[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H6026-H6035]
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  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  1999

  The Committee resumed its sitting.

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  The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) is 
recognized for 5 minutes in support of his amendment.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chairman, I rise today along with my colleague from 
New Jersey (Mr. Pappas), in support of an initiative that is vital to 
our children, our families and our Nation: Reestablishing the Stateside 
program of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
  I want to thank the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula) for his 
graciousness as we take up debate on this important issue. He and his 
staff have always extended every courtesy to me and my office, and I 
also want to thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Yates), the ranking 
member, and the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Dicks) and their staff 
for all of the help that they have provided me.
  The Land and Water Conservation Fund has a proven track record and 
strong bipartisan support. The Land and Water Conservation Fund is a 
simple idea. It uses money from nonrenewable public resources like 
offshore oil and gas drilling and reinvests the money into a renewable 
resource: Public open space.
  A trust fund was established over 30 years ago to meet the need for 
more open space and in that time, over 37,000, over 37,000 park and 
recreation projects, from neighborhood parks and ballfields to scenic 
trails, nature reserves and historical sites, have all been developed. 
This is a real American success story.
  Unfortunately, the spirit of this program has been misdirected in 
recent years. Though Congress has funded the Federal program which has 
protected Federal lands, the Stateside program has been zeroed out. For 
those who believe that the Stateside program is better provided by the 
States, I would respectfully disagree and say that the States cannot do 
it alone. The Stateside program is already a partnership, as States and 
towns match every Federal dollar. We can leverage good money on good 
projects.
  The Stateside program acknowledges State leadership on parks and open 
space projects and works in lock step with what I would say is a 
Republican philosophy to devolve power back to the States. It is a 
nonregulatory program that lets States take the lead, a successful 
program with a successful track record administered at the State level. 
That is why governors from all over the country support the Stateside 
fund.

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  Not funding the Stateside program amounts to a broken promise made to 
the American people. When we decided to open the Outer Continental 
Shelf to oil drilling, exploitation of a nonrenewable resource, we 
pledged to use some of the revenues for the public good, to protect 
open space. Every year, the Land and Water Conservation Fund takes in 
$900 million from oil and gas receipts, but less than 25 percent of 
this has been appropriated over the last decade. We are breaking our 
promise to the American people by not spending this money in the way in 
which it was intended.
  This amendment that we are offering today is a step in the right 
direction toward renewing that promise. It is the perfect time to 
revitalize the Land and Water Conservation Fund program. Right now, 
States are developing their own plans to invest in open spaces. With 
our strategic investment, we can help them fight sprawl, revitalize 
urban areas, and conserve cherished cultural heritage sites.
  In some low-income urban communities, such as Chelsea in Summerville, 
Massachusetts, the Stateside program is responsible for virtually all 
parks in the city. Without the Stateside fund, there would literally be 
no public open space in those communities.
  Kids in cities need safe green spaces to play in. Without safe, 
healthy parks, they go from home to school and back without ever 
interacting with a natural area: Trees, grass, places to explore. 
Unused open space in rural areas is natural area. Unused space in a 
city is a vacant lot with garbage, glass, dirty needles and possibly 
drug dealing. Vacant lots also increase childhood asthma by increasing 
airborne dust. Transforming a dangerous vacant lot into a community 
garden or neighborhood playground gives a neighborhood hope and 
increases public health and safety.
  I have seen some of the great things the Stateside program can do. In 
my home city of Worcester, Massachusetts there are about 40,000 annual 
visits to Green Hill Park, an innercity green space which received 
$225,000 in the 1980s to revamp a farm zoo in that park. This is the 
kind of investment we need to save our urban neighborhoods.
  Our amendment proposes to take $30 million from the fossil energy 
turbine program and redirect it to the National Park Service for the 
purpose of funding the Stateside program. What will $30 million do? It 
gives the States something to work with. They have not seen Stateside 
funding since 1995. It will help get grant programs back on line, and 
it will help further demonstrate the need and support for the program 
by using the $30 million strategically.
  Mr. Chairman, I ask that my colleagues support this bipartisan effort 
to reinstate the Stateside program with the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund to ensure we have a better environment for everybody. Please 
support the McGovern-Pappas amendment.
  Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this amendment offered by my 
colleague from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern). This Interior 
appropriations bill contains within it the appropriations for the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund. However, only $139 million is appropriated 
for this important fund, despite it reaching levels of $5 billion. 
Moreover, there are no funds in this bill for the Stateside matching 
grant program.
  In my State of New Jersey, there is much debate about the future of 
urban sprawl, loss of open space and farmland, and the need 
recreational opportunities. This fund was originally intended to be a 
Federal complement to State efforts to provide for parks, recreation 
and open space. The Federal component, however, is gone.
  This issue is critical to the Northeast and every region across this 
country with urban sprawl. I have even introduced my own bill to help 
further address this problem in my region, H.R. 3566. Open space is 
critically important to preserve the quality of life for those that 
live in high-growth areas. The Federal Government can play an important 
role in providing money to cash-strapped States and local governments 
that seek to fund efforts to improve their quality of life.
  This amendment is a much-needed amendment to provide an additional 
$30 million for the Stateside of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
Under the formula written in the law, States, through the Stateside 
program, would receive up to $2 million each to help improve quality of 
life for communities and families.
  Finally, I want to thank the chairman for crafting an overall good 
bill. It is a very lean year, I understand, and represents a $200 
million reduction from last year. Offsets such as the one identified in 
this amendment are harder to find in lean bills. However, I must 
respectfully state my opinion through this amendment that the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund in general, and State grant program in 
specific, must reflect a higher priority of this Congress and 
administration.
  This amendment will help save an important Federal program that helps 
States. It is consistent with Republican priorities by giving power to 
States. It does not create more Federal land ownership; it allows 
flexibility on the local level, and as a former local elected official, 
this is the type of program that will help existing open space and 
recreational efforts of local governments.
  This is an amendment that this Congress should support, the Stateside 
program. I strongly urge passage of the McGovern amendment.
  Mr. VENTO. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  (Mr. VENTO asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. VENTO. Mr. Chairman, I wanted to rise in support of this 
amendment and others that seek to enhance the utilization of resources 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The fact is that there is 
from the offshore oil and gas revenues a commitment until appropriated 
of $900 million a year. The measure before us appropriates only a small 
portion of those dollars.
  Now, I understand the limitations that the subcommittee members face, 
but I think that completely terminating, and it has been done in past 
Congresses, the funding for the State set-aside for the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund is the wrong way to go. I think we have a commitment 
here. I know that this amendment is really only a modest beginning as 
we try to restore the integrity and the necessity for the funds to the 
States for these particular programs. I mean the basic tenet is that as 
we deplete resources from the Outer Continental Shelf, both oil and 
gas, that the resources of some of the dollars that come from those 
resources are provided for setting aside and purchasing some lands for 
the legacy of those that come after us.
  So I strongly support this, empowering and providing the States this 
opportunity.
  I want to commend the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), 
and the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pappas) for raising this. I just 
wanted to comment briefly that I recognize our colleague from Illinois' 
distinguished service and had noted that in my earlier remarks that I 
put in the Record, as well as the continued good work of the chairman 
of this committee and others that have served here, including the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. McDade). While over the years we have 
had our differences about how to proceed with policy, I think that they 
have been conscientious Members, especially of course the gentleman 
from Illinois (Mr. Yates), who has left I think an indelible mark on 
many of the special programs that exist in this subcommittee of 
appropriations on Interior.
  I have concerns about the bill, especially the underfunding, and I 
think that that needs to be remedied in terms of how we have allocated 
the dollars so that this subcommittee would have the funding that would 
reflect the will of the American people in terms of the concerns that 
they have with these programs. I am concerned about some elements in 
the rule where some amendments are given favored treatment, others are 
ruled out of bounds in terms of reaching them, but generally, there is 
a lot positive in this bill and I am really torn in terms of a decision 
to support it.
  But I am not torn about this amendment. This is a good amendment, and 
I urge the Members to support it and hope that we can restore some full 
spending at some time to the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and I 
again commend the gentleman.
  So I rise in support of the amendment offered by my colleagues to 
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the Land and Water Conservation Fund for stateside matching grant 
program. I do regret the decision to offset the funding from the Energy 
Conservation Program, but do support the opportunity to discuss the 
unmet commitment represented in the Conservation Fund.
  When Congress first passed the Land and Water Conservation Act in 
1965, they recognized the need to ``assist in preserving, developing, 
and assuring accessibility to all citizens of the United States of 
America of present and future generations . . . To outdoor recreation 
resources . . . '' To insure that access, the Congress pledged to 
provide funds for States in planning, acquisition, and development of 
needed areas and facilities. The fund was also to be used for Federal 
acquisition and development.
  While the funding source for LWCF has produced a more than generous 
level to conduct both portions of the program, the program has been too 
successful. The $900 million authorized level has been diverted to fund 
other programs with minimal funding for the Federal funding and, since 
1995, no money for State matching grants.
  The State matching programs has been an integral component of State 
and local recreation programs. I am certain that many of my colleagues 
have visited recreation centers, wildlife areas, and parks funded in 
part by LWCF.
  Unfortunately the lack of matching Federal funds has created a major 
backlog in State and local community programs. The McGovern amendment 
would be a start to address those pressing needs.
  While I support the restoration of funding for LWCF, I am concerned 
about the source of the offset. It is my hope that should this 
amendment be successful, other options will be considered by a 
conference committee as offsets.
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  Mr. Chairman, how quickly we forget. I can remember not too many 
years ago when people stood in this well wondering where were we going 
to get energy, when we had OPEC tying up petroleum, lines at the 
gasoline stations. We said, let us not let that happen again. We had a 
special commission meeting all hours of the day and night trying to 
address the problem. Industries closed down, hospitals and schools were 
suffering problems. How quickly we forget. We forget we sent soldiers, 
disrupted families, spent billions of dollars in Desert Storm to 
protect our energy supply, and now we want to take another hit at 
energy conservation.
  These programs result from the experience of OPEC tying up our energy 
supply. They result from an understanding that we have to conserve. The 
gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Skaggs) not long ago was making a strong 
case for energy conservation. Here we have a bill that says, let us 
take another bite out of energy conservation to fund local facilities, 
golf courses. We remember when the Land and Water Conservation funds 
went to the States. It was easy money. It came from the ``Federal 
Government.''
  So they did not worry too much. The State built swimming pools, golf 
courses, tennis courts. That is not a wise investment when we are 
threatening the energy security of this Nation. That is what this 
amendment boils down to.
  We have enormous needs in our Federal lands. We are the Federal 
Government. Forty-seven States advised the National Governors' 
Association that they have surpluses. If they have surpluses, they 
should be building the tennis courts, the swimming pools and the golf 
courses in their communities. We have $10 billion of backlog 
maintenance. This is the testimony of the administration. We have land 
management agencies that are trying to deal with in-holdings. We need 
whatever funds we can get to buy in-holdings where people are living in 
the center of parks and forests and other government facilities.
  Given the backlog of maintenance of $10 billion, given the backlog of 
in-holding purchases that we should make of $8.6 billion, it certainly 
makes absolutely no sense to take money out of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund. We do not have enough.
  See that stack of three looseleaf notebooks? They represent requests 
from Members of this body, some 2,000 letters we received, many of them 
are multiple, of course, from Members saying, buy this land, do this 
project. The gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) is here, and he hears the 
same thing over in the Committee on Resources.
  We are already, woefully short of the funds that we need to meet the 
needs brought to our attention by Members in testimony. We had an 
entire day of Members testifying in front of our committee about the 
needs in their districts on Federal programs, and 47 States with 
surpluses, and we are proposing to give them money to build golf 
courses, tennis courts, swimming pools? Forget it. And to take it out 
of energy conservation?
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. REGULA. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chairman, I would agree with the gentleman in 
enforcing accountability in this program, but I would simply say that 
this is not what we are talking about when we are talking about the 
importance of this program. We are talking about open spaces for 
families, we are talking about areas in inner cities that otherwise 
would be left vacant.

