On Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. ET, in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building and via Cisco WebEx the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands will hold a hybrid legislative hearing on the following bills:

H.R. 1256 (Rep. Eleanor Holmes, Norton, D-DC), To direct the Department of the Interior to remove the brass plaque bearing the name Senator Francis G. Newlands from the grounds of the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District of Columbia. The Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal Act.
H.R. 6438 (Rep. Ken Buck, R-CO), To direct the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the site known as Dearfield, in Weld County, Colorado. The Dearfield Study Act.
H.R. 6353 (Rep. Susan Wild, D-PA), To authorize the National Service Animals Monument Corporation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia to commemorate the heroic deeds and sacrifices of service animals and handlers of service animals in the United States. National Service Animals Memorial Act.
H.R. 6611 (Rep. William Keating, D-MA), To authorize the Embassy of France in Washington, DC, to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor the extraordinary contributions of Jean Monnet to restoring peace between European nations and establishing the European Union, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6720 (Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-MD), To authorize the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia in honor of the philosopher and patriot, Thomas Paine.
H.R. 6799 (Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-OH), To direct the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, which was recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1997. John P. Parker House Study Act.
H.R. 7618 (Rep. Shontel Brown, D-OH) To designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial.
H.R. 7912 (Rep. Steve Cohen, D-TN) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing a network of locations associated with lynchings in the vicinity of Memphis, Tennessee, as a unit of the National Park System. Evaluating Lynching Locations (ELL) for National Park Sites Act.
H.R. 8086 (Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-CA), To establish the César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park in the States of California and Arizona. César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park Act.
H.R. 8258 (Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-ID), To provide exceptions from permitting and fee requirements for content creation, regardless of distribution platform, including still photography, digital or analog video, and digital or analog audio recording activities, conducted on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes. FILM Act.

Witness List

Panel I

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (H.R. 1256)

District of Columbia, At Large

Rep. Susan Wild (H.R. 6353)

Pennsylvania, 7th District

Rep. Ken Buck (H.R. 6438)

Colorado, 4th District

Rep. Brad Wenstrup (H.R. 6799)

Ohio, 2nd District

Rep. Shontel Brown (H.R. 7618)

Ohio, 11th District

Rep. Steve Cohen (H.R. 7912)

Tennessee, 9th District

Rep. Raul Ruiz (H.R. 8086)

California, 36th District

Rep. William Keating (H.R. 6611)

Massachusetts, 9th District

Panel II

Ms. Kym A. Hall (All Bills) (testimony)

National Capital Regional Director National Park Service

U.S. Department Of The Interior

Panel III

Dr. Robert Brunswig (H.R. 6438) (testimony)

Professor Emeritus and Research Fellow

University of Northern Colorado

Ms. Carol Stivers (H.R. 6799) (testimony)

President

John P. Parker Historical Society

Mr. Richard Watkins (H.R. 7912) (testimony) (support document)

Board President

The Lynching Site Project of Memphis

Mr. Andres Chavez (H.R. 8046) (testimony)

Executive Director

Chavez Foundation

Mr. Randy Newberg (H.R. 8258) (testimony)

President

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