[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13329]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee 
on Public Lands and Forests.
  The hearing will be held on Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 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. 2443 and H.R. 2246, to provide for the release of any 
reversionary interest of the United States in and to certain lands in 
Reno, Nevada; S. 2779, to amend the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian 
tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal 
reclamation projects; S. 2875, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to provide grants to designated States and tribes to carry out 
programs to reduce the risk of livestock loss due to predation by gray 
wolves and other predator species or to compensate landowners for 
livestock loss due to predation; S. 2898 and H.R. 816, to provide for 
the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study 
Area in the State of Nevada; S. 3088, to designate certain land in the 
State of Oregon as wilderness, and for other purposes; S. 3089, to 
designate certain land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, and for 
other purposes; S. 3089, to designate certain land in the State of 
Oregon as wilderness, to provide for the exchange of certain Federal 
land and non-Federal land, and for other purposes; and S. 3157, to 
provide for the exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest 
System land and other land in southeast Arizona, 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 it to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, DC 
20510-6150, or by email to [email protected]
.gov.
  For further information, please contact David Brooks at (202) 224-
9863 or Rachel Pasternack at (202) 224-0883.


                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, June 26, at 9:30 
a.m. room 562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct an 
oversight hearing on Access to Contract Health Services in Indian 
Country.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at 224-2251.


            COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I would like to inform Members that the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship will hold a hearing 
entitled ``Examining Solutions to Cope with the Rise in Home Heating 
Oil Prices,'' on Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at 10 a.m., in room 428A of 
the Russell Senate Office Building.

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