Full Committee Hearing

FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: Keeping the Commitment to Rural Communities

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Location:  Senate Dirksen Building
SD-366

The purpose of the hearing is to examine the options and challenges related to possible reauthorization and reform of two payment programs for local governments – the recently expired Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act and the Payment in Lieu of Taxes.

The hearing will be webcast live on the Committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing is complete. Witnesses’ testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.

Members

  1. Max Baucus

Witness Panel 1

  1. The Honorable Thomas Tidwell

    Chief
    U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
  2. Ms. Pamela K. Haze

    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Finance, Performance and Acquisition
    U.S. Department of the Interior
  3. Ms. Anne-Marie Fennell

    Director
    Natural Resources and Environment Team, Government Accountability Office

Witness Panel 2

  1. Mr. Jay O'Laughlin Ph.D

    Professor of Forestry and Policy Sciences
    University of Idaho, College of Natural Resouces, Moscow, ID
  2. Mr. Mark Haggerty

    Policy Analyst
    Headwaters Economics, Bozeman, MT
  3. Mr. Paul J. Pearce

    President
    National Forest Counties and Schools Coalition, Stevenson, WA
  4. Mr. Ryan R. Yates

    Associate Legislative Director
    Legislative Affairs Department, National Association of Counties

Related Files

  1. Opening Statement of Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski.pdf
  2. Opening Statement of Chairman Ron Wyden.pdf
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