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. 2864 (Don Young): To amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United States extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and description of coastal changes.
  
  
• H.R. 3805 (Robert Wittman): To amend the Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2005 to extend by 2 years the period for the conduct of the electronic duck stamp pilot program under that Act. "Electronic Duck Stamp Extension Act of 2009"
  
  
• H.R. 4973 (Frank Kratovil, Jr.): To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize volunteer programs and community partnerships for national wildlife refuges, and for other purposes. "National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010"

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Subject:
House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2864, H.R. 3805 and H.R. 4973

When:
Thursday, May 6, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:

Panel 1

Paul Schmidt
Assistant Director for Migratory Birds
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior

Captain John E. Lowell, Jr.
Director of the Office of Coast Survey
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce

Len Singel
Chief Customer Service Officer
Maryland Department of Natural Resources

John Farrell, Ph.D.
Executive Director
U.S. Arctic Research Commission

Panel 2

Scott Sutherland
Director of the Governmental Affairs Office
Ducks Unlimited

Larry A. Mayer, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping
University of New Hampshire

Thomas A. Hook
Treasurer
Friends of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Bill Swift
Board Member and Volunteer
Rappahannock Wildlife Refuge Friends

Opening Statement:
Chairwoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo