LAND USE

Amendments

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act: enact (S. 1643), 20054, 20137 [29JN]

Devils Lake Sioux Indian Tribe: purchase and sale of land (H.J. Res. 158), technical correction, 29186 [3OC]

Douglas County, NV: transfer of certain lands (S. 1160), 30109 [4OC]

High Plains States: study potential for ground water recharge (H.R. 71), 23716, 23717, 23719, 23875 [10AU]

Indian Land Consolidation Act: technical corrections (H.J. Res. 158), 28929 [3OC]

———technical corrections (H.J. Res. 158), 28928 [3OC]

Reclamation Safety of Dams Act: amend (H.R. 1652), 5969, 5973, 5974 [20MR], 23229, 23342 [9AU]

———amend (H.R. 1652), Senate amendments, 23929 [10AU]

Show Low, AZ: convey certain lands (S. 597), 8744 [11AP]

Small Reclamation Projects Act: enact (H.R. 4444), 27653 [28SE], 27797 [28SE]

Analyses

Colorado Wilderness Act (S. 2916), 22833-22837 [8AU]

San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act (H.R. 3766), 16839 [18JN]

Appointments

Conferees: S. 663, Soil Conservation Act, 17945 [21JN]

Articles and editorials

Delicate Balance—Coal Mining Threatens the Natural Museum That Is the San Juan Basin, 20438-20440 [29JN]

Dreams and Muscles Made Santee Cooper, 23417 [9AU]

Symms Blasts Evans—Idaho Forest Management Act, 14143 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Reclamation: reimbursement of certain investigation costs (see S. 2410)

———working capital fund (see S. 2382)

Colorado River: task force on proper management of Hoover Dam-Mexican border portion (see S. 2918)

Erodible lands: soil conservation practices (see H.R. 5200)

Land remote-sensing satellites: promote use of data (see H.R. 5155)

National Flood Insurance Act: permit participating communities to exempt certain property from land use and control measures (see H.R. 6016)

Papago-Sif Oidak Chuichu Area Water Settlement Act: enact (see H.R. 5969)

Court decisions

Authority of the Sec. of the Interior under the Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes Act, 7894 [4AP]

Descriptions

Oregon wilderness areas under H.R. 1149, 14055-14058 [24MY]

Explanations

High Plains States Groundwater Demonstration Program Act (H.R. 71), 23721 [10AU]

Letters

Dam safety projects: Bureau of Reclamation, 5967 [20MR]

———Dept. of the Interior, 5961, 5976 [20MR]

———OMB, 5961, 5976 [20MR]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act amendments: Dept. of the Interior, 10459 [1MY]

Management of cabin lease sites by Corps of Engineers: Dept. of Defense, 26290 [20SE]

Proposed exchange of lands between the U.S. Forest Service and the South Carolina Public Service Authority: (sundry), 28637 [2OC]

Status of lands conveyed to State of California by the VA (sundry), 22938 [8AU]

Wilderness designations in Virginia: Senator Warner, 19392 [27JN]

Working capital fund in the Bureau of Reclamation: Dept. of Interior, 4175 [1MR]

Lists

Areas in Arkansas designated wilderness by S. 2125, 29254 [3OC]

Organizations supporting agricultural conservation of erodible lands, 23293 [9AU]

Proposed development projects of California wilderness legislation, 9535 [12AP]

Memorials of legislature

California, 19641 [28JN], 19985 [28JN], 29612 [3OC]

Motion

Arkansas: designate certain land as wilderness (S. 2125), House amendments, 29255 [3OC]

Virginia: designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 5121), 29288 [3OC]

Wyoming: designate certain land as wilderness (S. 543), House amendments, 29261 [3OC]

Petitions

Land resources of West: Western States Land Commissioners, 10877 [3MY]

Questions and answers

Proposed exchange of lands between the U.S. Forest Service and the South Carolina Public Service Authority, 28636 [2OC]

Remarks in House

BKK landfill: request for closing, 21430 [27JY]

Consolidated Rail Corp. property: disposal, 26355 [20SE]

Douglas County, NV: transfer of certain lands (S. 1160), 30108 [4OC]

Duchesne, UT: authorize reimbursement for certain public safety services, 2402 [9FE]

High Plains States: study potential for groundwater recharge (H.R. 71), 25426 [14SE]

Land and water conservation: convert funds to trust funds (H.R. 5090), 5101 [8MR]

National Agricultural Soil Protection Act: introduction (H.R. 5200), 5958, 6011 [20MR]

Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes Act: amend (H.R. 2071), 7894 [4AP]

Reclamation Safety of Dams Act: amend (H.R. 1652), 5493 [14MR], 5579 [14MR], 5808 [15MR], 5872 [19MR], 5959-5985 [20MR]

———amend (H.R. 1652), Senate amendments, 23929-23931 [10AU]

San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3766), 16835 [18JN], 20437 [29JN]

Show Low, AZ: convey certain lands (S. 597), 10744 [2MY]

Small Reclamation Projects Act: enact (H.R. 4444), 27796, 27815 [28SE]

South Carolina: land exchange (S. 648), 28635 [2OC]

Utah Federal and State Land Management Improvement Act: introduction (H.R. 5229), 6337 [22MR]

Waste sites: require notification of contents to buyers, 7889 [4AP]

Wildlife, range, and fish habitat research: funding, 31572 [10OC]

Wyoming: designate certain land as wilderness (S. 543), 28675-28683 [2OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agricultural commodities: prohibit incentive payments for those produced on highly erodible land, 23292-23299 [9AU]

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act: enact (S. 1643), 20054-20055 [29JN]

Agriculture: impact of mining subsidence, 28310 [2OC]

Airport development: transfer of Federal land (S. 2409), 5131, 5132 [12MR]

Baxter and Marion Counties, AR: prohibit sale or transfer of Bull Shoals Lake land (S. 2685), 12722 [17MY]

Bull Shoals Lake, AK: prohibit disposal of land, 28343, 28385 [2OC]

Bureau of Reclamation: establish working capital fund, 4175 [1MR]

California: designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 1437), 23419-23428 [9AU], 23917 [10AU]

Central Valley water project, California: extend service area for San Luis unit (S. 2643), 11260 [8MY]

Colorado: designate certain land as wilderness (S. 2916), 22831 [8AU]

———designate certain land as wilderness—notice of hearing, 22861 [8AU]

———water rights in wilderness areas, 32457 [14NO]

Corpus Christi, TX: remove impediment to oil and gas leasing on certain public lands (S. 2834), 20119 [29JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: release of reversionary interest on certain lands (S. 2225), 596 [26JA]

———release of reversionary interest on certain lands (S. 2586), 9665 [24AP]

———transfer of certain lands to Payson, AZ (S. 598), 23416 [9AU]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize land acquisition in Centralia, PA, 29704 [4OC]

———convey certain land (S. 2419), 5343 [13MR]

———transfer of certain lands in South Carolina (S. 648), 23416 [9AU]

———transfer of certain lands to Brigham City, UT (S. 2036), 23415 [9AU]

———transfer of certain lands to New Mexico State University (S. 1859), 23415 [9AU]

———transfer of certain lands to Olathe, CO (S. 1547), 23409 [9AU]

Douglas County, NV: transfer of certain lands (S. 1160), 27178 [26SE]

Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area: development, 29664, 29708 [4OC]

Fish and Wildlife Service: funding for Des Plaines River, IL, wetlands project, 28344 [2OC]

———prohibit condemnation of private property for the Cache River project, Arkansas, 28343 [2OC]

Flatside Wilderness, AR: air quality designation, 23407-23409 [9AU]

Florida: designate certain lands as wilderness (H.R. 9), 23431-23434 [9AU]

Forest Service: funding for forest productivity research, 28327 [2OC]

———land acquisition, 28350 [2OC]

———weed control program, 28337, 28351 [2OC]

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, WA: funding for construction, 29714 [4OC]

Francis Marion National Forest, SC: additional land (S. 648), 29965 [4OC]

Georgia: designate certain land as wilderness (S. 2773), 28226-28231 [2OC]

High Plains States Groundwater Demonstration Program Act: enact (H.R. 71), 23716-23723 [10AU]

Idaho: designate certain land as wilderness, 14143 [24MY]

Idaho Forest Management Act: enact (S. 2457), 24674 [10SE]

———introduction (S. 2457), 6164 [21MR]

Indian Land Consolidation Act: making technical corrections (H.J. Res. 158), 28928-28930 [3OC]

Key Largo, FL: funding for wildlife refuge, 28343 [2OC]

Lake Sumner State Park, NM: authorize Sec. of the Interior to sell certain property (H.R. 6234), held at desk, 28853 [3OC]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: amend (S. 2610), 10459 [1MY]

Mississippi: designate certain land as wilderness (S. 2808), 28231 [2OC]

National forests: designate certain lands in Texas as wilderness (S. 2598), 10122 [26AP]

New Hampshire: designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 3921), 14176-14181 [24MY]

North Carolina: designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 3960), 14166-14173 [24MY]

Oil and gas drilling: remove impediment on certain lands (H.R. 5787), placed on calendar, 29286 [3OC]

Oregon: designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 1149), 14050, 14053-14055, 14058 [24MY]

———designate certain river segments as wild and scenic areas (S. 416), 14072 [24MY], 28852 [3OC]

———designate certain river segments as wild and scenic areas (S. 416), conference report, 27421 [27SE]

