[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 721]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Wednesday, February 4, 2004, 
at 9:30 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to 
conduct a hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Request.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at 224-2251.


                     Subcommittee on National Parks

  Mr. THOMAS. 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 Subcommittee on National Parks of the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
  The hearing will be held on Thursday, February 5, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. 
in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: H.R. 1446 and S. 1306, to support the efforts of the California 
Missions Foundation to restore and repair the Spanish colonial and 
mission-era missions in the State of California and to preserve the 
artworks and artifacts of these missions, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 1521, to provide for additional lands to be included within the 
boundary of the Johnstown Flood National memorial in the State of 
Pennsylvania, 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 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 
20510-6150.
  For further information, please contact Tom Lillie at (202) 224-5161 
or Pete Lucero at (202) 224-6293.


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

   Mr. COLEMAN. 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 Governmental Affairs 
will hold a hearing entitled ``DOD Contractors Who Cheat on Their Taxes 
and What Should Be Done About It.'' The Subcommittee's hearings will 
examine Department of Defense (DOD) contractors who are abusing the 
Federal tax system by either failing to file tax returns or not paying 
their taxes. A recently completed General Accounting Office review of 
DOD contractors found that 27,100 contractors owed $3 billion in back 
taxes. The purpose of the hearing is to identify the corrective actions 
that can be taken to ensure that DOD contractors pay the taxes they owe 
the Federal Government.
  The hearings will take place on Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 9:30 
a.m., in Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For further 
information, please contact Raymond V. Shepherd, III, Staff Director 
and Chief Counsel to the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, at 
224-3721.


                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 a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests for the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Thursday, February 12, at 2:30 p.m. in 
Room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1421, to 
authorize the subdivision and dedication of restricted land owned by 
Alaska Natives; S. 1466, to facilitate the transfer of land in the 
State of Alaska, and for other purposes; S. 1649, to designate the 
Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness, to take certain land into 
trust for the Pueblo of Zia, and for other purposes; and S. 1910, to 
direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an inventory and 
management program for forests derived from public domain land.
  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, Washington, DC 20510-6150.
  For further information, please contact Dick Bouts 202-224-7545.

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