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. 1616, to authorize the exchange of certain lands within the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site for lands owned by the City of Atlanta, Georgia, and for other purposes; and

H.R. 1964, to establish the Highlands Stewardship Area in the States of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

Witnesses

Panel 1:

The Honorable John Lewis, Representative from the 5th District of Georgia, (H.R. 1616)

The Honorable Rodney Frelinghuysen, Representative from the 11th District of New Jersey, (H.R. 1964)

The Honorable Scott Garrett, Representative from the 5th District of New Jersey, (H.R. 1964)

The Honorable Sue Kelly, Representative from the 19th District of New York, (H.R. 1964)

The Honorable Jim Saxton, Representative from the 3rd District of New Jersey, (H.R. 1964)

Panel 2:

Mr. Randy Jones, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.,
Click on bill for testimony: (H.R. 1616 and H.R. 1964)

Mr. David Tenny, Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., (H.R. 1964)

Panel 3:

The Honorable Margaret Nordstrom, Freeholder, Morris County Board of Freeholders, Long Valley, New Jersey, (H.R. 1964)

Mr. Stephen H. Shaw, Immediate Past President, New Jersey Builders Association, Mountain Lake, New Jersey, (H.R. 1964)