[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 76 (Tuesday, June 11, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S5387]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS


                     subcommittee on national parks

  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 National Parks of the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Thursday, June 20, 2002, 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. 139 and H.R. 3928, to assist in the preservation of 
archaeological, paleontological, zoological, geological, and botanical 
artifacts through construction of a new facility for the University of 
Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah;
  S. 1609 and H.R. 1814, to amend the National Trails System Act to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the 
feasibility of designating the Metacomet-Mattabesett Trail extending 
through western Massachusetts and central Connecticut as a national 
historic trail;
  S. 1925, to establish the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in the 
States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and for other purposes;
  S. 2196, to establish the National Mormon Pioneer Heritage Area in 
the State of Utah, and for other purposes;
  S. 2388, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study certain 
sites in the historic district of Beaufort, South Carolina, relating to 
the Reconstruction Era;
  S. 2519, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
of Coltsville in the State of Connecticut for potential inclusion in 
the National Park System; and
  S. 2576, to establish the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area 
in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses must 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send two copies of their 
testimony to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United 
States Senate, 312 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 
20510.
  For further information, please contact David Brooks of the committee 
staff at (202-224-9863).


               committee on energy and natural resources

  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 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, June 19, 2002, at 9:30 a.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 addressing the recreation fee program on Federal lands:
  S. 2473, to enhance the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program for 
the National Park Service, and for other purposes; and
  S. 2607, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture to collect recreation fees on Federal lands, 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 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United 
States Senate, 312 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 
20510.
  For further information, please contact David Brooks of the committee 
staff at (202) 224-9863.

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