[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 134 (Tuesday, September 11, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11432-S11433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


               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 legislative hearing has 
been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Wednesday, September 12, 2007, at 10 a.m. 
in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purposes of this hearing are to receive testimony on the status 
of energy efficient lighting technologies and on S. 2017, the Energy 
Efficient Lighting for a Brighter Tomorrow Act.
  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, or by email to 
Britni_R[email protected].
  For further information, please contact Deborah Estes or Britni 
Rillera.


               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 two bills have been added 
to a previously announced hearing before the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests.
  The hearing will be held on September 20, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. in room 
SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The two bills are S. 1143, to designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse 
and the surrounding Federal land in the State of Florida as an 
Outstanding Natural Area and as a unit of the National Landscape 
System, and for other purposes; and S. 2034, to amend the Oregon 
Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the North 
and South Forks of the Elk River in the State of Oregon as wild or 
scenic rivers, 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 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 or Rachel 
Pasternack.


               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 an oversight hearing has 
been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Monday, September 24, 2007, at 3 p.m. in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to consider scientific assessments of 
the impacts of global climate change on wildfire activity in the United 
States.
  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 Scott Miller or Rachel 
Pasternack.


               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 legislative hearing has 
been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at 10 a.m. 
in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purposes of this hearing are to receive testimony on S. 1756, a 
bill to provide supplemental ex gratia compensation to the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands for impacts of the nuclear testing program of the 
United States, and for other purposes; and to receive testimony on the 
implementation of the Compact of Free Association between the United 
States and the Marshall Islands.
  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, or by email to 
Britni_R[email protected].
  For further information, please contact Allen Stayman or Britni 
Rillera.


               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 be held on Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at 10 
a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1543, a bill 
to establish a national geothermal initiative to encourage increased 
production of energy from geothermal resources by creating a program of 
geothermal research, development, demonstration

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and commercial application to support the achievement of a national 
geothermal energy goal.
  Due to 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 Allyson Anderson or Rosemarie 
Calabro.

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