[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21647]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


            Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

  Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, the Chair would like to inform the Members 
of the Committee that the committee will hold a field hearing entitled 
``Challenges Facing Women-Owned Small Businesses in Government 
Contracting,''on Tuesday, October 3, 2006, beginning at 2:30 p.m. in 
the Edwin Meese Conference Room of George Mason University's Fairfax 
campus.


                     Subcommittee on National Parks

  Mr. THOMAS. 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 be held on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 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 the following 
bills: S. 2148, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study 
the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Chattahoochee Trace 
National Heritage Corridor in Alabama and Georgia, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 1096, a bill to establish the Thomas Edison National 
Historical Park in the State of New Jersey as the successor to the 
Edison National Historic Site.
  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 Tom Lillie at 202-224-5161, 
David Szymanski at 202-224-6293, or Sara Zecher 202-224-8276.


                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 Thursday, November 16, 2006 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 the following 
bills: S. 3636, a bill to establish wilderness areas, promote 
conservation, improve public land, and provide for high quality 
economic development in Washington County, Utah, and for other 
purposes; and S. 3772, a bill to establish wilderness areas, promote 
conservation, improve public land, and provide for high quality 
development in White Pine County, Nevada, 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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