[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15120-15121]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           NOTICE OF HEARING


               committee on energy and natural resources

                    subcommittee on water and power

  Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. 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 hearing will take place on Tuesday, July 25, 2000, at 2:30 p.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. 2877, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study 
on water optimization in the Burnt River basin, Malheur River basin, 
Owyhee River basin, and Powder River basin, Oregon; S. 2881, to update 
an existing Bureau of Reclamation program by amending the Small 
Reclamation Projects Act of 1956, to establish a partnership program in 
the Bureau of Reclamation for small reclamation projects, and for other 
purposes; and S. 2882, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to 
conduct certain feasibility studies to augment water supplies for the 
Klamath Project, Oregon and California, and for other purposes.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify

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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, U.S. Senate, 364 Dirsken Senate Office Building, Washington, 
DC 20510-6150.
  For further information, please call Trici Heninger, Staff Assistant, 
or Colleen Deegan, Counsel, at (202) 224-8115.

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