Week of May 29

No business
Memorial Day district work period

San Francisco Chronicle
House Votes Major Changes to Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Act
Implementation of the 1973 ESA

ANWR Energy Exploration:
Putting it in Perspective

Dow Jones:
Lawmaker Eyes Energy Bill To Halt CNOOC-Unocal

Legislative Hearing on:

H.R. 958, a bill to authorize certain hydrographic services programs, to name a cove in Alaska in honor of the late Able Bodied Seaman Eric Steiner Koss, and for other purposes;

H.R. 959, a bill to improve the conservation and management of coastal and ocean resources by authorizing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration oceanographic programs; and

H.R. 984, a bill to improve the conservation and management of coastal and ocean resources by reenacting and clarifying provisions of a reorganization plan authorizing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Background Information

MEMBERS STATEMENTS

Honorable Wayne T. Gilchrest, Chair
Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr.

WITNESSES

Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher
Undersecretary for Oceans and Atmosphere
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce

Mr. D. James Baker
President and Chief Executive Officer
Academy of Natural Sciences