The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Water and Power, led by Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:
H.R. 4719 (Rodriguez): To establish a Southwest Border Region Water Task Force.
H.R. 5487 (Napolitano): To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding the water resources research and technology institutes established under that Act. "Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2010"
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Subject:
House Subcommittee on Water and Power
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 4719 and H.R. 5487
When:
Thursday, June 17, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.
Where:
Room 1334 Longworth House Office Building
Witnesses:
Mr. John Tubbs (H.R. 4719 & H.R. 5487)
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
Accompanied by Dr. John E. Schefter
Chief, Office of External Research
Water Resources Discipline
U.S. Geological Survey
Reston, VA
Ms. Joan Neuhaus Schaan (H.R. 4719)
Fellow
Homeland Security and Terrorism Programs
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Rice University
Houston, TX
Dr. Deborah L. Swackhamer (H.R. 5487)
Professor
University of Minnesota
Co-Director of the Water Resources Center on behalf of the National Institutes of Water Resources (NIWR)
Minneapolis, MN
The Honorable Maurice McTigue (H.R. 5487)
Director
Government Accountability Project
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Arlington, VA
Dr. Henry Vaux, Jr. (H.R. 5487)
Professor
Emeritus of Resource Economics at the University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
