JOHNSTON, J. BENNETT (a Senator from Louisiana)
Amendments offered by, to
Bankruptcy: improve system (S. 540), S4644, S4648, S4741, S4742 [21AP]
California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (S. 21), S4102, S4103, S4150, S4167, S4168, S4174 [12AP]
———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (S. 21), S4102, S4103, S4150, S4167, S4168, S4174 [12AP]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4650), S11181 [10AU], S11252 [11AU]
Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), S130, S188 [26JA]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), S7402, S7464 [22JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), S10433, S10540 [3AU]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), S8119 [30JN]
FAA: authorizing appropriations (S. 1491), S6671, S6758 [9JN]
Federal-State relations: increase payments to units of general local government for entitlement lands (S. 455), S4215, S4271 [13AP]
FERC: hydroelectric license extension (S. 2384), S14238, S14269 [5OC]
Immigration: change laws relative to nationality and naturalization (H.R. 783), S14404, S14557 [6OC]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 2082), S11378, S11489 [12AU]
John Minor Wisdom U.S. Courthouse, New Orleans, LA: designate (H.R. 2868), S525, S538 [1FE]
Lobbyists: restrict provision of gifts to legislative branch officials, and disclose certain expenditures (S. 1935), S5160, S5198 [4MY]
Marine Mammal Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1636), S3301 [21MR]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), S7500, S7586 [23JN], S8286, S8314, S8420, S8427 [1JY]
Power resources: management of the strategic petroleum reserve (S. 2251), S13889 [30SE]
Water: reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 2019), S5859, S5862, S5952 [18MY]
Analyses
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Management (S. 2251), S8103
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3759, making supplemental appropriations, S1418 [10FE]
———H.R. 4299, intelligence services appropriations, S11401 [12AU]
———H.R. 4554, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S9306 [20JY]
———H.R. 4650, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S11311 [11AU]
———S. 21, California Desert Protection Act, S13986 [4OC]
Articles and editorials
Danny Barker—A Jazz Great's Legacy, John McCusker, S3670 [24MR]
Jazz Purist Gets His Solemn Send-Off, Roxane Orgill, Wall Street Journal, S3669 [24MR]
Legendary Jazz Man Danny Barker Dies, Scott Aiges, New Orleans (LA) Times-Picayune, S3670 [24MR]
Triumph of the Psycho-Fact, Robert J. Samuelson, Washington (DC) Post, S5125 [4MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: establish national sweet potato program (see S. 1910), S2638 [9MR]
Alaska Power Administration: authorize sale (see S. 2383), S11478 [12AU]
California: convey certain lands from Dept. of the Interior (see S. 2151), S6391 [25MY]
Cane River Creole National Historic Park and National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 1980), S3684 [24MR]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): authorize available funds for consultant fees (see S. Res. 256), S12963 [19SE]
District of Columbia: approve location for World War II memorial (see S.J. Res. 217), S11798 [15AU]
FERC: hydroelectric license extension (see S. 2384), S11478 [12AU]
Jazz Centennial Year: designate (see S.J. Res. 182), S4554 [20AP]
National Park Service: reform entrepreneurial management (see S. 2121), S5828 [17MY]
Nguyen Quy An and Nguyen Ngoc Kim Quy: relief (see S. 2265), S8381 [1JY]
Northern Mariana Islands: authorizing appropriations for construction projects (see S. 2181), S6857 [14JN]
Pennsylvania Avenue Corp.: establish to provide for the maintenance and use of the area between the White House and the Capitol (see S. 2299), S9322 [20JY]
Power resources: management of the strategic petroleum reserve (see S. 2251, 2461, 2466), S8100 [30JN], S13351 [26SE], S13448 [27SE]
Sports: tribute to U.S. World Cup Team (see S. Res. 240), S8486 [11JY]
Tariff: C.I. pigment yellow 139 (see S. 2316), S9734 [26JY]
———nickle isoindoline pigment (see S. 2317), S9734 [26JY]
U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see S. 1952), S3208 [17MR]
Wetlands: regulatory reform on conservation measures (see S. 2506), S14242 [5OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: tribute to U.S. rice industry (see S.J. Res. 219), S12467 [24AU]
Amateur Radio Service: tribute (see S.J. Res. 90), S13524 [27SE]
Animals: prohibit export of American black bear viscera (see S. 181), S530 [1FE]
California: establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (see S. 21), S3256 [17MR]
Civil War History Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 161), S2881 [11MR]
Colleges and universities: extend the cohort default rate exemption for historically Black and Native American colleges (see S. 2004), S3954 [25MR]
