[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 23 (Monday, March 6, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S1187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


                    subcommittee on water and power

  Mr. SMITH of Oregon. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a legislative hearing has 
been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, March 22, 2000 at 2:30 p.m. 
in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, 
D.C.
  The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: H.R. 862, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to implement 
the provisions of an agreement conveying title to a distribution system 
from the United States to the Clear Creek Community Services District; 
H.R. 992, to convey the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir to the El Dorado 
Irrigation District; H.R. 1235, To authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into contracts with the Solano County Water Agency, 
California, to use Solano Project facilities for impounding, storage, 
and carriage of nonproject water for domestic, municipal, industrial, 
and other beneficial purposes; S. 2091 and the companion H.R. 3077, To 
amend the Act that authorized construction of the San Luis Unit of the 
Central Valley Project, California, to facilitate water transfers in 
the Central Valley Project; S. 1659, To convey the Lower Yellowstone 
Irrigation Project, the Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 
Program, and the Intake Irrigation Project to the appurtenant 
irrigation districts; and S. 1836, To extend the deadline for 
commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of 
Alabama.
  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 Water and Power, Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources, United States Senate, 364 Dirsken Senate Office 
Building, Washington, D.C. 20510-6150.
  For further information, please call Trici Heninger, Staff Assistant, 
or Colleen Deegan, Counsel, at (202) 224-8115.

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