[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 2282-2283]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


          COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Subcommittee 
on Primary Health and Aging of the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor,

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and Pensions will meet in open session on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 
at 10 a.m. in SD-430 Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a 
hearing entitled Dental Crisis in America: The Need to Expand Access.
  For further information regarding this meeting, please contact the 
subcommittee on (202) 224-5480.


          COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on 
Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 10 a.m. in SD-430 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building to conduct a hearing entitled The Key to America's Global 
Competitiveness: A Quality Education.
  For further information regarding this meeting, please contact the 
committee on (202) 224-5501.


          COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Senate HELP 
Committee hearing previously scheduled for March 1, 2012, entitled 
``The Key to America's Global Competitiveness: A Quality Education'' 
has been postponed until Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 10 a.m. in room 430 
of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  For further information regarding this meeting, please contact the 
committee on (202) 224-5501.


               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 Subcommittee on National Parks. The hearing will be 
held on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 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. 29, a bill to establish the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 
     National Heritage Area;
       S. 1150, a bill to establish the Susquehanna Gateway 
     National Heritage Area in the State of Pennsylvania;
       S. 1191, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     carry out a study regarding the suitability and feasibility 
     of establishing the Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage 
     Area in Connecticut;
       S. 1198, a bill to reauthorize the Essex National Heritage 
     Area;
       S. 1215, a bill to provide for the exchange of land located 
     in the Lowell National Historical Park;
       S. 1589, a bill to extend the authorization for the Coastal 
     Heritage Trail in the State of New Jersey;
       S. 1708, a bill to establish the John H. Chafee Blackstone 
     River Valley National Historical Park;
       H.R. 1141, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
     study the suitability and feasibility of designating 
     prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on Rota, 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of 
     the National Park System.
       H.R. 2606, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
     allow the construction and operation of natural gas pipeline 
     facilities in the Gateway National Recreation Area, 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, 304 Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20510-6150, or by email to 
Jake_McC[email protected].
  For further information, please contact David Brooks (202) 224-9863 
or Jake McCook (202) 224-9313.


                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

  Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 
2:15 p.m. in room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct 
an oversight hearing on the President fiscal year 2013 Budget for 
Native Programs.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at (202) 224-2251.


               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 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
The hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at 10 a.m., in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the ``Report of 
the Independent Consultant's Review with Respect to the Department of 
Energy Loan and Loan Guarantee Portfolio.''
  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 Michael Carr at 202-224-8164 
or Colin Hayes at (202) 224-4797 or Abigail Campbell at 202-224-1219.

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