LAND USE

Addresses

Bureau of Reclamation Water Development Program: Robert A. Olson, 13940-13942 [3JN]

Mandate of the Park Service: William P. Mott, 18258 [9JY]

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior: improve coal leasing program (S. 570), 27972 [17OC], 28203 [21OC]

Sequoia National Park: authorizing continued use of certain lands (H.J. Res. 382), 31832 [14NO]

Westway Landfill Funding Prohibition and Hudson River Habitat Protection Act: enact (S. 826), 22428 [1AU]

Analyses

Amendments to the Uniform Relocation Act (S. 249)-765-767 [22JA]

Conservation of Highly Erodible Lands (S. 1000), 9446 [25AP]

Temporary use of public lands by Federal agencies (S. 1444), 19122 [16JY]

Articles and editorials

How To Start a Revolution Without Really Trying, 32470-32471 [19NO], 32893 [20NO]

Instead, Call It Wasteway, 11050 [8MY]

Look Who's Polluting the Country Now—Uncle Sam, 3690 [27FE]

``Peace Treaty'' on Water, 23003 [9SE]

Striped Bass vs. Westway, 9691 [29AP]

Water Breakthrough at Last, 23002 [9SE]

Water Out of the Ashes, 23003 [9SE]

Water War Armistice, 23003 [9SE]

Westway Bombshell—U.S. Judge Kills $4 Billion Superhighway Project; Cuomo Vows To Appeal, 22933 [4SE]

Westway Landfill Project (sundry), 22430, 22431, 22432, 22433, 22435, 22436 [1AU]

Westway Precedent Perils Waterfronts Across the U.S. (excerpt), 11864 [14MY]

Westway—Giant Boondoggle, 15057 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural commodities: designate persons using highly erodible land ineligible for certain agricultural programs (see H.R. 279)

Agriculture: prohibiting incentive payments for cultivation on highly erodible land (see S. 523, 598)

California: construction and operation of Auburn-Folsom South unit, American River Division, Central Valley project (see H.R. 1226)

Colorado River: establish floodway below Davis Dam (see S. 1696)

District of Columbia: demolition authority (see H.R. 3478)

Drainage: eliminate requirement of decennial censuses (see H.R. 2722)

Flood insurance: property in unintentional violation of State and local requirements (see H.R. 3533)

Garrison Dam, ND: implement certain recommendations (see S. 495)

Gateway National Recreation Area, NY: delete Pennsylvania and Fountain Avenues landfills from boundary (see H.R. 2771)

Guam Organic Act: amend (see S. 1441)

Irrigation conveyance systems: exemption from fees and conditions (see H.R. 2920)

———permanent easements in order to resolve title claims (see H.R. 2921)

Mines and mineral resources: ensure stockpiling and replacement of topsoil moved due to surface mining (see H.R. 463)

———reclamation trust fund (see S. 478)

Public works: administrative reform of program to assist persons and businesses displaced by Federal projects (see S. 249)

Reclamation projects: interest on loans used to irrigate surplus crops (see H.R. 60)

Small Reclamation Project Act: amend (see H.R. 2025)

Soil Conservation Service: easements (see H.R. 3557)

Soil erosion: conservation practices (see H.R. 532)

Strip mining reclamation projects: authorize incremental bonding (see H.R. 3007)

Taxation: investment credit for soil or water conservation (see H.R. 533)

Broadcasts

Water war dispatches III—the Sacramento COA, 23003 [9SE]

Factsheets

Colorado Wilderness Designations (S. 69), 169 [3JA]

Letters

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act: CBO, 36178, 36179 [12DE]

Continental Shelf leasing policy: John B. Rigg, 24374 [19SE]

———Paul Miller, 24374 [19SE]

———Senator Cranston, 24374, 24375 [19SE]

National Topsoil Preservation Act: Representative de la Garza, 28126 [21OC]

Temporary use of public lands by Federal agencies (S. 1444): John W. Shannon, 19121 [16JY]

Toxic waste sites: Kenneth S. Kamlet, 3691 [27FE]

———Robert Alvarez, 3689 [27FE]

Lists

Wilderness areas threatened by commercial activities, 35465 [10DE]

Memorandums

Understanding Between Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission and JTL Enterprises, Ltd., 13611 [23MY]

Memorials of legislature

Arkansas, 7025 [2AP]

California, 22898 [4SE]

Guam, 17232 [25JN], 18857 [11JY], 23845 [16SE]

Hawaii, 10695 [7MY], 11497 [9MY], 12010 [15MY]

Louisiana, 17629 [27JN], 22979 [5SE], 23846 [16SE]

Nevada, 15880 [17JN], 16123 [18JN], 16251, 16254 [19JN], 16884 [21JN], 17036, 17038 [25JN]

North Dakota, 6688 [28MR], 8569 [22AP]

Oregon, 11497 [9MY]

Tennessee, 11498 [9MY]

Petitions

Atomic particle accelerator location: commissioner's court, 33952 [3DE]

Iowan environmental and agricultural land resources: Commission on the Aging, 3418 [25FE]

Military acquisition of State trust lands: Western States Land Commissioners Association, 462 [3JA]

Soil Conservation Service: Hilo, HI, City Council, 14740 [6JN]

———Hilo, HI, County Council, 13890 [3JN]

Press releases

USDA permits haying, grazing, of 1985 acreage conservation reserve acres: John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 4437 [5MR]

Remarks in House

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act: amend (H.R. 3851), 36177 [12DE]

Chadron State Park, NE: expand (H.R. 3686), 30488 [5NO]

Developing countries: property rights, 32469 [19NO]

Electric power: authorizing continued operation of certain hydroelectric project within the Sequoia National Park (H.J. Res. 382), 31831 [14NO]

Farmland Conservation Acreage Reserve Act: enact (H.R. 1777), 6546 [28MR]

Federal Land Policy and Management Act: exempt irrigation conveyance systems from fees and conditions (H.R. 2920), 17922 [27JN]

———issue permanent easements for irrigation conveyance systems in order to resolve title claims (H.R. 2921), 17922 [27JN]

Jerome, AZ: land conveyance (H.R. 1593), 30363 [4NO]

Miles City National Fish Hatchery, MT: convey to State (H.R. 3621), 29074 [24OC]

National Estuarine Program: establish, 11932 [14MY]

National parks: economic development and pollution, 29320 [29OC]

———State authority, 29321 [29OC]

National Topsoil Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 463), 28124-28128 [21OC]

New York, NY: extend deadline for trade in of Federal funds for the Westway highway project (H.R. 3229), 22932 [4SE]

Pershing County, NV, Water Conservation District: convey lands (H.R. 3625), 29078 [24OC]

Political economy: fundamental concepts, 20670-20676 [25JY]

Reclamation projects: funding, 21855 [31JY]

Sequoia National Park, CA: authorizing continued use of certain lands (H.J. Res. 382), 31831 [14NO]

Soil Conservation Act: enact (H.R. 2108), 8522 [18AP]

Topsoil: establish a program to ensure stockpiling and replacement (H.R. 463), 28124-28128 [21OC]

Wetlands: irrigation rights, 26022 [3OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agricultural Export Enhancement and Soil Conservation Act: enact (S. 1050), 10131 [1MY], 10288 [2MY]

Agriculture: grazing and haying regulations, 4436 [5MR]

———land conservation, 33240 [22NO]

———prohibit incentive payments to farmers producing on highly erodible lands, 4835 [7MR]

———prohibit incentive payments to farmers producing on highly erodible lands (S. 1000), 9445 [25AP]

———prohibit incentive payments to farmers producing on highly erodible lands (S. 1050), 10131 [1MY], 10288 [2MY]

———prohibit incentive payments to farmers producing on highly erodible lands (S. 523), 3771 [27FE]

———prohibit incentive payments to farmers producing on highly erodible lands (S. 598), 4609 [6MR]

Coal: amending leasing regulations (S. 372), 1568 [31JA]

Colorado: designate certain land as wilderness (S. 69), 167 [3JA]

Continental Shelf: restrictions on leasing (S. 1668), 24371 [19SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey lands (S. 565), 4457 [5MR]

———convey lands (S. 567), 4458 [5MR]

———criterion for evaluation of contract bids for the conservation reserve, 33359 [22NO]

Dept. of the Interior: convey lands to Maryland (S. 1208), 13610 [23MY]

———improve coal leasing program (S. 570), 4463-4465 [5MR], 27973 [17OC]

———mandate of the Park Service, 18258 [9JY]

Farmland Protection Policy Act: improve, 33336 [22NO]

Federal Property and Administrative Services Act: amend to prohibit sales of certain land (S. 128), 222 [3JA]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: designate certain land as wilderness (S. 590), 4480 [5MR]

GSA: convey lands to Miami Beach, FL (S. 1226), 13898 [3JN]

Guam: provide for use of Government lands (S. 1441), 19119 [16JY]

