[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11194-11195]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a field hearing has been 
scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
The hearing will be held on Monday, July 7, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. in the 
Cajundome Convention Center, 444 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette, LA 70506.
  The purpose of the hearing is to examine Outer Continental Shelf 
production and to identify what actions the Federal Government can take 
to maximize the opportunities and minimize the challenges.
  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, U.S. Senate, 304 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20510-6150, or by email to 
[email protected].
  For further information, please contact Herman Gesser, III, at (202) 
224-7826, or Clayton Allen at (202) 224-8164.


                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

  Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate 
on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a legislative hearing

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to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 2442, A bill to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land and mineral rights 
on the reservation of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana and other 
culturally important land into trust for the benefit of the Northern 
Cheyenne Tribe, and for other purposes; S. 2465, A bill to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 4 parcels of Federal land 
for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico; 
S. 2479, A bill to provide for a land conveyance in the State of 
Nevada; S. 2480, A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain Federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land 
into trust for certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes; and S. 
2503, A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into the 
Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement and the 
Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, 
to provide for the lease of certain land located within Planet Ranch on 
the Bill Williams River in the State of Arizona to benefit the Lower 
Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and to provide for 
the settlement of specific water rights claims in the Bill Williams 
River watershed in the State of Arizona.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at (202) 224-2251.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate 
on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct an oversight hearing entitled 
``Improving the Trust System: Continuing Oversight of the Department of 
the Interior's Land Buy-Back Program.''
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at (202) 224-2251.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate 
on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct an oversight hearing entitled 
``Indian Gaming: The Next 25 Years.''
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at (202) 224-2251.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate 
on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct an oversight hearing entitled 
``When Catastrophe Strikes: Responses to Natural Disasters in Indian 
Country.''
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at (202) 224-2251.

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