[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 138 (Tuesday, September 18, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S11678]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


                     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 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 
Subcommittee on National Parks.
  The hearing will be held on September 27, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. in room 
SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of this hearing will be to receive testimony on the 
following bills: S. 128, to amend the Cache La Poudre River Corridor 
Act to designate a new management entity, make certain technical and 
conforming amendments, enhance private property protections, and for 
other purposes; S. 148, to establish the Paterson Great Falls National 
Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes; S. 189, to 
decrease the matching funds requirement and authorize additional 
appropriations for Keweenaw National Historical Park in the State of 
Michigan; S. 697, to establish the Steel Industry National Historic 
Site in the State of Pennsylvania; S. 867, to adjust the boundary of 
Lowell National Historical Park, and for other purposes; S. 1341, to 
provide for the exchange of certain Bureau of Land Management land in 
Pima County, Arizona, and for other purposes; S. 1476, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study of the 
Tule Lake Segregation Center in Modoc County, California, to determine 
the suitability and feasibility of establishing a unit of the National 
Park System; S. 1709 and H.R. 1239, to amend the National Underground 
Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to provide additional staff and 
oversight of funds to carry out the Act, and for other purposes; S. 
1808, to authorize the exchange of certain land in Denali National Park 
in the State of Alaska; S. 1969, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of designating Estate Grange and other 
sites related to Alexander Hamilton's life on the island of St. Croix 
in the United States Virgin Islands as a unit of the National Park 
System, 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 e-mail 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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