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  The beauty of this program is, kind of like the State revolving fund, 
it would leverage more money from the State. It is not just the Federal 
Government giving money, but we are getting money from the State, and 
that is in keeping with the spirit that you believe.
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, we are talking about 
open spaces on Federal lands too. And we are talking about all those 
millions of visitors that want to go to our Federal lands, and I think 
it is the responsibility of the cities to fund these programs. Most of 
them have income tax programs, they have other sources of revenue. And 
from what I read, many of the cities are doing pretty well and the 
States are doing well because the economy is strong.
  One of the reasons the economy is strong is because energy is cheap. 
Of course, the gentleman was not here, but if he had been here when we 
had these debates, when gasoline was $1.50 a gallon, he would 
understand that this is an unwise proposal.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman would continue to yield, 
I appreciate that, and I also appreciate the importance of protecting 
Federal lands, but I think we can do both. And what we are talking 
about here is really a very modest investment to try to help leverage 
State funds to protect open spaces in States all across this country, 
and I would again urge support of this amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula) has 
expired.
  (By unanimous consent, Mr. Regula was allowed to proceed for 1 
additional minute.)
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I think while this is a noble cause, and 
while it would be nice if we had the money, we do not. We do not have 
the money to meet the Federal responsibility. We do not have the money 
to do the backlog. We do not have the money to buy the in-holdings. We 
do not have enough money to meet Federal needs, as evidenced by those 
hundreds of requests from all of my colleagues for additional programs.
  If we had a great amount of money, it would be different. If we had 
energy security, it would be different. If we had a stable Middle East, 
which is an enormous source of petroleum, it would be different. But I 
hope we have learned our lessons in the past, and I would strongly urge 
Members to vote ``no'' on this amendment.
  Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN. Mr. Chairman I rise in strong support of the 
amendment of my fellow Freshman Class colleague, Mr. McGovern and would 
urge all of my colleagues to support it as well.
  Mr. Chairman since its enactment in 1964, over $3 billion have been 
appropriated from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for matching 
grants to the 50 States and U.S. Insular areas for land acquisition and 
recreation development. Through this program more than 2.3 million 
acres have been acquired and recreation facilities have been built on 
some 25,000 sites.
  In my own district, LWCF funds have been used for very important land 
acquisitions at the VI National Park on St. John and hopefully, very 
soon, to create a National Park Service presence at the recently 
authorized Salt River National Park on the island of St. Croix.
  Equally and vitally important are the funds provided from the LWCF 
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recreation programs, known as the Urban Parks and Recreation Program. 
When the LWCF was enacted over thirty years ago, one of its stated 
purposes was to assist in the preservation, development and assuring 
the accessibility to outdoor recreation resources. Using this mandate, 
the LWCF has been used to build ballparks in urban settings from 
Oakland, California to Washington, DC to my own area in the Virgin 
Islands.
  In years past, the UPAR program received bipartisan support for 
increased funding every year, because members on both sides of the isle 
recognized the importance of recreation in the development of our young 
people. That is why I strongly support the amendment of my colleague 
from Massachusetts which would restore funding for the LWCF program to 
the level requested by the Administration.
  Mr. Chairman, I also want to urge my colleagues to again resist 
efforts to eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. 
Every federal dollar spent by the NEA leverages many additional public 
dollars at the state and local level. Last year, the $98 million 
dollars allocated to the NEA helped create a system that supports 1.3 
million full time jobs in states, cities, towns and villages across the 
country, providing $3.4 billion back to the federal treasury in income 
taxes.
  We must continue to support the NEA not only because of the untold 
benefits this agency has on our culture but also because of the 
importance that artistic expression and creativity has on the 
development of our children.
  In closing Mr. Chairman, I want to pay tribute to the Gentleman from 
Illinois, the Ranking Member on the Interior Appropriation Committee, 
Mr. Yates. My colleagues, those of us from the U.S. offshore areas are 
very thankful to Mr. Yates for the support he has given to our needs 
over the years. Whether it has been for disaster assistance as was the 
case with Hurricanes Hugo and Marilyn in my district or to our many 
other important needs, Chairman Yates as he was known for so many 
years, was always willing to come to our aid.
  And so I want to say to Mr. Yates on behalf of the people of the 
Virgin Islands, whom I am privileged to represent, thank you for your 
support. You will be sorely missed in this body but we wish you a very 
enjoyable retirement and come and visit us in the Virgin Islands. God 
Speed.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern).
  The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, further proceedings 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. 
McGovern) will be postponed.
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. 
Regula), as the manager of the bill, to discuss for a moment a program 
of particular interest to me, the gentleman from New Hampshire (Mr. 
Bass), the gentleman from Delaware (Mr. Castle), the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Boehlert), and many others of my colleagues. It is a subject 
which has broadly been discussed, the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
  As the gentleman knows, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which 
uses revenue from offshore oil and gas drilling for the protection of 
recreation, historic and natural resource lands across the country, is 
of critical importance to the State of New Jersey and other States 
across the Nation.
  I appreciate the historic support offered by the gentleman from Ohio 
(Chairman Regula) for this program. Funding levels for the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund in recent years, however, have resulted in a 
backlog of unmet acquisition needs at many parks, forests, and wildlife 
refuges.
  I am grateful the Congress finally addressed this need last year by 
appropriating an additional $699 million to the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund funds, and I know that that could not have happened 
without the support of the gentleman from Ohio.
  I would like to ask the gentleman a question related to the $699 
million contained in last year's Interior Appropriations bill. Of the 
$699 million appropriated, it is my understanding that $362 million 
will be used to address high priority land acquisitions and backlog 
maintenance needs around the country, but the final decision of what 
projects will be funded has not yet been made.
  Mr. Chairman, I would inquire, is it the gentleman's intention to 
finalize the list of acquisitions before the end of the fiscal year 
1998?
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I would tell the gentleman that yes, it is. 
I can assure the gentleman from New Jersey that it would be my intent, 
and I think my colleague in the Senate feels the same way, to spend 
these funds this year on high priority land, such as in-holdings, high 
priority land acquisition and backlog maintenance projects.
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I thank the 
gentleman, and would ask his indulgence for one more question.
  Despite the extraordinary funding for Land and Water Conservation 
projects, there will continue to be an annual need to address ongoing 
acquisitions within Federal units. In fiscal year 1999 the 
administration requested $270 million, which is in line with regular 
funding levels in recent years, but the House bill was unable to 
achieve this level this year.
  I realize the chairman of the subcommittee has worked on under strict 
budgetary constraints and in fact received a lower 302(b) allocation 
