[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6787-6788]
[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 Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. The 
hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 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. 220, to provide for the restoration of forest landscapes, 
protection of old growth forests, and management of national forests in 
the eastside forests of the State of Oregon;
  S. 270, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
Federal land to Deschutes County, Oregon;
  S. 271, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a 
property conveyance with the city of Wallowa, Oregon, and for other 
purposes;
  S. 278, to provide for the exchange of certain land located in the 
Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado, and for 
other purposes;
  S. 292, to resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native 
Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon Lake in 
the State of Alaska and to provide for the conveyance to the Bering 
Straits Native Corporation of certain other public land in partial 
satisfaction of the land entitlement of the Corporation under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act;
  S. 322, to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of 
Washington, to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt 
River as wild and scenic rivers, and for other purposes;
  S. 382, to amend the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to 
clarify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture regarding 
additional recreational uses of National Forest System land that is 
subject to ski area permits, and for other purposes;
  S. 427, to withdraw certain land located in Clark County, Nevada, 
from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and disposition 
under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral 
materials, and for other purposes;
  S. 526, to provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land 
Management land in Mohave County, Arizona, to the Arizona Game and Fish 
Commission, for use as a public shooting range;
  S. 566, to provide for the establishment of the National Volcano 
Early Warning and Monitoring System;
  S. 590, 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;
  S. 607, 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;
  S. 617, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
Federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land into trust for 
the Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, and for other 
purposes;
  S. 683, to provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to 
the town of Mantua, Utah;
  S. 684, to provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to 
the town of Alta, Utah;

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  S. 667, to establish the Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation 
Area in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes;
  S. 729, to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other 
purposes;
  S. 766, to provide for the designation of the Devil's Staircase 
Wilderness Area in the State of Oregon, to designate segments of Wasson 
and Franklin Creeks in the State of Oregon as wild rivers, and for 
other purposes;
  S. 896, to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand the 
authorization of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the 
Interior to provide service opportunities for young Americans; help 
restore the nation's natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, 
recreational and scenic resources; train a new generation of public 
land managers and enthusiasts; and promote the value of public service; 
and
  S. 897, 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.
  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].
  For further information, please contact Scott Miller or Allison 
Seyferth.


               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 Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 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. 233, to withdraw certain Federal land and interests in that land 
from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and disposition 
under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws;
  S. 375, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with State 
foresters authorizing State foresters to provide certain forest, 
rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services;
  S. 714, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, 
and for other purposes; and
  S. 730, to provide for the settlement of certain claims under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 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].
  For further information, please contact Scott Miller or Allison 
Seyferth.

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