[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 9832]
[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, May 19, 2004, at 10 
a.m. in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a 
business meeting on S.J. Res. 37, a resolution to acknowledge a long 
history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the 
United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology 
to all native Peoples on behalf of the United States, and S. 2277, a 
bill to amend the act of November 2, 1966 (80 Stat. 1112), to allow 
binding arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts affecting 
the land within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation; to be 
followed immediately by a hearing on S. 1696, a bill to amend the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide 
further self-governance by Indian tribes.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at 224-2251.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, May 20, 2004, at 10 
a.m. in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a 
hearing on S. 2382, the Native American Connectivity Act. Those wishing 
additional information may contact the Indian Affairs Committee at 224-
2251.


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I announce for the information of the 
Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the 
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Wednesday, June 16, 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: (1) the 
grounding of multi-engine fire-retardant aircraft, (2) steps the Forest 
Service and Department of the Interior have taken to provide 
alternative aerial support for initial attack and extended attack fire 
fighting operations in the short run, and (3) the feasibility and 
desirability of designing and implementing an inspection process to 
allow the use of multi-engine fire-retardant aircraft in the future.
  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 Frank Gladics at 202-224-2878 
or Amy Millet at 202-224-2876.

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