House hearing on Missouri River compensation bill
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Filed Under:
Politics
Update: At around 10:30am, the subcommittee went into recess for a vote on the House floor that is expected to take around 40 minutes. Chairman Jandreau testified before the recess.
The
House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Water and Power, is holding a hearing this morning on
H.R.155,
the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act.
The hearing starts at 10am and will be broadcast online (audio only). The witness list follows:
Panel 1:
Robert Quint, Director of Operations, Bureau of
Reclamation, Washington, D.C.
He will be accompanied by Elizabeth
Southerland, Director of the Assessment and Remediation Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., to answer questions regarding
H.R. 5511.
The Honorable Michael Jandreau, Chairman, Lower Brule Sioux
Tribe, Lower Brule, South Dakota
Martha Rudolph, Director for
Environmental Programs, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environments,
Denver, Colorado
Mike Hickman, Chairman, Lake County Commissioners,
Leadville, Colorado
David M. Lansford, Chairman of the Eastern New Mexico
Rural Water Authority, Former Mayor, Clovis, New Mexico
Committee Notice:
Subcommittee
On Water And Power: Legislative Hearing On H.R. 155, H.R. 5511 And H.R. 5710
(May 08, 2008)
GAO Testimony:
Calculations for the
Crow Creek Sioux and Lower Brule Sioux Tribes Differ from Approach Used in Prior
GAO Reports (June 14, 2006)
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