[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 118 (Wednesday, September 9, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S10114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CORRECTIONS TO THE LIST OF OBJECTIONABLE PROVISIONS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 
                   1999 INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS BILL

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, yesterday I submitted a list of 
objectionable provisions in the FY'99 Interior Appropriations bill for 
the Record. I wish to make two clarifications to that list which came 
to my attention.
  First, I learned that the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project was not 
requested for a funding level of more than $97 million. Instead, the 
allocated amount for the NIIP project was equal to the requested level 
of $25.5 million, but this information was not clear in the committee 
bill. I removed this item from my list of objectionable provisions.
  Second, two separate listings for the removal of the Elwha dam 
removal project were requested for funding, based on its authorization 
in P.L. 102-495. These items should not have been listed as 
objectionable according to my established ``pork criteria.'' These two 
items are removed from the list: (1) $29,500,000 for the purchase of 
the Elwha Project and Glines Canyon Project; and, (2) $2,000,000 for 
planning and design, removal of Elwha Dam in Olympic National Park, WA.
  I wish to thank the individuals who brought these matters to my 
attention and for providing the necessary information to clarify this 
mistake.
  Mr. President, I wish to state that the revised total amount of 
$222.4 million included in this bill still represents an inordinately 
high level of wasteful spending. I sincerely hope that we will do 
better by the American people with stricter fiscal spending that abides 
by the appropriate legislative process.

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