WATER related term(s) Ecology and Environment

Addresses

Bureau of Reclamation Reorganization: Daniel P. Beard, Bureau of Reclamation, E2381 [20DE]

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), S8006, S8022, S8033, S8034, S8037, S8038, S8041, S8045, S8046, S8118, S8119 [30JN], H4419, H4420, H4421, H4431, H4441 [14JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4506), conference report, S11316 [11AU], H6543 [1AU]

Kaysville City, UT: reduce restrictions on a watershed-protection patented land lease (S. 859), S4181 [12AP]

Native Americans: technical amendments to legislation relative to land and water claims (H.R. 4709), S14107, S14110, S14116 [4OC], H8449 [16AU], H11137 [6OC]

———technical amendments to legislation relative to land and water claims (S. 1654), S6136, S6137, S6144, S6145 [19MY], H3802 [23MY]

Safety: reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 2019), S5399, S5401 [9MY], S5642, S5649, S5651, S5654, S5658, S5659, S5693, S5695, S5696, S5697 [12MY], S5718, S5741 [13MY], S5743, S5749, S5761, S5762 [16MY], S5784, S5793, S5805, S5818, S5819, S5820, S5845, S5846, S5847 [17MY], S5859, S5862, S5869, S5870, S5871, S5883, S5885, S5889, S5896, S5897, S5899, S5900, S5902, S5903, S5904, S5912, S5921, S5952, S5953, S5954, S5955, S5961, S5962 [18MY]

Yellowstone National Park: identification and protection of significant geothermal areas (H.R. 1137), S13740 [29SE]

Analyses

Restore State Control Over Allocations and Granting of Water Rights and FERC Control Over Licensing of Hydroelectric Projects (S. 2566), S15240 [30NO]

Announcements

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): hearing on H.R. 1137, Old Faithful Protection Act, S2512 [8MR]

———postponement of hearing on Colorado River area water quality, S2987 [15MR]

Articles and editorials

Ancient Water Woes Loom in the Mideast, S11183 [10AU]

D.C.'s Water Troubles Run Deep—Recent Crisis Part of a Pattern of Problems at Two Plants, S2300-S2302 [2MR]

Desalting the Seas, S10891 [5AU]

Drinking Water Safety—Let's Be Scientific, H1869 [22MR]

Good Sense on Drinking Water, S5723 [13MY]

Keep Cleaning the Water, S5868 [18MY]

Opinion—Intolerable Sewage Problems, S5792 [17MY]

Plant Expansion Still Needed, S5791 [17MY]

Prairie Ducks Return in Record Numbers, S15390 [1DE]

Safe Drinking Water Is Critical to All America, S5868 [18MY]

Safe Water, Superfund Wait for the Green Light, S5891 [18MY]

Sewage Plant Must Expand so Economic Growth Can Continue, S5792 [17MY]

Tests Confirm Gas in Sewage, S5792 [17MY]

Triumph of the Psycho-Fact, S5125 [4MY]

United States Should Buy Wastewater Plant; City Can Build Another, S5792 [17MY]

Warning Voices From Nogales, S5787 [17MY]

Water Law Ruling Sets Back Reforms, S5125 [4MY]

Wetland Regulations Take Merciless Hold After Mishap in Field, S13878 [30SE]

Wetland Slows Work on School—Builders Don't Have Permits to Drain Site, S13878 [30SE]

Wetlands Regulations Often Confuse, Anger Many Farmers—Landowners, Environmentalists Debate Proper Use of Land, S13877 [30SE]

Will Your Wetland Determinations Cause Any Problems?, S13877 [30SE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: extend conservation reserve program and wetlands reserve program (see H.R. 3894), H864 [24FE]

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: amend (see H.R. 4504), H4164 [26MY]

Belle Fourche Irrigation Project: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1786), S54 [25JA]

Belle Fourche irrigation project: expand (see H.R. 4439), H3521 [17MY]

Bottled water: contaminant level requirements (see H.R. 4651), H5170 [27JN]

Central Utah Water Conservancy District: implementation of water conservation programs (see S. 2213; H.R. 4615), S7149 [20JN], H4779 [21JN]

Coastal zones: protection of coastal waters (see H.R. 4668), H5316 [28JN]

Corpus Christi, TX: negotiations with the Bureau of Reclamation relative to the Choke Canyon Reservoir-Nueces River project (see S. 2236; H.R. 4631), S7560 [23JN], H4883 [22JN]

Dept. of the Interior: participation in construction of the Orange County Regional Water Reclamation Project (see H.R. 4987), H8695 [18AU]

District of Columbia: capital improvements for Washington aqueduct (see S. 1886; H.R. 4007), S2288 [2MR], H1253 [10MR]

Ecology and environment: authorizing appropriations for conservation and management of wetlands (see H.R. 4308), H2913 [28AP]

