GIANT SEQUOIA PRESERVATION ACT OF 1993 



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1994 



House of Representatives, 

 Subcommittee on Specialty Crops 



AND Natural Resources, 

 Committee on Agriculture, 



Washington, DC. 



The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:15 a.m., in room 

 1300, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Charlie Rose (chair- 

 man of the subcommittee) presiding. 



Present: Representatives Brown, Condit, Stenholm, Peterson, 

 Farr, Volkmer, Lewis, Doolittle, Kingston, Groodlatte, and Pombo. 



Also present: Representative Dooley, member of the committee. 



Staff present: Dale Moore, minority legislative coordinator; Glen- 

 da L. Temple, clerk; Keith Pitts, Alexandra Buell, and Stacy Carey. 



OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLIE ROSE, A REP- 

 RESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NORTH 

 CAROLINA 



Mr. Rose. The subcommittee will please come to order. 



I want to thank our five panels for being here today and the 

 members that are present. 



The purpose of this hearing is a review of H.R. 2153, the Giant 

 Sequoia Preservation Act. 



H.R. 2153 would designate approximately 440,000 acres within 

 the Sequoia and Sierra National Forests as the giant sequoia pre- 

 serve. The purpose of this would be to protect the giant sequoia 

 groves as well as all contiguous forests within the boundaries of the 

 preserve. The preserve would be dedicated to scientific study, rec- 

 reational activity and envionmental protection. 



Thank you. 



[H.R. 2153 appears at the conclusion of the hearing.] 



Mr. Rose. The first panel: the Honorable George Brown, Member 

 of Congress; the Honorable Richard Lehman, Member of Congress, 

 both from California; the Honorable Arthur Ravenel, Member of 

 Congress from South Carolina; and the gentlelady. Honorable Anna 

 Eshoo, Member of Congress from California. We may have Mr. Bill 

 Thomas from California, who is in the Ways and Means Commit- 

 tee. 



This is Mr. Brown's bill. Mr. Brown, we are happy to have you 

 here today and look forward to whatever statement you have. The 

 floor is yours, sir. 



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