07/29/15 9:30 AMLocation : SD-419
Business meeting to consider S.284, to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, S.1632, to require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram, an original bill entitled, "Afghanistan Accountability Act", and the nominations of Michele Thoren Bond, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs), and Sarah Elizabeth Mendelson, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, both of the District of Columbia, Sheila Gwaltney, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, Perry L. Holloway, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Laura Farnsworth Dogu, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, Peter F. Mulrean, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti, and Paul Wayne Jones, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, all of the Department of State.
Location : SR-428A
Business meeting to consider S.1400, to amend the Small Business Act to direct the task force of the Office of Veterans Business Development to provide access to and manage the distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small businesses, S.1756, to help small businesses take advantage of energy efficiency, S.1857, to amend the Small Business Act to provide for expanded participation in the microloan program, S.1866, to establish the veterans' business outreach center program, to improve the programs for veterans of the Small Business Administration, an original bill entitled, "A Sense of the Committee on the Small Business Tax Compliance Relief Act of 2015", and an original bill entitled, "Veterans Entrepreneurial Transition Act of 2015".
