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112th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1103, H.R. 3100, H.R. 4400, H.R. 3365 and S. 270

Thursday, May 17, 2012 | 2:00 PM 1324 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, May 17, 2012
2:00 p.m.





LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

  • H.R. 1103 (Sablan), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to develop, maintain, and administer an annex in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as an extension of the American Memorial Park located in Saipan, and for other purposes. "American Memorial Park Tinian Annex Act"
  • H.R. 3100 (Canseco), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to expand the boundary of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, to conduct a study of potential land acquisitions, and for other purposes. "San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act"
  • H.R. 4400 (Markey), To designate the Salt Pond Visitor Center at Cape Cod National Seashore as the "Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Salt Pond Visitor Center," and for other purposes.
  • H.R. 3365 (Lummis), To reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, and for other purposes. "Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011"
  • S. 270 (Wyden), A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Deschutes County, Oregon. "La Pine Land Conveyance Act"

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Rep. Francisco Canseco, R-TX (H.R. 3100)
Member of Congress

Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-WY (H.R. 3365)
Member of Congress

Rep. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, D-CNMI (H.R. 1103)
Member of Congress

Rep. Greg Walden, R-OR (S. 270)
Member of Congress

Panel II

Mike Pool (H.R. 3365 and S. 270)
Deputy Director
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Department of the Interior

Victor Knox (H.R. 1103, H.R. 3100 and H.R. 4400)
Associate Director for Park Planning, Facilities and Lands
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior

Pamela Watson Bain (H.R. 3100)
Chairman
Los Compadres de San Antonio Missions
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Leigh O’Neill (H.R. 4400)
Representing the O’Neill family
(Truth in Testimony Form)

STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD:

The Honorable Ron Wyden
U.S. Senator, Oregon