Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial Act

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before Subcommittee on National Parks. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:

S. 59, to designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National

Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside,

California;

S. 155, to designate a mountain in the State of Alaska as

Denali;

S. 156, to allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna

Tlingit people within Glacier Bay National Park in the State

of Alaska;

S. 219, to establish the Susquehanna Gateway National

Heritage Area in the State of Pennsylvania, and for other

purposes;

S. 225, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to

conduct a study of alternatives for commemorating and

interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early

years of the National Parks, and for other purposes;

S. 228, to establish the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

National Heritage Area, California;

S. 285, to designate the Valles Caldera National Preserve

as a unit of the National Park System, and for other

purposes;

S. 305, to authorize the acquisition of core battlefield

land at Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond for addition

to Vicksburg National Military Park;

S. 349, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to

designate a segment of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and

Pawcatuck Rivers in the States of Connecticut and Rhode

Island for study for potential addition to the National Wild

and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes;

S. 371, to establish the Blackstone River Valley National

Historical Park, to dedicate the Park to John H. Chafee, and

for other purposes;

S. 476, to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development

Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National

Historical Park Commission;

S. 486, to authorize pedestrian and motorized vehicular

access in Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area,

and for other purposes;

S. 507, to establish the Manhattan Project National

Historical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, New

Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, and for other purposes, and;

S. 615, to establish Coltsville National Historical Park in

the State of Connecticut, and for other purposes.

Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written testimony for the hearing record should send it to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, 304 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510-6150, or by email to John_Assini@energy.senate.gov.

For further information, please contact please contact David Brooks (202) 224-9863 or John Assini (202) 224-9313.

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following legislation:

S. 306, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower

Development and Rural Jobs Act;

S. 545, the Hydropower Improvement Act of 2013 and H.R.

267, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013; and,

A bill to promote energy savings in residential and

commercial buildings and industry, and for other purposes.

Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written testimony for the hearing record may do so by sending it to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510-6150, or by e-mail to lauren_goldschmidt @energy.senate.gov.

For further information, please contact Sara Tucker at (202) 224- 6224, Dan Adamson at (202) 224-2871, or Lauren Goldschmidt at (202) 224-5488.