The House has scheduled the following Committee meetings and hearings for the coming week—

House: the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 1304 (Fairchild-R-Union) establishing a PA Geospatial Coordinating Council; the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will hold a public hearing on House Bill 1735 (Yewcic-D-Cambria) related to the rights of surface property rights owners related to drilling for coal bed methane in Johnstown; the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee has a meeting on Delaware River Basin Flooding; the House Republican Policy Committee has two meetings planned, one a hearing on the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program in Pittsburgh and the second an informational meeting on electric energy issues, alternative energy sources and energy efficiency in Blue Bell.

8/24/2007