SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS
St. John Legislature Hearing Room
Cruz Bay, St. John, USVI
Monday, July 9, 2007
6:00 PM

LEGISLATIVE FIELD HEARING ON:

• H.R. 53 (Christensen), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term lease with the Government of the United States Virgin Islands to provide land on the island of Saint John, Virgin Islands, for the establishment of a school, and for other purposes. "Virgin Islands National Park School Lease Act"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Ms. Martha Bogle
Acting Superintendent
Virgin Islands National Park

Panel II

The Honorable Leona Smith
St. John Administrator
Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands

The Honorable Carmen Miranda Wesselhoft
Senator-at-Large
28th Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands

Panel III

Ms. Lorelei C. Monsanto
One Campus Group

Mr. Ronnie Jones
Unity Day Group

Ms. Kristen Cox
One Campus Group

Mr. Gaylord Sprauve

Mr. Joe Kessler
President
Friends of VI National Park