[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 29221]
[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 the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests.
  The hearing will be held on Thursday, December 17, 2009, 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. 1470, to sustain the economic development and recreational use of 
National Forest System land and other public land in the State of 
Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation 
System, to release certain wilderness study areas, to designate new 
areas for recreation, and for other purposes;
  S. 1719, to provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to 
the town of Alta, Utah;
  S. 1787, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation 
Act, and for other purposes;
  H.R. 762, to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other 
purposes; and
  H.R. 934, to convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same 
benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and 
American Samoa have in their submerged lands.
  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 allison_seyferth@energy
.senate.gov.
  For further information, please contact Scott Miller or Allison 
Seyferth.

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