Subcommittee on National Parks: To Receive Testimony on Current Legislation (Hearing Room SD-366)
September 27, 2007
02:30 PM
SD-366 Energy Committee Hearing Room
The purpose of this hearing will be to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 128, to amend the Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act to designate a new management entity, make certain technical and conforming amendments, enhance private property protections, and for other purposes; S. 148, to establish the Paterson Great Falls National Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes; S. 189, to decrease the matching funds requirement and authorize additional appropriations for Keweenaw National Historical Park in the State of Michigan; S. 697, to establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in the State of Pennsylvania; S. 867 and H.R. 299, to adjust the boundary of Lowell National Historical Park, and for other purposes; S.1039 to extend the authorization for the Coastal Heritage Trail in the State of New Jersey; S. 1341, to provide for the exchange of certain Bureau of Land Management land in Pima County, Arizona, and for other purposes; S. 1476, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study of the Tule Lake Segregation Center in Modoc County, California, to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing a unit of the National Park System; S.1709 and H.R. 1239, to amend the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act, and for other purposes; S. 1808, to authorize the exchange of certain land in Denali National Park in the State of Alaska; S. 1969, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating Estate Grange and other sites related to Alexander Hamilton's life on the island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
Witness Panel 1
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Carl Levin
The Honorable -
The Honorable Bill Pascrell
US House of Representatives -
The Honorable Wayne Allard
SenatorU.S. Senate
Witness Panel 2
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Daniel Wenk
Deputy DirectorNational Park Service, Department of the Interior
Witness Panel 3
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Tom Brooks
Chief EngineerAlaska Railroad -
August Carlino
CEO and PresidentSteel Industry Heritage Corporation -
Leonard Zax
New Jersey Community Development Corp.