Hazardous substances: high-level nuclear waste repositories, 32316-32319 [19NO]

———requirements for waste sites (S. 517), 3689-3694 [27FE]

Idaho: relief for certain entrymen (S. 595), 4603 [6MR], 6234 [26MR]

Kentucky: designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 1627), 36263 [12DE]

———designate certain land as wilderness (S. 703), 5821 [20MR]

Manteo Bay, NC: authorize use of certain land (S. 362), 1550 [31JA]

Mines and mineral resources: establish reclamation trust fund (S. 478), 2692 [20FE]

National parks: user fees, 12345 [16MY]

Navy: authorize sale or exchange of land in California, 13782 [24MY]

Nebraska: designate certain land as wilderness (S. 816), 6804 [28MR]

Nebraska National Forest: convey land (S. 360), 1549 [31JA]

Nevada: designate certain land as wilderness (S. 722), 5843 [20MR]

New York, NY: ecological impact of Westway landfill on striped bass population, 9691 [29AP]

———extend deadline for withdrawal of approval of the Westway highway project (S. 1607), 23045 [9SE]

———funding for Westway landfill, 12183 [15MY]

———Westway project, 11049 [8MY]

Osceola National Forest, FL: Florida Federation of Garden Clubs' support for protection efforts, 6832 [28MR]

Power resources: extensions of geothermal resources leases (S. 1322), 16258 [19JN]

Public lands: authorize temporary use by Federal agencies (S. 1444), 19121 [16JY]

———provide for settlement of certain title disputes (S. 1617), 23232 [10SE]

Public works: administrative reform of program to assist persons and businesses displaced by Federal projects (S. 249), 761-767 [22JA]

Utah: modification of restrictions on certain lands (S. 1258), 14751 [6JN]

Westway landfill: national precedent for future development projects, 11864 [14MY]

Westway Landfill Funding Prohibition and Hudson River Habitat Protection Act: enact (S. 826), 9475 [25AP], 9646 [26AP], 15057 [11JN], 22429 [1AU]

Wilderness areas: permits for commercial activities, 35464 [10DE]

Reports

Administrative Reform of Program To Assist Persons and Businesses Displaced by Federal Projects: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 249), 21407 [30JY]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1092) (H. Rept. 99-234), 21278 [29JY]

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Lease Certain Lands Held in Trust (S. 1728) (S. Rept. 99-191), 32355 [19NO]

Conservation Programs on Military Reservations and Public Lands: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 1202) (H. Rept. 99-129), 12275 [16MY]

Convey Land to Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3003) (H. Rept. 99-313), 27827 [17OC]

Convey Title to Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium to District of Columbia: Committee on the District of Columbia (H.R. 2776) (H. Rept. 99-176), 16121 [18JN]

Conveyance of Real Property by Southern Pacific Transportation Co. To Ernest Pritchett and Wife: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 386), 33673 [2DE]

Conveyances of Lands in California Forming Part of Right-of-Way Granted to Central Pacific Railway Co.: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2067) (H. Rept. 99-388), 32641 [20NO]

Declare Certain Lands in Coalinga, CA, Abandoned by Southern Pacific Transportation Co.: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3266) (H. Rept. 99-386), 32641 [20NO]

Erosion Reduction Within Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 934) (H. Rept. 99-83), 11685 [13MY]

Establish Program To Ensure Stockpiling of Topsoil on Public Lands Covered by Surface Mining and Reclamation Projects: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 463) (H. Rept. 99-306), 27017 [9OC]

Exchange of Land for Cape Henry Memorial Site, VA: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3556) (H. Rept. 99-442), 36764 [16DE]

Exempt Lands in Mississippi From Act of 1806: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1795) (H. Rept. 99-346), 29684 [30OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act Relative to Quality of Nation's Waters: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 8) (H. Rept. 99-189), 18059 [8JY]

Improve U.S. Farm Output Under Agricultural Productivity Act: Committee on Rules (H.R. 1383; H. Res. 201) (H. Rept. 99-173), 16121 [18JN]

Improvement of Natural and Cultural Resources on Public or Indian Lands: Committee on Rules (H.R. 99; H. Res. 195) (H. Rept. 99-166), 15214 [11JN]

Inclusion of Certain Lands Within Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, WI: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2182) (H. Rept. 99-441), 36764 [16DE]

Land Conveyance to Jerome, AZ: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1593) (H. Rept. 99-345), 29684 [30OC]

