[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 25 (Monday, March 7, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S2197]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS


                     subcommittee on national parks

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the following hearing has 
been scheduled before the Subcommittee on National Parks of the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 15, at 2:30 p.m. in room 
SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S. 175, a bill to establish the Bleeding Kansas and Enduring 
Struggle for Freedom National Heritage Area, and for other purposes; S. 
322, a bill to establish the Champlain Valley National Heritage 
Partnership in the States of Vermont and New York, and for other 
purposes; S. 323, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
study the suitability and feasibility of designating the French 
Colonial Heritage Area in the State of Missouri as a unit of the 
National Park System, and for other purposes, and S. 429, a bill to 
establish the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in the 
State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 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, SD-364 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 
20510-6150.
  For further information, please contact Tom Lillie at (202) 224-5161 
or Brian Carlstrom at (202) 224-6293.

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