    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    NATIONAL FORESTS
      Amendments
        Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest:  convey Woodland Lake Park tract
            to Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ (S. 2413), S12103 [9OC]
        Carson National Forest:  conveyance of lands to Rio Arriba County,
            NM (S. 1510), S8538 [17JY]
        Gallatin National Forest:  land exchange (S. 1719), S11351 [2OC],
            S11379 [2OC]
        New Mexico:  conveyance of lands from Carson National Forest and
            Santa Fe National Forest to the village of El Rito and the town
            of Jemez Springs, NM (H.R. 434), S8539 [17JY]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails (H.R. 4570), H9538 [5OC], H9814 [7OC], H9868 [7OC]
        Rogue River National Forest:  convey administrative site and use
            proceeds for the construction or improvement of offices and
            support buildings (H.R. 3796), H10428 [10OC]
        ------ transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal
            lands and clarify BLM authority to sell and exchange other
            Federal lands in Oregon (H.R. 4326), H10600 [12OC] transfer
            administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal lands and
            clarify BLM authority to sell and exchange other Federal lands
            in Oregon (S. 2513), S12001 [8OC], S12106 [9OC], S12188 [9OC]
        Stanislaus National Forest, CA:  establish a demonstration project
            relative to private contractors performing multiple resource
            management activities (H.R. 2886), H10428 [10OC]
        Wenatchee National Forest:  transfer certain lands of the Lake
            Chelan National Recreation Area (S. 1683), S8538 [17JY]
      Articles and editorials
        Close Land Trade or Everyone Loses, S5698 [5JN]
        Grass-Roots Seeds of Compromise, S12998 [12NO]
        Sportsmen Being Excluded From Public Lands, House Panel Is Told,
            E463 [25MR]
      Bills and resolutions
        Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area:  land exchange between Forest Service
            and Plum Creek Timber Co., (see S. 2136), S5694 [5JN]
        Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest:  convey Woodland Lake Park tract
            to Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ, (see S. 2413), S9556 [31JY], (see H.R.
            4371), H6879 [31JY]
        ------ develop management plan for Woodland Lake Park tract
            reflecting current use as a public park, (see H.R. 4372), H6879
            [31JY]
        ------ sale of Woodland Lake Park tract to Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ,
            (see H.R. 4373), H6879 [31JY]
        Carson National Forest:  conveyance of lands to San Juan College,
            (see S. 2402), S9556 [31JY]
        Colorado:  designate certain lands as wilderness in the Arapaho and
            Roosevelt National Forests, (see H.R. 4505), H7414 [6AU]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  convey certain lands and use proceeds for
            acquisition, construction, and improvement of certain national
            forest offices and support buildings in Arizona, (see S. 1752),
            S1883 [12MR], (see H.R. 4013), H4241 [5JN]
        Forest Service:  acquisition of Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico,
            (see S. 2621), S12309 [10OC], (see H.R. 4816), H10667 [12OC]
        ------ address the decline of forest health and rural community
            economies in New Mexico and protect such lands from catastrophic
            fires in accordance with existing public land management and
            environmental laws, (see H.R. 4210), H5492 [14JY]
        ------ authority to purchase lands within the boundaries of certain
            national forests in California to include the Angeles National
            Forest, (see H.R. 3770), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ reduce overhead and other costs and improve fiscal
            accountability through improved financial accounting system,
            (see H.R. 4149), H5402 [25JN]
        ------ replace regional offices with State offices, (see H.R. 3922),
            H3624 [20MY]
        Gallatin National Forest:  land exchange, (see S. 1719), S1435
            [5MR], (see H.R. 3381), H903 [5MR]
        George Washington and Jefferson National Forests:  convey certain
            lands, (see H.R. 3226), H496 [12FE]
        Kern County, CA:  convey Forest Service property in exchange for
            county lands suitable for inclusion in Sequoia National Forest,
            (see H.R. 4023), H4325 [9JN]
        Montana:  exchange existing Federal oil and gas leases for credits
            in future lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, (see S. 1616), S451
            [5FE]
        National Forest Foundation:  eliminate, (see H.R. 3621), H2051 [1AP]
        Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act:  technical
            corrections, (see H.R. 4735), H10075 [8OC]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails, (see H.R. 4570), H7802 [15SE]
        ----- protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic areas,
            national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national trails
            (H.R. 4570), consideration, (see H. Res. 573), H9536 [5OC]
        ------ require that forest conservation and preservation programs be
            consistent with existing land management and environmental laws,
            (see H.R. 3530), H1444 [24MR]
        ------ suspend development of a roadless area policy pending
            determinations that such a policy will not adversely affect
            forest health, (see H.R. 3297), H677 [26FE]
        ------ use of alternative arrangements for windstorm-damaged
            national forests and grasslands in Texas, (see H.R. 4345), H6697
            [29JY]
        Rogue River National Forest:  convey administrative site and use
            proceeds for the construction or improvement of offices and
            support buildings, (see H.R. 3796), H2813 [5MY]
        ------ transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal
            lands and clarify BLM authority to sell and exchange other
            Federal lands in Oregon, (see H.R. 4326), H6453 [24JY]
        ------ transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal
            lands and clarify BLM authority to sell and exchange other
            Federal lands in Oregon, (see S. 2513), S10841 [23SE]
        ------ transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain lands,
            (see H.R. 3186), H445 [11FE]
        Utah:  boundary adjustment of Wasatch-Cache National Forest and
            Mount Naomi Wilderness to correct faulty land survey and to
            convey land that was subject to the faulty survey, (see H.R.
