08/03/11 2:30 PMLocation : SD-406
An oversight hearing to examine Federal actions to clean up contamination from uranium mining and milling
operations.
Location : SD-366
Hearings to examine S.1024, to designate the Organ Mountains and other public land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and the National Landscape Conservation System in the State of New Mexico, S.1090, to designate as
wilderness certain public land in the Cherokee National Forest in the State of Tennessee, S.1144, to amend the Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 to extend the reduced royalty rate for soda ash, S.1149, to expand geothermal production, and
S.1344, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to take immediate action to recover ecologically and economically from a catastrophic wildfire in the State of
Arizona.
08/03/11 2:00 PMLocation : SD-538
Hearings to examine debt financing in the domestic financial
sector.
08/03/11 10:00 AMLocation : SD-106
Business meeting to consider S.958, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, S.1094, to reauthorize the Combating Autism Act of 2006
(Public Law 109-416), and any pending nominations.
Location : SD-215
Hearings to examine dually-eligible beneficiaries, focusing on improving care while lowering
costs.
Location : SD-419
Hearings to examine responding to drought and famine in the horn of
Africa.
Location : SD-226
Hearings to examine cybercrime, focusing on updating the "Computer Fraud and Abuse Act" to protect cyberspace and combat emerging
threats.
Location : SD-419
Hearings to examine the nominations of Wendy Ruth Sherman, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Political Affairs, and Robert Stephen Ford, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, both of the Department of
State.
Location : SD-430
Business meeting to consider S.958, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, S.1094, to reauthorize the Combating Autism Act of 2006
(Public Law 109-416), and any pending nominations.
Location : SD-342
Business meeting to consider S.1268, to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Government by providing for greater interagency experience among national security and homeland security personnel through the development of a national
security and homeland security human capital strategy and interagency rotational service by employees, S.1409, to intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending, S.743, to amend
chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements
conform with certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, S.1379, to amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to revise certain administrative authorities of the District of Columbia courts, and to
authorize the District of Columbia Public Defender Service to provide professional liability insurance for officers and employees of the Service for claims relating to services furnished within the scope of employment with the Service, S.1444, to
provide for the presentation of a United States flag on behalf of Federal civilian employees who are killed while performing official duties or because of their status as Federal employees, S.384, to amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the
authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research, and the nominations of Mark D. Acton, of Kentucky, and Robert G. Taub, of New York, both to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory
Commission.
