Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a full committee hearing and a subcommittee hearing this week.
The full committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, March 30 at 10:00 a.m. in SD-366 to receive testimony on the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.
Invited Witnesses include:
Panel I:
The Honorable Charles Grassley
United States Senator, Iowa
Panel II:
The Honorable Robert G. Card
Under Secretary of Energy
Panel III:
Mr. Shelby Hallmark
Director
Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs
Department of Labor
Dr. John Howard
Director
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Mr. Robert E. Robertson
Director; Education, Workforce, and
Income Security Issues
U. S. General Accounting Office
The National Parks Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, March 30 at 2:30 p.m. in SD-366 to conduct oversight on National Heritage Areas, including findings and recommendations of the General Accounting Office, the definition of a National Heritage Area, the definition of national significance as it relates to National Heritage Areas, recommendations for establishing National Heritage Areas as units of the National Park System, recommendations for prioritizing proposed studies and designations, and options for developing a National Heritage Area Program within the National Park Service.
Invited Witnesses include:
Panel I:
The Honorable A. Durand Jones
Deputy Director
National Park Service
Washington, DC
Mr. Barry Hill
Director
Natural Resource and Environmental Issues
United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC
Panel II:
Mr. Augie Carlino
President and CEO
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area
Homestead, Pennsylvania
Dr. Lisa Benton-Short
Assistant Professor of Geography
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Mr. Edward F. Sanderson
President
National Conference of State Historic
Preservation Officers
Washington, DC
Mr. Dennis Frenchman
Department of Urban Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dr. Bonner Cohen
Senior Fellow
National Center for Public Policy Research
Arlington, Virginia
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