Senate light on hearings, will take up veterans’ jobs bill

The Senate will ease its way back to work after returning from its August recess.

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will convene the Senate at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, and later that day the chamber will vote on the judicial nomination of Stephanie Rose to be a U.S. District Judge for Iowa.

The Senate will also resume debate on the Veterans Jobs Corps Act. Reid is expected to file a motion to end debate and proceed to S. 3457 Tuesday around 2:15 p.m.

Nothing else is on the docket for now, but the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works will take on nuclear regulations and waste.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hear testimony on S. 3469, the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2012 on Wednesday. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will examine if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is enhancing reactor safety later that same morning.

Details on these and other key hearings next week follow:

Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Sept. 12, “Nuclear Waste Bill”

9:30 a.m., 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Senate Environment and Public Works

Sept. 12, “NRC’s Implementation of Recommendations for Enhancing Nuclear Reactor Safety in the 21st Century"

10 a.m., 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Senate Foreign Affairs

Sept. 12, “Nominations”

2:45 p.m., 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

Sept. 13, “Improving College Affordability: A View From the States

10:30 a.m., 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs

Sept. 12, “Moving from Scandal to Strategy: The Future of the General Services Administration”

10 a.m., 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Sept. 13, “Social Security Administration's Disability Programs”

9:30 a.m., 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Senate Judiciary

Sept. 13, “The National Child Protection Act”

10 a.m., 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building

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