[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9525-S9526]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  1998

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                      BROWNBACK AMENDMENT NO. 1204

  Mr. BROWNBACK proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 2107) making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes; 
as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:
       ``Sec. 1.   . (a) In this section--
       (1) the term ``Huron Cemetery'' means the lands that form 
     the cemetery that is popularly known as the Huron Cemetery, 
     located in Kansas City, Kansas as described in subsection 
     b(3);
       (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
     Interior;
       (b)(1) The Secretary shall take such action as may be 
     necessary to ensure that the lands comprising the Huron 
     Cemetery (as described in paragraph (3)) are used only in 
     accordance with this subsection.
       (2) The lands of the Huron Cemetery shall be used only--
       (A) for religious and cultural uses that are compatible 
     with the use of the lands as a cemetery; and
       (B) as a burial ground.
       (3) The description of the lands of the Huron Cemetery is 
     as follows:
       The tract of land in the NW\1/4\ of sec. 10, T. 11 S., R. 
     25 E., of the sixth principal meridian, in Wyandotte County, 
     Kansas (as surveyed and marked on the ground on August 15, 
     1888, by William Millor, Civil Engineer and Surveyor), 
     described as follows:
       ``Commencing on the Northwest corner of the Northwest 
     Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 10;
       ``Thence South 28 poles to the `true point of beginning';
       ``Thence South 71 degrees East 10 poles and 18 links;
       ``Thence South 18 degrees and 30 minutes West 28 poles;
       ``Thence West 11 and one-half poles;
       ``Thence North 19 degrees 15 minutes East 31 poles and 15 
     feet to the `true point of beginning', containing 2 acres or 
     more.''.
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                 BRYAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1205

  Mr. BRYAN (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Kerry, and 
Ms. Moseley-Braun) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 2107, supra; 
as follows:

       On page 65, line 18, strike ``$160,269,000'' and insert 
     ``$150,269,000''.
       On page 65, line 23, after ``205'' insert ``, none of which 
     amount shall be available for purchaser credits in connection 
     with timber sales advertised after September 30, 1997, unless 
     the credits were earned in connection with sales advertised 
     on or before that date (and no purchaser credits shall be 
     earned for the construction or reconstruction of roads on the 
     National Forest transportation system in connection with 
     timber sales advertised after that date (but the foregoing 
     disallowance of purchaser credits shall not affect the 
     availability of the purchaser election under section 14(i) of 
     the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 
     472a(i)))''.
       On page 127, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:

     SEC.  . TREATMENT OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION COSTS ESTIMATED FOR 
                   TIMBER SALES AS MONEY RECEIVED FOR THE PURPOSE 
                   OF PAYMENTS TO THE STATES FOR SCHOOLS AND 
                   ROADS.

       During fiscal year 1998, the term ``money received'', for 
     the purposes of the Act entitled ``An Act making 
     appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the 
     fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
     nine'', approved May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260, chapter 192; 16 
     U.S.C. 500), and section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 
     Stat. 963, chapter 186; 16 U.S.C. 500), shall include--
       (1) the amount of purchaser credits earned in connection 
     with timber sales advertised on or before September 30, 1997; 
     and
       (2) the amount of specified road construction costs 
     estimated in the agency appraisal process in connection with 
     timber sales advertised after that date.
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                       ABRAHAM AMENDMENT NO. 1206

  Mr. ABRAHAM proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 2107, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 96, line 16, strike ``$83,300,000'' and insert 
     ``$55,533,000''.
       On page 96, line 25, strike ``$16,760,000'' and insert 
     ``$11,173,000''.
       At the end of the amendment add the following:
       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
     more than $10,044,000 of the funds appropriated for the 
     National Endowment for the Arts under this Act may be 
     available for private fundraising activities for the 
     endowment.
       Sec.  . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, an 
     additional $32,000,000 is appropriated to remain available 
     until expended for construction under the National Park 
     Service, of which $8,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
     Smithsonian Institution and made available for restoration of 
     the Star Spangled Banner, $8,000,000 shall be transferred to 
     the National Endowment for the Humanities and made available 
     for the preservation of papers of former Presidents of the 
     United States, of which $9,000,000 shall be available for the 
     replacement of the wastewater treatment system at Mount 
     Rushmore National Memorial, of which $2,000,000 shall be 
     available for the stabilization of the hospital wards, 
     crematorium, and immigrant housing on islands 2 and 3 of 
     Ellis Island, and of which $5,000,000 shall be transferred to 
     the Smithsonian Institution and made available for the 
     preservation of manuscripts and original works of great 
     American composers''.
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                       McCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 1207

