[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 136 (Thursday, September 24, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S9855]
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 the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests.
  The hearing will be held on Thursday, October 8, 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. 522, to resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native 
     Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adjacent to 
     Salmon Lake in the State of Alaska and to provide for the 
     conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of 
     certain other public land in partial satisfaction of the land 
     entitlement of the Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims 
     Settlement Act;
       S. 865 and H.R. 1442, to provide for the sale of the 
     Federal Government's reversionary interest in approximately 
     60 acres of land in Salt Lake City, Utah, originally conveyed 
     to the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association under the Act of 
     January 23, 1909;
       S. 881, to provide for the settlement of certain claims 
     under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other 
     purposes;
       S. 940, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
     to the Nevada System of Higher Education certain Federal land 
     located in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada, and for other 
     purposes;
       S. 1272, to provide for the designation of the Devil's 
     Staircase Wilderness Area in the State of Oregon, to 
     designate segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks in the State 
     of Oregon as wild or recreation rivers, and for other 
     purposes; and
       S. 1689, to designate certain land as components of the 
     National Wilderness Preservation System and the National 
     Landscape Conservation System in the State of New Mexico, 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].
  For further information, please contact David Brooks at (202) 224-
9863 or Allison Seyferth at (202) 224-4905.

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