[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20827]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2000

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                        LOTT AMENDMENT NO. 1621

  Mr. BOND (for Mr. Lott) proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 2466) 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 62, line 10, add the following before the period 
     ``: Provided, That within the funds available, $250,000 shall 
     be used to assess the potential hydrologic and biological 
     impact of lead and zinc mining in the Mark Twain National 
     Forest of Southern Missouri: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds in this Act may be used by the Secretary of the 
     Interior to issue a prospecting permit for hardrock mineral 
     exploration on Mark Twain National Forest land in the Current 
     River/Jack's Fork River--Eleven Point Watershed (not 
     including Mark Twain National Forest land in Townships 31N 
     and 32N, Range 2 and Range 3 West, on which mining activities 
     are taking place as of the date of enactment of this Act); 
     Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be 
     used by the Secretary of the Interior to segregate or 
     withdraw land in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri 
     under section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
     Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1714)''

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