than last year. However, it is my fervent hope that the conferees from 
this body can work to arrive at a final Land and Water Conservation 
level that is at least consistent with the Senate's appropriation.
  Is it the gentleman's intention to move in this direction?
  Mr. REGULA. Yes, it is. As the gentleman from New Jersey pointed out, 
there are many competing demands on the limited funds provided in this 
bill, and I feel that we have done as well as we could.
  However, I certainly recognize the importance of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund, particularly in meeting the need for purchase of in-
holdings and in meeting ongoing acquisition needs, as well as its 
importance to many Members of this body who support projects in their 
district. Here is an example, all three of these are Member projects 
letters.
  While we cannot meet every request, the subcommittee will certainly 
strive to work with the Senate to reach a more adequate funding level 
in conference. And let me say parenthetically that we imposed moratoria 
on a great deal of offshore drilling which, of course, substantially 
reduced the flow of money into the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the commitment of the 
gentleman from Ohio (Chairman Regula) and look forward to working with 
him on this important issue.
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, I intended to offer an amendment this afternoon that I 
believe makes dollars and makes sense. My amendment was based on the 
simple premise that government agencies responsible for administering 
programs with similar and complementary purposes can achieve greater 
success by working together in our urban communities.
  Interagency cooperation, the wise use of tax dollars and the 
development of innovative approaches that employ ideas from a variety 
of disciplines and sciences, should be promoted more often by this 
Congress. That is what my amendment sought to accomplish.
  Also, I believe that my amendment would have been timely. We are 
currently in the middle of what scientists predict will be the hottest 
July in some 600 years. We have never recorded a month hotter than the 
one we are currently experiencing. In the Midwest and New England, 
major utility corporations do not have the power to deal with the added 
costs of cooling urban areas. Rolling burnouts have already occurred 
and are predicted to occur with more regularity as the summer 
progresses and the heat rise.
  In Chicago, Commonwealth Edison says they are not sure who is going 
to get electricity at what point. However, the heat wave that currently 
grips our Nation, raising temperatures above 100 and the heat index 
above 110 in cities throughout America, is not an anomaly. This decade 
has witnessed the six hottest summers on record.
  We should begin to expect these types of weather effects more often. 
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should also note that excessive summer heat is worse in our cities and 
metropolitan areas. Thus we should focus our attention to our urban 
communities where dangerous summer heat has become a public health 
hazard.
  Currently, the Department of Energy conducts research into the 
causes, consequences, and possible solutions to the urban heat-island 
phenomenon. This research demonstrates that summer temperatures are 5 
to 10 degrees higher in central cities than in surrounding areas.
  As my colleagues can imagine, the energy costs and air pollution 
resulting from these heat islands present critical problems for urban 
communities and their residents. But beyond the higher utility bills 
and air quality that heat islands foster are serious public health 
concerns that must also be addressed.
  I represent an urban constituency. Asphalt, brick and tar are common 
in my community. In 1995, in my congressional district alone, 100 
people died because of excessive summer heat. Throughout the City of 
Chicago in mid-July of 1995, nearly 600 people died during the worst 
heat wave this decade. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration study of heat waves demonstrates that in certain 
sections of the city the mercury was 10 degrees higher than in the 
suburbs of the City of Chicago. The heat index, which also factors in 
humidity as well, was nearly 15 degrees higher.
  Now, this year the Dallas area has witnessed the effects of urban 
heat island. For 15 straight days in Dallas the heat has reached 100 
degrees or more. More than 80 people have died as a direct result of 
heat-related illnesses in the Dallas area and across the South.
  DOE research has shown that the heat-island phenomenon is prevalent 
throughout the country. I believe we should look for solutions to this 
serious public health concern. The Forest Service currently administers 
a program that should be integrated with the Energy Department's heat-
island research to help lessen the effects of summer heat in urban 
areas. Between these two agencies, we understand the problem and we can 
come to an important solution.
  The DOE can supply the data that helps local communities plan where 
urban green space must be improved and expanded. The Forest Service can 
help local communities plant and maintain trees and flora. By 
cooperating, sharing, and working together, these agencies can fulfill 
their missions more effectively.
  I do not believe that additional appropriations are required by this 
amendment. The programs in question also will not have to be changed. 
What the amendment would have required is coordination and innovation, 
not dollars and regulation.
  Mr. Chairman, I feel strongly that this is a win-win situation for 
our government and cities. Developing solutions to problems of urban 
heat and pollution cannot be put off any longer. Let us get the 
agencies working together on this.
  Mr. Chairman, I will not offer my amendment today, but instead would 
ask to engage in a colloquy with the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula), 
chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior Appropriations.
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Gutierrez) 
has expired.
  (By unanimous consent, Mr. Gutierrez was allowed to proceed for 30 
additional seconds.)
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Chairman, I would ask that the members of the 
subcommittee work with me to compel the Forest Service and the 
Department of Energy to sit down and coordinate their efforts to reduce 
heat and pollution in order to save energy and to save lives. I would 
urge the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula), the manager of the bill, to 
follow the progress of these agencies towards achieving that goal.
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, we will urge them to do that. I do not know 
if the gentleman heard my opening statement, but I pointed out that we 
have pushed all agencies to coordinate wherever possible to gain 
efficiencies in the expenditure of monies as well as to serve the 
public better.
  So this is an example, I think, where two agencies can coordinate 
their efforts to meet the needs that the gentleman from Illinois has 
outlined in his remarks.
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I thank the 
gentleman from Ohio, and I look forward to working with him.
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, I wish to engage in a colloquy with the distinguished 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula), chairman of the Subcommittee on 
Interior Appropriations, concerning the proposed National Eagle Center 
in Wabasha, Minnesota.
  Many of my colleagues may recall a CBS report last winter concerning 
efforts in the City of Wabasha, Minnesota, to construct a National 
Eagle Center. In his news report, anchorman Harry Smith stated that it 
makes his heart quicken to see this magnificent symbol of our Nation in 
its natural environment: Hundreds of bald eagles perched in the 
cottonwoods and fishing along the banks of the Mississippi River near 
Wabasha, a community of 2,500 people made famous by the movie, ``Grumpy 
Old Men.''
  Mr. Chairman, Harry Smith is not unlike millions of Americans who are 
thrilled to have a rare chance to see a bald eagle in the wild. In 
fact, CBS News officials said the network received more phone calls 
requesting copies of this story of Smith's than any other.
  For the past 9 years, 70 volunteers from in and around Wabasha, 
Minnesota, have generously donated their time and talent in order to 
share this once-in-a-lifetime experience with the thousands of visitors 
who come each year to see this remarkable bird. These thousands of 
visitors come to Wabasha because nowhere else in the lower 48 States 
can one find a better view of this, our national symbol.

