Washington, D.C. – the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold three subcommittee hearings this week.
The energy subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 22 at 2:30 p.m. in SD-366. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony to examine the Department of Energy’s high-performance computing research and development activities. It will also consider S.2176, the High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004, which would authorize the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program of R&D to advance high-end computing through the Department’s Office of Science.
Invited Witnesses Include:
Panel 1
Dr. Raymond Orbach
Director, Office of Science
Department of Energy
Panel 2
Dr. Jeff Wadsworth
Director
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN
Mr. David Durek
Vice President
Deep Computing
Poughkeepsie, NY
Dr. Daniel Reed
Director
Renaissance Computing Institute
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Mr. Vincent Scarafino
Manager, Numerically Intensive Computing
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, Michigan
Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov
Director of Advanced Simulation and Computing
National Nuclear Security Administration
The public lands and forests sucommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, June 23 at 2:30 p.m. in SD-366. The purpose of the hearing is to review the grazing programs of the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, including recent permit renewals and proposed changes to grazing regulations and related issues. The hearing will also examine the Wild Horse and Burro program, as it relates to grazing, and the Administration’s proposal for sage-grouse habitat conservation.
Invited Witnesses Include:
Panel 1
Mr. Jim Hughes
Deputy Director
Bureau of Land Management
Department of Interior
Mr. Tom Thompson
United States Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Panel 2
Mr. Andy Groseta
Arizona Rancher
Chairman of NCBA’s Federal Lands Committee
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Mike Casabonne
President, Public Lands Council
New Mexico Cattlegrowers Association
Hope, New Mexico
Mr. Robert M. Skinner
Oregon Cattlemen’s Association
Jordon Valley, OR
The national parks subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, June 24 at 2:30 p.m. in SD-366. The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 2543, a bill to establish a program and criteria for National Heritage Areas in the United States.
Invited Witnesses Include:
Panel 1
Witness to be named
National Park Service
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Barry Hill
Director
Natural Resources and Environmental Issues
U.S. General Accounting Office
Panel 2
Mr. Dan Rice
Ohio and Erie Canal Coalition
Akron, Ohio
Mr. Peyton Knight
American Policy Center
Warrenton, Virginia
Witness to be named
National Park Conservation Association
Washington, D.C.