BUSINESS MEETING: To consider pending calendar business (HEARING ROOM SD-366).

November 10, 2011
09:30 PM
The purpose of the Business Meeting is to consider pending calendar business (HEARING ROOM SD-366). 1. The nomination of Gregory H. Woods to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy. 2. The nomination of LaDoris G. Harris to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy. 3. The nomination of David T. Danielson to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy). 4. The nomination of Charles D. McConnell to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy). 5. The nomination of Rebecca R. Wodder to be an Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife 6. S. 114 - A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement for a park headquarters at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, to expand the boundary of the Park, to conduct a study of potential land acquisitions, and for other purposes. 7. S. 140 - A bill to designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes. 8. S. 247 - A bill to establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, and for other purposes. 9. S. 264 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Mississippi 2 parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway, and for other purposes. 10. S. 302 - A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue right-of-way permits for a natural gas transmission pipeline in nonwilderness areas within the boundary of Denali National Park, and for other purposes. 11. S. 322 - A bill to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington, to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic rivers, and for other purposes. 12. S. 323 - A bill to establish the First State National Historical Park in the State of Delaware, and for other purposes. 13. S. 499 - A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project. 14. S. 500 -A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal features of the electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, and for other purposes. 15. S. 526 - A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land in Mohave County, Arizona, to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, for use as a public shooting range. 16. S. 667 - A bill to establish the Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. 17. S. 765 - A bill to modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument, and for other purposes. 18. S. 766 - A bill to provide for the designation of the Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area in the State of Oregon, to designate segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks in the State of Oregon as wild rivers, and for other purposes. 19. S. 779 - A bill to authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program. 20. S. 802 - A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the storage and conveyance of nonproject water at the Norman project in Oklahoma, and for other purposes. 21. S. 883 - A bill to authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor free persons and slaves who fought for independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American Revolution. 22. S. 888 - A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 23. S. 896 - A bill to amend the Public Land Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide service opportunities for young Americans; help restore the nation's natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational and scenic resources; train a new generation of public land managers and enthusiasts; and promote the value of public service. 24. S. 970 - A bill to designate additional segments and tributaries of White Clay Creek, in the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 25. S. 1047 - A bill to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to take actions to improve environmental conditions in the vicinity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in Lake County, Colorado, and for other purposes. 26. S. 1090 - A bill to designate as wilderness certain public land in the Cherokee National Forest in the State of Tennessee, and for other purposes. 27. S. 1134 - A bill to authorize the St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river values. 28. S. 1325 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in the State of Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 29. S. 1344 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to take immediate action to recover ecologically and economically from a catastrophic wildfire in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes. 30. S. 1421 - A bill to authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes. 31. S. 1478 - A bill to modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes. 32. H.R. 441 - An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for a microhydro project in nonwilderness areas within the boundaries of Denali National Park and Preserve, to acquire land for Denali National Park and Preserve from Doyon Tourism, Inc., and for other purposes.