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, H.R. 2107, supra; as follows:

       On page 134, beginning on line 2, strike ``Provided'' and 
     all that follows through ``heading'' on line 8 and insert the 
     following: ``Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior and 
     the Secretary of Agriculture, after consultation with the 
     heads of the National Park Service, the United States Fish 
     and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the 
     Forest Service, shall jointly submit to Congress a report 
     listing the lands and interests in land, in order of 
     priority, that the Secretaries propose for acquisition or 
     exchange using funds provided under this heading; Provided 
     further, That in determining the order of priority, the 
     Secretaries shall consider with respect to each property the 
     following: the natural resources located on the property; the 
     degree to which a natural resource on the property is 
     threatened; the length of time required to consummate the 
     acquisition or exchange; the extent to which an increase in 
     the cost of the property makes timely completion of the 
     acquisition or exchange advisable; the extent of public 
     support for the acquisition or exchange (including support of 
     local governments and members of the public); the total 
     estimated costs associated with the acquisition or exchange; 
     the extent of current Federal ownership of property in the 
     region; and such other factors as the Secretaries consider 
     appropriate, which factors shall be described in the report 
     in detail; Provided further, That the report shall describe 
     the relative weight accorded to each such factor in 
     determining the priority of acquisitions and exchanges''.
       On page 134, line 12, strike ``a project list to be 
     submitted by the Secretary'' and insert ``the report of the 
     Secretaries''.
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                ABRAHAM (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1208

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. ABRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. 
Smith of Oregon) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, H.R. 2107, supra; as follows:

       On page 5, line 8, strike ``$120,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$124,000,000''.
       On page 64, line 16, strike ``$1,346,215,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,341,215,000''.
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                       BUMPERS AMENDMENT NO. 1209

  Mr. BUMPERS proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 2107, supra; as 
follows:

       Strike all after ``Sec. 339'' on page 123, line 9, of the 
     pending Committee amendment and add the following:
       ``(a) No funds provided in this or any other act may be 
     expended to develop a rulemaking proposal to amend or replace 
     the Bureau of Land Management regulations found at 43 C.F.R. 
     3809 or to prepare a draft environmental impact statement on 
     such proposal, until the Secretary of the Interior certifies 
     to the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and 
     Appropriations of the

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     United States Senate and the Committees on Resources and 
     Appropriations of the United States House of Representatives 
     that the Department of Interior has consulted with the 
     governor, or his/her representative, from each state that 
     contains public lands open to location under the General 
     Mining Laws.
       ``(b) The Secretary shall not publish proposed regulations 
     to amend or replace the Bureau of Land Management regulations 
     found at 43 C.F.R. 3809 prior to November 15, 1998, and shall 
     not finalize such regulations prior to 90 days after such 
     publication.''.
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                       GRAHAM AMENDMENT NO. 1210

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, H.R. 2107, supra; as follows:

       On page 63, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

     SEC.   . YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE PROGRAM.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Interior, in consultation with the 
     Attorney General, shall--
       (1) submit to Congress a report identifying at least 20 
     sites on Federal land that are potentially suitable and 
     promising for activities of the Youth Environmental Service 
     program to be administered in accordance with the Memorandum 
     of Understanding signed by the Secretary of the Interior and 
     the Attorney General in February 1994; and
       (2) provide a copy of the report to the appropriate State 
     and local law enforcement agencies in the States and 
     localities in which the 20 prospective sites are located.

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