[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 100 (Monday, July 22, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7174-S7175]
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 Wednesday, July 24, 2002, at 
10 a.m. in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a 
hearing on S. 1344, a bill to Encourage Training to Native Americans 
Interested in Commercial Vehicle Driving Careers.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at 224-2251.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, July 25, 2002, at 10 
a.m. in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a 
hearing on the July 2, 2002 Report of the U.S. Department of the 
Interior to the Congress on the Historical Accounting of Individual 
Indian Money Accounts.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at 224-2251.


               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 Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Tuesday, July 30, 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. 2016, to authorize an exchange of lands between an Alaska Native 
Village Corporation and the Department of the Interior, and for other 
purposes;
  S. 2565, to enhance ecosystem protection and the range of outdoor 
opportunities protected by statute in the Skykomish River Valley of the 
State of Washington by designating certain lower-elevation Federal 
lands as wilderness, and for other purposes;
  S. 2587, to establish the Joint Federal and State Navigable Waters 
Commission for Alaska;
  S. 2612, to establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve 
public land, and provide for high quality development in Clark County, 
Nevada, and for other purposes; and

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  S. Con. Res. 107, expressing the sense of Congress that Federal land 
management agencies should fully support the Western Governors 
Association ``Collaborative 10-year Strategy for Reducing Wildland Fire 
Risks to Communities and the Environment'', as signed August 2001, to 
reduce the overabundance of forest fuels that place national resources 
at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National 
Prescribed Fire Strategy that minimizes risks of escape.
  Becausae 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 or Kira Finkler 
of the Committee staff at (202) 224-4103.


               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 Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. 
in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills:
  S. 934, to require the Secretary of the Interior to construct the 
Rocky Boy's North Central Montana Regional Water System in the State of 
Montana, to offer to enter into an agreement with the Chippewa Cree 
Tribe to plan, design, construct, operate, maintain and replace the 
Rocky Boy's Rural Water System, and to provide assistance to the North 
Central Montana Regional Water Authority for the planning, design, and 
construction of the noncore system, and for other purposes;
  S. 1577, to amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources 
Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional 
projects under that Act, and for other purposes;
  S. 1882, to amend the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956, and for 
other purposes;
  S. 2556, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District in the State of 
Idaho; and
  S. 2696, to clear title to certain real property in New Mexico 
associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project, 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 Patty Beneke at (202) 224-
5451 or Mike Connor at (202) 224-5479 of the Committee staff.

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