———permit the conversion of wetlands that are under a certain acreage (see H.R. 4347), H3055 [4MY]

———provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (see H.R. 3810), H357 [8FE]

———restore aquatic ecosystems (see H.R. 4481), H3963 [24MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see H.R. 4506), H4164 [26MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4506), consideration (see H. Res. 449), H4291 [9JN]

EPA: infrastructure projects funding under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 4475), H3887 [23MY]

———management conference for the lands and waters of the South Shore Estuary Reserve, Long Island, NY (see H. Con. Res. 242), H2639 [21AP]

Federal Power Act: extend deadlines for certain hydroelectric power acts (see S. 1954), S3445 [22MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see S. 2093; H.R. 3948), S5449 [10MY], H1057 [3MR]

FERC: restore State control over allocation and granting of water rights and FERC control over licensing of hydroelectric projects (see S. 2566), S15235 [30NO]

Holloman AFB, NM: convey certain lands for wastewater treatment plant (see S. 2152), S6391 [25MY]

LaBranche Wetlands, St. Charles Parish, LA: determine lands and waters and acquire for inclusion in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 4770), H5760 [14JY]

Lakes: eliminate the maximum daily diversion restriction relative to pumping of water from Lake Powell (see H.R. 5025), H9087 [12SE]

Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.: authorizing assistance (see S. 2068; H.R. 4363), S5049 [3MY], H3155 [5MY]

Mancos Water Conservancy District, CO: construction of hydroelectric plant (see S. 2124; H.R. 4523), S5828 [17MY], H4164 [26MY]

Mexico: authorizing appropriations for U.S.-Mexico wastewater treatment works (see S. 2231, 2232; H.R. 4478, 4479), S7560 [23JN], H3963 [24MY]

———U.S.-Mexico wastewater treatment works funding (see H.R. 4401), H3344 [12MY]

Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project: expand (see S. 2066), S5049 [3MY]

National urban watershed restoration program: establish (see H.R. 3873), H559 [22FE]

National Wildlife Refuge System: acquisition of land or waters relative to revenue sharing payments (see H.R. 4827), H6200 [25JY]

Native Americans: ratification of a compact between the Assiniboine and Sioux Indian Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, MT (see S. 1903; H.R. 5098), S2475 [8MR], H9600 [23SE]

———technical amendments to legislation relative to land and water claims (see H.R. 4709), H5462 [30JN]

Natural resources: conservation and development of resources (see S. 2233), S7560 [23JN]

———conservation and development of resources, and river and harbor improvement projects (see H.R. 4460, 4886), H3755 [19MY], H6698 [2AU]

Oregon: emergency repair work on Crooked River Project, Ochoco Dam (see H.R. 3833), H410 [9FE]

———restrictions on timber activities and human access in the Bull Run and Little Sandy watersheds relative to protection as a drinking water source (see H.R. 4063), H1439 [16MR]

———taxation of income of Washington residents working at a Federal hydroelectric facility on the Columbia River (see H.R. 4991), H8696 [18AU]

Page, AZ: daily water pumping limitation from Lake Powell (see S. 2393), S11895 [16AU]

Power resources: extensions and modifications of certain hydro and renewable energy programs (see H.R. 5247), H11427 [7OC]

Public utilities: biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity tests in connection with publicly owned treatment works (see S. 1985), S3953 [25MR]

Public works: private usage and contracting requirements of water or wastewater facilities funded through tax-exempt municipal bonds (see H.R. 3904), H865 [24FE]

Redwood Valley Water District: loan authority (see H.R. 4925), H7299 [9AU]

Rio Puerco watershed: improve water quality and management practices (see S. 1919; H.R. 4010), S2779 [10MR], H1253 [10MR]

Rivers: establish a national registry of rivers and watersheds to be protected and restored (see H.R. 4213), H2366 [14AP]

———prohibit the restoration of certain flows in the San Joaquin River (see H.R. 5309), H11564 [29NO]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorization (see H.R. 4314), H2913 [28AP]

Safety: public drinking water systems (see S. 1920), S2779 [10MR]

———reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (see S. 2019), S4334 [14AP]

San Angelo, TX: funding for repairs to Twin Buttes Dam (see H.R. 4620), H4779 [21JN]

San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act: extend deadline for completing certain actions (see H.R. 4870), H6549 [1AU]

Sewage disposal: treatment facility construction grants (see S. 2201), S7066 [16JN]

South Dakota: expand Mni Wiconi rural water supply project (see H.R. 3954), H1057 [3MR]

Taxation: treatment of water conservation subsidies (see H.R. 4548), H4219 [8JN]

Technology: desalinization research and development (see H.R. 4944), H7991 [11AU]

