ALASKA

Agreements

Greens Creek Land Exchange Act (H.R. 1266), H4920-H4924 [15MY]

Amendments

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: amend (H.R. 402), S11335, S11345 [3AU], H9068 [18SE]

———amend (H.R. 402), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 27), H9710 [29SE]

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), S2579 [13FE], S6666, S6696 [15MY], S6730, S6733, S6734, S6735, S6737, S6742, S6753, S6754, S6755, S6756, S6757, S6758, S6759, S6760, S6761 [16MY], H7578 [25JY]

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve: land exchange (H.R. 400), S9561, S9594 [30JN]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (H.R. 70), H7462 [21JY], H7497, H7498, H7500, H7502, H7504 [24JY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), S2579 [13FE], S6666, S6696 [15MY], S6730, S6733, S6734, S6735, S6737, S6742, S6753, S6754, S6755, S6756, S6757, S6758, S6759, S6760, S6761 [16MY], H7578 [25JY]

Analyses

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Oil and Gas Leasing Provisions of the Budget Reconciliation (H.R. 2491), S17432-S17439 [18NO]

Appointments

Conferees: S. 395, sale of Alaska Power Administration hydroelectric projects and export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, S11709 [5AU], H7587 [25JY], H9796 [11OC], H10086 [17OC]

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Board of Trustees, H5053 [16MY]

Articles and editorials

Hot Air Baking Alaska, S9574 [30JN]

How Energy Policy and the Budget Intertwine, S17527 [27NO]

Keep Alaska Oil Ban, S6668 [15MY]

Keep Alaska's Oil Here—Lifting Ban on Oil Exports Would Raise Prices Here, Hurt Port's Ship Business, Increase U.S. Dependency on Foreign Oil, S6669 [15MY]

Kenai Rushes Into Big Eddy, S14231 [26SE]

Lusting After Black Gold, S15702 [25OC]

Oil Field Caribou Decline—State Finds Fewer in Arctic Herd, S15502 [23OC]

O'Leary Plans Push To End Export Ban on Alaskan Oil, E44 [5JA]

Our View—Don't Export North Slope Crude Oil, S6669 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions

Admiralty Island National Monument: provide for land exchange (see H.R. 1266), H3327 [16MR]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: amend (see S. 537; H.R. 402, 2505), S3803 [10MR], H174 [9JA], H10307 [18OC]

———amend (H.R. 402), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 27), S13972 [20SE]

———amend to provide for the buyback of common stock of Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (see S. 444; H.R. 421), S2823 [16FE], H175 [9JA]

———conveyance of certain lands to village corporations within the Cook Inlet Region (see H.R. 1342), H3879 [28MR]

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (see S. 395; H.R. 1122), S2569 [13FE], H2650 [3MR]

———sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 256), H11828 [7NO]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 853), S7497 [25MY]

Dept. of the Interior: consolidate certain conservation system units on the Alaskan Peninsula (see S. 536; H.R. 566), S3803 [10MR], H398 [19JA]

FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Alaska (see S. 737), S5805 [27AP]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (see S. 39; H.R. 39), S48 [4JA], H164 [9JA]

Fishing: regulate in certain waters (see H.R. 1786), H5752 [8JN]

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve: land exchange (see H.R. 400), H174 [9JA]

———land exchange (H.R. 400), consideration (see H. Res. 52), H969 [31JA]

Gustavus, AK: land exchange (see H.R. 2561), H11586 [31OC]

Kenai Natives Association: correction of land entitlement inequities (see H.R. 401), H174 [9JA]

Mount McKinley: retain name (see H.R. 443), H179 [9JA]

Native Americans: conveyance of certain lands under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (see H.R. 2560), H11441 [30OC]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (see S. 395, 414), S2569 [13FE], S2647 [14FE]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (H.R. 70), consideration (see H. Res. 197), H7460 [21JY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 256), H11828 [7NO]

Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (see S. 1229; H.R. 1940; H. Con. Res. 68), S13209 [11SE], H5190 [17MY], H6396 [27JN]

Tongass National Forest: changes in land management planning process relative to protection of timber jobs (see S. 1054), S10490 [21JY]

———convey certain real property (see S. 1187), S12370 [11AU]

———transfer (see H.R. 2413), H9670 [28SE]

