LEGISLATION
1. S. Res. 227, a resolution calling for the protection of the Mekong River Basin and increased United States support for delaying the construction of mainstream dams along the Mekong River, with amendments in the nature of a substitute
2. S. Res. 316, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Tunisia’s peaceful Jasmine Revolution, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute
NOMINATIONS
3. Michael Anthony McFaul, of California, to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation
4. Roberta S. Jacobson, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
5. Mari Carmen Aponte, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador
6. Adam E. Namm, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador
7. Elizabeth M. Cousens, of Washington, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador
8. Elizabeth M. Cousens, of Washington, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
FOREIGN SERVICE LISTS
9. John Ross Beyrle, et al., dated September 15, 2011
10. Timothy M. Bashor, et al., dated October 3, 2011