Upper Yampa Water Conservancy Project: authorize the transfer of a certain loan contract (see S. 1988; H.R. 4525), S3954 [25MR], H4165 [26MY]

Water pollution: discharge from sewer overflow into navigable waters (see H.R. 4614), H4779 [21JN]

———eligibility of State and local government employees to serve on State boards that issue permits for discharges into navigable waters (see H.R. 5150), H10445 [30SE]

———establish a national estuary pollution prevention demonstration program (see H.R. 4226), H2367 [14AP]

———improve stormwater management (see S. 2507), S14242 [5OC]

———reserve portion of funding to the State revolving loan program for States devoting financial resources above minimum requirements (see H.R. 3957), H1057 [3MR]

Waterways: establish a national waterways restoration program (see S. 2292; H.R. 4289), S9170 [18JY], H2639 [21AP]

Wetlands: establish program to conserve and manage wetlands (see S. 2490), S13852 [30SE]

———regulatory reform on conservation measures (see S. 2506), S14242 [5OC]

Yakima River: authorize certain elements of the basin water enhancement project (see H.R. 5148), H10445 [30SE]

Documents

Declaration of Principles of the U.S.-Eastern European Conference on the Environment Relative to Regional Water Problems, S4772-S4774 [25AP]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act (1965), S4123 [12AP]

Explanations

Comprehensive Wetlands Conservation and Management Act (S. 2490), S13877 [30SE]

Factsheets

Mancos Water Conservancy District Jackson Gulch Reservoir History and Economics, S5839 [17MY]

Letters

Army water resources projects: Representative Mineta, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House), H10922 [5OC]

Comprehensive Wetlands Conservation and Management Act: Alan J. Vedvei and Otto F. Sckerl, S13878 [30SE]

Conservation and management of wetlands: Farm Project (organization), S5011 [3MY]

EPA standards for drinking water: Carol M. Browner, EPA Administrator, S5822 [17MY]

Establishment of State source water protection petition procedures: several organizations, S5651 [12MY]

FDA quality standards relative to bottled water: Sylvia E. Swanson, International Bottled Water Association, S5660 [12MY]

Garrison Diversion Unit, ND, construction funding: Senators Dorgan and Conrad, and Representative Pomeroy, H4419 [14JN]

Government policies and reforms affecting land management and usage in the West: several Senators and Representatives, S2773 [10MR]

Mancos Water Conservancy District, CO, construction of hydroelectric plant: Gary T. Skiba, Colorado Dept. of Natural Resources, S5840 [17MY]

———Jay Dotzenko, Mancos, CO, S5839 [17MY]

———Mancos Water Conservancy District Board of Directors, S5839 [17MY]

———Thomas K. Colbert, Montezuma County, CO, Board of Commissioners, S5839 [17MY]

Native American tribal involvement with public water system funding: President Clinton, S5744 [16MY]

Reform prevailing wage requirements for construction of water treatment plants: Coalition To Reform the Davis-Bacon Act, S5808 [17MY]

———Samuel A. Carradine, Jr., National Association of Minority Contractors, S5808 [17MY]

Safe drinking water programs: Carol M. Browner, EPA, S5716 [13MY], S5867 [18MY], H9834 [27SE]

———David Y. Terry, Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Protection, S5716 [13MY]

———Dawn Hamilton, American Oceans Campaign (organization), S5716 [13MY]

———Jonathan C. Kaledin, National Water Funding Council, S5716 [13MY]

———Kevin Dick, National Roundtable of State Pollution Prevention Programs, S5716 [13MY]

———Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H9830, H9834 [27SE]

———Representative Mineta, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House), H9837 [27SE]

———Robert D. Reischauer, CBO, H9836 [27SE]

———Robert Perciasepe, EPA, S5805 [17MY], H9831-H9833 [27SE]

Safe drinking water programs relative to private property impact analyses: several Representatives, S14776 [7OC]

Safety of public drinking water systems: Mike Lowry, Governor of Washington, S4009 [25MR]

San Joaquin Valley Drainage Study Program: Representative George Miller, H4411 [14JN]

Soil Conservation Service small watershed projects: Representative Mineta, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House), H10922 [5OC]

State revolving loan fund: Roberta Savage, Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators, S10576 [4AU]

Technical amendments to legislation relative to Native American land and water claims: Gary Fritz, Montana Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation, H2412 [19AP]

———Mark Simonich and Llevando Fisher, Montana Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation, H2412 [19AP]

Washington Aqueduct financing: Mary Margaret Whipple, S5652 [12MY]

———Sharon Pratt Kelly, S5652 [12MY]

Water Desalination Act: Representative George Brown, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H10629 [3OC]

Water pumping limitations from Lake Powell for Page, AZ: Rick L. Gold, Bureau of Reclamation, S11899 [16AU]

Water Resources Development Act: John H. Zirschky, Dept. of the Army, S7579 [23JN]

———Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H10557 [3OC]

———Representative Mineta, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House), H10557 [3OC]

———Representative Studds, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House), H10556 [3OC]

World Bank loan for Nepal's Arun III Dam project: Lewis T. Preston, World Bank, E1680 [9AU]

———Representative Hamilton, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), E1680 [9AU]

Lists

Academic earmarks contained in the energy and water appropriations report, H4425 [14JN]

Coalition To Reform the Davis-Bacon Act members, S5808 [17MY]

Organizations supporting H.R. 3392, safety of public water systems, H9826, H9827 [27SE]

Safe drinking water programs reauthorization (S. 2019), amendments, S5711 [12MY]

Memorandums

Mancos Water Conservancy District, CO, Construction of Hydroelectric Plant: Keith L. Rose, Fish and Wildlife Service, S5840 [17MY]

———Patricia J. Beneke, Dept. of the Interior, S5841-S5843 [17MY]

Safe Drinking Water Programs: Lynn R. Goldman, EPA, S5867 [18MY]

———Representative Waxman, H9827 [27SE]

Motions

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), S8033 [30JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4506), conference report, H6534 [1AU], H7324, H7325, H7326, H7327 [10AU]

Safety: reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 2019), S5812 [17MY]

Questions and answers

Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments (H.R. 3948), E1232 [16JN]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: extend conservation reserve program and wetlands reserve program (H.R. 3894), H896 [1MR], H2511 [20AP]

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: amend (H.R. 4504), H5479 [12JY]

Bottled water: contaminant level requirements (H.R. 4651), E1339 [27JN]

Bureau of Reclamation: funding for construction for the Garrison Diversion Unit, ND, H4419 [14JN]

California: management and restoration activities for fish and wildlife populations in certain public desert wilderness lands, H4367-H4381 [13JN]

Central Utah Water Conservancy District: implementation of water conservation programs (H.R. 4615), E2158 [6OC]

CH2M HILL (business): EPA Outstanding Prime Contractor Achievement Award recipient, E2224 [8OC]

Coastal zones: protection of coastal waters (H.R. 4668), E1364 [29JN]

Colorado River: Upper Colorado River Basin water entitlements, H5563-H5565 [13JY]

Corpus Christi, TX: negotiations with the Bureau of Reclamation relative to the Choke Canyon Reservoir-Nueces River project (H.R. 4631), E1281 [22JN]

Dept. of the Interior: reorganization of the Bureau of Reclamation, E2381 [20DE]

District of Columbia: capital improvements for Washington aqueduct (H.R. 4007), E418, E425 [11MR]

Ecology and environment: authorizing appropriations for conservation and management of wetlands (H.R. 4308), H9034-H9037, H9079 [12SE], E818 [2MY]

———provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (H.R. 3810), E124 [8FE]

———restore aquatic ecosystems (H.R. 4481), E1045 [24MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), H4404-H4443 [14JN], E1219 [15JN], E1227, E1236 [16JN], E1252 [17JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4506), conference report, H6533 [1AU], H7310-H7327 [10AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4506), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H7324-H7327 [10AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4506), consideration (H. Res. 449), H4402, H4403 [14JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4506), motion to instruct conferees, H6534-H6543 [1AU]

EPA: alternative revenue sources for water projects, H5360 [29JN]

———infrastructure projects funding under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 4475), E1026 [23MY]

———non-point-source pollution, water infrastructure, and wastewater treatment grants funding, H5376, H5377 [29JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend and reauthorize (S. 1114), H1418 [16MR]

———amend (H.R. 3948), E353, E354 [7MR], E1232 [16JN], E1379 [30JN]

Fort Morgan, CO: EPA fines relative to clean drinking water, H1791 [22MR]

Imperial Valley, CA: environmental protection, H191 [2FE]

Kaysville City, UT: reduce restrictions on a watershed-protection patented land lease (S. 859), H5490, H5491 [12JY]

LaBranche Wetlands, St. Charles Parish, LA: determine lands and waters and acquire for inclusion in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 4770), E1478 [15JY]

Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.: authorizing assistance (H.R. 4363), E839 [3MY]

Mancos Water Conservancy District, CO: construction of hydroelectric plant (H.R. 4523), E1090 [26MY]

Montana: Federal water rights, H3463, H3464 [17MY]

Mount Hope Hydro, Inc.: advanced pumped storage waterpower, E1250 [17JN]

National urban watershed restoration program: establish (H.R. 3873), H796 [24FE], E236 [23FE]

Native Americans: ratification of a compact between the Assiniboine and Sioux Indian Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, MT (H.R. 5098), E1925 [23SE]

———technical amendments to legislation relative to land and water claims (H.R. 4709), H8449-H8452 [16AU], H11137-H11140 [6OC], E1388 [30JN]

