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DATE |
HEARING
SUBJECT |
WITNESS(ES) |
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Mon.,
12/19 |
Park Landscape
Restoration Programs and Retention of Funds from Timber Removal
Oversight hearing on “Park
Landscape Restoration Programs and Retention of Funds from Timber Removal”
House
Resources S/C on National Parks (Pearce) |
Ernest
Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region, National Park
Service |
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Wed.,
12/14 |
The National
Park Service Organic Act and Its Implementation Through Daily Park
Management Oversight hearing on “The
National Park Service Organic Act and Its Implementation Through Daily
Park Management” House
Resources S/C on National Parks (Pearce) |
Steven P.
Martin,
Deputy Director, National Park Service |
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Thurs.,
12/8 |
Indian Trust
Reform Act of 2005 Hearing on H.R. 4322 (Pombo), to provide for Indian trust asset management reform and resolution of historical accounting claims, and for other purposes House
Resources S/C on National Parks (Pearce) |
James
Cason,
Associate Deputy Secretary; accompanied by Ross O. Swimmer, Special
Trustee for American Indians |
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Wed.,
12/7 |
Water Bills
Hearing on H.R. 2334 (Capps), to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities for the GREAT project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired waters water in the are of Oxnard, California; H.R. 2978 (Rehberg), to allow the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation to enter into a lease or other temporary conveyance of water rights recognized under the Fort Peck-Montana Compact for the purposes of meeting the water needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Incorporated; H.R. 4000 (Moran), to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise certain repayment contracts with the Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska, the Kansas Bostwick Irrigation District No. 2, the Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District, and the Webster Irrigation District No. 4 all a part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program; and S. 101 (Enzi), to convey to the town of Frannie, Wyoming, certain land withdrawn by the Commissioner of Reclamation House
Resources S/C on Water and Power (Radanovich) |
William E.
Rinne,
Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of
Reclamation |
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Tues.,
12/6 |
Refuge Bills
Hearing on H.R. 2866 (Abercrombie), to provide for the
expansion of the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge, Honolulu County,
Hawaii; and H.R. 3682 (Davis), to redesignate the Mason
Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia as the Elizabeth Hartwell Mason
Neck National Wildlife Refuge House
Resources S/C on Fisheries and Oceans (Gilchrest) |
Rick
Shultz,
Chief of the Division of Conservation, Planning, and Policy for the
National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service |
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Thurs.,
12/1 |
National Parks
of Hawaii Oversight field hearing on
“National Parks of Hawaii” House
Government Reform S/C on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human
Resources (Souder) |
Frank
Hays,
Pacific Area Director, National Park Service
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Mon.,
11/28 |
National Parks
of California Oversight field hearing on
“National Parks of California” House
Government Reform S/C on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human
Resources (Souder) |
Brian
O’Neill,
General Superintendent, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National
Park Service |
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Thurs.,
11/17 |
National Park
Service Efforts to Combat the Growth of Illegal Drug Farms in
Parks Oversight hearing on National
Park Service efforts to combat the growth of illegal drug farms in
parks House
Resources S/C on National Parks (Pearce) |
Karen
Taylor-Goodrich,
Assistant Director for Visitor and Resource Protection, National Park
Service |
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Tues.,
11/15 |
Parks and Lands
Bills Hearing on S. 431 (DeWine) to establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the United States; S. 505 (Kyl), to amend the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 2000 to adjust the boundary of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area; S. 1288 (Wyden), to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements to protect natural resources of units of the National Park System through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of units of the National Park System; S. 1544 (Dorgan), to establish the Northern Plains National Heritage Area in the State of North Dakota; S. Con. Res. 60 (Talent), a concurrent resolution designating the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as America’s National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum; S. 748 (Gregg) and H.R. 1084 (Bradley), to authorize the establishment at Antietam National Battlefield of a memorial to the officers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862; and H.R. 2107 (Saxton), to amend Public Law 104-329 to modify authorities for the use of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund Senate Energy
and Natural Resources S/C on National Parks
(Thomas) |
Donald
W. Murphy,
Deputy Director, National Park Service |
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Mon.,
11/14 |
U.S. – Russia
Polar Bear Agreement Hearing on the U.S. – Russia
Polar Bear Agreement Senate
Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
(Stevens) |
Marshall
Jones,
Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service |
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Thurs.,
11/10 |
Parks Bills
Hearing on H.R.
413 (Ryun), to
establish the Bleeding Kansas and the Enduring Struggle for Freedom
National Heritage Area; H.R.
452 (Clay), to
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine
the suitability and feasibility of designating the Soldiers’ Memorial
Military Museum located in St. Louis, Missouri, as a unit of the National
Park System; and H.R.
1307 (Garrett),
to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate portions of
Musconectcong River in the State of New Jersey as a component of the
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System House
Resources S/C on National Parks (Pearce) |
Janet
Matthews,
Associate Director for Cultural Resources, National Park
Service |
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Thurs.,
11/10 |
Healthy Forest
Legislation Hearing on H.R. 4200 (Walden), to improve the ability
of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to
promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events
affecting Federal lands under their jurisdiction, including the removal of
dad and damaged trees and the implementation of reforestation treatments,
to support the recovery of non-Federal lands damaged by catastrophic
events, to revitalize Forest Service experimental
forests House
Resources S/C on Forests and Forest Health (Walden) |
P. Lynn
Scarlett,
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and
Budget |
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Wed.,
11/9 |
Water Bills
Hearing on H.R.