Consumers: rent-to-own transactions (see S. 1956), S3446 [22MR]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2120), S6869 [14JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: implementation of forest management plans (see S. Res. 285), S15036 [8OC]
Disasters: expand Federal program of hazard mitigation and insurance (see S. 1350), S2302 [2MR]
Economic Development Administration: reauthorize programs (see S. 2257), S9123 [15JY]
Education: elementary and secondary school library media resources technology improvement (see S. 266), S669 [2FE]
———reauthorization of Head Start Program (see S. 1852), S3081 [16MR]
Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain migrant and seasonal workers' benefits (see S. 1450), S4083 [11AP]
Financial institutions: claiming of certain distributions of unknown or unreachable owners (see S. 1715), S185 [26JA]
Firefighters: tribute to those killed fighting Colorado wildfires (see S. Res. 242), S8908 [13JY]
Food industry: inspection standards for meat and poultry products (see S. 2062), S7377 [21JN]
Foreign trade: access of U.S. business to markets (see S. 1858), S2347 [3MR]
Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see S. 2489), S13934 [3OC]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 195), S6123 [19MY]
Intelligence services: improve counterintelligence and security, and enhance FBI authority in counterintelligence matters (see S. 1948), S3208 [17MR]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 223), S13449 [27SE]
Japan: purchase of rice from U.S. (see S. Con. Res. 73), S9933 [27JY]
Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (see S. 1933), S4166 [12AP]
Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission: extend (see S. 2234), S7560 [23JN]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 178), S6292 [24MY]
National Children's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 211), S12820 [13SE]
National Decorative Painting Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 189), S10889 [5AU]
National Gang Violence Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 167), S9327 [20JY]
National Health Information Management Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 208), S12478 [24AU]
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see S. 1629), S5399 [9MY]
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 169), S9124 [15JY]
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 209), S10642 [4AU]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 212), S9570 [22JY]
National Parkinson Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 175), S5951 [18MY]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 190), S5684 [12MY]
National Sewing Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 165), S10948 [8AU]
National Silver Haired Congress: convene (see S. Con. Res. 66), S7702 [27JN]
National Slovak American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 158), S6536 [7JN]
National U.S. Seafood Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 194), S6123 [19MY]
National Walking Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 146), S4083 [11AP]
Older Americans Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 176), S4993 [2MY]
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy: authorize printing of tribute statements (see S. Res. 235), S7962 [29JN]
Petroleum: export of crude oil (see S. 1265), S670 [2FE]
Philadelphia, PA: minting of commemorative coins honoring certain historic buildings relative to the writing of the Constitution (see S. 1208), S4351 [14AP]
Poverty: publication of data (see S. 1997), S3954 [25MR]
REALTORS
Regional Fishery Management Councils: ethics standards for industry representatives (see S. 2360), S10631 [4AU]
Religious Freedom Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 218), S13310 [22SE]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see S. 1539), S4477 [19AP]
Securities: litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (see S. 1976), S3684 [24MR]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see S. 2347), S13099 [21SE]
Smokey Bear's 50th Anniversary: designate (see S.J. Res. 214), S10642 [4AU]
Taxation: allow corporations to issue performance stock options to employees (see S. 1175), S1487 [10FE]
———allow homemakers to deduct individual retirement account contributions (see S. 1669), S2183 [1MR]
———credits for individuals involved in agricultural-related activities relative to compliance with environmental regulations (see S. 1691), S5579 [11MY]
———deductibility of expenses incurred from the business use of the home (see S. 1924), S5080 [3MY]
———exceptions from rules for determining contributions for aid in construction of public utilities (see S. 289), S2034 [28FE]
———individual investment accounts (see S. 929), S4351 [14AP]
———reform rules relative to subchapter S corporations (see S. 1690), S2034 [28FE]
———tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (see S. 1968), S3684 [24MR]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 2301), S9446 [21JY]
