Full Committee Hearing

Full committee legislative hearing on Western and Alaska Water Legislation

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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

  • H.R. 2898 (Valadao), the Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015.
  • S. 1894 (Feinstein), the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015.
  • S. 1936 (Udall), the New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2015.
  • S. 1583 (Murkowski), to authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project at Terror Lake on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
  • S. 2046 (Murkowski), a bill to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
  • S. 2083 (Burr), a bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project

Members

  1. Maria Cantwell

    Ranking Member
    Washington
  2. Lisa Murkowski

    Chairman
    Alaska

Witness Panel 1

  1. Mr. Jeff Kightlinger

    General Manager
    Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
  2. Ms. Sarah Woolf

    President, Water Wise
    Partner, Clark Brothers Farming
  3. Mr. Dan Keppen

    Executive Director
    Family Farm Alliance
  4. Mr. Richard Frank

    Director, California Environmental Law and Policy Center
    School of Law, University of California, Davis
  5. Mr. Adrian Ogelsby

    Executive Director, Utton Transboundary Resources Center, University of New Mexico
    Vice-Chair, Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District
  6. The Honorabl Michael Connor

    Deputy Secretary
    U.S. Department of the Interior
  7. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

  8. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

  9. Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.)

Related Files

  1. 10 8 15 Witness List - NEW.pdf
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