[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 355]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           NOTICE OF HEARING


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  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 on Tuesday, February 22, 2000 at 3:00 
p.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in 
Washington, D.C.
  The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1722, a 
bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the maximum acreage 
of Federal leases for sodium that may be held by an entity in any 1 
State, and for other purposes; and it's companion bill H.R. 3063, a 
bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the maximum acreage 
of Federal leases for sodium that may be held by an entity in any one 
State, and for other purposes; and S. 1950, a bill to amend the Mineral 
Leasing Act of 1920 to ensure the orderly development of coal, coalbed 
methane, natural gas, and oil in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and 
Montana, 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, 
D.C. 20510.

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