[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 86 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7290-S7291]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARINGS


  Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic 
Preservation and Recreation of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 2:00 p.m. in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1333, to 
amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to allow 
national park units that cannot charge an entrance or admission fee to 
retain other fees and charges; S. 2129, to eliminate restrictions on 
the acquisition of certain land contiguous to Hawaii Volcanoes National 
Park; S. 2232, to establish the Little Rock Central High School 
National Historic Site in the State of Arkansas, and for other 
purposes; S. 2106 and H.R. 2283, to expand the boundaries of Arches 
National Park, Utah, to include portions of certain drainages that are 
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and to include 
a portion of Fish Seep Draw owned by the State of Utah, and for other 
purposes.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send two copies of their 
testimony to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation 
and Recreation, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United 
States Senate, 364 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 
20510-6150
  For further information, please contact Jim O'Toole of the 
Subcommittee staff at (202) 224-5161.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the public 
that a hearing has been scheduled before the Full Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Tuesday, July 14, 1998, at 9:30 a.m. 
in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.
  The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on H.R. 856, To 
provide a process leading to full self-government for Puerto Rico and 
S. 472, To provide for referenda in which the residents of Puerto Rico 
may express democratically their preferences regarding the political 
status of the territory, and for other purposes.
  Those wishing to testify or who wish to submit written statements 
should contact the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 
Washington, D.C. For further information, please call James Beirne, 
Counsel at (202) 224-2564, or Betty Nevitt, Staff Assistant at (202) 
224-0765.


  subcommittee on national parks, historic preservation and recreation

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic 
Preservation and Recreation of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Thursday, July 16, 1998 at 2:00 p.m. 
in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on S. 155, to 
redesignate General Grant National Memorial as Grant's Tomb National 
Monument, and for other purposes; S. 1408, to establish the Lower East 
Side Tenement National Historic Site, and for other purposes; S. 1718, 
to amend the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 
to authorize the acquisition of additional acreage for the historic 
site to permit the development of visitor and administrative facilities 
and to authorize the appropriation of additional amounts for the 
acquisition of real and personal property; and S. 1990, to authorize 
expansion of Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send two copies of their 
testimony to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation 
and Recreation, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United 
States Senate, 364 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 
20510-6150.
  For further information, please contact Jim O'Toole of the 
Subcommittee staff at (202) 224-5161.


           subcommittee on forests and public land management

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the public 
that a hearing has been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Forests 
and Public Land Management of the Senate Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place Tuesday, July 21, 1998, at 2:30 p.m. in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1964, a 
bill to provide for the sale of certain public land in the Ivanpah 
Valley, Nevada, to the Clark County Department of Aviation, and S. 
1509, a bill to authorize the Bureau of Land Management to use 
vegetation sales contracts in managing land at Fort Stanton and certain 
nearby acquired land along the Rio Bonita in Lincoln County, New 
Mexico.
  Those who wish to submit written statements should write to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 
20510. For further information, please call Amie Brown or Mike Menge 
(202) 224-6170.

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