[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11429-11430]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


               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 National Parks.
  The hearing will be held on June 17, 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. 1774, to designate the John Krebs Wilderness in the State of 
California, to add certain land to the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National 
Park Wilderness, and for other purposes; S. 2255, to amend the National 
Trails System Act to provide for studies of the Chisholm Trail and 
Great Western Trail to determine whether to add the trails to the 
National Trails System, and for other purposes; S. 2359, to establish 
the St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission, and for other 
purposes; S. 2943, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate 
the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail; S. 3010, to reauthorize 
the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program; S. 3017, to designate the 
Beaver Basin Wilderness at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the 
State of Michigan; S. 3045, to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain 
Arm National Forest Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 1143, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, 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 e-mail to [email protected]
.gov.
  For further information, please contact David Brooks at (202) 224-
9863 or Rachel Pasternack at (202) 224-0883.

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