NATIONAL PARKS SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING: to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 349, S. 1596, S. 1651, S. 1750, S. 1801, S. 1802 and H.R. 685, S. 2953 and H.R. 3388, S. 2976, S. 3159 and H.R. 4395, S. 3168, and S. 3303 (Hearing Room SD-366).

May 19, 2010
02:30 PM
SD-366 Energy Committee Hearing Room
The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:

S. 349, to establish the Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area in the State of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes;

S. 1596, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, California;

S. 1651, to modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior;

S. 1750, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the General of the Army George Catlett Marshall National Historic Site at Dodona Manor in Leesburg, Virginia, and for other purposes;

S. 1801, to establish the First State National Historical Park in the State of Delaware, and for other purposes;

S. 1802 and H.R. 685, to require a study of the feasibility of establishing the United States Civil Rights Trail System, and for other purposes;

S. 2953 and H.R. 3388, to modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes;

S. 2976, to designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes;

S. 3159 and H.R. 4395, to amend Public Law 101-377 to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, and for other purposes;

S. 3168, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain non-Federal land in the State of Pennsylvania for inclusion in the Fort Necessity National Battlefield; and

S. 3303, to establish the Chimney Rock National Monument in the State of Colorado (Hearing Room SD-366).

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Witness Panel 1

  • The Honorable Roland Burris

    United States Senate
  • The Honorable Barbara Boxer

    U.S. Senate
  • The Honorable Michael Bennet

    U.S. Senate
  • The Honorable Thomas Carper

    U.S. Senate
  • The Honorable Robert Casey

    U.S. Senate

Witness Panel 2

  • Mr. Stephen Whitesell

    Department of the Interior
  • Mr. Joel Holtrop

    Deputy Chief of the National Forest System
    Forest Service, Department of Agriculture

Witness Panel 3

  • The Honorable Robert Moomaw

    Commissioner of Archuleta County
  • Mr. Timothy Slavin

    Director
    Division of Historic and Cultural Affairs for the State of Delaware
  • Mark Platts

    President
    Susquehanna Gateway Heritage Area