———technical amendments to legislation relative to land and water claims (S. 1654), H2411-H2414 [19AP], H3802-H3804 [23MY], E730 [20AP]

Natural resources: conservation and development of resources, and river and harbor improvement projects (H.R. 4460), H10428 [30SE], H10543-H10559 [3OC], E2052 [4OC], E2089, E2120, E2156 [6OC]

Nebraska: development of groundwater protection methods, E891 [11MY]

Nepal: World Bank loan for Arun III Dam project, E1679 [9AU]

Oregon: restrictions on timber activities and human access in the Bull Run and Little Sandy watersheds relative to protection as a drinking water source (H.R. 4063), E452 [16MR]

Public works: private usage and contracting requirements of water or wastewater facilities funded through tax-exempt municipal bonds (H.R. 3904), E248 [24FE]

Rio Puerco watershed: improve water quality and management practices (H.R. 4010), E414 [11MR]

———improve water quality and management practices (S. 1919), H10664-H10666 [3OC], H10804, H10805 [4OC]

Rivers: establish a national registry of rivers and watersheds to be protected and restored (H.R. 4213), E669 [15AP]

———prohibit the restoration of certain flows in the San Joaquin River (H.R. 5309), E2284 [29NO]

Rural areas: Government policies and reforms affecting land management and usage in the West, E555 [24MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorization (H.R. 4314), E787, E788 [28AP]

Safety: assure the safety of public water systems (H.R. 3392), H1868 [22MR], H4098 [26MY], H9815-H9842 [27SE], E2141 [6OC], E2315 [29NO]

San Angelo, TX: funding for repairs to Twin Buttes Dam (H.R. 4620), H4430 [14JN], E1267 [21JN]

South Dakota: expand Mni Wiconi rural water supply project (H.R. 3954), E350 [3MR]

Taxation: treatment of water conservation subsidies (H.R. 4548), E1151 [9JN]

Technology: desalinization research and development (H.R. 4944), H10628-H10630 [3OC], E1711 [11AU]

Umpqua Research Co.: NASA Government Invention of the Year and Commercial Invention of the Year awards recipient, E715 [19AP]

Upper Yampa Water Conservancy Project: authorize the transfer of a certain loan contract (H.R. 4525), E1099 [26MY]

Water pollution: discharge from sewer overflow into navigable waters (H.R. 4614), E1311 [23JN]

———reserve portion of funding to the State revolving loan program for States devoting financial resources above minimum requirements (H.R. 3957), E342 [3MR]

Yakima River: authorize certain elements of the basin water enhancement project (H.R. 1690), H6516, H6520, H6521 [1AU]

———authorize certain elements of the basin water enhancement project (H.R. 5148), H10643-H10648 [3OC]

———authorize certain elements of the basin water enhancement project (H.R. 5148), corrections in engrossment, H10648 [3OC]

Yavapai County, AZ: water rights of Yavapai-Prescott Indian tribe (S. 1146), H10630-H10642 [3OC]

Remarks in Senate

Belle Fourche Irrigation Project: authorizing appropriations (S. 1786), S13656 [29SE]

BLM: maintenance of wildlife watering devices in designated wilderness areas, S4152 [12AP]

Bottled water: FDA quality standards, S5659, S5660 [12MY]

Bureau of Reclamation: establish drought mitigation center, S8033 [30JN]

California: implementation of Central Valley Project environmental improvements, S5124 [4MY]

Central Utah Water Conservancy District: implementation of water conservation programs (S. 2213), S7150 [20JN]

Clean Water Act: State revolving loan fund, S10576-S10578 [4AU]

Dept. of Energy: hydropower research and development funding, S8033 [30JN]

———Los Alamos National Laboratory funding, S8035 [30JN]

District of Columbia: capital improvements for Washington aqueduct (S. 1886), S2299 [2MR]

Ecology and environment: aquatic weed management, S13751 [29SE]

———authorizing appropriations for conservation and management of wetlands (H.R. 4308), S14079 [4OC]

———conservation and management of wetlands, S5011 [3MY]

———U.S.-Eastern European Conference on the Environment relative to regional water problems, S4772 [25AP]

———waiver of penalties for noncompliance with safe drinking water regulations due to unfunded Federal mandates, S5794-S5805, S5812 [17MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), S7973-S8017, S8020-S8048 [30JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4506), conference report, S11164 [10AU], S11312-S11316 [11AU], S11474-S11476 [12AU]

EPA: cost-effective standards for safe drinking water relative to small communities, S5660 [12MY]

———drinking water needs survey and assessment biannual reporting requirement, S5749, S5750 [16MY]

———establish Small Public Water Systems Technology Assistance Centers, S5661 [12MY]

———investigate health risks and establish standards relative to water well pumps, S5870, S5871 [18MY]

