SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS, OCEANS AND WILDLIFE
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, May 6, 2010
10:00 a.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 2864 (D. Young) legislation to amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act to include hydrographic data and services in the Arctic
- H.R. 3805 (Wittman) To amend the Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2005 to extend by 2 years the period for the conduct of the electronic duck stamp pilot program under that Act. "Electronic Duck Stamp Extension Act of 2009"
- H.R. 4973 (Kratovil) To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize volunteer programs and community partnerships for national wildlife refuges, and for other purposes. "National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010"
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
Paul Schmidt
Assistant Director for Migratory Birds
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
Captain John E. Lowell, Jr.
Director of the Office of Coast Survey
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce
Len Singel
Chief Customer Service Officer
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
John Farrell, Ph.D.
Executive Director
U.S. Arctic Research Commission
Panel II
Scott Sutherland
Director of the Governmental Affairs Office
Ducks Unlimited
Larry A. Mayer, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping
University of New Hampshire
Thomas A. Hook
Treasurer
Friends of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Bill Swift
Board Member and Volunteer
Rappahannock Wildlife Refuge Friends