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  Nowhere else can visitors benefit, free of charge, from a trained 
staff of volunteers who help them spot and learn more about the Bald 
Eagle.
  But as my colleague knows, Minnesota can get very cold in the winter, 
and that is why the City of Wabasha and the State of Minnesota have 
joined forces and contributed $1.9 million, about half the amount 
necessary, to construct an indoor eagle viewing and educational 
facility for the benefit of visitors from all over the country.
  Mr. Chairman, I have asked the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula), the 
chairman of the subcommittee, if he would lend his support for the 
National Eagle Center. I understand the chairman will consider this 
request as the Interior bill is taken up in conference with the Senate.
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Minnesota is correct in 
his understanding. Recognizing the level of commitment on the part of 
the State of Minnesota and the community of Wabasha, as well as the 
national interests served by this center, I will work with the 
gentleman from Minnesota in his efforts to include supportive language 
in a statement of managers to accompany the conference report on the 
Interior bill.
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Chairman, I greatly appreciate the chairman's 
willingness to work with me on this project, which is so important to 
my home State, the community of Wabasha, me and, most importantly, to 
millions of Americans eager to see this remarkably beautiful symbol of 
our Nation.
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
through page 55, line 14, be considered as read, printed in the Record 
and open to amendment at any point.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill from page 20, line 4 through page 55, line 14 is 
as follows:


