SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
2:00 p.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 816 (Porter): To provide for the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way across the released land for the construction and maintenance of a flood control project. (Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act)
- H.R. 1311 (Berkley): To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Alta-Hualapai site to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the development of a cancer treatment center. (Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act)
- H.R. 1922 (Mahoney): To designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal land in the State of Florida as an outstanding Natural Area and as a unit of the National Landscape System, and for other purposes. (Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007)
- H.R. 2246 (Heller): To validate certain conveyances made by the Union Pacific Railroad Company of lands located in Reno, Nevada, that were originally conveyed by the United States to facilitate construction of transcontinental railroads, and for other purposes.
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
The Honorable Shelley Berkley (NV-01) (H.R. 1311)
The Honorable Jon C. Porter (NV-03) (H.R. 816)
The Honorable Tim Mahoney (FL-16) (H.R. 1922)
Panel II
Mike Nedd (All Bills)
Assistant Director for Minerals
Realty and Recourse Protection
Bureau of Land Management
Panel III
Gale Wm. Fraser, II, P.E. (H.R. 816)
General Manager/Chief Engineer
Clark County Regional Flood Control District
The Honorable Karen J. Golonka (H.R. 1922)
Mayor
Town of Jupiter, Florida
The Honorable Robert Cashell (H.R. 2246)
Mayor
City of Reno, Nevada
