, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Beryl Alaine Howell, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, and
Robert Leon Wilkins, of the District of Columbia, to be a United States District Judge for the District of
Columbia.
Location : SD-538
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Peter A. Diamond, of Massachusetts, Sarah Bloom Raskin, of Maryland, all to be a Member of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Osvaldo Luis Gratac?s Munet, of Puerto Rico, to be Inspector General, Export-Import Bank, and Steve A. Linick, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance
Agency.
07/28/10 10:30 AMLocation : SR-301
Hearings to examine the filibuster, focusing on legislative proposals to change Senate procedures, including S.Res.465, to permit the Senate to avoid unnecessary delay and vote on matters for which floor debate has ceased, and S.Res.440, improving
the Senate cloture process.
07/28/10 10:00 AMLocation : SD-226
An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
Location : SD-342
Business meeting to consider H.R.2868, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance security and protect against acts of terrorism against chemical facilities, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to enhance the security of public water
systems, and to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to enhance the security of wastewater treatment works, S.3335, to require Congress to establish a unified and searchable database on a public website for congressional earmarks as called
for by the President in his 2010 State of the Union Address to Congress, S.2991, to amend title 31, United States Code, to enhance the oversight authorities of the Comptroller General, S.3243, to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to
administer polygraph examinations to all applicants for law enforcement positions with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to complete all periodic background reinvestigations of certain law enforcement
personnel, S.2902, to improve the Federal Acquisition Institute, H.R.3980, to provide for identifying and eliminating redundant reporting requirements and developing meaningful performance metrics for homeland security preparedness grants, H.R.1517,
to allow certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees who serve under an overseas limited appointment for at least 2 years, and whose service is rated fully successful or higher throughout that time, to be converted to a permanent
appointment in the competitive service, S.3650, to amend chapter 21 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles
for treatment in the civil service, S.3567, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, as the "Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener Post Office Building", H.R.5278, to
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 405 West Second Street in Dixon, Illinois, as the "President Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building", and H.R.5395, to designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 151 North Maitland Avenue in Maitland, Florida, as the "Paula Hawkins Post Office
Building".
Location : SD-419
Hearings to examine the nominations of Terence Patrick McCulley, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Michele Thoren Bond, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, and Robert Porter Jackson,
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, all of the Department of
State.
