[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 51 (Wednesday, May 3, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3992-S3993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS


                Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests

  Mr. CRAIG. 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 be held on Wednesday, May 10, at 2:30 p.m. in room 
SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

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S. 906, to promote wildland firefighter safety; S. 2003, to make 
permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and enhancement 
agreements; H.R. 585, to require Federal land managers to support, and 
to communicate, coordinate, and cooperate with, designated gateway 
communities, to improve the ability of gateway communities to 
participate in Federal land management planning conducted by the Forest 
Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior, and to respond 
to the impacts of the public use of the Federal lands administered by 
these agencies, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3981, to authorize the 
Secretary of Agriculture to carry out certain land exchnges involving 
small parcels of National Forest System land in the Tahoe National 
Forest in the State of California, 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, Washington, DC 20510-6150.
  For further information, please contact Frank Gladics at 202-224-2878 
or Sara Zecher 202-224-8276.

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