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105th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands Hearing on: H.R. 708, H.R. 755, H.R. 1635, H.R. 1718

Tuesday, July 22, 1997 | 12:00 AM washington, D.C.
H.R. 708, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study concerning grazing use of certain land within and adjacent to Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, and to extend temporarily certain grazing privileges.
H.R. 755, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate any portion of their income tax overpayments, and to make other contributions, for the benefit of units of the National Park System.
H.R. 1635, to establish within the United States National Park Service the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1718, to provide for the conveyance of certain lands in Wyoming to the County of Park, Wyoming.

Witnesses

Honorable Louis Stokes, OH (H.R. 1635)
Honorable Rob Portman, OH (H.R. 1635)
Honorable John J. Duncan, TN (H.R. 755)
Honorable Barbara Cubin, WY (H.R. 708, H.R. 1718)

Panel I

Denis P. Galvin (H.R. 1635, H.R. 755, H.R. 708)
Acting Deputy Director
National Park Service

Eluid L. Martinez (H.R. 1718)
Commissioner
Bureau of Reclamation

Panel II (H.R. 1635)

Iantha Gantt-Wright
Diversity Outreach Manager
National Parks and Conservation Association

Charles L. Blockson, Curator
Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
Temple University

Edwin J. Rigaud
Executive Director
Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Cathy D. Nelson
State Coordinator
Ohio Underground Railroad Association

Panel III (H.R. 755)

Albert C. Eisenberg
Deputy Director for Conservation Policy
National Parks and Conservation Association

Allan T. Howe
Washington Representative
National Park Hospitality Association

 

 

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