[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 8, 1994]
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                        TRIBUTE TO RALPH G. HILL

  Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to 
recognize the work at the Department of the Interior of the late Ralph 
G. Hill, Jr. Mr. Hill, a native of Asheville, NC, was an attorney in 
the Office of the Legislative Counsel for the Department of the 
Interior for over 11 years. During the last 7 years of his tenure at 
Interior, he served as the Department's Assistant Legislative Counsel. 
As such, he often worked with my staff, providing comments on 
legislation and necessary background information. Mr. Hill also served 
as a staff member in both the Senate and House of Representatives. He 
died of cancer on April 23, 1994, at the age of 43.
  Within Interior, Mr. Hill developed an expertise in laws relating to 
the Bureau of Land Management and the Office of Surface Mining. His 
diligent work on legislation to reform the mining law enabled the 
Department to provide detailed comments to assist the committee in our 
efforts on this legislation this Congress. Mr. Hill was known among his 
peers as a man who strived for quality in all he did, who approached 
public service with dedication and integrity, and who managed to 
maintain a sense of humor throughout it all. He is greatly missed by 
his colleagues within the Department of the Interior and by those who 
had the privilege of working with him here in the Congress.

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