[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3446]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at 
9:30 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct 
a hearing on S. 1899, the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence 
Prevention Act Amendments of 2005. Those wishing additional information 
may contact the Indian Affairs Committee.


                    subcommittee on water and power

  Ms. MURKOWSKI. 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 Water and Power of the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Thursday, March 30, 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 S. 1577, to 
facilitate the transfer of Spearfish Hydroelectric Plant Number 1 to 
the city of Spearfish, SD, and for other purposes; S. 1962 and H.R. 
4000, bills to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise 
certain repayment contracts with the Bostwick Irrigation District in 
Nebraska, the Kansas Bostwick Irrigation District No. 2, the Frenchman-
Cambridge Irrigation District, and the Webster Irrigation District No. 
4, all a part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and for other 
purposes; S. 2028, to provide for the reinstatement of a license for a 
certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project; S. 2035, to 
extend the time required for construction of a hydroelectric project in 
the State of Idaho, and for other purposes; S. 2054, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of water resources in the 
State of Vermont; S. 2205, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain parcels of land acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and 
Pierre Canal features of the initial stage of the Oahe Unit, James 
Division, SD, to the Commission of Schools and Public Lands and the 
Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota for 
the purpose of mitigating lost wildlife habitat, on the condition that 
the current preferential leaseholders shall have an option to purchase 
the parcels from the Commission, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3812, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a feasibility 
study with respect to the Mokelumne River, 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 Nate Gentry or Steve 
Waskiewicz.


                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, April 5, at 2:30 p.m. in room 
SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to review the 2005 wildfire season and 
the Federal land management agencies' preparations for the 2006 
wildfire season.
  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, Washington, DC 20510-6150.
  For further information, please contact Frank Gladics or Sara Zecher.

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