[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22799]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           NOTICES OF HEARING


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the public 
that a hearing has been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Thursday, October 19, 2000, at 3:00 
p.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in 
Washington, DC.
  The purpose of this oversight hearing is to receive testimony on 
potential timber sale contract liability incurred by the government as 
a result of timber sale contract cancellations.
  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 at (202) 224-6170.


               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 an oversight hearing has 
been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Thursday, October 19, 2000, at 9:30 
a.m. in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of this hearing is to conduct oversight on the Department 
of Energy's recent decision to release 30 million barrels of crude oil 
from the strategic petroleum reserve and the bid process used to award 
contracts regarding same.
  For further information, please call Brian Malnak, Deputy Staff 
Director at (202) 224-8119 or Betty Nevitt, Staff Assistant at (202) 
224-0765.

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