CLAIMS

Amendments

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), H8929, H8930 [21OC], H8950, H8954, H8955, H8956 [22OC]

Native Americans: divide, use, and distribute certain judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (H.R. 1604), S11782 [5NO], H10804 [13NO]

Analyses

Placing Restraints on Tobacco's Endangerment of Children and Teens (PROTECT) Act (S. 1530), S12585-S12590 [13NO]

Provide for a Staggered Judicial Retirement Option for the Court of Veterans Appeals To Avoid Large Case Backlogs and Rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (S. 988), S6914-S6916 [7JY]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: conveyance of certain lands to the Aleut Corp. (see S. 1488), S12119 [8NO]

———conveyance of certain lands to the Huna Totem Corp. (see S. 1158; H.R. 3088), S9080 [10SE], H10955 [13NO]

———conveyance of certain lands to the Kake Tribal Corp. (see S. 1159; H.R. 2756), S9080 [10SE], H9614 [28OC]

Court of Veterans Appeals: provide for a staggered judicial retirement option to avoid large case backlogs and rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (see S. 988), S6907 [7JY]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see S. 1256; H.R. 1534), S10428 [6OC], H2253 [6MY]

———allow suits against the Federal Government for gross negligence when individuals are injured or killed overseas (see H.R. 1334), H1541 [15AP]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), consideration (see H. Res. 271), H8927 [21OC]

———prevent Federal agencies from pursuing policies of unjustifiable nonacquiescence and relitigation of precedents established in the Federal judicial circuits (see S. 1166), S9198 [11SE]

———reform protective orders, sealing of case documents, and disclosure of discovery information in civil actions (see S. 225), S726 [28JA]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see S. 358; H.R. 1023), S1659 [26FE], H888 [11MR]

Federal Tort Claims Act: application to members and personnel of National Gambling Impact Study Commission (see H.R. 1901), H3863 [17JN]

Foreign policy: adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq (see S. 856), S5413 [9JN]

Forest Service: grant easement to Chugach Alaska Corp. (see H.R. 3087), H10955 [13NO]

Government regulations: clarify the effect and application of legislation (see S. 27), S159 [21JA]

Guam: restitution for atrocities during Japanese occupation in World War II (see S. 1078; H.R. 2200), S8262 [29JY], H5487 [17JY]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: revise filing deadline for certain claims (see H.R. 307), H149 [9JA]

Native Americans: divide, use, and distribute certain judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (see H.R. 1604), H2679 [14MY]

Rhode Island: rights and sovereign status of certain Indian tribes (see H.R. 1983), H4085 [19JN]

Tobacco products: resolve litigation against tobacco industry, reform civil justice system responsible for adjudicating claims, and establish a national policy to reduce youth tobacco use (see S. 1530), S12575 [13NO]

Letters

Private Property Rights Implementation Act: Denver, CO, City Council, H8949 [22OC]

———George V. Voinovich, National Governors' Association, Mark Schwartz, National League of Cities, and Paul Helmke, U.S. Conference of Mayors, H8947 [22OC]

———Leslie L. Durgin, Mayor of Boulder, CO, H8948 [22OC]

Provide for a Staggered Judicial Retirement Option for the Court of Veterans Appeals To Avoid Large Case Backlogs and Rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: Frank Q. Nebeker, Court of Veterans Appeals, S6916 [7JY]

Motions

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), H8962, H8963 [22OC]

Remarks in House

Alaska: conveyance of certain lands to the Kake Tribal Corp. (H.R. 2756), E2108 [28OC]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: recognition of certain Native American communities (H.R. 2812), E2173 [4NO]

Courts: allow suits against the Federal Government for gross negligence when individuals are injured or killed overseas (H.R. 1334), E665 [15AP]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), H8931, H8940-H8964 [22OC], E2074, E2089 [24OC], E2100 [28OC]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), consideration (H. Res. 271), H8938-H8940 [22OC]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products, H529 [13FE]