———research plan relative to harmful substances in drinking water, S5719-S5720 [13MY]

———standards for drinking water, S5820-S5823 [17MY]

———water testing program to identify pesticides and other chemicals causing estrogenic effects in human beings, S5872-S5875 [18MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend and reauthorize (S. 1114), S1522 [11FE]

———amend (S. 2093), S6998 [16JN]

FERC: restore State control over allocation and granting of water rights and FERC control over licensing of hydroelectric projects (S. 2566), S15237-S15240 [30NO]

Geological Survey: funding for the Federal/State Cooperative Water Program, S9708 [26JY]

Great Lakes: management and conservation, S9545, S9552 [22JY]

Great Plains Conservation Program: funding, S9237 [19JY]

Holloman AFB, NM: convey certain lands for wastewater treatment plant (S. 2152), S6396 [25MY]

Kaysville City, UT: reduce restrictions on a watershed-protection patented land lease (S. 859), S4181 [12AP], S12645 [25AU]

Labor: reform prevailing wage requirements for construction of water treatment plants, S5805-S5813 [17MY]

Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.: authorizing assistance (S. 2068), S5076 [3MY], S5314 [5MY]

Mancos Water Conservancy District, CO: construction of hydroelectric plant (S. 2124), S5838 [17MY]

Mexico: authorizing appropriations for U.S.-Mexico wastewater treatment works (S. 2231), S7575-S7577 [23JN]

———authorizing appropriations for U.S.-Mexico wastewater treatment works (S. 2232), S7575-S7577 [23JN]

Milwaukee, WI: outbreak of cryptosporidium in drinking water, S13816 [30SE]

Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project: expand (S. 2066), S5076 [3MY], S14041 [4OC]

Native Americans: funding for improvement of dire water system conditions on Indian reservations and Alaska Native villages, S5749 [16MY], S5818, S5819 [17MY]

———public drinking water systems on Indian reservations, S5889, S5890 [18MY]

———ratification of a compact between the Assiniboine and Sioux Indian Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, MT (S. 1903), S2502 [8MR]

———technical amendments to legislation relative to land and water claims (H.R. 4709), S14107-S14110 [4OC]

———technical amendments to legislation relative to land and water claims (S. 1654), S6144-S6147 [19MY]

———tribal involvement with public water system funding, S5743-S5745 [16MY]

Natural resources: conservation and development of resources (S. 2233), S7577 [23JN]

New York, NY: wastewater reclamation facility funding, S13344 [26SE]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: success of programs, S15390 [1DE]

Page, AZ: daily water pumping limitation from Lake Powell (S. 2393), S11898, S11899 [16AU]

Rio Puerco watershed: improve water quality and management practices (S. 1919), S2788 [10MR], S10271 [2AU]

Rural areas: Government policies and reforms affecting land management and usage in the West, S2773 [10MR]

———grants to assist colonias relative to wastewater disposal, S5411 [10MY], S5817 [17MY]

———hardship community demonstration program relative to financing of drinking water projects, S5884 [18MY]

———make grants for wastewater treatment projects to small, unincorporated, poor communities, S5411 [10MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorization (H.R. 4314), S5125 [4MY], S13816 [30SE]

———reauthorize (S. 1547), S3900 [25MR]

Safety: public drinking water systems (S. 1920), S2790-S2798 [10MR], S4007-S4009 [25MR]

———reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 1920), S5890 [18MY]

———reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 2019), S5394-S5397 [9MY], S5411 [10MY], S5634-S5637, S5642-S5662, S5711 [12MY], S5713-S5723, S5726-S5728 [13MY], S5743-S5745, S5747-S5751 [16MY], S5781, S5783-S5813, S5817-S5823 [17MY], S5855, S5859-S5891, S5895-S5912, S5915-S5930 [18MY], S5975-S5978, S5986-S5989, S6108 [19MY], S6350-S6352 [25MY], S14776 [7OC]

———reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 2019), unanimous-consent agreement, S5823 [17MY], S5889, S5905 [18MY]

San Antonio, TX: water management at Edwards Aquifer relative to endangered species, S9675 [26JY], S9973 [28JY]

Sewage disposal: semirural communities access to grants relative to wastewater facilities construction, S5653, S5654 [12MY]

———treatment facility construction grants, S10593 [4AU]

———treatment facility construction grants (S. 2201), S7067, S7068 [16JN]

———water treatment along the U.S.-Mexico border, S5785-S5793 [17MY]

Sheridan, WY: enlargement of water supply system, S10594, S10595 [4AU]

States: establish source water protection petition procedures, S5650 [12MY]

———exempt for certain labor standards commitment of repayments to State revolving funds, S5897-S5899 [18MY]

———water monitoring requirements, S5635-S5636, S5643-S5648, S5656-S5658 [12MY]

