[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17646]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs is re-scheduling their September 13, 2000 
hearing to September 14, 2000, in the Russell Senate Office Building 
room number 485, at 3:30 p.m. on S. 2899, a bill to express the policy 
of the United States regarding the United States' relationship with 
Native Hawaiians. Immediately following the hearing will be a business 
meeting where S. 2920, a bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act, S. 2688, a bill to amend the Native American Languages Act, and S. 
2899, a bill to express the policy of the United States regarding the 
United States' relationship with Native Hawaiians, will be considered.


                    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 hearing will take place on Tuesday, September 19, 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 the following 
bills: H.R. 3577, To increase the amount authorized to be appropriated 
for the north side pumping division of the Minidoka reclamation 
project, Idaho; S. 2906, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
enter into contracts with the city of Loveland, Colorado to use 
Colorado-Big Thompson Project facilities for the impounding, storage, 
and carriage of nonproject water for domestic, municipal, industrial, 
and other beneficial purposes; S. 2942, To extend the deadline for 
commencement of construction of certain hydroelectric projects in the 
State of West Virginia; S. 2951, To authorize the Commission of 
Reclamation to conduct a study to investigate opportunities to better 
manage the water resources in the Salmon Creek watershed of the Upper 
Columbia River; and S. 3022, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain irrigation facilities to the Nampa and Meridian 
Irrigation District.
  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 Trici Heninger, Staff Assistant, 
or Colleen Deegan, Counsel, at (202) 224-8115.

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