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

• H.R. 860 (Bordallo): To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes. "Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009"
  
  
• H.R. 934 (Sablan): To convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their submerged lands.
  

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Subject:
House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 860 and H.R. 934

When:
Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at 2:00 p.m.

Where:
Room 1334 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
The Honorable Felix P. Camacho, Governor of Guam
The Honorable Togiola T.A. Tulafono, Governor of American Samoa
The Honorable Benigno R. Fitial, Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Panel 2
Kacky Andrews, Director, Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Nikolao Pula, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
Evangeline D. Lujan, Chairperson, U.S. All Islands Coral Reef Committee
Ken Caldeira, Ph.D., Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Paul Dalzell, Senior Scientist, Western Pacific Fishery Regional Management Council

Opening statement:
Chairwoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo