Miscellaneous Scenic Rivers and Land Exchange Bills: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, on S. 972, S. 1705, S. 1727, S. 1849, S. 1910, H.R. 1615, March 8, 2000, Volume 4

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Page 36 - ... no department or agency of the United States shall assist by loan, grant, license, or otherwise in the construction of any water resources project that would have a direct and adverse effect on the values for which such river was established, as determined by the Secretary charged with its administration.
Page 47 - ... SMITH, DIRECTOR, MUSEUM PROGRAMS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FIELD SERVICES Mr. BIDDLE. I have with me today on my right Mr. Richard Haupt, director of Department of Education; and on my left, Dr. Peter Smith, director of museum programs in the Department of Field Services. As you are well aware, Senator, the National Trust for Historic Preservation was chartered by Congress in 1949 and entrusted with responsibility for the leadership of private historic preservation efforts throughout the United States...
Page 3 - US SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND RECREATION, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:30 pm, in room SD-366, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon.
Page 29 - Thank you for the opportunity to present the position of the Department of Energy on this SBIR legislation.
Page 27 - ... a long-term commitment to improving environmental quality and water supply in the State of California. At the same time. Congress worked to pass the California Bay-Delta Environmental and Water Security Act (HR 4126). This bill, a $430 million authorization measure, was approved and signed into law as part of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (HR 4236).
Page 26 - To be eligible for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System...
Page 48 - Secretary has called attention in his report to the careful consideration that the Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments have given on two separate occasions to the request that the birthplace site be established as a national historical monument and administered by the National Park Service as a part of the National Park System. The Advisory Board, created pursuant to the Act of August 21, 1935, is comprised of 11 men, eminent hi the fields of history, architecture,...
Page 31 - To authorize funding for the expansion annex of the historic Palace of the Governors, a public history museum located, and relating to the history of Hispanic and Native American culture, in the Southwest and for other purposes.
Page 47 - To amend the Act establishing Women's Rights National Historical Park to permit the Secretary of the Interior to acquire title in fee simple to the Hunt House located in Waterloo, New York.
Page 32 - Governors was built in 1610 and is considered to be the oldest public building in continuous use in the United States. The adobe brick Palace was the first major structure in what became the city of Santa Fe.