3626 (Bishop),
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of
enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, Utah, to provide
additional water for the Weber Basin Project to fulfill the purposes for
which that project was authorized; H.R.
3967 (Herseth),
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallocate costs of the
Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to reflect increased demands for
municipal, industrial, and fish and wildlife purposes; and H.R.
4195 (Walden),
to authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation
within Rogue River Valley Irrigation District or within Medford Irrigation
District House
Resources S/C on Water and Power (Radanovich) |
Jack
Garner,
Acting Deputy Director of Operations, Bureau of Reclamation
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Wed.,
11/9 |
Federal Role in
Natural Gas Supply and Demand Hearing to discuss the Federal
role in natural gas supply and demand and the effects of the high price of
natural gas on consumers House
Appropriations S/C on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
(Taylor) |
P. Lynn
Scarlett, Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget |
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Tues.,
11/8 |
Coastal Barrier
Resources Act Hearing on H.R.
3552 (Gilchrest), to reauthorize the
Coastal Barrier Resources Act House
Resources S/C on Fisheries and Oceans (Gilchrest) |
Dr.
Benjamin N. Tuggle,
Chief, Division of Federal Program Activities, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service |
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Thurs., 11/3 |
Federal and
District of Columbia Government Real Property Act of
2005 Hearing on H.R. 3699 (Tom Davis), to provide for the
sale, acquisition, conveyance, and exchange of certain real property in
the District of Columbia to facilitate the utilization, development, and
redevelopment of such property House
Resources S/C on National Parks (Pearce) |
Paul
Hoffman, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks |
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Thurs.,
11/3 |
Water Bills
Hearing on H.R.
1190 (Hunter),
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study to
design and construct a four reservoir intertie system for the purposes of
improving the water storage opportunities, water supply reliability, and
water yield of San Vincente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland Reservoirs
in San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority; H.R.
2563 (Otter),
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct feasibility studies
to address certain water shortages within Snake, Boise, and Payette River
system in Idaho; and H.R.
3153 (Cubin),
to reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish
recovery implementation programs House
Resources S/C on Water and Power (Radanovich) |
William E.
Rinne,
Deputy Commissioner of Reclamation |
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Thurs.,
11/3 |
Asian
Carp Oversight hearing on the
growing problem of invasive Asian carp in the Great Lakes and Mississippi
River System House
Resources S/C on Fisheries and Oceans (Gilchrest) |
Everett
Wilson,
Deputy Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service |
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Wed.,
11/2 |
Lands Bills
Hearing on S. 1552
(Cantwell), to amend Public
Law 97-435 to extend the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior
to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain
land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington, University until
December 31, 2009; and S. 1541
(Akaka), to protect, conserve,
and restore public land administered by the Department of the Interior or
the Forest Service and adjacent land through cooperative cost-shared
grants to control and mitigate the spread of invasive species; S. 405
(Reid), to provide for the
conveyance of certain public land in Clark County, Nevada Senate Energy
and Natural Resources S/C on Public Lands and Forests (Craig)
|
Scott
J. Cameron,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Performance, Accountability, and Human
Resources |
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Wed.,
11/2 |
Federal Action
in Response to Hurricane Katrina Oversight hearing on actions
of the Fish and Wildlife Service as they relate to Hurricane Katrina and
the ongoing recovery Senate
Environment and Public Works Committee (Inhofe) |
H. Dale
Hall,
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service |
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Tues.,
11/1 |
Historic
Preservation in Katrina Impacted Areas Oversight hearing on “Historic
Preservation vs. Katrina: What Role Should Federal, State, and Local
Governments Play in Preserving Historic Properties Affected by this
Catastrophic Storm?” House
Government
Reform S/C on Federalism and the Census (Turner) |
Janet Snyder
Matthews,
Associate Director for Cultural Resources, National Park Service
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Tues.,
11/1 |
National Park
Service Draft Management Policies Oversight hearing on National
Park Service draft management policies, including potential impact of the
policies on park operations, park resources, interaction with gateway
communities, and solicitation and collection of donations
Senate Energy
and Natural Resources S/C on National Parks
(Thomas) |
Stephen P.