———treatment of low-income housing (see S. 1986), S4351 [14AP]
———treatment of recreational boat diesel fuel sales (see S. 2029), S4464 [19AP]
Telecommunications: development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest (see S. 2111), S7789 [28JN]
Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see S. 1805), S5080 [3MY]
Year of Gospel Music: designate (see S.J. Res. 157), S7585 [23JN]
Year of the Girl Child: designate (see S.J. Res. 188), S5684 [12MY]
Year of the Grandparent: designate (see S.J. Res. 198), S7377 [21JN]
Documents
Oxygenates in Reformulated Gasoline: EPA, S10479 [3AU]
Letters
Bankruptcy exemption from liens of trade tools or property: Robert T. Taylor, Louisiana Bankers Association, S4645 [21AP]
———Ronald Anderson, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., S4645 [21AP]
Construction projects in Northern Mariana Islands: Leslie M. Turner, Dept. of the Interior, S6860
Cost estimate of S. 208, National Park Service concessions policies: Robert D. Reischauer, CBO, S2871 [11MR]
Dept. of Defense Mobility Requirements Study: Colin L. Powell, S7502 [23JN]
Domestic livestock grazing fees: Bruce Babbitt, Sec. of the Interior and Mike Espy, Sec. of Agriculture, S10214 [1AU]
———by, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S10214 [1AU]
EPA assembly of information on environmental risks: Sally Katzen, OMB, S5877 [18MY]
EPA safety record relative to oxygenates: EPA, S10478 [3AU]
Establish Pennsylvania Avenue Corp. to provide for the maintenance and use of the area between the White House and the Capitol: Richard A. Hauser, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corp., S9325
Law enforcement authority on lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation: James L. Blum, CBO, S14949
Location of World War II memorial in the District of Columbia: Bruce Babbitt, Sec. of the Interior, S11801 [15AU]
National Defense Sealift Fund: John M. Deutch, Dept. of Defense, S7527 [23JN]
———John M. Shalikashvili, Joint Chiefs of Staff, S7501 [23JN]
———R.J. Natter, Dept. of the Navy, S7501 [23JN]
National Park Service Entrepreneurial Management Reform Act: Bonnie Cohen, S5833 [17MY]
Oxygenate standards and percentage requirements for reformulated gasoline: Robert D. Reischauer, CBO, S10439 [3AU]
Refinancing of the Mountain Park Conservancy District obligation: James L. Blum, CBO, S14949
Sale of defense articles to Indonesia: John M. Deutch, Dept. of Defense, S7934 [29JN]
———Warren M. Christopher, Sec. of State, S7939 [29JN]
Strategic petroleum reserve management: Hazel Rollins O'Leary, Sec. of Energy, S8103
Terminate program using liquid metal reactors for the disposal of radioactive waste: M. Jamawaki, Nuclear Engineering Research Laboratory, S8012 [30JN]
———M. Nakazawa, S8013 [30JN]
———Meisaki Katayama, S8013 [30JN]
———Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization, S8013 [30JN]
———Ryo Ikegame, Federation of Electric Power Companies, S8011 [30JN]
———S. Iwata, S8012 [30JN]
———Susumu Yoda, Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry, S8011 [30JN]
———Takao Ishiwatari, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp., S8011 [30JN]
———Takashi Mukaibo, Nuclear Systems Association, S8012 [30JN]
———Yoshiaki Oka, Nuclear Engineering Research Laboratory, S8012 [30JN]
Motions offered by
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), S8033 [30JN]
Press releases
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Fuels: AMA, S10478 [3AU]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: establish national sweet potato program (S. 1910), S2638
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), S9202 [19JY]
Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program: establish within the Dept. of Education, S10303 [2AU]
Antares Group, Inc.: SBA Administrator's Award for Excellence recipient, S15392 [1DE]
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), S1268 [9FE]
Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation Program: funding, S1268 [9FE]
Bankruptcy: exemption from liens of trade tools or property, S4644 [21AP]
———improve system (H.R. 5116), S14462, S14463 [6OC]
———improve system (S. 540), S4644 [21AP]
Baton Rouge, LA: inauguration of National Coalition of Black Women, Inc., chapter, S5402
Belle Fourche Irrigation Project: authorizing appropriations (S. 1786), S13656 [29SE]
Bossier, LA: Cope Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S12989 [20SE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 41), S1799, S1802 [24FE]
Bureau of Reclamation: law enforcement authority on lands (S. 2266), S14949
———refinancing of Mountain Park Conservancy District obligation (S. 2253), S8034 [30JN], S14949
California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (S. 21), S4056 [11AP], S4102, S4103, S4105, S4107, S4113, S4128, S4129, S4130, S4131, S4132, S4133, S4135, S4137, S4138, S4144, S4145, S4151, S4152, S4153, S4154, S4155, S4156 [12AP]
———designate certain desert lands as wilderness (S. 21), conference report, S14635 [7OC], S14961, S14965, S14967 [8OC]
