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. 883 (Herseth Sandlin): To enhance and provide to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project certain benefits of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program. "Oglala Sioux Tribe Angostura Irrigation Project Modernization and Development Act"
H.R. 6754 (Pastor): To direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe for use in planning, engineering, and designing a certain water system project. "White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act"
H.R. 6768 (T. Udall): To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, and Taos. "Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act"
H.R. 6992 (McMorris Rodgers): To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to facilitate the transfer to non-Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or facilities, and for other purposes.
Subject: House Subcommittee on Water and Power
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 883, H.R. 6754, H.R. 6768 and H.R. 6992
When: Thursday, September 25, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building
Witnesses: Kris Polly, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. Michael Bogert,Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. The Honorable John Yellow Bird Steele, President, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge, SD The Honorable Ronnie Lupe, Chairman, White Mountain Apache Tribe, Whiteriver, AZ (*John F. Sullivan, Associate General Manager of the Salt River Project, will accompany Chairman Lupe to help answer questions regarding H.R. 6754.) The Honorable Charlie Dorame, Chairman, Northern Pueblos Tributary Water Rights Association, Albuquerque, NM Nelson J. Cordova, Councilman and Water Rights Coordinator, Pueblo of Taos, Taos, NM Dan Keppen, Executive Director, Family Farm Alliance, Klamath Falls, OR
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