SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, June 9, 2005
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 562 (Levin), To authorize the Government of Ukraine to establish a Memorial on Federal Land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the manmade famine that occurred in Ukraine in 1932-1933.
• H.R. 1096 (Scott), To establish the Thomas Edison National Historic Park in the State of New Jersey as the successor to the Thomas Edison Historic Site. "Act Commemorating the LITE"
• H.R. 1515 (Jindal), To adjust the boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve in the State of Louisiana. "Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2006"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

The Honorable Sander M. Levin, (MI-12)

The Honorable Scott Garrett, (NJ-5)

The Honorable Donald M. Payne, (NJ-10)

The Honorable Bill Pascrell, (NJ-8)

Panel II

Mr. Michael Sawkiw
President
Ukrainian Congress Committee on America, Inc

Mr. George Q. Keegan
Executive Director
Edison Preservation Foundation

Mr. Chris Roberts
Councilman
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Mr. Joseph Lawler (H.R. 562, H.R. 1096 and H.R. 1515)
Regional Director
National Capital Region
National Park Service