[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17816]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, September 14, 2006, 
at 9:30 a.m in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to 
conduct a hearing on the nomination of Carl J. Artman to be Assistant 
Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Washington, DC. to be followed immediately by a business meeting to 
approve the nomination of Carl J. Artman.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at 224-2251.


                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 of the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Wednesday, September 27th, at 10 a.m. in 
room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S. 3599, to establish the Prehistoric Trackways National 
Monument in the State of New Mexico; S. 3794, to provide for the 
implementation of the Owyhee Initiative Agreement, and for other 
purposes; S. 3854, to designate certain land in the State of Oregon as 
wilderness, and for other purposes; H.R. 3603, to promote the economic 
development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and 
other public lands in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White 
Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain 
National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for 
recreational and grazing use and conservation and resource protection, 
to add certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land 
Management lands in central Idaho to the National Wilderness 
Preservation System, and for other purposes; and H.R. 5025, to protect 
for future generations the recreational opportunities, forests, timber, 
clean water, wilderness and scenic values, and diverse habitat of Mount 
Hood National Forest, Oregon, 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, Washington, DC 20510-6150.
  For further information, please contact Frank Gladics at 202-224-
2878, Dick Bouts at 202-224-7545, or Sara Zecher 202-224-8276.

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