Technology: desalinization research and development (H.R. 4944), S14077 [4OC], S14992 [8OC]

———desalinization research and development (S. 617), S10609 [4AU], S10891 [5AU], S11183 [10AU]

———nontraditional and small treatment systems, S5658 [12MY]

Tennessee: Duck River watershed restoration project, S10503 [3AU]

Upper Yampa Water Conservancy Project: authorize the transfer of a certain loan contract (S. 1988), S13656 [29SE]

Water pollution: establish a national estuary pollution prevention demonstration program (H.R. 4226), unanimous-consent agreement, S9184 [18JY]

———improve stormwater management (S. 2507), S14259 [5OC]

Waterways: establish a national waterways restoration program (S. 2292), S9178 [18JY]

Wetlands: establish program to conserve and manage wetlands (S. 2490), S13869 [30SE]

———regulatory reform on conservation measures (S. 2506), S14253 [5OC]

Yakima River: authorize certain elements of the basin water enhancement project (H.R. 1690), S14731, S14756 [7OC]

Yavapai County, AZ: water rights of Yavapai-Prescott Indian tribe (S. 1146), S9723 [26JY], S14058-S14070 [4OC], S14731 [7OC]

Yellowstone National Park: identification and protection of significant geothermal areas (H.R. 1137), S13655, S13689 [29SE]

Reports

CBO Cost Estimate for S. 1786, Belle Fourche Irrigation Project Appropriations, S13656 [29SE]

CBO Cost Estimate for S. 1988, Upper Yampa Water Conservancy Project Loan Contract Transfer, S13656 [29SE]

CBO Cost Estimate for S. 2066, Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project Expansion, S14041 [4OC]

History, Development, and Requirements of the Mancos Project and Proposed Hydropower Project, E1090 [26MY]

Reports by conference committees

Energy and Water Development Appropriations (H.R. 4506), H6888-H6982 [4AU]

Reports filed

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act Amendments: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House) (H.R. 4504) (H. Rept. 103-584), H5546 [12JY]

Belle Fourche Irrigation Project Expansion: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1988) (S. Rept. 103-376), S13351 [26SE]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4439) (H. Rept. 103-787), H10537 [3OC]

Central Utah Water Conservancy District Implementation of Water Conservation Programs: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4615) (H. Rept. 103-791), H10537 [3OC]

Conservation and Development of Resources, and River and Harbor Improvement Projects: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House) (H.R. 4460) (H. Rept. 103-770), H10445 [30SE]

Conservation and Management of Wetlands Appropriations: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House) (H.R. 4308) (H. Rept. 103-717), H9087 [12SE]

Consideration of H.R. 4506, Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 449) (H. Rept. 103-540), H4291 [9JN]

Eliminate the Maximum Daily Diversion Restriction Relative to Pumping of Water From Lake Powell, AZ: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5025) (H. Rept. 103-802), H10537 [3OC]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 4506) (H. Rept. 103-672), H6983 [4AU]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4506) (H. Rept. 103-533), H4164 [26MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4506) (S. Rept. 103-291), S7560 [23JN]

Expand the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project of South Dakota: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3954) (H. Rept. 103-789), H10537 [3OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2093) (S. Rept. 103-257), S5449 [10MY]

Hydropower Production Settlements with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4757) (H. Rept. 103-685), H7194 [8AU]

Mancos Water Conservancy District, CO, Hydroelectric Plant Construction: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2124) (S. Rept. 103-379), S13351 [26SE]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4523) (H. Rept. 103-790), H10537 [3OC]

Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project Expansion: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2066) (S. Rept. 103-378), S13351 [26SE]

Native American Land and Water Claims Technical Amendments: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 4709), S14111 [4OC]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 1654) (H. Rept. 103-479), H2506 [19AP]

Old Faithful Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1137), S13580 [28SE]

———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1137) (S. Rept. 103-431), S15235 [30NO]

Reauthorize Programs To Ensure Safe Drinking Water: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2019) (S. Rept. 103-250), S4334 [14AP]

Reduce Restrictions on a Kaysville City, UT Watershed-Protection Patented Land Lease: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 859) (S. Rept. 103-245), S4076 [11AP]

Redwood Valley Water District Loan Authority: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4925) (H. Rept. 103-795), H10537 [3OC]

Rio Puerco Watershed Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 1919) (H. Rept. 103-820), H10538 [3OC]

Technical Amendments to Legislation Relative to Land and Water Claims of Native Americans: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4709) (H. Rept. 103-704), H8504 [16AU]

Upper Yampa Water Conservancy Project Loan Contract Transfer: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1988) (S. Rept. 103-377), S13351 [26SE]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4525) (H. Rept. 103-792), H10537 [3OC]

