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, November 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, November 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
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