Federal Tort Claims Act: application to members and personnel of National Gambling Impact Study Commission (H.R. 1901), H4140, H4141 [23JN]

Forest Service: grant easement to Chugach Alaska Corp. (H.R. 3087), E2383 [13NO]

Guam: restitution for atrocities during Japanese occupation in World War II (H.R. 2200), H5454-H5457 [17JY], H5489 [21JY]

Native Americans: divide, use, and distribute certain judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (H.R. 1604), H10804-H10806 [13NO]

NLRB: recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor organizations who prevail in proceedings (H.R. 2449), E1720 [10SE]

Persian Gulf Conflict: adjudication and payment of certain claims by veterans against Iraq, H8164 [30SE], H8268, H8271-H8278 [1OC]

Real property: notification of private property owners relative to any Federal agency action limiting use, H8955, H8956 [22OC]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: conveyance of certain lands to the Aleut Corp. (S. 1488), S12160 [8NO]

———conveyance of certain lands to the Huna Totem Corp. (S. 1158), S9080 [10SE]

———conveyance of certain lands to the Kake Tribal Corp. (S. 1159), S9081 [10SE]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: conveyance of certain lands to village corporations within the Cook Inlet Region, S11267, S11268 [28OC]

Court of Veterans Appeals: provide for a staggered judicial retirement option to avoid large case backlogs and rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (S. 988), S6912 [7JY]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (S. 1256), S10428 [6OC]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), S12481 [10NO]

———prevent Federal agencies from pursuing policies of unjustifiable nonacquiescence and relitigation of precedents established in the Federal judicial circuits (S. 1166), S9211 [11SE]

———reform protective orders, sealing of case documents, and disclosure of discovery information in civil actions (S. 225), S756 [28JA], S1357 [13FE]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (S. 358), S1659 [26FE]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (S. 1189), S11283-S11287 [28OC]

Federal Tort Claims Act: application to members and personnel of National Gambling Impact Study Commission (H.R. 1901), S7129 [9JY]

Foreign policy: adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq (S. 856), S5420 [9JN]

Government regulations: clarify the effect and application of legislation (S. 27), S388 [21JA]

Guam: restitution for atrocities during Japanese occupation in World War II (S. 1078), S8262 [29JY]

Native Americans: divide, use, and distribute certain judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (H.R. 1604), S12481 [10NO], S12692 [13NO]

Tobacco products: resolve litigation against tobacco industry, reform civil justice system responsible for adjudicating claims, and establish a national policy to reduce youth tobacco use (S. 1530), S12577-S12585, S12677 [13NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1534, Private Property Rights Implementation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 271) (H. Rept. 105-335), H8927 [21OC]

Division, Use, and Distribution of Certain Judgment Funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1604) (H. Rept. 105-352), H9613 [28OC]

Federal Tort Claims Act Application to Members and Personnel of National Gambling Impact Study Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1901) (H. Rept. 105-145), H4221 [23JN]

Huna Totem Corp. Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1158) (S. Rept. 105-93), S10229 [30SE]

Kake Tribal Corp. Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1159) (S. Rept. 105-100), S10474 [7OC]

Private Property Rights Implementation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1534) (H. Rept. 105-323), H8927 [21OC]

Tables

Attorney fees awarded to environmentalist organizations for filing endangered species lawsuits, H8952 [22OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 271, consideration of H.R. 1534, Private Property Rights Implementation Act, H8939 [22OC]

H.R. 1534, Private Property Rights Implementation Act, H8954 [22OC]

H.R. 1901, Federal Tort Claims Act application to members and personnel of National Gambling Impact Study Commission, H4140 [23JN]

S. 225, Sunshine in Litigation Act, S757 [28JA]

S. 988, provide for a staggered judicial retirement option for the Court of Veterans Appeals to avoid large case backlogs and rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, S6912-S6914 [7JY]

S. 1078, Guam War Restitution Act, S8263-S8265 [29JY]

S. 1166, Federal Agency Compliance Act, S9212 [11SE]