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. 1521, to provide for additional lands to be included within the boundary of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial in the State of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes;

H.R. 1658, to amend the Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act to validate additional conveyances of certain lands in the State of California that form part of the right-of-way granted by the United States to facilitate the construction of the transcontinental railway, and for other purposes; and

H.R. 2055, to amend Public Law 89-366 to allow for an adjustment in the number of free roaming horses permitted in Cape Lookout National Seashore.

Witnesses

Panel 1:

The Honorable John Murtha, Representative from the 12th District of Pennsylvania, (H.R. 1521)

Panel 2:

Mr. Dan Smith, Special Assistant to the Director, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.,
(Click on bill number for testimony: H.R. 1521 and H.R. 2055)

Mr. Bob Anderson, Acting Assistant Director for Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, D.C., (H.R. 1658)

Mr. Matt Arnaiz, Property Owner, Lodi, California, (H.R. 1658)