                       administrative provisions

       Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be 
     available for the purchase of not to exceed 375 passenger 
     motor vehicles, of which 291 shall be for replacement only, 
     including not to exceed 305 for police-type use, 12 buses, 
     and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds 
     appropriated to the National Park Service may be used to 
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     any grant or contract documents which do not include the text 
     of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated to the National Park Service may be used to 
     implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the southern 
     end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been submitted 
     to the Congress and shall not be implemented prior to the 
     expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any day in 
     which either House of Congress is not in session because of 
     adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day 
     certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives and the President of the Senate of a full and 
     comprehensive report on the development of the southern end 
     of Ellis Island, including the facts and circumstances relied 
     upon in support of the proposed project.
        None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National 
     Park Service for activities taken in direct response to the 
     United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
        The National Park Service may distribute to operating 
     units based on the safety record of each unit the costs of 
     programs designed to improve workplace and employee safety, 
     and to encourage employees receiving workers' compensation 
     benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5, United States 
     Code, to return to appropriate positions for which they are 
     medically able.

                    United States Geological Survey


                 surveys, investigations, and research

       For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
     Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research 
     covering topography, geology, hydrology, and the mineral and 
     water resources of the United States, its territories and 
     possessions, and other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 
     1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and water 
     resources; give engineering supervision to power permittees 
     and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees; 
     administer the minerals exploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); 
     and publish and disseminate data relative to the foregoing 
     activities; and to conduct inquiries into the economic 
     conditions affecting mining and materials processing 
     industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and 
     related purposes as authorized by law and to publish and 
     disseminate data; $774,838,000 of which $68,096,000 shall be 
     available only for cooperation with States or municipalities 
     for water resources investigations; and of which $16,400,000 
     shall remain available until expended for conducting 
     inquiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and 
     materials processing industries; and of which $150,871,000 
     shall be available until September 30, 2000 for the 
     biological research activity and the operation of the 
     Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That none of these 
     funds provided for the biological research activity shall be 
     used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless 
     specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: 
     Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
     used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic 
     mapping or water resources data collection and investigations 
     carried on in cooperation with States and municipalities.


                       administrative provisions

       The amount appropriated for the United States Geological 
     Survey shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 
     53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are for replacement 
     only; reimbursement to the General Services Administration 
     for security guard services; contracting for the furnishing 
     of topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or 
     other specialized surveys when it is administratively 
     determined that such procedures are in the public interest; 
     construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and 
     appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 
     stations and observation wells; expenses of the United States 
     National Committee on Geology; and payment of compensation 
     and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly 
     appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 
     and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 
     activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 
     accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or 
     cooperative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: 
     Provided further, That the United States Geological Survey 
     may contract directly with individuals or indirectly with 
     institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 
     U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent services of 
     science students or recent graduates, who shall be considered 
     employees for the purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United 
     States Code, relating to compensation for work injuries, and 
     chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort 
     claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees 
     for any other purposes.

                      Minerals Management Service


                royalty and offshore minerals management

       For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and 
     environmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and 
     collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
     laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other 
     minerals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; 
     and for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including 
     the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles 
     for replacement only; $116,402,000, of which $72,729,000 
     shall be available for royalty management activities; and an 
     amount not to exceed $100,000,000, to be credited to this 
     appropriation and to remain available until expended, from 
     additions to receipts resulting from increases to rates in 
     effect on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee 
     collections for Outer Continental Shelf administrative 
     activities performed by the Minerals Management Service over 
     and above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and from 
     additional fees for Outer Continental Shelf administrative 
     activities established after September 30, 1993: Provided, 
     That $3,000,000 for computer acquisitions shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2000: Provided further, That 
     funds appropriated under this Act shall be available for the 
     payment of interest in accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and 
     (d): Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be 
     available for reasonable expenses related to promoting 
     volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     $15,000 under this heading shall be available for refunds of 
     overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in 
     which the Director of the Minerals Management Service 
     concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to 
     Indian allottees or Tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable 
     erroneous payments.


                           oil spill research

       For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, 
     title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, 
     section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,118,000, 
     which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
     Fund, to remain available until expended.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


                       regulation and technology

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
     Law 95-87, as amended, including the purchase of not to 
     exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; 
     $93,074,000, and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, an 
     additional amount shall be credited to this account, to 
     remain available until expended, from performance bond 
     forfeitures in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter: Provided, 
     That the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, 
     may use directly or through grants to States, moneys 
     collected in fiscal year 1999 for civil penalties assessed 
     under section 518 of the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands 
     adversely affected by coal mining practices after August 3, 
     1977, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
     That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining 
     Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and 
     per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending 
     Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
     sponsored training: Provided further, That beginning in 
     fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, cost-based fees for the 
     products of the Mine Map Repository shall be established (and 
     revised as needed) in Federal Register Notices, and shall be 
     collected and credited to this account, to be available until 
     expended for the costs of administering this program.


                    abandoned mine reclamation fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface 
     Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, 
     as amended, including the purchase of not more than 10 
     passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $185,416,000, 
     to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation 
     Fund and to remain available until expended; of which up to 
     $7,000,000, to be derived from the cumulative balance of 
     interest earned to date on the Fund,  shall be for 
     supplemental grants to States for the reclamation of 
     abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage from coal mines, 
     and for associated activities, through the Appalachian Clean 
     Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum program 
     States will be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal year 1999: 
     Provided further, That of the funds herein provided up to 
     $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency program authorized 
     by section 410 of Public Law 95-87, as amended, of which no 
     more than 25 percent shall be used for emergency reclamation 
     projects in any one State and funds for federally 
     administered emergency reclamation projects under this 
     proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further, That 
     prior year unobligated funds appropriated for the emergency 
     reclamation program shall not be subject to the 25 percent 
     limitation per State and may be used without fiscal year 
     limitation for emergency projects: Provided further, That 
     pursuant to Public Law 97-365, the Department of the Interior 
     is authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of 
     the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to 
     pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, 
     That funds made available to States under title IV of Public 
     Law 95-87 may be used, at their discretion, for any required 
     non-Federal share of the cost of projects funded by the 
     Federal Government for the purpose of environmental 
     restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine 
     drainage from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 
     projects must be consistent with the purposes and priorities 
     of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided 
     further, That the State of Maryland may set aside the greater 
     of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants made 
     available to the State under title IV of the Surface Mining 
     Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30

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     U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited in 
     an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund 
     established under a State law, pursuant to which law the 
     amount (together with all interest earned on the amount) is 
     expended by the State to undertake acid mine drainage 
     abatement and treatment projects, except that before any 
     amounts greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants are 
     deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment 
     fund, the State of Maryland must first complete all Surface 
     Mining Control and Reclamation Act priority one projects: 
     Provided further, That hereafter, donations received to 
     support projects under the Appalachian Clean Streams 
     Initiative and under the Western Mine Lands Restoration 
     Partnerships Initiative, pursuant to 30 U.S.C. 1231, shall be 
     credited to this account and remain available until expended 
     without further appropriation for projects sponsored under 
     these initiatives, directly through agreements with other 
     Federal agencies, or through grants to States, and funding to 
     local governments, or tax exempt private entities.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      operation of indian programs

       For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
     programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 
     November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
     450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amendments of 1978 
     (25 U.S.C. 2001-2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools 
     Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as amended, 
     $1,558,425,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000 
     except as otherwise provided herein, of which not to exceed 
     $96,028,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not 
     limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
     amended, not to exceed $114,881,000 shall be available for 
     payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
     support costs associated with ongoing contracts, grants, 
     compacts, or annual funding agreements entered into with the 
     Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 1999, as authorized by 
     such Act, except that tribes and tribal organizations may use 
     their tribal priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of 
     ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding 
     agreements and for unmet welfare assistance costs, and of 
     which not to exceed $383,451,000 for school operations costs 
     of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs shall 
     become available on July 1, 1999, and shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2000; and of which not to exceed 
     $52,256,000 shall remain available until expended for housing 
     improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation 
     support, self-governance grants, the Indian Self-
     Determination Fund, land records improvement, the Navajo-Hopi 
     Settlement Program: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 
     Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 
     2008, not to exceed $42,160,000 within and only from such 
     amounts made available for school operations shall be 
     available to tribes and tribal organizations for 
     administrative cost grants associated with the operation of 
     Bureau-funded schools: Provided further, That hereafter funds 
     made available to tribes and tribal organizations through 
     contracts, compact agreements, or grants, as authorized by 
     the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 or grants 
     authorized by the Indian Education Amendments of 1988 (25 
     U.S.C. 2001 and 2008A) shall remain available until expended 
     by the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That 
     hereafter to provide funding uniformity within a Self-
     Governance Compact, any funds provided in this Act with 
     availability for more than two years may be reprogrammed to 
     two year availability but shall remain available within the 
     Compact until expended: Provided further, That hereafter 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, Indian tribal 
     governments may, by appropriate changes in eligibility 
     criteria or by other means, change eligibility for general 
     assistance or change the amount of general assistance 
     payments for individuals within the service area of such 
     tribe who are otherwise deemed eligible for general 
     assistance payments so long as such changes are applied in a 
     consistent manner to individuals similarly situated and, that 
     any savings realized by such changes shall be available for 
     use in meeting other priorities of the tribes and, that any 
     net increase in costs to the Federal Government which result 
     solely from tribally increased payment levels for general 
     assistance shall be met exclusively from funds available to 
     the tribe from within its tribal priority allocation: 
     Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to a 
     tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2000, may 
     be transferred during fiscal year 2001 to an Indian forest 
     land assistance account established for the benefit of such 
     tribe within the tribe's trust fund account: Provided 
     further, That any such unobligated balances not so 
     transferred shall expire on September 30, 2001: Provided 
     further, That hereafter tribes may use tribal priority 
     allocations funds for the replacement and repair of school 
     facilities in compliance with 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), so long as 
     such replacement or repair is approved by the Secretary and 
     completed with non-Federal tribal and/or tribal priority 
     allocation funds.


