[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4078]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS


                Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the following hearing has 
been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Thursday, February 27 at 3:00 p.m. in 
Room SD-366.
  The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on S. 246, a bill 
to provide that certain Bureau of Land Management land shall be held in 
trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso in 
the State of New Mexico; S. 32, a bill to establish Institutes to 
conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires 
in forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West; S. 203, a bill 
to open certain withdrawn land in Big Horn County, Wyoming, to 
locatable mineral development for bentonite mining; S. 278, a bill to 
make certain adjustments to the boundaries of the Mount Naomi 
Wilderness Area, and for other purposes.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearings, 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, SD-364, Washington, D.C. 20510-6150.
  For further information, please contact: Dick Bouts (202-224-7545) or 
Jared Stubbs (202-224-7556).

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