POSTPONED: Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearing to Receive Testimony on Pending Legislation
June 18, 2024
02:30 PM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building
The hearing previously announced to be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at 2:30 pm, to receive testimony on pending legislation, has been POSTPONED.
The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:
- S. 2944, to enable the people of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to determine the political status of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and for other purposes (Wicker);
- S. 3231, to enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for Puerto Rico and to provide for a transition to and the implementation of that permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status, and for other purposes (Heinrich).
The hearing will be webcast live on the Committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing concludes. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.
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Opening Remarks
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Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
ChairSubcommitte on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining -
Sen. Mike Lee
Ranking MemberSubcommitte on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
Witness Panel 1
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The Honorable Pedro R. Pierluisi
GovernorPuerto Rico -
The Honorable Juan Manuel Dalmau Ramírez
Secretary GeneralPuerto Rico Independence Party -
Mr. Pablo José Hernández Rivera
Secretary of Federal AffairsPopular Democratic Party -
Dr. Rafael Cox Alomar
Professor of LawDavid A. Clarke School of Law -
Mr. Jeff Arkin
Director, Strategic IssuesGovernment Accountability Office