                              construction

       For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
     irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other 
     facilities, including architectural and engineering services 
     by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; 
     and preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of 
     the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 
     87-483, $121,695,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That such amounts as may be available for the 
     construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be 
     transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, 
     That not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority available 
     to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway 
     Trust Fund may be used to cover the road program management 
     costs of the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds 
     provided for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 
     13 shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: 
     Provided further, That for fiscal year 1999, in implementing 
     new construction or facilities improvement and repair project 
     grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to tribally 
     controlled grant schools under Public Law 100-297, as 
     amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the 
     Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for 
     Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the 
     regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such grants 
     shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the 
     Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a 
     schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Provided 
     further, That in considering applications, the Secretary 
     shall consider whether the Indian tribe or tribal 
     organization would be deficient in assuring that the 
     construction projects conform to applicable building 
     standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and 
     safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with 
     respect to organizational and financial management 
     capabilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary 
     declines an application, the Secretary shall follow the 
     requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided 
     further, That any disputes between the Secretary and any 
     grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes 
     provision in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e):  Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated in Public Law 105-18, making emergency 
     supplemental appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
     for the repair of irrigation projects damaged in the severe 
     winter conditions and ensuing flooding, are available on a 
     nonreimbursable basis.


 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians

       For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and individuals 
     and for necessary administrative expenses, $28,396,000, to 
     remain available until expended; of which $27,530,000 shall 
     be available for implementation of enacted Indian land and 
     water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 101-618 and 
     102-575, and for implementation of other enacted water rights 
     settlements; and of which $866,000 shall be available 
     pursuant to Public Laws 99-264, and 100-580: Provided, That 
     in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, the Secretary is directed 
     to sell land and interests in land, other than surface water 
     rights, acquired in conformance with section 2 of the Truckee 
     River Water Quality Settlement Agreement, the receipts of 
     which shall be deposited to the Lahontan Valley and Pyramid 
     Lake Fish and Wildlife Fund, and be available for the 
     purposes of section 2 of such agreement, without regard to 
     the limitation on the distribution of benefits in the second 
     sentence of paragraph 206(f)(2) of Public Law 101-618.


                 indian guaranteed loan program account

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,501,000, as authorized 
     by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended: Provided, 
     That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
     shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
     which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $34,615,000.
        In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     guaranteed loan programs, $500,000.


                       administrative provisions

       The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of 
     Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative 
     agreements, compacts and grants, either directly or in 
     cooperation with States and other organizations.
       Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the 
     revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee and 
     insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program 
     account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits, and 
     purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger motor vehicles, of 
     which not to exceed 187 shall be for replacement only.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
     available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
     operations or pooled overhead general administration (except 
     facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for 
     tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements 
     with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the 
     Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance 
     Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-413).
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
     available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided 
     herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 
     et seq., shall be available to support the operation of any 
     elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska.
       Appropriations made available in this or any other Act for 
     schools funded by the Bureau shall be available only to the 
     schools in

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     the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996. No funds 
     available to the Bureau shall be used to support expanded 
     grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade structure 
     in place or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each 
     school in the Bureau school system as of October 1, 1995.
       In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
     available by the Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 
     distribution to other tribes, this action will not diminish 
     the Federal Government's trust responsibility to that tribe, 
     or the government-to-government relationship between the 
     United States and that tribe, or the tribe's right to future 
     appropriations.

                          Departmental Offices

                            Insular Affairs


                       ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

       For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under 
     the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
     $66,175,000, of which: (1) $62,326,000 shall be available 
     until expended for technical assistance, including 
     maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular 
     management controls, and brown tree snake control and 
     research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for 
     compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 
     1661(c)); grants to the Government of American Samoa, in 
     addition to current local revenues, for construction and 
     support of governmental functions; grants to the Government 
     of the Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the 
     Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the 
     Government of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by 
     law (Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $3,849,000 
     shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
     Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of 
     the territorial and local governments herein provided for, 
     including such transactions of all agencies or 
     instrumentalities established or used by such governments, 
     may be audited by the General Accounting Office, at its 
     discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United 
     States Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands 
     Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to those 
     terms of the Agreement of the Special Representatives on 
     Future United States Financial Assistance for the Northern 
     Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 99-396, or any 
     subsequent legislation related to Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands grant funding: Provided further, 
     That of the Covenant grant funding for the Government of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands $5,000,000 shall be used for the 
     construction of prison facilities and $500,000 shall be used 
     for construction and equipping of a crime laboratory unless 
     the Secretary determines that acceptable alternative 
     financing for these projects is already in place: Provided 
     further, That of the amounts provided for technical 
     assistance, sufficient funding shall be made available for a 
     grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That the 
     funds for the program of operations and maintenance 
     improvement are appropriated to institutionalize routine 
     operations and maintenance improvement of capital 
     infrastructure in American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, 
     the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
     Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and 
     the Federated States of Micronesia through assessments of 
     long-range operations maintenance needs, improved capability 
     of local operations and maintenance institutions and agencies 
     (including management and vocational education training), and 
     project-specific maintenance (with territorial participation 
     and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on 
     the individual territory's commitment to timely maintenance 
     of its capital assets): Provided further, That any 
     appropriation for disaster assistance under this heading in 
     this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-
     Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation 
     grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5170c).


                      compact of free association

       For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the 
     Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 
     232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, and for 
     economic assistance and necessary expenses for the Republic 
     of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 
     233 of the Compact of Free Association, $20,545,000, to 
     remain available until expended, as authorized by Public Law 
     99-239 and Public Law 99-658.

                        Departmental Management


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for management of the Department of 
     the Interior, $58,286,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 may 
     be for official reception and representation expenses, and of 
     which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers 
     compensation payments and unemployment compensation payments 
     associated with the orderly closure of the United States 
     Bureau of Mines.

