The Senate will reconvene at 2 p.m., and proceed to a period
of morning business until 3 p.m. Thereafter, the chamber will resume
consideration of the legislative vehicle for an education and state Medicaid
aid package (HR 1586). At approximately 5:30 p.m., the Senate will vote on a
motion to invoke cloture with respect to the measure.
HR 1586 — Aviation Safety and Investment Act of 2010
Tuesday, Aug. 3
The Senate is expected to be in session.
SENATE COMMITTEES
Tuesday
Status of U.S.
Economy
Senate Budget Committee
DateTuesday, Aug.
3, 10 a.m.
Place608 Dirksen
Bldg.
Richard Berner, managing director, co-head of global
economics and chief U.S.
economist, Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.
Simon Johnson, senior fellow, Peterson Institute for
International Economics and professor, Sloan School of Management, MIT
Joel Naroff, president and founder,
Naroff Economic Advisors
Wednesday
For-Profit Schools
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
"For-Profit Schools: The Student Recruitment
Experience."
DateWednesday,
Aug. 4, 10 a.m.
Place106 Dirksen
Bldg.
Gregory Kutz, managing director, Office of Forensic Audits
and Special Investigations, Government Accountability Office
David Hawkins, director of public policy and research,
National Association for College Admission Counseling
Michale McComis, executive director, Accrediting Commission
of Career Schools and Colleges
Joshua Pruyn, former admissions representative, Alta College
Inc., Denver, Colo.
Social Security Disability Fraud
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs —
Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations
"Social Security Disability Fraud: Case Studies in
Federal Employees and Commercial Drivers Licenses." The hearing will focus
on the findings of a Government Accountability Office report.
DateWednesday,
Aug. 4, 2:30 p.m.
Place342 Dirksen
Bldg.
Michael J. Astrue, commissioner, Social Security
Administration
Gregory D. Kutz, managing director, Forensic Audits and
Special Investigations Team, Government Accountability Office
Thursday
Veterans' Legislation
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
DateThursday, Aug.
5, 9:30 a.m.
Place418 Russell
Bldg.
S 3447 — Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance
Improvements Act of 2010
S 3107 — Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment
Act of 2010
S 3234 — Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010
S 3325 — A bill to amend Title 38, United States Code, to
authorize the waiver of the collection of co-payments for telehealth and
telemedicine visits of veterans, and for other purposes.
S 3517 — Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2010
S 3609 — A bill to extend the temporary authority for
performance of medical disability examinations by contract physicians for the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Source: CQ Schedules
Judiciary Nominations and Bills
Senate Judiciary Committee
DateThursday, Aug.
5, 10 a.m.
Place226 Dirksen
Bldg.
S 2925 — Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act of
2009
S 518 — Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial
Commission Act
Nominations
Mary Helen Murguia to be U.S. circuit judge for the 9th
Circuit
Edmond E-Min Chang to be U.S. district judge for the
Northern District of Illinois
Leslie E. Kobayashi to be U.S. district judge for the
District of Hawaiil
Denise Jefferson Casper to be U.S. district judge for the
District of Massachusetts
Carlton W. Reeves to be U.S. district judge for the
Southern District of Mississippi
Administration Manufacturing Agenda
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs — Subcommittee
on Economic Policy
Economic Policy Subcommittee (Chairman Brown, D-Ohio) of
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
The Obama administration manufacturing agenda.
DateThursday, Aug.
5, 10:30 a.m.
Place538 Dirksen
Bldg.
William Strauss, senior economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale, assistant secretary of Commerce for
manufacturing and services
Roger D. Kilmer, director, Manufacturing Extension