———designate certain river segments as wild and scenic areas (S. 416), unanimous-consent request, 28840 [3OC]

Park Service: land acquisition, 28349, 28352-28357 [2OC]

Pennsylvania: designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 5076), 28270-28274 [2OC]

———designate certain land as wilderness (S. 2551), 8593-8595 [10AP]

———funding for acquisition of mineral rights, 29705 [4OC]

Pike National Forest, CO: modify boundary (H.R. 3601), 28865 [3OC]

———modify boundary (H.R. 3601), placed on calendar, 27766 [28SE]

———modify boundary (H.R. 3601), unanimous-consent request, 28840 [3OC]

Port Hueneme: remove impediment to oil and gas leasing on certain public lands (S. 2834), 20119 [29JN]

Public lands: clarify treatment of mineral materials (S. 2157), 23414 [9AU]

Reclamation Safety of Dams Act: amend (H.R. 1652), 23227-23233 [9AU]

Show Low, AZ: convey certain lands (S. 597), 8743, 8786 [11AP]

Soil and water conservation: investment tax credit, 9173, 9234, 9235 [12AP], 15356 [7JN]

Soil Conservation Act: enact (S. 663), appointment of conferees, 17945 [21JN]

———enact (S. 663), House amendments, 17943-17945 [21JN]

South Carolina: designate certain lands as wilderness (S. 2312), 2714 [21FE]

Tennessee: designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 4263), 28234, 28235 [2OC]

Texas: designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 3788), 28232-28234 [2OC]

Utah: conveyance of Government right, title, or interest in certain real property (H.R. 5597), unanimous-consent request, 28840 [3OC]

———designate certain land as wilderness (S. 2155), 23442, 23444, 23447 [9AU], 23733 [10AU]

———designate certain land as wilderness (S. 2155), technical correction (H. Con. Res. 358), 26296 [20SE]

———improve land ownership patterns and management (S. 2471), 6428 [22MR]

VA: reversionary interest in certain lands in Los Angeles, CA, 22937, 22946 [8AU]

Vermont: designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 4198), 14173-14176 [24MY]

Virginia: designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 5121), 29288 [3OC]

———designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 5121), placed on calendar, 28209 [2OC]

———designate certain land as wilderness (S. 2805), 29286-29290 [3OC]

———designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 5121), S. 2805 passed in lieu, 29290 [3OC]

Virginia Wilderness Act: introduction (S. 2805), 19391-19394 [27JN]

Washington: designate certain land as wilderness (S. 837), 14074, 14077 [24MY]

Wisconsin: designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 3578), 14181-14183 [24MY]

Wyoming: designate certain land as wilderness (S. 543), House amendments, 29255-29261 [3OC]

———designate certain land as wilderness (S. 543), House amendments—technical correction (S. Con. Res. 149), 29260 [3OC]

———recreational uses of wilderness areas, 32470 [14NO]

Reports

Air Force Land Reserved for Training and Weapons Testing within Nellis Air Force Range, NE: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4932) (H. Rept. 98-1046), 26589 [24SE]

Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 5740) (H. Rept. 98-843), 16445 [14JN]

BLM and City of Los Angeles Land Transfer for Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3331) (H. Rept. 98-884), 20330 [29JN]

California Wilderness Act Land Designation and Administration: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 1437) (S. Rept. 98-582), 22632 [7AU]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1437; H. Res. 573) (H. Rept. 98-980), 24083 [10AU]

Cocopah Indian Tribe, Yuma County, AZ, Trust Lands: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 5760) (H. Rept. 98-1095), 27652 [28SE]

Douglas County, NV, Land Transfer: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1160) (S. Rept. 98-620), 26034 [19SE]

Erosion Control in Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H. Rept. 98-715), 10242 [26AP]

Federal Oil and Gas Lease Extension: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1770) (S. Rept. 98-540), 19643 [28JN]

Fire Island National Seashore Land Acquisition Policy: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3697) (H. Rept. 98-1065), 26589 [24SE]

Impact of Mining Subsidence on Farmland: Bureau of Mines (excerpt), 28311 [2OC]

Inheritance of Trust or Restricted Land on Lake Traverse Indian Reservation: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 2663) (S. Rept. 98-607), 25773 [18SE]

Lake Sumner State Park, NM, Land Sale: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 6234) (H. Rept. 98-1096), 27652 [28SE]

Land Exchange in South Carolina: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 648) (S. Rept. 98-573), 22512 [6AU]

National Forest Land Conveyance to Craig County, VA: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 5183) (H. Rept. 98-860), 18022 [22JN]

———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (H.R. 5183) (S. Rept. 98-630), 26275 [20SE]

Oil and Gas Leasing on Public Lands in California and Texas: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 5787) (H. Rept. 98-1047), 26589 [24SE]

