SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS, OCEANS AND WILDLIFE
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
2:00 p.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 860 (Bordallo), To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes. "Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009"
- H.R. 934 (Sablan), To convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their submerged lands.
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
The Honorable Felix P. Camacho
Governor of Guam
The Honorable Togiola T.A. Tulafono
Governor of American Samoa
The Honorable Benigno R. Fitial
Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Panel II
Kacky Andrews
Director
Coral Reef Conservation Program
National Ocean Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Nikolao Pula
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Insular Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Evangeline D. Lujan
Chairperson
U.S. All Islands Coral Reef Committee
Ken Caldeira, Ph.D.
Department of Global Ecology
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Paul Dalzell
Senior Scientist
Western Pacific Fishery Regional Management Council