[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 818]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


           committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry

  Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Senate 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry will meet on February 
9, 2000, in SR-328A at 9 a.m. The purpose of this meeting will be to 
review dairy policy.


            committee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry

  Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Senate 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry will meet on February 
10, 2000, in SH-216 at 9 a.m. The purpose of this meeting will be to 
review the findings of the President's Working Group's Report on ``Over 
the Counter Derivatives Markets and the Commodity Exchange Act.''


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public a change in the agenda of the 
hearing previously scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources for Thursday, February 10 at 10 a.m. Instead of S. 1192 (a 
bill to designate national forest land managed by the Forest Service in 
the Lake Tahoe Basin as the ``Lake Tahoe National Scenic Forest and 
Recreation Area,'' and to promote environmental restoration around the 
Lake Tahoe Basin), the committee will receive testimony on S. 1925 (a 
bill to promote environmental restoration around the Lake Tahoe basin).


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a field hearing has been 
scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Monday, February 14 at 2 p.m. at the 
Albuquerque Convention Center, West Building, Cochiti/Taos Rooms, 401 
Second St., NW, Albuquerque, NM.
  The title of this hearing is Industry-Laboratory Partnerships, and 
the role of S. 1756, a bill to enhance the ability of the National 
Laboratories to meet Department of Energy missions and for other 
purposes.
  Those wishing to testify or who wish to submit written statements 
should contact the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. 
Senate, Washington, DC 20510. For further information, please contact 
Howard Useem, senior professional staff member, at (202) 224-6567.


               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 previously scheduled before the subcommittee on Tuesday, 
February 22, 2000 at 3 p.m. 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 one State, and for other 
purposes; and its 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, has been moved to Thursday, February 24, 2000 
at 2:30 p.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in 
Washington, DC.
  In addition, a hearing has been scheduled before the subcommittee on 
Tuesday, February 22, 2000 at 2:30 p.m. in room 366 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. The purpose of this hearing 
is to conduct oversight on the Administration's effort to review 
approximately 40 million acres of national forest lands for increased 
protection.
  Those who wish to submit written statements should write to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 
20510. For further information, please call Mark Rey (202) 224-2878.

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