Wetlands: regulation (see S. 49), S48 [4JA]

Wilderness areas: designate certain lands (see H.R. 1000), H1967 [21FE]

Yukon River: implement interim agreement for conservation of salmon stocks (see S. 662), S5073 [3AP]

Cloture motions

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), S6678 [15MY]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), S6678 [15MY]

Conference reports

Alaska Power Administration Sale of Hydroelectric Projects and Alaska North Slope Crude Oil Exports (S. 395), H11775-H11781 [6NO], H11862-H11867 [8NO]

Letters

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Michael J. Schneider, H9710 [29SE]

Alaska North Slope crude oil exports: Bill White, Dept. of Energy, H7494 [24JY]

———International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, S6669 [15MY]

———Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade Representative, S6664 [15MY], H7484, H7506 [24JY]

———Representative Abercrombie, H7494 [24JY]

———Richard Fineberg, S6671 [15MY]

———several environmental organizations, S6670 [15MY]

———Steven Benz, British Petroleum Oil, Inc., S6665 [15MY], S6738, S6742 [16MY]

———Wilderness Society and Alaska Wilderness League, S6670 [15MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas leasing: Drue Pearce and Gail Phillips, Alaska State Legislature, S16641 [3NO]

———George Bush, S16639 [3NO]

———President Clinton, S16075 [27OC]

———Tony Knowles, Governor of Alaska, S16641 [3NO]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas leasing provisions of the budget reconciliation: Drue Pearce and Gail Phillips, Alaska State Legislature, S17439 [18NO]

———George Duff, Greater Seattle, WA, Chamber of Commerce, S17527 [27NO]

———Myles E. Flint, Dept. of Justice, S17439 [18NO]

———Ralph W. Tarr, Dept. of the Interior, S17439 [18NO]

———Tony Knowles, Governor of Alaska, S17439 [18NO]

Clean Air Act oxygenated fuel requirements in Fairbanks, AK: Jim Sampson, Fairbanks, AK, North Star Borough Assembly, S14247 [26SE]

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve land exchange: George T. Frampton, Jr., Dept. of the Interior, S6830, S6831 [17MY]

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act: Ethel M. Harding, S7506 [25MY]

Senator Murkowski's personal investments: Lawrence D. Berberian, Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc., S13678 [18SE]

Transfer of Tongass National Forest to Alaska: Bob Elliot, E1874 [28SE]

———Gary Batchelder, E1874 [28SE]

———Mike Luhr, E1874 [28SE]

———Shannon, Steve, and Amber Garner, E1873 [28SE]

Lists

Alaskan villages not classified as native villages, S6576 [12MY]

Messages

Alaska's Mineral Resources: President Clinton, S5072 [3AP], H4044 [3AP]

Motions

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), H7578, H7579 [25JY]

———sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), conference report, H11880 [8NO]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (H.R. 70), H7504 [24JY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), H7578, H7579 [25JY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), conference report, H11880 [8NO]

Opinion polls

Transfer of Tongass National Forest to Alaska, E1873 [28SE]

Petitions and memorials

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act: Montana State Legislature, S7506 [25MY]

Transfer of Tongass National Forest to Alaska, E1873 [28SE]

Press releases

Murkowski Verifies He Sold All Natural Resource Stockholdings Before Introducing Tongass Bill, S13678 [18SE]

Remarks in House

Admiralty Island National Monument: provide for land exchange (H.R. 1266), H4920-H4925 [15MY], E618 [16MR]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: amend (H.R. 402), H3096-H3098 [14MR], H9068-H9074 [18SE], E5 [4JA]

———amend (H.R. 402), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 27), H9710 [29SE]

———amend (H.R. 2505), E1969 [18OC]

———amend to provide for the buyback of common stock of Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (H.R. 421), H3098, H3099 [14MR], E2 [4JA]

———conveyance of certain lands to village corporations within the Cook Inlet Region (H.R. 1342), E721 [29MR]

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects, E381 [16FE]

———sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), H7576-H7587 [25JY]

———sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), conference report, H11775 [6NO], H11861-H11881 [8NO]

———sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 256), H11854-H11861 [8NO]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: anniversary, E2299 [6DE]

———oil and gas leasing, H10804, H10806, H10809 [25OC]

Dept. of the Interior: consolidate certain conservation system units on the Alaskan Peninsula (H.R. 566), E133 [19JA]

