[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 66 (Monday, May 13, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S4980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. COHEN. Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Special 
Committee on Aging will hold a forum on Tuesday, May 14, 1996, at 10 
a.m., in room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The forum will 
discuss the shortage of geriatricians in the Nation's health care 
system.


              subcommittee on oversight and investigations

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources be granted permission to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, May 14, 1996, for purposes of conducting a 
subcommittee hearing which is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. The 
purpose of this oversight hearing is to receive testimony on the 
management and costs of class action lawsuits at Department of Energy 
facilities.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be granted permission to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, May 15, 1996, for 
purposes of conducting a full committee business meeting which is 
scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this meeting is to 
consider pending calendar business.


      subcommittee on parks, historic preservation, and recreation

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation of the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be granted permission to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 16, 1996, for 
purposes of conducting a subcommittee hearing which is scheduled to 
begin at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this hearing is to consider S. 621, a 
bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Great 
Western Trail for potential addition to the National Trails System; 
H.R. 531, a bill to designate the Great Western Scenic Trail as a study 
trail under the National Trails System Act, S. 1049, a bill to amend 
the National Trails System Act to designate the route from Selma to 
Montgomery as a National Historic Trail, S. 1706, a bill to increase 
the amount authorized to be appropriated for assistance for highway 
relocation with respect to the Chicamauga and Chattanooga National 
Military Park in Georgia; S. 1725, a bill to amend the National Trails 
System Act to create a third category of long-distance trails to be 
known as national discovery trails and to authorize the American 
Discovery Trail as the first national discovery trail.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the oversight field 
hearing regarding the Tongass Land Management Plan and the 
Administration of Timber Sale Contracts scheduled for Tuesday, May 28 
in Ketchikan, AK, will begin at 1 p.m. instead of 10:30 a.m., as 
previously announced.


           committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry

  Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Senate 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry will hold a full 
committee hearing to consider the possible need for changes to the 
Commodity Exchange Act. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, June 5, 
1996, at 9:30 a.m., in SR-332.

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