Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold two Full Committee, a National Parks Subcommittee, and Public Lands & Forests Subcommittee hearings next week.
A full committee hearing will be held Wednesday at 2:30 P.M. in SD-366. The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony the December 2005 report from the President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s status.
Panel 1
C. Kevin Marshall
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Office of Legal Counsel
Department of Justice
Panel 2
The Honorable Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
Governor
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR
The Honorable Luis Fortuño
United States Congressman
The Honorable Maria de Lourdes Santiago
Senate Minority Leader
Puerto Rican Independence Party
San Juan, PR
A National Parks Subcommittee hearing will be held Wednesday at 4:00 P.M. in SD-366. The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 2148, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor in Alabama and Georgia, and for other purposes; S. 2475, a bill to establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino Community, to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino Community in Washington, DC, and for other purposes; S. 2822 and H.R. 5057, bills to authorize the Marion Park Project and Committee of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion; S. 3805 a bill 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 Monroe County, Michigan, relating to the Battles of the River Raisin during the War of 1812; H.R. 323, a bill to redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the "Bob Hope Memorial Library"; and H.R. 1096, a bill to establish the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey as the successor to the Edison National Historic Site.
Panel 1
The Honorable Mary A. Bomar
Director
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
A full committee hearing will be held Thursday at 10:00 A.M. in SD-366. The purpose of this legislative hearing is to consider the nomination of Kevin M. Kolevar, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability).
Witnesses List:
Kevin M. Kolevar
A Public Lands & Forests Subcommittee hearing will be held Thursday at 2:30 P.M. in SD-366. The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 3636, a bill to establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for high quality economic development in Washington County, Utah, and for other purposes; and S. 3772, a bill to establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for high quality development in White Pine County, Nevada, and for other purposes.
Invited Witnesses Include:
The Honorable Robert Bennett, United States Senator
The Honorable Orrin Hatch, United States Senator
The Honorable John Ensign, United States Senator
The Honorable Harry Reid, United States Senator
Panel 1
Mr. Chad Calvert
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Land and Minerals Management
Department of the Interior
Joel Holtrop
Deputy Chief
National Forest System
Department of Agriculture
Panel 2
Brent Eldridge
Commissioner
White Pine County, Nevada
Jerry Greenberg
VP, Regional Conservation
The Wilderness Society
Madison, Wisconsin
Alan D. Gardner
Commissioner
Washington County, Utah
Peter Metcalf
CEO, Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
Board of Directors, Outdoor Industry Association
Salt Lake City, Utah
