[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 24146-24147]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           NOTICE OF HEARING


           subcommittee on forest and public land management

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the public 
that a hearing has been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Forests 
and Public Land Management of the Senate Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place Tuesday, October 19, 1999, at 10 a.m., in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1608, a 
bill to provide annual payments to the States and counties from 
National Forest System lands managed by the Forest Service, and the 
revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon 
Road grant lands managed predominately by the Bureau of Land 
Management, for use by the counties in which the lands are situated for 
the benefit of the public schools, roads, emergency and other public 
purposes; to encourage and provide a new mechanism for cooperation 
between counties and the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
Management to make necessary investments in federal lands, and reaffirm 
the positive connection between Federal Lands counties and Federal 
Lands; and for other purposes.
  Those who wish to submit written statements should write to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 
20510.

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                    subcommittee on water and power

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a legislative hearing has 
been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
  The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1167, a 
bill to amend the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and 
Conservation Act to provide for expanding the scope of the Independent 
Scientific Review Panel; S. 1694, a bill to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study on the reclamation and reuse of water and 
wastewater in the State of Hawaii; S. 1612, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain irrigation project property 
to certain irrigation and reclamation districts in the State of 
Nebraska; S. 1474, providing conveyance of the Palmetto Bend project to 
the State of Texas; S. 1697, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to refund certain collections received pursuant to the Reclamation 
Reform Act of 1982; and S. 1178, a bill to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain parcels of land acquired for the Blunt 
Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the Oahe Irrigation Project, 
South Dakota, to the Commission of Schools and Public Lands of the 
State of South Dakota for the purpose of mitigating lost wildlife 
habitat, on the condition that the current preferential leaseholders 
shall have an option to purchase the parcels from the Commission, and 
for other purposes.
  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, October 20, 1999, at 2:30 
p.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in 
Washington, DC.
  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 two copies of their 
testimony to the Subcommittee on Water and Power, Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources, United States Senate, 364 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, Washington DC 20510-6150.
  For further information, please call Kristin Phillips, Staff 
Assistant or Colleen Deegan, Counsel.

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