SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS, OCEANS AND WILDLIFE
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, February 25, 2010
10:00 a.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 3511 (Sablan), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish and operate a visitor facility to fulfill the purposes of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, and for other purposes. "Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Visitor Facility Authorization Act of 2009"
- H.R. 4493 (Bordallo), To provide for the enhancement of visitor services, fish and wildlife research, and marine and coastal resource management on Guam related to the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, and for other purposes. "Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Management Enhancement Act of 2010"
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
The Honorable Benigno Repeki Fitial
Governor
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Panel II
Eileen Sobeck
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Fish and Wildlife and Parks
Department of the Interior
Evangeline D. Lujan
On behalf of the Honorable Felix P. Camacho
Governor of Guam
Nancy Knowlton
Sant Chair in Marine Science
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Agnes McPhetres
Friends of the Monument
