[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 58 (Wednesday, April 11, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S4384]
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.
  The hearing will be held on April 26, 2007, 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: S. 169, to amend the National Trails System Act to clarify 
Federal authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for 
the majority of the trails in the System; S. 312/H.R. 497, to authorize 
the Marion Park Project and Committee of the Palmetto Conservation 
Foundation to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the 
District of Columbia and its environs to honor Brigadier General 
Francis Marion; S. 580, to amend the National Trails System Act to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and 
suitability studies of four national historic trails; S. 686, to amend 
the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau 
Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail; S. 722, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly 
conduct a study of certain land adjacent to the Walnut Canyon National 
Monument in the State of Arizona; S. 783, to adjust the boundary of the 
Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park 
and Preserve in the State of Louisiana; S. 890, to provide for certain 
administrative and support services for the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission; and H.R. 1047, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study to determine the suitability and 
feasibility of designating the Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum 
located in St. Louis, Missouri, as a unit of the National Park System.
  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 it to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, DC 
20510-6150, or by email to [email protected]
.gov.
  For further information, please contact David Brooks at (202) 224-
9863 or Rachel Pasternack at (202) 224-0883.

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