SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17

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SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17

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The following press release was published by the Senate Committee On Energy & Natural Resources on Nov. 14, 2003. It is reproduced in full below.

Washington, D.C. - The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Subcommittee on Public Lands & Forests will each be conducting one hearing. The Subcommittee on Public Lands & Forests will hold a hearing to receive testimony Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 2:30 p.m. in SD-366 on the following five bills: S. 1167, a bill to resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties in the State of Missouri; S. 1848, a bill to amend the Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administrative Site in the State of Oregon; S. 1467, a bill to establish the Rio Grande Outstanding Natural Area in the State of Colorado; S. 1209, a bill to provide for the acquisition of property in Washington County, Utah, for implementation of a desert tortoise habitat conservation plan; H.R. 708, a bill to require the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in Mendocino National Forest, California, to provide for the use of the proceeds from such conveyance for National Forest purposes. The invited witnesses are: Panel One The Honorable John Robert F. Bennett

United States Senator

Utah

The Honorable Christopher S. Bond

United States Senator

Missouri

Panel Two Mr. Tom Thompson

Deputy Chief Nation Forest Systems

Forest Service

United States Department of Agriculture

Mr. Jim Hughes

Deputy Director

Bureau of Land Management

United States Department of the Interior

Panel Three Ms. Charlotte Bobicki

Alamosa County Commissioner

Alamosa, Colorado

Ms. Kate Booth Doyle

San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council

Del Norte, Colorado

The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a hearing on Friday, Nov. 21, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. in SD-366. The purpose of the hearing is to conduct oversight of the implementation of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness and Compensation Program. The invited witnesses are: (This list is subject to change) Panel One The Honorable Charles E. Grassley

United States Senator

Panel Two The Honorable Robert G. Card

Under Secretary

Department of Energy

Panel Three Mr. Robert E. Robertson

Director

Education,Workforce, Income Security Issues

U. S. General Accounting Office

Dr. David Michaels

Professor

George Washington University

Dr. John F. Burton

Professor

Rutgers University

Mr. Richard Miller

Government Accountability Project

Mr. Leon Owens

President

PACE

Paducah KY Chapter

Mr. Donald Elisburg

Attorney

AFL-CIO

Building and Construction Trades Department

Source: Senate Committee On Energy & Natural Resources

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