Fishing: regulate in certain waters (H.R. 1786), E1213 [9JN]

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve: land exchange (H.R. 400), H1016-H1019 [1FE], E15 [4JA]

———land exchange (H.R. 400), consideration (H. Res. 52), H1013-H1015 [1FE]

Kenai Natives Association: correction of land entitlement inequities (H.R. 401), E12 [4JA]

McInnis, Walter: winner of the National Voice of Democracy Broadcast Script Writing Contest, E741 [30MR]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (H.R. 70), H7485-H7507 [24JY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (H.R. 70), consideration (H. Res. 197), H7481-H7485 [24JY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), H7576-H7587 [25JY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), conference report, H11775 [6NO], H11861-H11881 [8NO]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 256), H11854-H11861 [8NO]

———require ships exporting Alaskan oil to be U.S.-flagged vessels, H7498-H7500 [24JY]

Social Compact (community development coalition): Outstanding Community Investment Award recipients, E1048 [16MY]

Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (H.R. 1940), E1332 [27JN]

Tongass National Forest: changes in land management planning process, H14802, H14808, H14809 [13DE]

———transfer, H12390, H12397-H12403 [15NO]

———transfer (H.R. 2413), E1872 [28SE]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: amend (H.R. 402), S11342-S11347 [3AU]

———amend (H.R. 402), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 27), S13990 [20SE], S15199 [17OC]

———amend (S. 537), S3810 [10MR]

———amend to provide for the buyback of common stock of Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (H.R. 421), S5681 [25AP]

———amend to provide for the buyback of common stock of Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (S. 444), S2842 [16FE]

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), S2569 [13FE], S2665 [14FE], S5079 [3AP], S6645, S6650-S6675 [15MY], S6728, S6730-S6743 [16MY], S11709 [5AU]

———sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), conference report, S17019-S17026, S17032-S17035 [14NO], S17601 [28NO]

———sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S16935 [9NO]

———sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), unanimous-consent agreement, S6647 [15MY]

Amtrak: allow States to use Federal highway funding for intercity passenger rail service, S9642 [10JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas leasing, S7340-S7344 [24MY], S7450, S7469 [25MY], S15502 [23OC], S15702 [25OC], S15992-S15998, S16066, S16075, S16087 [27OC], S16557-S16560, S16631 [2NO], S16638-S16642 [3NO], S16713-S16715 [7NO], S16841-S16844 [9NO], S17293 [17NO], S17432 [18NO], S17526 [27NO], S17844 [30NO], S18011-S18013 [5DE], S18608 [14DE]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (S. 853), S7504 [25MY]

Denali National Park and Preserve: northern access road feasibility study, S12022 [9AU]

EPA: rural water and sewer programs funding, S18656 [14DE]

Fairbanks, AK: exemption from Clean Air Act oxygenated fuel requirements, S14246-S14248 [26SE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (S. 39), S233-S249 [4JA]

Floods: disaster assistance to the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, S14230, S14231 [26SE]

Forest Service: Alaskan timber policy, S18316 [11DE]

———study road construction from British Columbia, Canada, to Wrangell, AK, S12033 [9AU]

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve: land exchange (H.R. 400), S6830 [17MY], S9592 [30JN]

Mining and mineral resources: treatment of mineral assessments on public lands, S18610 [14DE]

Native Americans: provide social services block grants to tribes, S12932 [8SE]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), S2569 [13FE], S2665 [14FE], S5079 [3AP], S6645, S6650-S6675 [15MY], S6728, S6730-S6743 [16MY], S11709 [5AU]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), conference report, S17019-S17026, S17032-S17035 [14NO], S17601 [28NO]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S16935 [9NO]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), unanimous-consent agreement, S6647 [15MY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 414), S2658, S2659 [14FE]

Power resources: Kotzebue wind energy project, S16393 [31OC]

Senate: list of personal investments, S13677, S13678 [18SE]

Solid waste: State control of landfills in Alaska, S6576, S6577 [12MY]

Swingley, Doug: Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion, S3939 [15MR]

Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (S. 1229), S13209 [11SE]

Tongass National Forest: changes in land management planning process relative to protection of timber jobs (S. 1054), S10491 [21JY]

———convey certain real property (S. 1187), S12379 [11AU]