Production of Surplus Crops on Irrigated Land Served by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 27797 [28SE]

Sabine River Authority Land Conveyance Within Sabine National Forest for Use of Toledo Bend Project, Louisiana and Texas: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 1754) (S. Rept. 98-629), 26275 [20SE]

Small Reclamation Projects Act Amendment: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4444) (H. Rept. 98-868), 19171 [27JN]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 4444; H. Res. 559) (H. Rept. 98-919), 21716 [31JY]

Utah National Forest Land Designation and Release in National Wilderness Preservation System: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (S. 2155) (H. Rept. 98-1019), 25272 [13SE]

Water-Related Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture: OTA (excerpts), 23722 [10AU]

Wilderness Areas: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (excerpt), 22831 [8AU]

Statements

Idaho Forest Management Act (S. 2457): sundry Idahoans, 24674-24676 [10SE]

State Responsibility Under the Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes Act: Sec. of the Interior, 7894 [4AP]

Studies

Small Reclamation Projects Act (H.R. 5539)—Excess Crop Restrictions, 27796 [28SE]

Tables

Reclamation Safety of Dams Act project cost estimate and project allocations, 5872 [19MR]

Wyoming Wilderness Act designated areas, 28682 [2OC], 29258, 29260 [3OC]

Texts of

H.R. 9, designate certain lands in Florida as wilderness, 23431 [9AU]

H.R. 1149, Oregon Wilderness Act, 14050-14053, 14059-14061 [24MY]

H.R. 1437, designate certain lands in California as wilderness, 23419-23425 [9AU]

H.R. 2071, amend Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes Act, 7894 [4AP]

H.R. 3578, Wisconsin Wilderness Act, 14181 [24MY]

H.R. 3766, San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act, 16835 [18JN]

H.R. 3788, designate certain Texas land as wilderness, 28232 [2OC]

H.R. 3921, New Hampshire Wilderness Act, 14176 [24MY]

H.R. 3960, North Carolina Wilderness Act, 14166 [24MY]

H.R. 4198, Vermont Wilderness Act, 14173 [24MY]

H.R. 4263, designate certain Tennessee land as wilderness, 28235 [2OC]

H.R. 5076, designate certain Pennsylvania land as wilderness, 28270 [2OC]

S. 543, designating certain land in Wyoming as wilderness, 28675-28679 [2OC], 29255 [3OC]

S. 597, convey certain lands to Show Low, AZ, 8743 [11AP], 10744 [2MY]

S. 598, transfer of certain lands by the Dept. of Agriculture to Payson, AZ, 23416 [9AU]

S. 648, transfer of certain lands by Dept. of the Interior to South Carolina, 23418 [9AU], 28635 [2OC]

S. 837, Washington State Wilderness Act, 14075-14077, 14079-14082 [24MY]

S. 1160, transfer of certain lands in Douglas County, NV, 27178 [26SE], 30108 [4OC]

S. 1547, transfer of certain lands by BLM to town of Olathe, CO, 23409 [9AU]

S. 1643, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service committee operations, 20056 [29JN]

S. 1859, transfer of certain lands by Dept. of the Interior to New Mexico State University, 23415 [9AU]

S. 2036, transfer of certain lands by Dept. of the Interior to Brigham City, UT, 23415 [9AU]

S. 2125, designate certain land in Arkansas as wilderness, 23406 [9AU], 28528 [2OC], 29253-29257 [3OC]

S. 2155, Utah Wilderness Act, 23442-23446 [9AU]

S. 2242, Arizona National Forest Wilderness Act, 1319-1321 [1FE], 23434-23437 [9AU]

S. 2382, establish working capital fund in the Bureau of Reclamation, 4175 [1MR]

S. 2409, transfer of Federal land for airport development, 5132 [12MR]

S. 2457, Idaho Forest Management Act, 6164-6167 [21MR]

S. 2551, Pennsylvania Wilderness Act, 8593 [10AP]

S. 2586, release by Dept. of Agriculture of reversionary interest on certain lands in Oklahoma, 9665 [24AP]

S. 2610, Land and Water Conservation Fund Act amendments, 10459 [1MY]

S. 2643, extend service area for San Luis unit of Central Valley water project, 11261 [8MY]

S. 2685, prohibit sale or transfer of public lands in Baxter and Marion Counties, AR, 12722 [17MY]

S. 2773, designation of certain Georgia land as wilderness, 28230 [2OC]

S. 2805, Virginia Wilderness Act, 19393 [27JN], 29287 [3OC]

S. 2808, designation of certain Mississippi land as wilderness, 28231 [2OC]

S. 2834, remove impediment to oil and gas leasing on certain public lands in Corpus Christi, TX, and Port Hueneme, CA, 20119 [29JN]

S. 2974, authorize payment to certain landowners for damage to property, 24602 [7SE]