The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bill:

• H.R. 1497 (Blumenauer): To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to plants illegally harvested outside of the United States, and for other purposes. (Legal Timber Protection Act)

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1497

When:
Tuesday, October 16, 2007, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
The Honorable Earl Blumenauer, D-OR, Member of Congress

Panel 2
Eileen Sobeck, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice
Ann Wrobleski, Vice President, Public Affairs, International Paper Company
* On behalf of American Forest & Paper Association
Victor C. Barringer II, President and CEO, Coastal Lumber Company
* On behalf of Hardwood Federation
Alexander von Bismarck, Executive Director, Environmental Investigation Agency
Craig S. Forester, Vice President and General Manager, Rex Lumber Company
* On behalf of International Wood Products Association