12/09/15 3:00 PMLocation : S-216
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Darryl L. DePriest, of Illinois, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration.
12/09/15 2:30 PMLocation : SD-G50
Hearings to examine sudden price spikes in off-patent drugs, focusing on perspectives from the front lines.
Location : SR-418
Business meeting to markup S.290, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the accountability of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and S.425, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a five-year extension to the homeless veterans reintegration programs and to provide clarification regarding eligibility for services under such programs.
Location : SD-419
Hearings to examine the political and security crisis in Burundi.
12/09/15 2:00 PMLocation : SD-106
Hearings to examine the nominations of Marcel John Lettre, II, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Gabriel Camarillo, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, John E. Sparks, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the term of fifteen years to expire on the date prescribed by law, and the following named officer for appointment in the United States Navy to the grade indicated while assigned to a position of importance and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., section 601: Vice Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, to be Admiral, all of the Department of Defense.
Location : SD-226
Hearings to examine the nominations of Susan Paradise Baxter, Robert John Colville, and Marilyn Jean Horan, each to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Mary S. McElroy, to be United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, and John Milton Younge, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, all of the Department of Justice.
12/09/15 10:30 AMLocation : SD-608
Hearings to examine moving to a stronger economy with a regulatory budget.
12/09/15 10:00 AMLocation : SD-226
An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Location : SR-253
Business meeting to consider S.571, to amend the Pilot's Bill of Rights to facilitate appeals and to apply to other certificates issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, to require the revision of the third class medical certification regulations issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, S.2276, to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide enhanced safety in pipeline transportation, H.R.2843, to require certain improvements in the Transportation Security Administration's PreCheck expedited screening program, S.1886, to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009, S.1935, to require the Secretary of Commerce to undertake certain activities to support waterfront community revitalization and resiliency, S.2058, to require the Secretary of Commerce to maintain and operate at least one Doppler weather radar site within 55 miles of each city in the United States that has a population of more than 700,000 individuals, S.2319, to amend the Communications Act of 1934, an original bill entitled, "Airport Security Enhancement and Oversight Act", the nomination of Jessica Rosenworcel, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2015 (Reappointment), and routine lists in the Coast Guard.
12/09/15 9:30 AMLocation : SD-342
Business meeting to consider S.2127, to provide appropriate protections to probationary Federal employees, to provide the Special Counsel with adequate access to information, to provide greater awareness of Federal whistleblower protections, S.2375, to decrease the deficit by consolidating and selling excess Federal tangible property, S.1915, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers, S.1492, to direct the Administrator of General Services, on behalf of the Archivist of the United States, to convey certain Federal property located in the State of Alaska to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, and H.R.1557, to amend the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 to strengthen Federal antidiscrimination laws enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and expand accountability within the Federal government.
