JOINT LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON

H.R. 2057, To provide for a multi-agency cooperative effort to encourage further research regarding the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control the further spread of the disease in deer and elk herds, to monitor the incidence of the disease, to support State efforts to control the disease, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2416, To provide for the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, and for other purposes.

WITNESSES

H.R. 2057

Charles "Chip" Groat, Director
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of the Interior

Bobby Acord, Administrator
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
U.S. Department of Agriculture

The Honorable Russell George, Director
Division of Wildlife
Colorado Department of Natural Resources

Gary J. Taylor, Legislative Director
International Associate of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

Accompanied by
John Fisher, Ph.D.
Director, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study
Chairman, Association's Fish and Wildlife Health Committee

H.R. 2416

The Honorable James McGovern
U.S. House of Representatives
3rd District of Massachusetts

Robert Lamb, Senior Advisor to the Secretary
Policy, Management and Budget
U.S. Department of the Interior

Catherine A. Forster, Ph.D.
Member at Large
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

Ted J. Vlamis
Amateur Paleontologist