                        Office of the Solicitor


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
     $37,304,000.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     $24,499,000.

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians


                         federal trust programs

       For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
     expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
     grants, $39,499,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That funds for trust management improvements may be 
     transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs: Provided 
     further, That funds made available to Tribes and Tribal 
     organizations through contracts or grants obligated during 
     fiscal year 1999, as authorized by the Indian Self-
     Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall 
     remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the statute of limitations shall not commence to run on 
     any claim, including any claim in litigation pending on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, concerning losses to or 
     mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe or 
     individual Indian has been furnished with an accounting of 
     such funds from which the beneficiary can determine whether 
     there has been a loss: Provided further, That hereafter the 
     Secretary shall not be required to provide a periodic 
     statement of performance pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 4011(b), nor 
     to invest pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 161a, any Indian trust 
     account managed by the Secretary that has not had activity 
     for at least eighteen months and has a balance of $1.00 or 
     less: Provided further, That hereafter the Secretary shall 
     maintain a record of any such accounts and amounts in such 
     accounts will remain available upon request to the 
     accountholder.

           Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration


                natural resource damage assessment fund

       To conduct natural resource damage assessment activities by 
     the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 
     provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 
     et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 
     U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public 
     Law 101-380), and Public Law 101-337; $4,492,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That obligated and 
     unexpended balances in the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund account at 
     the end of fiscal year 1998 shall be transferred to and made 
     a part of the Departmental Offices, Natural Resource Damage 
     Assessment and Restoration, Natural Resource Damage 
     Assessment Fund account and shall remain available until 
     expended.


                       administrative provisions

       There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 
     resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 aircraft, 10 of 
     which shall be for replacement and which may be obtained by 
     donation, purchase or through available excess surplus 
     property: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with 
     proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the 
     purchase price for the replacement aircraft: Provided 
     further, That no programs funded with appropriated funds in 
     the ``Departmental Management'', ``Office of the Solicitor'', 
     and ``Office of Inspector General'' may be augmented through 
     the Working Capital Fund or the Consolidated Working Fund.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

       Sec. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
     available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or 
     office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the 
     emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 
     buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment 
     damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other 
     unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made 
     available under this authority until funds specifically made 
     available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies 
     shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds 
     used pursuant to this section are hereby designated by 
     Congress to be ``emergency requirements'' pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, and must be replenished by a 
     supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
     promptly as possible.
       Sec. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 
     transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in 
     addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of 
     the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency 
     prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening lands 
     under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for 
     the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its 
     jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or 
     actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other 
     unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
     actual oilspills; for response and natural resource damage 
     assessment activities related to actual oilspills; for the 
     prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential 
     grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in 
     section 1773(b) of Public Law 99-198 (99 Stat. 1658); for 
     emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of Public 
     Law 95-87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds 
     available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
     Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit 
     assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy 
     State is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the 
     Surface Mining Act: Provided,

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     That appropriations made in this title for fire suppression 
     purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations 
     incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for 
     reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of 
     vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with 
     their use for fire suppression purposes, such reimbursement 
     to be credited to appropriations currently available at the 
     time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for emergency 
     rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities, no funds 
     shall be made available under this authority until funds 
     appropriated to ``Wildland Fire Management'' shall have been 
     exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to 
     this section are hereby designated by Congress to be 
     ``emergency requirements'' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, and must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation 
     which must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided 
     further, That such replenishment funds shall be used to 
     reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency 
     funds were transferred.
       Sec. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
     available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and 
     similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will 
     contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations 
     shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other 
     activity in the same manner as authorized by sections 1535 
     and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Provided, That 
     reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equipment, 
     and for services rendered may be credited to the 
     appropriation current at the time such reimbursements are 
     received.
       Sec. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the 
     Interior in this title shall be available for services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the 
     Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, 
     maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone 
     service in private residences in the field, when authorized 
     under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment 
     of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library 
     membership in societies or associations which issue 
     publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
     than to subscribers who are not members.
       Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the 
     Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
     uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
     U.S.C. 5901-5902 and D.C. Code 4-204).
       Sec. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
     available for obligation in connection with contracts issued 
     for services or rentals for periods not in excess of twelve 
     months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
       Sec. 107. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore 
     leasing and related activities placed under restriction in 
     the President's moratorium statement of June 26, 1990, in the 
     areas of northern, central, and southern California; the 
     North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; and the eastern Gulf 
     of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 
     degrees west longitude.
       Sec. 108. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore 
     oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related 
     activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin planning 
     area.
       Sec. 109. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and 
     natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the 
     eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any lands located 
     outside Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer 
     Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997-
     2002.
       Sec. 110. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and natural 
     gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the Mid-
     Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
       Sec. 111. Advance payments made under this title to Indian 
     tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia pursuant 
     to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally Controlled Schools 
     Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) may be invested by the 
     Indian tribe, tribal organization, or consortium before such 
     funds are expended for the purposes of the grant, compact, or 
     annual funding agreement so long as such funds are--
       (1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or 
     consortium only in obligations of the United States, or in 
     obligations or securities that are guaranteed or insured by 
     the United States, or mutual (or other) funds registered with 
     the Securities and Exchange Commission and which only invest 
     in obligations of the United States or securities that are 
     guaranteed or insured by the United States; or
        (2) deposited only into accounts that are insured by an 
     agency or instrumentality of the United States, or are fully 
     collateralized to ensure protection of the Funds, even in the 
     event of a bank failure.
       Sec. 112. (a) Employees of Helium Operations, Bureau of 
     Land Management, entitled to severance pay under 5 U.S.C. 
     5595, may apply for, and the Secretary of the Interior may 
     pay, the total amount of the severance pay to the employee in 
     a lump sum. Employees paid severance pay in a lump sum and 
     subsequently reemployed by the Federal Government shall be 
     subject to the repayment provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) 
     and (3), except that any repayment shall be made to the 
     Helium Fund.
        (b) Helium Operations employees who elect to continue 
     health benefits after separation shall be liable for not more 
     than the required employee contribution under 5 U.S.C. 
     8905a(d)(1)(A). The Helium Fund shall pay for 18 months the 
     remaining portion of required contributions.
        (c) The Secretary of the Interior may provide for training 
     to assist Helium Operations employees in the transition to 
     other Federal or private sector jobs during the facility 
     shut-down and disposition process and for up to 12 months 
     following separation from Federal employment, including 
     retraining and relocation incentives on the same terms and 
     conditions as authorized for employees of the Department of 
     Defense in section 348 of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 1995.
        (d) For purposes of the annual leave restoration 
     provisions of 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(1)(B), the cessation of helium 
     production and sales, and other related Helium Program 
     activities shall be deemed to create an exigency of public 
     business under, and annual leave that is lost during leave 
     years 1997 through 2001 because of, 5 U.S.C. 6304 (regardless 
     of whether such leave was scheduled in advance) shall be 
     restored to the employee and shall be credited and available 
     in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(2). Annual leave so 
     restored and remaining unused upon the transfer of a Helium 
     Program employee to a position of the executive branch 
     outside of the Helium Program shall be liquidated by payment 
     to the employee of a lump sum from the Helium Fund for such 
     leave.
        (e) Benefits under this section shall be paid from the 
     Helium Fund in accordance with section 4(c)(4) of the Helium 
     Privatization Act of 1996. Funds may be made available to 
     Helium Program employees who are or will be separated before 
     October 1, 2002 because of the cessation of helium production 
     and sales and other related activities. Retraining benefits, 
     including retraining and relocation incentives, may be paid 
     for retraining commencing on or before September 30, 2002.
       Sec. 113. In fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, the Secretary 
     may accept donations and bequests of money, services, or 
     other personal property for the management and enhancement of 
     the Department's Natural Resources Library. The Secretary may 
     hold, use, and administer such donations until expended and 
     without further appropriation.
       Sec. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination 
     Act of 1975, as amended, funds available under this title for 
     Indian self-determination or self-governance contract or 
     grant support costs may be expended only for costs directly 
     attributable to contracts, grants and compacts pursuant to 
     the Indian Self-Determination Act and no funds appropriated 
     in this title shall be available for any contract support 
     costs or indirect costs associated with any contract, grant, 
     cooperative agreement, self-governance compact or funding 
     agreement entered into between an Indian tribe or tribal 
     organization and any entity other than an agency of the 
     Department of the Interior.
       Sec. 115. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
     National Park Service shall not develop or implement a 
     reduced entrance fee program to accommodate non-local travel 
     through a unit. The Secretary may provide for and regulate 
     local non-recreational passage through units of the National 
     Park System, allowing each unit to develop guidelines and 
     permits for such activity appropriate to that unit.
       Sec. 116. (a) Denver Service Center employees who 
     voluntarily resign or retire from the National Park Service 
     on or before December 31, 1998, shall receive, from the 
     National Park Service, a lump sum voluntary separation 
     incentive payment that shall be equal to the lesser of an 
     amount equal to the amount the employee would be entitled to 
     receive under section 5595(c) of title 5, United States Code, 
     if the employee were entitled to payment under such section; 
     or $25,000.
       (1) The voluntary separation incentive payment--
       (A) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not be 
     included in the computation of any other type of Government 
     benefit; and
       (B) shall be paid from appropriations or funds available 
     for the payment of the basic pay of the employee.
       (2) Employees receiving a voluntary separation incentive 
     payment and accepting employment with the Federal Government 
     within five years of the date of separation shall be required 
     to repay the entire amount of the incentive payment to the 
     National Park Service.
       (3) The Secretary may, at the request of the head of an 
     Executive branch agency, waive the repayment under paragraph 
     (2) if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and 
     is the only qualified applicant available for the position.
       (4) In addition to any other payment which it is required 
     to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United 
     States Code, the National Park Service shall remit to the 
     Office of Personnel Management for deposit in the Treasury of 
     the United States to the credit of the Civil Service 
     Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15 percent 
     of the final basic pay of each employee of the National Park 
     Service--

