[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14200]
[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 the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests.
  The hearing will be held on Wednesday, July 16, 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: 2354, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 4 
parcels of land from the Bureau of Land Management to the city of Twin 
Falls, Idaho; S. 3065, to establish the Dominguez-Escalante National 
Conservation Area and the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area; S. 3069, to 
designate certain land as wilderness in the State of California, and 
for other purposes; S. 3085, to require the Secretary of the Interior 
to establish a cooperative watershed management program, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3473, to provide for a land exchange with the City of 
Bountiful, Utah, involving National Forest System land in the Wasatch-
Cache National Forest and to further land ownership consolidation in 
that national forest, and for other purposes; H.R. 3490, to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Bureau of 
Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands 
into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3651, to require the 
conveyance of certain public land within the boundaries of Camp 
Williams, Utah, to support the training and readiness of the Utah 
National Guard.
  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 Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the location has been 
changed for an upcoming hearing before the Subcommittee on National 
Parks. The hearing will be held on Monday, July 21, 2008, at 9:30 a.m., 
the new location: Alumni Hall, Highsmith Union, University of North 
Carolina Asheville, One University Heights, Asheville, North Carolina.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony regarding the All 
Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of all species within the Great Smoky 
Mountains National Park. Specifically, the hearing will address: (1) 
How much has been learned up to this point and at what cost? (2) What 
is left to be done and what is the estimated time and cost to complete 
the inventory? (3) How has the data been used and are there other ways 
to use it? (4) What changes, if any, should be made in the program and 
(5) Should the program be expanded to include other National Parks?
  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 Kira Finkler at (202) 224-
5523 or Rachel Pasternack at (202) 224-0883.


                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs will hold a hearing entitled, ``Medicare 
Vulnerabilities: Payments for Claims Tied to Deceased Doctors.'' The 
Subcommittee hearing will examine fraud, waste, and abuse in the 
Medicare program in connection with the payment of claims containing 
the physician identification numbers of doctors who had died at least 1 
year before the prescription was filled. The hearing will focus on 
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) claims citing a deceased doctor as the 
prescribing physician, and inadequate oversight by the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to correct the problem. The 
Subcommittee will also issue a Subcommittee staff report in conjunction 
with the hearing summarizing its investigative findings. Witnesses for 
the upcoming hearing will include representatives from CMS, Health & 
Human Services' Office of the Inspector General, and the Social 
Security Administration.
  The Subcommittee hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at 
10:30 a.m., in Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For 
further information, please contact Elise Bean of the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations at 224-9505.

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