Media Advisory: National Parks Subcommittee to Hold June 22 Hearing

June 13, 2006
10:18 AM

Who:       National Parks Subcommittee

When:    Thursday, June 22 at 2:30 p.m.

Where:     SD-366

Why:      To receive testimony on the following bills: S. 574, a bill to amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to increase the authorization of appropriations and modify the date on which the authority of the Secretary of the Interior terminates under the Act; S. 1387, a bill to provide for an update of the Cultural Heritage and Land Management Plan for the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, to extend the authority of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, to authorize the undertaking of a special resource study of sites and landscape features within the Corridor, and to authorize additional appropriations for the Corridor; S. 1721, a bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas; S. 2037, a bill to establish the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area in the State of Colorado; and S. 2645, a bill to establish the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area.

       
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