[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Pages 19999-20000]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2000

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                        HATCH AMENDMENT NO. 1610

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, H.R. 2466, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following:

     SEC.   . LAKE POWELL.

       No funds appropriated for the Department of the Interior by 
     this Act or any other Act shall be used to study or implement 
     any plan to drain Lake Powell or to reduce the water level of 
     the lake below the range of water levels required for the 
     operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
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                HATCH (AND BINGAMAN) AMENDMENT NO. 1611

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Bingaman) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, H.R. 2466, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 11, line 10, insert after ``enforcement,'' the 
     following: ``of which not less than $250,000 shall be used, 
     on authorization by Congress, to construct a new interpretive 
     center and related visitor facilities at the Four Corners 
     Monument Tribal Park, in the States of Utah, Colorado, New 
     Mexico, and Arizona, and''.
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                   COLLINS AMENDMENTS NOS. 1612-1613

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. COLLINS submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by her 
to the bill, H.R. 2466, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1612

       On page 16, line 12, strike ``$1,355,176,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,355,086,000''.
       On page 16, line 25, strike ``$49,951,000:'' and insert 
     ``$50,041,000, of which $90,000 shall be available for 
     planning and development of interpretive sites for the 
     quadricentennial commemoration of the Saint Croix Island 
     International Historic Site, Maine:''
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                           Amendment No. 1613

       On page 62, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

     SEC. 1__. QUADRICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION OF THE SAINT CROIX 
                   ISLAND INTERNATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) in 1604, 1 of the first European colonization efforts 
     was attempted at St. Croix Island in Calais, Maine;
       (2) St. Croix Island settlement predated both the Jamestown 
     and Plymouth colonies;
       (3) St. Croix Island offers a rare opportunity to preserve 
     and interpret early interactions between European explorers 
     and colonists and Native Americans;
       (4) St. Croix Island is 1 of only 2 international historic 
     sites comprised of land administered by the National Park 
     Service;
       (5) the quadricentennial commemorative celebration honoring 
     the importance of the St. Croix Island settlement to the 
     countries and people of both Canada and the United States is 
     rapidly approaching;
       (6) the 1998 National Park Service management plans and 
     long-range interpretive plan call for enhancing visitor 
     facilities at both Red Beach and downtown Calais;
       (7) in 1982, the Department of Interior and Canadian 
     Department of the Environment signed a memorandum of 
     understanding to recognize the international significance of 
     St. Croix Island and, in an amendment memorandum, agreed to 
     conduct joint strategic planning for the international 
     commemoration with a special focus on the 400th anniversary 
     of settlement in 2004;
       (8) the Department of Canadian Heritage has installed 
     extensive interpretive sites on the Canadian side of the 
     border; and
       (9) current facilities at Red Beach and Calais are 
     extremely limited or nonexistent for a site of this historic 
     and cultural importance.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) using funds made available by this Act, the National 
     Park Service should expeditiously pursue planning and 
     compliance for exhibits at Red Beach and the town of Calais, 
     Maine; and
       (2) the National Park Service should take what steps are 
     necessary, including consulting with the people of Calais, to 
     ensure that appropriate exhibits at Red Beach and the town of 
     Calais are completed by 2004.
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                        BOXER AMENDMENT NO. 1614

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to 
the bill, H.R. 2466, supra; as follows:

       On page 17, line 21, strike ``$42,412,000'' and insert 
     ``$852,412,000''.
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                      FEINSTEIN AMENDMENT NO. 1615

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 
to the bill, H.R. 2466, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following:
       ``The Forest Service is authorized through the Forest 
     Service existing budget to reimburse Harry Fray for the cost 
     of his home, $143,406 (1997 dollars) destroyed by arson on 
     June 21, 1990 in retaliation for his work with the Forest 
     Service.''
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                 LEVIN (AND DeWINE) AMENDMENT NO. 1616

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. DeWine) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, H.R. 2466, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 10, line 23, strike ``River:'' and insert ``River, 
     of which $400,000 shall be available for grants under the 
     Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program, and of 
     which $114,280,000 shall be available for general 
     administration:''.

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       On page 2, line 14, after ``expended, '', insert the 
     following: ``of which no more than $122,661,000 shall be 
     available for workforce and organizational support.''
       On page 23, line 10, after ``only; '', insert the 
     following: ``of which no more than $34,186,000 shall be 
     available for general administration.''

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