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110th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1426, H.R. 1693, H.R. 2675, H.R. 3651, and H.R. 3734

Thursday, March 6, 2008 | 10:00 AM

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, March 6, 2008
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

  • H.R. 877 (Delahunt), To amend the Adams National Historical Park Act of 1998 to include the Quincy Homestead within the boundary of the Adams National Historical Park, and for other purposes. "Adams National Historical Park Boundary Addition Act of 2007"
  • H.R. 1423 (Visclosky): To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion of a visitor center to be constructed outside the boundary of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Porter County, Indiana, and for other purposes. "Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center Lease Act"
  • H.R. 1693 (Payne): To authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia at Constitution Gardens previously approved to honor free persons and slaves who fought for independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American Revolution. "National Liberty Memorial Act"  
  • H.R. 2675 (Boren): To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes. "HALE Scouts Act"
  • H.R. 3651 (Bishop): To require the conveyance of certain public land within the boundaries of Camp Williams, Utah, to support the training and readiness of the Utah National Guard. "Utah National Guard Readiness Act"

  • H.R. 3734 (Simpson): To rename the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in the state of Idaho as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in honor of the late Morley Nelson, an international authority on birds of prey, who was instrumental in the establishment of this National Conservation Area, and for other purposes."Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Act"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Representative Michael K. Simpson (ID-02)

Panel II

Katherine H. Stevenson
Acting Assistant Director
Business Services
National Park Service

Gregory C. Smith
Director of Lands
Forest Service

Panel III

Ethel Hamann
President
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America

Maurice A. Barboza
National Mall Liberty Fund D.C.

A.H. "Chip" McElroy
Council President
Indian Nations Council Inc. - Boy Scouts of America

Colonel Scot Olson (H.R. 3651)
Director Facility Construction Management Office
Utah National Guard