FEDERAL LANDS CONCESSIONS REFORM 



TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1995 



House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Na- 

 tional Parks, Forests and Lands, Committee on 

 Resources, 



Washington, DC. 



The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:00 a.m., in room 

 1324, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. James V. Hansen 

 [chairman of the subcommittee] presiding. 



STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES V. HANSEN, A U.S. REPRESENTA- 

 TIVE FROM UTAH AND CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON NA- 

 TIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND LANDS 



Mr. Hansen. The committee will come to order. This morning, 

 we will take up a topic long debated within this committee and the 

 halls of Congress, concession reform. This is an important topic, 

 and we have a long list of persons to be heard from today. There- 

 fore, I will not take time to recount the issues surrounding conces- 

 sion reform which are well established in the record. That same 

 record also reflects the concerns which full committee Chairman 

 Young and I share with respect to the topic of concession reform. 



I do want to appraise members and other interested persons that 

 I intend to mark this legislation up in the early fall. I would reit- 

 erate the comment I made in the introduction of my concession re- 

 form bill that it is a work in progress. I am willing to work with 

 interested parties to perfect concession reform legislation, and I 

 look forward to the testimony today to determine who has an inter- 

 est to work on this issue. 



I have noticed throughout the years that a lot of people have an 

 interest, but it is very self-serving if I may respectfully say so. I 

 take the River Runners as an example of that on our wilderness 

 bill. We asked for input on all of it and got nothing. When they 

 came to all the hearings, they verbally abused us all over the place 

 but wouldn't come up and tell us a thing. Therefore, they have 

 made their point, and I will make mine when we mark this up. 



Mr. Hansen. Our first witness is Mr. James Duffus, Director of 

 National Resources Management Issues, General Accounting Of- 

 fice. Would you tell us who you have with you please? 



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