———designate certain lands as national monuments and place under BLM control, S4107, S4113, S4128, S4129 [12AP]
———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (S. 21), S4056 [11AP], S4102, S4103, S4105, S4107, S4113, S4128, S4129, S4130, S4131, S4132, S4133, S4135, S4137, S4138, S4144, S4145, S4151, S4152, S4153, S4154, S4155, S4156 [12AP]
———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (S. 21), conference report, S14635 [7OC], S14961, S14965, S14967 [8OC]
Cane River Creole National Historic Park and National Heritage Area: establish (S. 1980), S3725
Center for Civic Education: tribute to the National Standards for Civics and Government, S15457
———tribute to the We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S15457
Chen, Qian Qichen: visit to U.S. Senate, S13945 [3OC]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, S503 [1FE], S5972, S5973 [19MY]
Colorado River: salinity control in the Imperial Dam area (S. 2319), S14041 [4OC]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): correction of reports, S2308 [2MR]
Corps of Engineers: develop waterway models of Dry Straits and Wrangell Narrows, AK, S8036 [30JN]
———Dworshak Reservoir Idaho drawdown funding, S8046 [30JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service location closures, S9202 [19JY]
Dept. of Defense: construction projects funding, S8315 [1JY]
———low-level military flight training exercises in desert regions of Arizona and California, S4152 [12AP]
———Ruston, LA, National Guard armory rehabilitation, S8315 [1JY]
Dept. of Energy: advanced light water reactor and renewable energy research funding, S8045 [30JN]
———Alaskan village electrical generation systems funding, S8043, S8044 [30JN]
———atomic energy defense weapons activities, S8027, S8028, S8031, S8033 [30JN]
———funding for indoor air quality program, S9716 [26JY]
———Los Alamos National Laboratory funding, S8035 [30JN]
———renewable energy sources research and development funding, S8027, S8028, S8031, S8033 [30JN]
———soil washing test, S8035 [30JN]
———transfer responsibility for the production of tritium to the Defense Nuclear Agency, S8289 [1JY]
Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), S139, S140 [26JA], S503 [1FE]
Dept. of the Interior: negotiate agreements for the use of Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and shell resources (H.R. 3678), S15059 [8OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), S9714, S9716 [26JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), S7404 [22JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), S10416, S10433, S10434, S10436, S10437, S10438, S10439, S10440, S10446, S10447, S10450, S10451, S10452, S10453, S10456, S10460, S10461, S10465, S10468, S10478, S10479, S10488 [3AU]
District of Columbia: approve location for World War II memorial (S.J. Res. 217), S11800 [15AU]
Ecology and environment: environmental technology programs (S. 978), S5360, S5361, S5362 [6MY]
Economy: promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), S2413 [7MR]
Education: national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (H.R. 2884), conference report, S4691 [21AP]
———national policy to improve system (S. 1513), S10303 [2AU]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), S7978, S7979, S7982, S7987, S7989, S8003, S8004, S8005, S8010, S8011, S8013, S8014, S8015, S8027, S8028, S8031, S8033, S8034, S8035, S8036, S8037, S8038, S8039, S8040, S8043, S8044, S8045, S8046, S8047 [30JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4506), conference report, S11312, S11313, S11315 [11AU]
EPA: assemble information on environmental risks, S5860, S5875, S5876, S5877, S5878, S5880 [18MY]
Federal-State relations: increase payments to units of general local government for entitlement lands (S. 455), S4156 [12AP]
Financial institutions: claiming of certain distributions of unknown or unreachable owners (S. 1715), S7656
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), S7934, S7935, S7938, S7939, S7942 [29JN], S9013, S9017 [14JY]
Guam: land transfers (H.R. 2144), S13087 [21SE]
Gulf of Mexico: production of oil and gas resources, S5861, S5862, S5863, S5864 [18MY]
Indonesia: human rights violations in East Timor, S9013, S9017 [14JY]
———sale of defense articles, S7934, S7935, S7939, S7942 [29JN]
Jazz Centennial Year: designate (S.J. Res. 182), S4573
Lobbyists: restrict provision of gifts to legislative branch officials, and disclose certain expenditures (S. 1935), S5151, S5152, S5153, S5154, S5155, S5163 [4MY], S5217, S5219, S5230, S5231, S5234, S5240 [5MY]
Louisiana: establish the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, S4151 [12AP]
Lu, Benjamin C.: tribute to incoming Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representatives Office, S14128 [5OC]
Marine Mammal Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1636), S3288, S3292, S3302, S3311 [21MR]
McGill, Susan: privilege of the floor, S4056 [11AP]
Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands, S14134 [5OC]
Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project: expand (S. 2066), S14041 [4OC]
Mou-Shih Ding: tribute to service as Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representatives Office, S14128 [5OC]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), S7501, S7502, S7507, S7508, S7526, S7527, S7528 [23JN], S8289, S8315 [1JY]
National Defense Sealift Fund: funding, S7501, S7502, S7507, S7508, S7526, S7527, S7528 [23JN]
National Park Service: reform concessions policies (S. 208), S2870 [11MR], S3311, S3323, S3324, S3327 [21MR], S3416 [22MR]
———reform entrepreneurial management (S. 2121), S5832 [17MY]
National parks and recreation areas: study fees charged for entrance, recreation or tourism use, S4155 [12AP]
Northern Mariana Islands: authorizing appropriations for construction projects, S9714 [26JY]
———authorizing appropriations for construction projects (S. 2181), S6859
Nuclear energy: terminate program using liquid metal reactors for the disposal of radioactive waste, S7987, S7989, S8003, S8004, S8005, S8010, S8011, S8013, S8014, S8015 [30JN]
Pennsylvania Avenue Corp.: establish to provide for the maintenance and use of the area between the White House and the Capitol (S. 2299), S9322
Petroleum: oxygenate standards and percentage requirements for reformulated gasoline, S10433, S10434, S10436, S10437, S10438, S10439, S10440, S10446, S10447, S10450, S10451, S10452, S10453, S10456, S10460, S10461, S10465, S10468, S10478, S10479, S10488 [3AU]
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (H.R. 1520), S14237 [5OC]
Power resources: management of the strategic petroleum reserve (S. 2251), S8101
———management of the strategic petroleum reserve (S. 2461), S13351
———management of the strategic petroleum reserve (S. 2466), S13454
Princeton University: construction of Tokamak Physics Experiment fusion machine, S8039 [30JN]
Public buildings: energy conservation efforts, S9716 [26JY]
Public lands: acquisition of privately owned lands within area to be designated as public, S4132, S4133, S4135 [12AP]
———domestic livestock grazing fees, S10213 [1AU]
Research: superconducting supercollider funding, S8003 [30JN]
Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorization (H.R. 4314), S5125 [4MY]
Senate: legislative program, S8006, S8017, S8038, S8041 [30JN]
Taxation: treatment of recreational boat diesel fuel sales, S7404 [22JN]
U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (S. 1952), S3254
University of Oklahoma: hydrogen production research funding, S8033 [30JN]
Upper Yampa Water Conservancy Project: authorize the transfer of a certain loan contract (S. 1988), S13656 [29SE]
Utah Reclamation and Mitigation Commission: appointment of members, S8034, S8035 [30JN]
Vietnam: normalization of relations, S139, S140 [26JA]
Water: reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 2019), S5860, S5861, S5862, S5863, S5864, S5875, S5876, S5877, S5878, S5880, S5886 [18MY]
Wetlands: regulatory reform on conservation measures (S. 2506), S14253
Wu Yi: visit to Senate chamber, S4233 [13AP]
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]
CBO Cost Estimate for S. 2319, Colorado River Salinity Control in the Imperial Dam Area, S14041 [4OC]
Reports filed
Acquisition of Certain California Lands by the Dept. of the Interior: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2620), S13447 [27SE]
Acquisition of Certain Lands Formerly Occupied by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Family: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1998), S13447 [27SE]
———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1998) (S. Rept. 103-419), S15235 [30NO]
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Amendments: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2249), S13448 [27SE]
———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2249) (S. Rept. 103-424), S15235 [30NO]
Alaska Peninsula Lands Consolidation of Conservation Systems: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 855) (S. Rept. 103-414), S15235 [30NO]
Alaska Power Administration Sale Authorization: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2383) (S. Rept. 103-335), S11478 [12AU]
Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2104) (S. Rept. 103-350), S12217 [19AU]
Authorize Air Force Memorial in the District of Columbia or Its Environs: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 297) (S. Rept. 103-210), S54 [25JA]
Belle Fourche Irrigation Project Expansion: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1988) (S. Rept. 103-376), S13351 [26SE]
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Expansion and Fossil Forest Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 313) (S. Rept. 103-230), S1943 [25FE]
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1222) (S. Rept. 103-415), S15235 [30NO]
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Boundary Revision: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1222), S13447 [27SE]