Tourist trade: effects of rural tourism industry on economy, S13915 [20SE]

Waterways: establish escort procedures through the Straits of Juan de Fuca, S6737 [16MY]

Wetlands: regulation (S. 49), S21, S272 [4JA], S680 [9JA]

Yukon River: implement interim agreement for conservation of salmon stocks (S. 662), S5074 [3AP]

Reports filed

Admiralty Island National Monument Land Exchange: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1266) (H. Rept. 104-115), H4617 [9MY]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Amendment To Provide for the Buyback of Commom Stock of Cook Inlet Region, Inc.: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 421) (H. Rept. 104-40), H1967 [21FE]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Amendment To Provide for the Buyback of Common Stock of Cook Inlet Region, Inc.: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 444) (S. Rept. 104-20), S4656 [27MR]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Amendments: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 402) (S. Rept. 104-119), S10565 [24JY]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 402) (H. Rept. 104-73), H2988 [9MR]

Alaska North Slope Crude Oil Exports: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 70) (H. Rept. 104-139), H6044 [15JN]

Alaska Power Administration Sale: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1122) (H. Rept. 104-187), H7011 [13JY]

Alaska Power Administration Sale of Hydroelectric Projects and the Export of Alaska North Slope Crude Oil: Committee of Conference (S. 395) (H. Rept. 104-312), H11782 [6NO]

———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 395) (S. Rept. 104-78), S5805 [27AP]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. 395, Alaska Power Administration Sale of Hydroelectric Projects and the Export of Alaska North Slope Crude Oil: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 256) (H. Rept. 104-314), H11828 [7NO]

Consideration of H.R. 70, Export of Alaska North Slope Crude Oil: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 197) (H. Rept. 104-198), H7460 [21JY]

Consideration of H.R. 400, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve Land Exchange: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 52) (H. Rept. 104-13), H969 [31JA]

Extension of Deadline for Construction of Hydroelectric Project in Alaska: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 737) (S. Rept. 104-77), S5805 [27AP]

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve Land Exchange: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 400) (S. Rept. 104-44), S5546 [7AP]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 400) (H. Rept. 104-8), H839 [27JA]

Greens Creek Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1266) (S. Rept. 104-163), S15337 [19OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Transfer of Tongass National Forest to Alaska: J. Allan MacKinnon, Southeast Conference (organization), E1874 [28SE]

Summaries

Sustainable Fisheries Act (S. 39), S248 [4JA]

Tongass National Forest Land Management Planning Process Changes Relative to Protection of Timber Jobs (S. 1054), S10492 [21JY]

Transfer of Tongass National Forest to Alaska (H.R. 2413), E1873 [28SE]

Tables

Environmental organization executive compensation, S16842 [9NO]

Environmental organization incomes, S16843 [9NO]

Testimonies

Transfer of Tongass National Forest to Alaska: Willie Hensley, E1874 [28SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 52, consideration of H.R. 400, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve land exchange, H1013 [1FE]

H. Res. 197, consideration of H.R. 70, export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, H7481 [24JY]

H.R. 400, Anaktuvuk Pass Land Exchange and Wilderness Redesignation Act, S9592 [30JN]

H.R. 402, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act amendments, S11342-S11345 [3AU], H3096 [14MR]

H.R. 421, buyback of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., common stock, H3098 [14MR]

H.R. 1266, Greens Creek Land Exchange Act, H4919 [15MY]

S. 39, Sustainable Fisheries Act, S235-S247 [4JA]

S. 49, Alaska Wetlands Conservation Credit Procedures Act, S680 [9JA]

S. 395, Alaska Power Administration Asset Sale and Termination Act, S6650-S6652 [15MY], S6833-S6835 [17MY]

S. 395, sale of Alaska Power Administration hydroelectric projects and export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, H7576-H7578 [25JY]

S. 395, sale of Alaska Power Administration hydroelectric projects and the export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, S2570 [13FE]

S. 662, Yukon River Salmon Act, S5075 [3AP]

S. 853, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act, S7505 [25MY]

S. 1229, charitable tax deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains, S13209 [11SE]

S. Con Res. 27, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 402, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act amendments, S13978, S13990 [20SE], H9710 [29SE]

Tributes

Fulbright, J. William, S3849 [13MR]

Stevens, Senator, S17459 [18NO]