Martin,
Deputy Director, National Park Service |
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Thurs.,
10/27 |
Central Idaho
Economic Development and Recreation Act Hearing on H.R. 3603 (Simpson), to promote the economic
development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and other
public lands in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White Cloud
Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain National
Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for recreational
and grazing use and conservation and resource protection, to add certain
National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management land in central
Idaho to the National Wilderness Preservation
System House
Resources S/C on Forest and Forest Health (Walden) |
Edward
Shephard,
Assistant Director for Renewable Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land
Management |
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Thurs.,
10/27 |
Hurricane
Recovery Efforts Oversight hearing on hurricane
recovery efforts related to energy and to discuss energy policy
Senate Energy
and Natural Resources Committee (Domenici) |
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Wed.,
10/26 |
Recreation
Fees Hearing on the implementation
of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, P.L. 108-447 by the
Forest Service and the Department of the Interior
Senate Energy
and Natural Resources S/C on Public Lands and Forests
(Craig) |
P. Lynn
Scarlett,
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and
Budget |
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Tues.,
10/25 |
BLM Oil and Gas
Activities Oversight hernia on the oil
and gas activities of the Bureau of Land Management, including the impact
of recently passed energy legislation Senate
Appropriations S/C on Interior and Related Agencies
(Burns) |
Kathleen
Clarke,
Director, Bureau of Land Management |
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Tues.,
10/25 |
Territories
Related Bills Hearing on S. 1829 (Domenici), to repeal certain
sections of the Act of May, 1936, pertaining to the Virgin Islands; and S. 1831 (Domenici), to convey certain
submerged land to the Commonwealth of the Senate Energy
and Natural Resources Committee (Domenici) |
Nikolao I.
Pula,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular
Affairs |
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Thurs.,
10/20 |
Water Supply
Vulnerabilities in the Sacramento / San Joaquin River System
Oversight hearing on “Water
Supply Vulnerabilities in the Sacramento / San Joaquin River System
House
Resources S/C on Water and Power (Radanovich) |
Kirk
Rodgers,
Mid-Pacific Regional Director, Bureau of
Reclamation |
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Thurs.,
10/20 |
Expert Views on
Hurricane and Flood Protection and Water Resources Planning for a Rebuilt
Gulf Coast Hearing on “Expert Views on
Hurricane and Flood Protection and Water Resources Planning for a Rebuilt
Gulf Coast” House
Transportation and Infrastructure S/C on Water Resources and the
Environment (Duncan) |
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Tues.,
10/18 |
Supervisory
Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Hearing on Supervisory Control
and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems and the Terrorist Threat: Protecting
the Nation’s Critical Control Systems House
Committee on Homeland Security S/C on Economic Security, Infrastructure
Protection, and Cybersecurity (Lungren) |
Larry
Todd,
Director of Security, Safety, and Law Enforcement, U.S. Bureau of
R0eclamation |
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Thurs.,
10/13 |
Management of
the National Park Service and the Parks of the Southwest
Oversight field hearing on
“Management of the National Parks and the Parks of the
Southwest” House
Government Reform S/C on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human
Resources (Souder) |
Richard M.
Frost,
Associate Regional Director, Communications and External Affairs,
Intermountain Region, National Park
Service |
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Fri.,
10/7 |
Restoration
after Recent Hurricanes and other Natural Disasters: Federal Role in
Recovery after Catastrophic Events Affecting Forest
Lands Oversight hearing on
“Restoration after Recent Hurricanes and other Natural Disasters: Federal
Role in Recovery after Catastrophic Events Affecting Forest
Lands” House
Resources S/C on Forests and Forest Health (Walden) |
P. Lynn
Scarlett,
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget; accompanied by
Larry Parkinson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Law Enforcement and
Security |
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Thurs.,
10/6 |
Water Bills
Hearing on S. 1025
(Roberts), to amend the
Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of the Cheney
division, Wichita Federal reclamation project, Kansas; S. 1498
(Allard), to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain water distribution facilities
to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District; S. 1529
(Kyl), to provide for the
conveyance of certain Federal land in the city of Yuma, Arizona; S. 1578
(Allard), to reauthorize
the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery
implementation programs; S. 1760
(Gordon Smith), to
authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation
within Rogue River Valley Irrigation District or within Medford Irrigation
District
Senate Energy
and Natural Resources S/C on Water and Power
(Murkowski) |
William E.
Rinne,
Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of
Reclamation |
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Thurs.,
10/6 |
Water Bills
Hearing on H.R. 122
(Issa), to amend the
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Eastern
Municipal Water District Recycled Water System Pressurization and
Expansion Project; H.R. 2341
(Doggett), to amend the
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study planning, and construction of
a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater within and outside of the
service area of the City of Austin Water and Wastewater Utility, Texas; H.R. 3418
(Edwards), to amend the
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Central
Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project; and H.R. 3929
(Calvert), to amend the
Water Desalination Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior
to assist in research and development, environmental and feasibility
studies, and preliminary engineering for the Municipal Water District of
Orange County, California, Dana Point Desalination Project located at Dana
Point, California
House
Resources S/C on Water and Power (Radanovich) |
Jack
Garner,
Acting Deputy Commissioner and Deputy Director of Operations, Bureau of
Reclamation |
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Thurs.,
9/29 |
Parks
Bills Hearing on H.R. 326
(Grijalva), to amend the
Yuma Crossing national Heritage Area Act of 2000 to adjust the boundary of
the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area and to extend the authority of
the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance under that Act; H.R. 1436
(Renzi), to remove certain
use restrictions on property located in Navajo County, Arizona; and H.R. 1972
(Blackburn), to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine
the suitability and feasibility of including in the National Park System
certain sites in Williamson County, Tennessee, relating to the Battle of
Franklin House
Resources S/C on National Parks (Pearce) |
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