Bureau of Reclamation Law Enforcement Authority on Public Lands: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2266) (S. Rept. 103-382), S13351 [26SE]
California Lands Acquisition by the Dept. of the Interior: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2620) (S. Rept. 103-428), S15235 [30NO]
Clarify Standards Governing Activities of Motor Fuel-Related Franchises: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 338) (S. Rept. 103-387), S13705 [29SE]
Coastal Heritage Trail Route Appropriations: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1574) (S. Rept. 103-212), S54 [25JA]
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2319) (S. Rept. 103-383), S13351 [26SE]
Columbia, WA, Basin Federal Reclamation Project Land Exchange: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1324), S13447 [27SE]
———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1324) (S. Rept. 103-416), S15235 [30NO]
Competition To Select Architectural Plans for Construction of Museum on East St. Louis, IL, Portion of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1726), S13447 [27SE]
Conservation, Management, and Study of Certain Rivers, Parks, Trails, and Historic Sites: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3252) (S. Rept. 103-432), S15235 [30NO]
Conservation, Management, or Study of Certain Rivers, Parks, Trails, and Historic Sites: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3252), S13447 [27SE]
Consolidation of the Surface and Substance Estates of Certain Lands Within 3 Conservation System Units on the Alaska Peninsula: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 855), S13852 [30SE]
Conveyance of Lands to Certain Individuals in Butte County, CA: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 457), S13447 [27SE]
———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 457) (S. Rept. 103-426), S15235 [30NO]
Corinth, MS, Civil War Battlefield Interpretive Center Appropriations: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 986) (S. Rept. 103-211), S54 [25JA]
Definition of Local Government Unit for Federal Payments in Lieu of Taxes Relative to Unorganized Boroughs in Alaska: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 761) (S. Rept. 103-272), S6390 [25MY]
Designate a Segment of the Farmington River as a Component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2815) (S. Rept. 103-278), S6390 [25MY]
Designate Certain Public Lands and Minerals for Military Use in Colorado: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 194) (S. Rept. 103-352), S12289 [22AU]
Designate Segment of the Maurice River as Component of Wild and Scenic Rivers System: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2650) (S. Rept. 103-214), S54 [25JA]
Designate the Old Spanish Trail as a Component of the National Trails System: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2078 ) (S. Rept. 103-421), S15235 [30NO]
———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2078), S13447 [27SE]
District of Columbia Location Approval for World War II Memorial: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S.J. Res. 217), S13448 [27SE]
Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4506) (S. Rept. 103-291), S7560 [23JN]
Establish the Cane River Creole National Historic Park and National Heritage Area in Louisiana: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1980) (S. Rept. 103-276), S6390 [25MY]
Establish the Great Falls Historic District: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3498), S13447 [27SE]
Establish the Shenandoah Valley National Battlefield in Virginia: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1033) (S. Rept. 103-273), S6390 [25MY]
Establish the Wheeling National Heritage Area: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1341) (S. Rept. 103-249), S4334 [14AP]
Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act Amendments: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3617) (S. Rept. 103-224), S1047 [7FE]
Extend Authorization for the Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2947) (S. Rept. 103-247), S4076 [11AP]
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve Land Exchange and Vehicle Restrictions: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2303), S13448 [27SE]
Gates of the Arctic National Park Land Exchange and Vehicle Restrictions: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2303) (S. Rept. 103-425), S15235 [30NO]
Great Falls Historic District: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3498) (S. Rept. 103-430), S15235 [30NO]
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2174) (S. Rept. 103-393), S13852 [30SE]
Historically Black Colleges Appropriations: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2921) (S. Rept. 103-279), S6390 [25MY]
Hudson River Artists National Historical Park: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 112), S13447 [27SE]
———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 112) (S. Rept. 103-413), S15235 [30NO]
