07/20/11 Location : S-216
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Phyllis Nichamoff Segal, of Massachusetts, Lisa M. Quiroz, of New York, John D. Podesta, of the District of Columbia, Matthew Francis McCabe, of Pennsylvania, Marguerite W. Kondracke, of Tennessee,
Jane D. Hartley, of New York, and Richard Christman, of Kentucky, all to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Dan Arvizu, of Colorado, Alan I. Leshner, of Maryland, and William Carl Lineberger,
of Colorado, all to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, Aaron Paul Dworkin, of Michigan, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts, and Eric S. Edelman, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the United States Institute of Peace.
07/20/11 2:30 PMLocation : SD-562
Hearings to examine counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan, focusing on future counternarcotics efforts in the country as United States troop levels are reduced in the coming
years.
Location : SR-253
Hearings to examine looking to the future, focusing on, lessons in prevention, response, and restoration from the Gulf oil
spill.
Location : TBA
Business meeting to consider any pending
nominations.
07/20/11 2:00 PMLocation : SR-232A
Hearings to examine providing legal services by members of the Judge Advocate Generals'
Corps.
07/20/11 10:00 AMLocation : SD-538
Hearings to examine access to capital, focusing on fostering job creation and innovation through high-growth
startups.
Location : SH-216
Hearings to examine S.598, to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, focusing on assessing the impact of the Defense of Marriage Act on American
families.
Location : SR-253
Hearings to examine building American transportation infrastructure through innovative
funding.
Location : SD-342
Hearings to examine Federal regulation, focusing on a review of legislative proposals, part II, including S.1189, to amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) to provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules,
consideration of the least burdensome regulatory alternative, S.128, to amend title 44 of the United States Code, to provide for the suspension of fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations by small business concerns,
S.299, to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law, S.358, to codify and modify regulatory
requirements of Federal agencies, S.602, to require regulatory reform, S.1338, to amend chapter 5 of title 31, United States Code, to establish the Office of Regulatory Integrity within the Office of Management and Budget, S.1339, to provide for the
compilation and reporting of participation data relating to Federal rulemaking, and S.1030, to reform the regulatory process to ensure that small businesses are free to compete and to create
jobs.
Location : SD-406
An oversight hearing to examine the Yellowstone River oil
spill.