Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will one full committee hearing, one subcommittee hearing and one business meeting  next week.

The Full Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, November 15 at 10:00 a.m. in room SD-366 to evaluate and receive a status report on the Environmental Management programs of the Department of Energy.   

Invited Witnesses Include:

Ms. Nancy Tuor

President and CEO

Kaiser-Hill Company, LLC

Broomfield, CO

The Honorable James A. Rispoli

Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management

U.S. Department of Energy

The National Parks Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, November 15 at 2:30 p.m. in room SD-366 to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 431, a bill to establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the United States, S. 505, a bill to amend the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 2000 to adjust the boundary of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, S. 1288, a bill 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, a bill to establish the Northern Plains National Heritage Area in the State of North Dakota, S. Con. Res. 60, a concurrent resolution designating the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as America's National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, S. 748 and H.R. 1084, bills 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, to amend Public Law 104-329 to modify authorities for the use of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund.

Invited Witnesses Include:

Panel 1

Mr. Donald Murphy

Deputy Director

National Park Service

Panel 2

The Honorable Robert J. Letourneau

New Hampshire State Senator

Concord, N.H.

Ms. Emily Wadhams

Vice President for Public Policy

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Mr. John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil

Chairman, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Kansas City, MO

The Full Committee will hold a business meeting on November 16 at 11:30 a.m. in SD-366 to consider the following items on the agenda:

To consider the nomination of Jeffrey D. Jarrett to be Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

To consider the nomination of Edward F. Sproat III to be Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy.

Other non-controversial items will be added at a later date.  An updated list will be distributed at that time.