[House Hearing, 105 Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



 
                 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED
                    AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1998

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                                HEARINGS

                                BEFORE A

                           SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                       ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS

                              FIRST SESSION

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   SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      RALPH REGULA, Ohio, Chairman

JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania          SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois
JIM KOLBE, Arizona                      JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
JOE SKEEN, New Mexico                   NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina       DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado
GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., Washington   JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
DAN MILLER, Florida
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee

NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full 
  Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
  Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.

Deborah Weatherly, Loretta Beaumont, Joel Kaplan, and Christopher Topik,
                            Staff Assistants                            

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                                 PART 1

                  Justification of the Budget Estimates
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Bureau of Land Management.........................................    1
Fish and Wildlife Service.........................................  403
National Park Service.............................................  811

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                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS                      

                   BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman                  

JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania         DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida              SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois
RALPH REGULA, Ohio                     LOUIS STOKES, Ohio
JERRY LEWIS, California                JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois           NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky                MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota
JOE SKEEN, New Mexico                  JULIAN C. DIXON, California
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia                VIC FAZIO, California
TOM DeLAY, Texas                       W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina
JIM KOLBE, Arizona                     STENY H. HOYER, Maryland
RON PACKARD, California                ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama                MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
JAMES T. WALSH, New York               DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado
CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina      NANCY PELOSI, California
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio                  PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma        THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania
HENRY BONILLA, Texas                   ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan              NITA M. LOWEY, New York
DAN MILLER, Florida                    JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
JAY DICKEY, Arkansas                   ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia                 JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
MIKE PARKER, Mississippi               JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey    ED PASTOR, Arizona
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi           CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida
MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York            DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., Washington  CHET EDWARDS, Texas
MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin
RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, California
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
TOM LATHAM, Iowa
ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama

                 James W. Dyer, Clerk and Staff Director                

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