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       (A) who retires under section 8336(d)(2) of title 5, United 
     States Code; and
       (B) to whom a voluntary separation incentive payment has 
     been or is to be paid under the provisions of this section.
       (b) Employees of the Denver Service Center entitled to 
     severance pay under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and the 
     National Park Service may pay, the total amount of severance 
     pay to the employee in a lump sum. Employees paid severance 
     pay in a lump sum and subsequently reemployed by the Federal 
     Government shall be subject to the repayment provisions of 5 
     U.S.C. 5595(i) (2) and (3), except that any repayment shall 
     be made to the National Park Service.
       (c) Employees of the Denver Service Center who voluntarily 
     resign on or before December 31, 1998, or who are separated 
     in a reduction in force, shall be liable for not more than 
     the required employee contribution under 5 U.S.C. 
     8905a(d)(1)(A) if they elect to continue health benefits 
     after separation. The National Park Service shall pay for 12 
     months the remaining portion of required contributions.
       Sec. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary is authorized to permit persons, firms or 
     organizations engaged in commercial, cultural, educational, 
     or recreational activities (as defined in section 612a of 
     title 40, United States Code) not currently occupying such 
     space to use courtyards, auditoriums, meeting rooms, and 
     other space of the main and south Interior building complex, 
     Washington, D.C., the maintenance, operation, and protection 
     of which has been delegated to the Secretary from the 
     Administrator of General Services pursuant to the Federal 
     Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, and to 
     assess reasonable charges therefore, subject to such 
     procedures as the Secretary deems appropriate for such uses. 
     Charges may be for the space, utilities, maintenance, repair, 
     and other services. Charges for such space and services may 
     be at rates equivalent to the prevailing commercial rate for 
     comparable space and services devoted to a similar purpose in 
     the vicinity of the main and south Interior building complex, 
     Washington, D.C. for which charges are being assessed. The 
     Secretary may without further appropriation hold, administer, 
     and use such proceeds within the Departmental Management 
     Working Capital Fund to offset the operation of the buildings 
     under his jurisdiction, whether delegated or otherwise, and 
     for related purposes, until expended.
       Sec. 118. The 37 mile River Valley Trail from the town of 
     Delaware Gap to the edge of the town of Milford, Pennsylvania 
     located within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation 
     Area shall hereafter be referred to in any law, regulation, 
     document, or record of the United States as the Joseph M. 
     McDade Recreational Trail.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there amendments to the bill through page 55, line 
14?


          Sequential Votes Postponed in Committee of the Whole

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, proceedings will now 
resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed 
in the following order: the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Colorado (Mr. Skaggs), the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern).
  The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in this series.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Skaggs

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Skaggs) on 
which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The Clerk designated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 212, 
noes 213, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 313]

                               AYES--212

     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Bass
     Becerra
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Bonior
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Camp
     Campbell
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Filner
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Furse
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gilman
     Goode
     Gordon
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayworth
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Jackson (IL)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E.B.
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kleczka
     Klug
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lantos
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Martinez
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Nadler
     Neal
     Neumann
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pitts
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Quinn
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogers
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shays
     Sherman
     Skaggs
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith, Adam
     Smith, Linda
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Thompson
     Thune
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Walsh
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                               NOES--213

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bateman
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (CA)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Canady
     Cannon
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehrlich
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fattah
     Fowler
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Gejdenson
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Hastings (WA)
     Hefley
     Hefner
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennelly
     Kim
     Kingston
     Klink
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     Lucas
     Maloney (CT)
     Mascara
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Ortiz
     Oxley
     Packard
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Portman
     Poshard
     Pryce (OH)
     Radanovich
     Redmond
     Regula
     Reyes
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Snowbarger
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stump
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Turner
     Visclosky
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     White
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Dixon
     Ford
     Gonzalez
     Harman
     John
     McNulty
     Solomon
     Stokes
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  1839

  Messrs. WATKINS, MOAKLEY, LATHAM, SMITH of Michigan, and Ms. ROS-
LEHTINEN changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. SKELTON and Mr. METCALF changed their vote from ``no'' to 
``aye.''

                              {time}  1840

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.




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