Hill Heat

On Thursday, June 27, 2024, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1334 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 390 (Rep. Stefanik), “Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Enhancement Act”;
• H.R. 3971 (Rep. Hill), “Flatside Wilderness Additions Act”;
• H.R. 6826 (Rep. Mfume), To designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center;
• H.R. 6843 (Rep. Scalise), To expand the boundaries of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area to include Lafourche Parish, Louisiana;
• H.R. 8206 (Rep. Franklin), To ensure that Big Cypress National Preserve may not be designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes; and
• H.R. 8219 (Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii), “Lahaina National Heritage Area Act”

• Joy Beasley, Associate Director – Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. [H.R. 390, H.R. 6826, H.R. 6843, H.R. 8206, and H.R. 8219]
• Talbert Cypress, Chairman, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Miami, Florida [H.R. 8206]
• Sean Kelleher, Historian, Town of Saratoga, Saratoga, New York [H.R. 390]
• Katherine Andrews, Director – Office of Outdoor Recreation, Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, Little Rock, Arkansas [H.R. 3971]
• Justin Lemoine, Executive Director, Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, Baton Rouge, Louisiana [H.R. 6843]

Hearing memo