Hydroelectric License Extension: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2384) (S. Rept. 103-336), S11478 [12AU]
Improve Administration of the Women's Rights National Historical Park: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2001), S13447 [27SE]
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Architectural Plans Competition: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1726) (S. Rept. 103-417), S15235 [30NO]
Land Management Agency Housing Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 472) (S. Rept. 103-271), S6390 [25MY]
Lincoln County, MT, Public Land Transfer: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 528) (S. Rept. 103-355), S12380 [23AU]
Management of the Presidio, CA, Military Facility: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3433), S13281 [22SE]
Management of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2251) (S. Rept. 103-334), S11478 [12AU]
Mancos Water Conservancy District, CO, Hydroelectric Plant Construction: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2124) (S. Rept. 103-379), S13351 [26SE]
Mineral Leasing Act Amendments: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1170) (S. Rept. 103-303), S8484 [11JY]
Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2234), S13447 [27SE]
Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission Extension: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2234) (S. Rept. 103-423), S15235 [30NO]
Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project Expansion: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2066) (S. Rept. 103-378), S13351 [26SE]
Mountain Park Conservancy District Refinancing: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2253) (S. Rept. 103-381), S13351 [26SE]
Multistate Utility Company Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 544) (S. Rept. 103-351), S12289 [22AU]
National Park Service Boundary Adjustments and Certain Authorities and Programs Changes: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1305) (S. Rept. 103-246), S4076 [11AP]
National Park Service Concessions Policies: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 208) (S. Rept. 103-226), S1524 [11FE]
National Park Service Entrepreneurial Management Reform Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2121), S13447 [27SE]
———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2121) (S. Rept. 103-422), S15235 [30NO]
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1586) (S. Rept. 103-242), S3953 [25MR]
New Parks Study Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 471), S13447 [27SE]
Nomination of Charles B. Curtis To Be Under Sec. of Energy: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S659 [2FE]
Nomination of Elizabeth A. Moler to the FERC: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S10538 [3AU]
Nomination of Frank G. Zarb to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Enrichment Corp.: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S1739 [23FE]
Nomination of Gordon P. Eaton To Be Director of the Geological Survey: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S1739 [23FE]
Nomination of Greta J. Dicus to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Enrichment Corp.: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S1739 [23FE]
Nomination of Joseph F. Vivona To Be Chief Financial Officer of the Dept. of Energy: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S9322 [20JY]
Nomination of Kneeland C. Youngblood to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Enrichment Corp.: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S1739 [23FE]
Nomination of Margaret Hornbeck Greene to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Enrichment Corp.: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S1739 [23FE]
Nomination of Patricia Fry Godley To Be Assistant Sec. of Energy: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S9322 [20JY]
Nomination of Robert J. Uram To Be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S1739 [23FE]
Nomination of William J. Rainer to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Enrichment Corp.: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S1739 [23FE]
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]
Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 318) (S. Rept. 103-248), S4076 [11AP]
Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 455) (S. Rept. 103-231), S1943 [25FE]
Piscataway National Park Boundary Expansion: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1703) (S. Rept. 103-275), S6390 [25MY]
Protection of Certain Land in Rocky Mountain National Park: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1716), S13447 [27SE]
Protection of Lechuguilla Cave and Other Resources of Carlsbad Caverns National Park: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 698) (S. Rept. 103-213), S54 [25JA]
Public Lands Transfer in Clear Creek County, CO, to the Forest Service: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (H.R. 1134) (S. Rept. 103-228), S1860 [24FE]
