[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 81 (Tuesday, June 2, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S5967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


               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 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee 
on Public Lands and Forests.
  The hearing will be held on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 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.409, to secure Federal ownership and management of significant 
natural, scenic, and recreational resources, to provide for the 
protection of cultural resources, to facilitate the efficient 
extraction of mineral resources by authorizing and directing an 
exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, and for other purposes; S. 
782, to provide for the establishment of the National Volcano Early 
Warning and Monitoring System; S.874, to establish El Rio Grande Del 
Norte National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, and for 
other purposes; S.1139, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
enter into a property conveyance with the city of Wallowa, Oregon, and 
for other purposes; and S.1140, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to convey certain Federal land to Deschutes County, Oregon.
  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, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510-6150, 
or by email to [email protected].
  For further information, please contact David Brooks at (202) 224-
9863 or Anna Fox at (202) 224-1219.

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