The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, led by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 573 (Visckolsky): To amend the Act entitled `An Act to provide for the establishment of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes' to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of lands that are contiguous to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes.(Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Corrections Act)
  
  
• H.R. 3702 (Rehberg): To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, to Jefferson County, Montana, for use as a cemetery.
  
  
• H.R. 3809 (Kanjorski): To amend the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 regarding the local coordinating entity of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes.
  
  
• H.R. 4199 (Turner): To amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to add sites to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
  
  
• H.R. 4828 (Ortiz): To amend the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 to expand the boundaries of the historic site, and for other purposes.
  
  
• H.R. 5583 (Grijalva): To withdraw the Tusayan Ranger District and Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and for other purposes. (Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2008)

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Subject:
House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 573, H.R. 3702, H.R. 3809, H.R. 4199, H.R. 4828, and H.R. 5583

When:
Thursday, June 5, 2008, at 2:00 p.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
Representative Peter J. Visclosky (IN-1) (H.R. 573)
Representative Paul E. Kanjorski (PA-11) (H.R. 3809)
Representative Michael Turner (OH-3) (H.R. 4199)
Representative Charles W. Dent (PA-15) (H.R.3809)

Panel 2
Katherine H. Stevenson, Assistant Director, Business Services, National Park Service (H.R. 573, H.R. 3809, H.R. 4199, H.R. 4828)
Mark Rey, Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture (H.R. 3702, H.R. 5583)

Panel 3
Thomas C. Serynek, Save the Dunes Council, Gary, IN (H.R. 573)
Allen Sachse, President/Executive Director, Delaware & Lehigh National Corridor, Inc. (H.R. 3809)
Amanda Wright-Lane, Wright Family Foundation, Cincinnati, OH (H.R. 4199)
Diane Garza, Brownsville Community Foundation Board, Brownsville, TX (H.R. 4828)

Panel 4 (H.R. 5583)
Robert Arnberger, The Coalition of National Park Service Retirees, Tucson, AZ
Roger Clark, Grand Canyon Trust, Flagstaff, AZ
Eugene Spiering, Vice President Exploration, Quaterra Resources, Inc.