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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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