[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 103 (Thursday, July 18, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5804-S5805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARINGS


          COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on 
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Hearing on National 
Labor Relations Board Nominees.''
  For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Sarah 
Cupp of the committee staff on (202) 224-5441.


          COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session 
on Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building to mark-up the nominations of Kent Yoshiho 
Hirozawa, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board and 
Nancy Jean Schiffer, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations 
Board, as well as any additional nominations cleared for action.
  For further information regarding this meeting, please contact the 
Committee at (202) 224-5375.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. The 
hearing will be held on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at 10:00 a.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. 37, to sustain the economic development and recreational 
     use of National Forest System land and other public land in 
     the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National 
     Wilderness Preservation System, to release certain wilderness 
     study areas, to designate new areas for recreation, and for 
     other purposes;
       S. 343, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal 
     land in Clark County, Nevada,

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     for the environmental remediation and reclamation of the 
     Three Kids Mine Project Site, and for other purposes;
       S. 364, to establish the Rocky Mountain Front Conservation 
     Management Area, to designate certain Federal land as 
     wilderness, and to improve the management of noxious weeds in 
     the Lewis and Clark National Forest, and for other purposes;
       S. 404, to preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in the 
     Glacier Peak Wilderness of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie 
     National Forest;
       S. 753, to provide for national security benefits for White 
     Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss;
       S. 1169, to withdraw and reserve certain public land in the 
     State of Montana for the Limestone Hills Training Area, and 
     for other purposes;
       S. 1294, to designate as wilderness certain public land in 
     the Cherokee National Forest in the State of Tennessee, and 
     for other purposes;
       S. 1300, to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
     2003 to provide for the conduct of stewardship end result 
     contracting projects;
       S. 1301, to provide for the restoration of forest 
     landscapes, protection of old growth forests, and management 
     of national forests in the eastside forests of the State of 
     Oregon;
       S. 1309, to withdraw and reserve certain public land under 
     the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for 
     military uses, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 507, to provide for the conveyance of certain land 
     inholdings owned by the United States to the Pascua Yaqui 
     Tribe of Arizona, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 862, to authorize the conveyance of two small parcels 
     of land within the boundaries of the Coconino National Forest 
     containing private improvements that were developed based 
     upon the reliance of the landowners in an erroneous survey 
     conducted in May 1960;
       H.R. 876, to authorize the continued use of certain water 
     diversions located on National Forest System land in the 
     Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-
     Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, and for other 
     purposes, and;
       H.R. 993 and S. 507, to provide for the conveyance of 
     certain parcels of National Forest System land to the city of 
     Fruit Heights, Utah.

  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, 304 Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20510-6150, or by email to 
John_A[email protected].
  For further information, please contact please contact David Brooks 
(202) 224-9863, or John Assini (202) 224-9313.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. WYDEN. 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 Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 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. 398, to establish the Commission to Study the Potential 
     Creation of a National Women's History Museum, and for other 
     purposes;
       S. 524, to amend the National Trails System Act to provide 
     for the study of the Pike National Historic Trail;
       S. 618, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 
     certain special resource studies;
       S. 702, to designate the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers 
     Valley National Heritage Corridor as ``The Last Green Valley 
     National Heritage Corridor'';
       S. 781, to modify the boundary of Yosemite National Park, 
     and for other purposes;
       S. 782, to amend Public Law 101-377 to revise the 
     boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to 
     include the Gettysburg Train Station, and for other purposes;
       S. 869, to establish the Alabama Black Belt National 
     Heritage Area, and for other purposes;
       S. 925, to improve the Lower East Side Tenement National 
     Historic Site, and for other purposes;
       S. 995, to authorize the National Desert Storm Memorial 
     Association to establish the National Desert Storm and Desert 
     Shield Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of 
     Columbia, and for other purposes;
       S. 974, to provide for certain land conveyances in the 
     State of Nevada, and for other purposes;
       S. 1044, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to install 
     in the area of the World War II Memorial in the District of 
     Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with the words 
     that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the United 
     States on D-Day, June 6, 1944;
       S. 1071, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make 
     improvements to support facilities for National Historic 
     Sites operated by the National Park Service, and for other 
     purposes;
       S. 1138, to reauthorize the Hudson River Valley National 
     Heritage Area;
       S. 1151, to reauthorize the America's Agricultural Heritage 
     Partnership in the State of Iowa;
       S. 1157, to reauthorize the Rivers of Steel National 
     Heritage Area, the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, 
     the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and the 
     Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area;
       S. 1168, to reauthorize the Essex National Heritage Area;
       S. 1252, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
     designate segments of the Missisquoi River and the Trout 
     River in the State of Vermont, as components of the National 
     Wild and Scenic Rivers System;
       S. 1253, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
     designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon 
     Brook in the State of Connecticut as components of the 
     National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
     purposes;
       H.R. 674, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
     study the suitability and feasibility of designating 
     prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on Rota, 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of 
     the National Park System;
       H.R. 885, to expand the boundary of the San Antonio 
     Missions National Historical Park, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 1033 and S. 916, to authorize the acquisition and 
     protection of nationally significant battlefields and 
     associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 
     under the American Battlefield Protection Program, and
       H.R. 1158, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades 
     National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake 
     Chelan National Recreation Area.

  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, 304 Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20510-6150, or by email to 
John_A[email protected].
  For further information, please contact please contact David Brooks 
(202) 224-9863 or John Assini (202) 224-9313.


               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
The hearing will be held on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at 2:30 p.m., in 
room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1240, the 
Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013.
  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 may do so by sending it to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, 
Washington, D.C. 20510-6150, or by e-mail to Lauren_Goldschmidt@
energy.senate.gov.
  For further information, please contact Sam Fowler at (202) 224-7571, 
Dave Berick at (202) 224-2209, or Lauren Goldschmidt at (202) 224-5488.

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