[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12994]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS

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                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Affairs 
will hold hearings entitled ``The Role of the Financial Institutions In 
Enron's Collapse.'' These hearings are a continuation of Subcommittee 
hearings on the collapse of Enron Corp., focusing on the role of major 
financial institutions and how they contributed to Enron's use of 
complex transactions to make the company look better financially than 
it actually was.
  The hearing will take place on Tuesday, July 23, and Tuesday, July 
30, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. each day, in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building. For further information, please contact Elise J. Bean 
of the Subcommittee staff at 224-9505.


               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. 
in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S. 2494, to revise the boundary of the Petrified Forest National 
Park in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes; S. 2598, to 
enhance the criminal penalties for illegal trafficking of 
archaeological resources, and for other purposes; S. 2727, to provide 
for the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, and 
for other purposes; and H.R. 3954, to designate certain waterways in 
the Caribbean National Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as 
components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
purposes.
  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 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United 
States Senate, 312 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 
20510.
  For further information, please contact David Brooks of the Committee 
staff at (202) 224-9863.

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