Water Conservation Programs for the Central Utah Water Conservancy District: Committee on Energy and Natural Reosurces (Senate) (S. 2213) (S. Rept. 103-380), S13351 [26SE]

Water Desalination Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4944) (H. Rept. 103-821), H10538 [3OC]

Water Desalinization Research and Development: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 617) (S. Rept. 103-320), S9933 [27JY]

Water Quality and Management Practices at the Rio Puerco Watershed: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1919) (S. Rept. 103-306), S8484 [11JY]

Water Rights of Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe, Yavapai County, AZ: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1146) (S. Rept. 103-239), S3444 [22MR]

Watershed-Protection Patented Land Lease Regulations in Kaysville City, UT: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 859) (H. Rept. 103-590), H5546 [12JY]

Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1690) (H. Rept. 103-644), H6548 [1AU]

Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 1146) (H. Rept. 103-812), H10537 [3OC]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Drinking Water Safety, E159 [10FE]

Resolutions by organizations

Technical amendments to legislation relative to Native American land and water claims: Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council, H2412 [19AP]

Water rights of the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe: Prescott, AZ, city council, S9727 [26JY]

———Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe, S9727 [26JY]

Statements

Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act—The Answer to the Public Lands Dilemma: Louise Liston, E555 [24MR]

Summaries

Tax Treatment of Water Conservation Subsidies (H.R. 4548), E1151 [9JN]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4506, energy and water development appropriations conference report, S11164 [10AU]

Corp of Engineers' environmental management program funding, H4415 [14JN]

Energy and water development appropriations, H4406-H4408 [14JN], H7312-H7314 [10AU]

———academic earmarks, H7321 [10AU]

Status of State Public Water Safety Supply Supervision, H9834 [27SE]

Testimonies

Advanced Pumped Storage Waterpower Project: Frank S. Fisher, Mount Hope Hydro, Inc., E1250 [17JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 449, consideration of H.R. 4506, energy and water development appropriations, H4402 [14JN]

H.R. 1690, authorize certain elements of the Yakima River basin water enhancement project, H6516-H6520 [1AU]

H.R. 3392, assure the safety of public water systems, H9815-H9826 [27SE]

H.R. 4308, conservation and management of wetlands appropriations, H9034 [12SE]

H.R. 4363, Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., assistance, E839 [3MY]

H.R. 4460, Water Resources Development Act, H10543-H10556 [3OC]

H.R. 4504, amend Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, H5479 [12JY]

H.R. 4506, energy and water development appropriations, S7973-S7978 [30JN]

H.R. 4651, bottled water contaminant level requirements, E1339 [27JN]

H.R. 4944, Water Desalination Act, H10628 [3OC]

H.R. 5148, authorize certain elements of the Yakima River basin water enhancement project, H10643-H10647 [3OC]

S. 617, water desalinization research and development, S10609-S10612 [4AU]

S. 859, reduce restrictions on a watershed-protection patented land lease in Kaysville City, UT, S12645 [25AU], H5490 [12JY]

S. 859, reduce restrictions on watershed-protection patented land lease in Kaysville City, UT, S4182 [12AP]

S. 1146, Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act, S9723-S9725 [26JY], S14058-S14070 [4OC], H10630-H10641 [3OC]

S. 1654, technical amendments to legislation relative to Native American land and water claims, H2411 [19AP]

S. 1886, capital improvements for Washington, DC, aqueduct, S2300 [2MR]

S. 1919, improve water quality and management practices of Rio Puerco watershed, S2789 [10MR]

S. 1919, improve water quality and management practices of the Rio Puerco watershed, S10271 [2AU]

S. 1919, Rio Puerco Watershed Act, H10665 [3OC], H10804 [4OC]

S. 1920, ensure safety of public drinking water systems, S2790-S2797 [10MR]

S. 2019, reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water, S5989-S6014 [19MY]

S. 2124, Mancos Water Conservancy District, CO, construction of hydroelectric plant, S5838 [17MY]

S. 2201, wastewater treatment facility construction grants, S7067 [16JN]

S. 2231, U.S.-Mexico Border Water Pollution Control Act, S7576 [23JN]

S. 2232, U.S.-Mexico wastewater treatment works appropriations, S7576 [23JN]

S. 2233, Water Resources Development Act, S7577-S7579 [23JN]

S. 2292, Waterways Restoration Act, S9178-S9180 [18JY]

S. 2393, daily water pumping limitation from Lake Powell for Page, AZ, S11899 [16AU]

S. 2490, Comprehensive Wetlands Conservation and Management Act, S13870-S13877 [30SE]

S. 2506, Wetlands Regulatory Reform Act, S14254-S14258 [5OC]

S. 2507, Stormwater Control Reform Act, S14259 [5OC]

S. 2566, restore State control over allocation and granting of water rights and FERC control over licensing of hydroelectric projects, S15240 [30NO]