Office of Surface Mining Relative to Reclamation: Committee on Government Operations (S. Rept. 99-206), 19525 [17JY]

Pine Ridge and Soldier Creek Wilderness Established in Nebraska National Forest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 816) (S. Rept. 99-122), 21727 [31JY]

Provide Conservation, Rehabilitation, Improvement of Natural and Cultural Resources, Located on Public or Indian Lands: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 99) (H. Rept. 99-18), 10260 [2MY]

Public Land Order 6607 Addition to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.J. Res. 419) (H. Rept. 99-387), 32641 [20NO]

Release Condition Requiring Parcel of Land Conveyed to New York Be Used for Public Purposes and Convey Mineral Interests: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 2976) (H. Rept. 99-424), 34885 [6DE]

Release Reversionary Interest in Orange County, FL, lands: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1740) (H. Rept. 99-347), 29684 [30OC]

Sequoia National Park: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.J. Res. 382) (H. Rept. 99-370), 31636 [13NO]

Transfer of Metropolitan Washington Airports to Independent Airport Authority: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1017) (S. Rept. 99-193), 32762 [20NO]

Westway Landfill Project: Thomas Puccio (series), 9475-9477 [25AP], 9646 [26AP]

White Earth Indian Reservation Settlement of Unresolved Land Claims (S. 1396) (S. Rept. 99-192), 32355 [19NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Settlement of title disputes over certain public lands: Association of Western Attorneys Generals, 23233 [10SE]

———Eastern Lands and Resource Council, 23234 [10SE]

———National Association of Attorneys General, 23233 [10SE]

———National Conference of State Legislatures, 23234 [10SE]

———National Governors Association, 23233 [10SE]

———Western States Land Commissioners Association, 23234 [10SE]

Statements

Continental Shelf Leasing Policy: Senator Cranston, 24372 [19SE]

Leasing of State Submerged Lands: sundry, 31910 [14NO]

Summaries

Requirements for Hazardous Waste Sites (S. 517), 3692 [27FE]

Tables

Highly erodible cropland in the U.S., 3772 [27FE]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 382, authorizing continued use of certain land for an existing hydroelectric project within the Sequoia National Park, 31832 [14NO]

H.R. 463, National Topsoil Preservation Act, 28124 [21OC]

H.R. 1593, Jerome, AZ, land conveyance, 30363 [4NO]

H.R. 2920, exempt irrigation conveyance systems from fees and conditions under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 17922 [27JN]

H.R. 2921, issue permanent easements for water conveyance systems in order to resolve title claims under acts repealed by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 17922 [27JN]

H.R. 3686, land conveyance for purpose of expanding the Chadron State Park, NE, 30488 [5NO]

H.R. 3851, Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act amendments, 36178 [12DE]

S. 69, designate certain Colorado land as wilderness, 170 [3JA]

S. 249, administrative reform of program to assist persons and businesses displaced by Federal public works projects, 761-764 [22JA]

S. 360, convey land to Nebraska National Forest, 1549 [31JA]

S. 362, authorize use of certain land located at Manteo Bay, NC, 1551 [31JA]

S. 478, establish trust fund for reclamation of abandoned mines, 2693 [20FE]

S. 517, requirements for hazardous waste sites, 3692-3694 [27FE]

S. 523, prohibit incentive payments to farmers producing on highly erodible lands, 3772 [27FE]

S. 565, conveyance of lands by Dept. of Agriculture, 4457 [5MR]

S. 567, conveyance of lands by Dept. of Agriculture, 4458 [5MR]

S. 570, improve Dept. of the Interior coal leasing program, 4465 [5MR]

S. 590, designate certain land in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as wilderness, 4481 [5MR]

S. 595, relief for certain entrymen in Idaho, 6234 [26MR]

S. 595, relief for certain Idaho entrymen, 4604 [6MR]

S. 598, prohibit incentive payments to farmers producing on highly erodible lands, 4610 [6MR]

S. 816, designate certain land in Nebraska as wilderness, 6804 [28MR]

S. 1050, Agricultural Export Enhancement and Soil Conservation Act, 10288 [2MY]

S. 1322, extension of geothermal resources leases, 16259 [19JN]

S. 1444, authorize temporary use of public lands by Federal agencies, 19121 [16JY]

S. 1607, extend deadline for withdrawal of approval of the Westway highway project, New York, 23045 [9SE]

S. 1617, provide for settlement of title disputes over certain public lands, 23233 [10SE]

S. 1668, California Outer Continental Shelf Protection and Development Act, 24375 [19SE]