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1348) (S. Rept. 103-305), S8484 [11JY]
Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1183) (S. Rept. 103-277), S6390 [25MY]
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Boundary Expansion: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3050), S13447 [27SE]
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]
Reform the Operation, Maintenance, and Development of the Steamtown National Historic Site: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3708), S13447 [27SE]
Resolution of Land Claims in Arizona: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1233) (S. Rept. 103-274), S6390 [25MY]
Rocky Mountain National Park Land Protection: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1716) (S. Rept. 103-427), S15235 [30NO]
Saguaro National Monument Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 316) (S. Rept. 103-270), S6390 [25MY]
San Francisco, CA, Presidio Military Facility Management: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3433) (S. Rept. 103-429), S15235 [30NO]
Santa Fe National Forest Boundary Expansion: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1897) (S. Rept. 103-304), S8484 [11JY]
Sterling Forest and New Jersey Watershed Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1683), S13447 [27SE]
Stones River, TN, National Battlefield Boundary Expansion: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2424), S13852 [30SE]
Taliesin Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 150) (S. Rept. 103-269), S6390 [25MY]
Upper Yampa Water Conservancy Project Loan Contract Transfer: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1988) (S. Rept. 103-377), S13351 [26SE]
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 Quality and Management Practices at the Rio Puerco Watershed: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1919) (S. Rept. 103-306), S8484 [11JY]
Weir Farm National Historic Site: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2064) (S. Rept. 103-418), S15235 [30NO]
Weir Farm National Historic Site Boundary Expansion: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2064), S13447 [27SE]
Women's Rights National Historical Park Improvement and Expansion: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2001) (S. Rept. 103-420), S15235 [30NO]
Schedules
Committee on Government Operations (House): Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources: EPA risk assessment issues, D54 [1FE]
———Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security: EPA risk assessment issues, D54 [1FE]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate): National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research, D896 [28JY]
Committee on Natural Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands: public lands legislation, D709 [21JN], D899 [28JY]
Studies
Efficiency of Oxygenates (excerpt): Argonne National Lab, S10479 [3AU]
Summaries
National Park Service Entrepreneurial Management Reform Act (S. 2121), S5834 [17MY]
Tables
CBO estimates of the impact on agricultural spending from delaying implementation of EPA's renewable oxygenate rule, S10440 [3AU]
Committee on Taxation (Joint) estimates of the impact on agricultural spending from delaying implementation of EPA's renewable oxygenate rule, S10440 [3AU]
Testimonies
Oxygenate Standards and Percentage Requirements for Reformulated Gasoline: Mary Nichols, EPA, S10446, S10478 [3AU]
Texts of
S. 1910, Sweet Potato Research and Production Improvement Act, S2638
S. 1952, mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Botanic Garden's 175th anniversary, S3254
S. 1980, Cane River Creole National Historic Park and National Heritage Area, S3726
S. 2121, National Park Service Entrepreneurial Management Reform Act, S5832 [17MY]
S. 2181, appropriations for construction projects in Northern Mariana Islands, S6859
S. 2251, management of the strategic petroleum reserve, S8102
S. 2299, establish Pennsylvania Avenue Corp. to provide for the maintenance and use of the area between the White House and the Capitol, S9322
S. 2506, Wetlands Regulatory Reform Act, S14254
S.J. Res. 182, Jazz Centennial Year, S4573
S.J. Res. 217, approve location for World War II memorial in the District of Columbia, S11801 [15AU]
Treaties
Future Federal Financial Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands, S6859
Tributes
Barker, Danny, S3669 [24MR]
Boren, Senator, S15405 [1DE]
DeConcini, Senator, S15405 [1DE]
Halverson, Richard C., S14963 [8OC]
Isenogle, James L., S8445 [11JY]
Krause, Patricia A., S1942 [25FE]
Lentini, Anthony J., S8323 [1JY]
Mathews, Senator, S14133 [5OC]
Metzenbaum, Senator, S15406 [1DE]
Mitchell, Senator, S15405 [1DE]
Oakes, James M., S14134 [5OC]
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, S7633 [24JN]
Riegle, Senator, S15404 [1DE]
Sasser, Senator, S15404 [1DE]
Van Cleve, Ruth, S1694 [23FE]
Wofford, Senator, S15405 [1DE]