[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 19 (Thursday, February 13, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1409-S1410]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


           subcommittee on forests and public land management

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President I would like to announce for the information 
of the Senate and the public that a series of five workshops have been 
scheduled before the Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management 
to exchange ideas and suggestions on the proposed ``Public Land 
Management Responsibility and Accountability Restoration Act.''
  The first workshop will take place on Tuesday, February 25, beginning 
at 2:30 p.m. in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The 
topic for this workshop will be titles I (part A), III, and V focusing 
on how we would restructure the resource management planning, eco-
region planning, and Resource Planning Act systems.
  The second workshop will take place on Wednesday, February 26, 
beginning at 2:30 p.m. in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building. The topic for this workshop will be subpart B title II which 
addresses changes to administrative appeals and judicial review 
procedures.
  The third workshop will take place on Wednesday, March 5, beginning 
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2:30 p.m. in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The topic 
for this workshop will deal with administrative and related provisions 
of title IV.
  The fourth workshop will take place on Thursday, March 6, beginning 
at 2:30 p.m. in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The 
topic of this workshop will be mechanisms for transfer of management 
responsibility of Federal lands to the States in Title VI.
  The fifth and final workshop will take place on Tuesday, March 25, in 
the State of Idaho. The exact time and place have not been determined, 
but will be announced in a subsequent notice. This workshop will deal 
with title II, which addresses coordination and compliance with other 
environmental laws.
  Testimony at these workshops is by invitation only. They are open to 
the public and the press. For further information please write to the 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, U.S. Senate, 
Washington, D.C. 20510 or call Mark Rey or Judy Brown of the 
subcommittee staff at (202)-224-6170.


                      committee on small business

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on 
Small Business will hold a hearing on February 27, 1997, entitled ``S. 
208, The HUBZone Act of 1997.'' The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. in 
room 428A of the Russell Senate Office Building.
  For further information, please contact Paul Cooksey at 224-5175.

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