The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 1187 (Woolsey): To expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. (Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act)

• H.R. 1907 (Saxton): To authorize the acquisition of land and interests in land from willing sellers to improve the conservation of, and to enhance the ecological values and functions of, coastal and estuarine areas to benefit both the environment and the economies of coastal communities, and for other purposes. (Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act)

• H.R. 3352 (Young): To reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act, and for other purposes. (Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Amendments of 2007)

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1187, H.R. 1907, and H.R. 3352

When:
Wednesday, October 24, 2007, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
The Honorable Lynn C. Woolsey, D-CA
The Honorable Mike Thompson, D-CA

Panel 2
Jack Dunnigan, Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce
Ted Diers, Vice Chair, Executive Committee Coastal States Organization
J. Scott Rainey, Chairman, Hydrographic Services Review Panel

Panel 3
Susan Willams, Director, Bodega Marine Laboratory
Alan Front, Senior Vice President, The Trust for Public Lands
Marvin Miller, President, Management Association for Private, Photogrammetric Surveyors, Aero-Metric Incorporated
Kathy Fosmark, Co-Chair, Alliance of Communities for Sustainable Fisheries

Opening Statement
Chairwoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo