[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 75 (Monday, June 10, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5294-S5295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at 
1:30 p.m. in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct 
an oversight hearing on the work of the U.S. Department of Interior's 
Branch of Acknowledgment and Research within the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at 224-2251.


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. BINGAMAN. 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 Public Lands and Forests of the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place Tuesday, June 18th, 2002, beginning at 
2:30 p.m., in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in 
Washington, D.C.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills:
  S. 198, to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a 
program to provide assistance through States to eligible weed 
management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds on 
public and private land;
  S. 1846, to prohibit oil and gas drilling in Finger Lakes National 
Forest in the State of New York;
  S. 1879, to resolve the claims of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to lands 
adjacent to the Russian River in the State of Alaska;
  S. 2222, to establish certain conveyances and provide for alternative 
land selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act related 
to Cape Fox Corporation and Sealaska Corporation;
  S. 2471, to provide for the independent investigation of Federal 
wildland firefighter fatalities; and
  S. 2483, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to grant to 
Deschutes and Crook Counties in the State of Oregon a right-of-way to 
West Butte Road.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those

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wishing to submit written testimony for the hearing record should e-
mail it to [email protected] or fax it to (202) 224-
4340.
  For further information, please contact Kira Finkler of the committee 
staff at (202) 224-8164.

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