[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 154 (Thursday, October 31, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7776-S7777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


               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 was previously scheduled for Thursday, October 10, 2013, at 
9:30 a.m., in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building; and will 
now be held on Thursday, November 7, 2013, at 9:30 a.m., in room 366 of 
the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of this oversight hearing is to consider the Draft 
Regional Recommendation regarding the Columbia River Treaty.
  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, DC 20510-6150, or by e-mail to Lauren_Goldschmidt
@energy.senate.gov.
  For further information, please contact Dan Adamson at (202) 224-
2871, Cisco Minthorn at (202) 224-4756 or Lauren Goldschmidt at (202) 
224-5488.


               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 on Thursday, 
November 14, 2013, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of the hearing to consider the nominations of Mr. Steven 
P. Croley to be the General Counsel of the Department of Energy, 
Christopher A. Smith to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy, Fossil 
Energy, and Ms. Esther P. Kia'aina to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior, for Insular Areas.
  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 Sam Fowler at (202) 224-7571 
or Abigail Campbell at (202) 224-4905.


               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 Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at 3:30 p.m. in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

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  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

       S. 182, to provide for the unencumbering of title to non-
     Federal land owned by the city of Anchorage, Alaska, for 
     purposes of economic development by conveyance of the Federal 
     reversion interest to the City;
       S. 483, to designate the Berryessa Snow Mountain National 
     Conservation Area in the State of California, and for other 
     purposes;
       S. 771, to provide to the Secretary of the Interior a 
     mechanism to cancel contracts for the sale of materials CA-
     20139 and CA-22901, and for other purposes;
       S. 776, to establish the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness in the 
     State of New Mexico, to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     parcels of National Forest System land in the State, and for 
     other purposes;
       S. 841, to designate certain Federal land in the San Juan 
     National Forest in the State of Colorado as wilderness, and 
     for other purposes;
       S. 1305, to provide for the conveyance of the Forest 
     Service Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit County, 
     Colorado;
       S. 1341, to modify the Forest Service Recreation Residence 
     Program as the program applies to units of the National 
     Forest System derived from the public domain by implementing 
     a simple, equitable, and predictable procedure for 
     determining cabin user fees, and for other purposes;
       S. 1414, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal 
     land in the State of Oregon to the Confederated Tribes of 
     Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians;
       S. 1415, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal 
     land in the State of Oregon to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua 
     Tribe of Indians, and;
       S. 1479, to address the forest health, public safety, and 
     wildlife habitat threat presented by the risk of wildfire, 
     including catastrophic wildfire, on National Forest System 
     land and public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management 
     by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
     of the Interior to expedite forest management projects 
     relating to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and 
     economic development, 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, 304 Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, Washington, DC, 20510-6150, or by email to 
John_A[email protected].
  For further information, please contact please contact Meghan Conklin 
(202) 224-8046, or John Assini (202) 224-9313.

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