SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS, OCEANS AND WILDLIFE
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
2:00 p.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 1916 (Dingell): To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to provide for a revised schedule of price increases for the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, popularly known as the "Duck Stamp", and for other purposes. "Migratory Bird Habitat Investment and Enhancement Act"
- H.R. 2062 (DeFazio): To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide for penalties and enforcement for intentionally taking protected avian species, and for other purposes. "Migratory Bird Treaty Act Penalty and Enforcement Act of 2009"
- H.R. 2188 (Kratovil): To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to conduct a Joint Venture Program to protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, through voluntary actions on public and private lands, and for other purposes. "Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2009"
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
The Honorable John D. Dingell
Member of Congress (D-MI, H.R. 1916)
Panel II
Paul Schmidt
Assistant Director for Migratory Birds
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Department of the Interior
Kristin Saunders Evans
Assistant Secretary for Land Resources
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Dale Humburg
Chief Biologist
Ducks Unlimited
Andrew Manus
Director of Conservation Programs
The Nature Conservancy of Delaware
Bob Sallinger
Conservation Director
Audubon Society of Portland