            4320), H6281 [23JY]
        ------ land exchange, (see S. 2146), S5787 [9JN]
        Wenatchee National Forest:  land exchange with Chelan County, WA,
            (see S. 1683), S1070 [26FE]
        ------ transfer certain lands of the Lake Chelan National Recreation
            Area, (see H.R. 3520), H1336 [19MR]
      Letters
        Carson National Forest land conveyance to San Juan College:  James
            C. Henderson, San Juan College, S9561 [31JY]
        Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act:  Bruce Babbitt, Sec. of
            the Interior, H9756 [7OC]
        ------ Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, H9756 [7OC]
      Memorandums
        Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act:  OMB, H9756 [7OC]
      Petitions and memorials
        Colorado:  timber harvesting relative to forest health, E293 [4MR]
      Remarks in House
        Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest:  convey Woodland Lake Park tract
            to Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ (S. 2413), H10423 [10OC]
        Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.:  proposed donation of Elsmere
            Canyon land parcel to the Angeles National Forest, E623 [22AP]
        Colorado:  designate certain lands as wilderness in the Arapaho and
            Roosevelt National Forests (H.R. 4505), E1567 [7AU]
        ------ timber harvesting relative to forest health, E293 [4MR]
        Daniel Boone Heritage Trail:  funding to purchase land containing a
            segment of the trail, E1010 [3JN]
        Dept. of the Interior:  reallocation of Forest Service timber
            management to watershed improvement and recreational management,
            H6048-H6052 [21JY], E1384 [22JY]
        Education:  transfer of certain public lands or national forest
            lands for use as elementary or secondary schools (H.R. 2223),
            H540 [24FE], H947 [10MR]
        Forest Service:  extend Pinhoti Trail into Chattahoochee National
            Forest, H6038 [21JY]
        ------ improve management, H6039 [21JY], H6040 [21JY]
        ------ reduce overhead and other costs and improve fiscal
            accountability through improved financial accounting system
            (H.R. 4149), E1273 [26JN]
        ------ replace regional offices with State offices (H.R. 3922), E905
            [20MY]
        Forests:  eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
            facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
            communities dependent on the Federal logging program (H.R.
            2789), H1675 [27MR]
        Gallatin National Forest:  land exchange (H.R. 3381), H8470-H8473
            [23SE], E306 [5MR]
        George Washington and Jefferson National Forests:  convey certain
            lands (H.R. 3226), H1400-H1402 [24MR], E161 [12FE]
        Management:  improve, E242 [26FE], E244 [26FE], E463 [25MR]
        New Mexico:  conveyance of lands from Carson National Forest and
            Santa Fe National Forest to the village of El Rito and the town
            of Jemez Springs, NM (H.R. 434), H6914 [3AU], H6915 [3AU]
        Northern Forest Lands Council:  implement recommendations, H1667
            [27MR]
        Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act:  technical
            corrections (H.R. 4735), H10430 [10OC]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails (H.R. 4570), H9727 [7OC], H9750-H9870 [7OC], E1723
            [15SE], E2087 [11OC]
        ----- protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic areas,
            national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national trails
            (H.R. 4570), consideration (H. Res. 573), H9741-H9749 [7OC]
        Rogue River National Forest:  convey administrative site and use
            proceeds for the construction or improvement of offices and
            support buildings (H.R. 3796), H4595-H4597 [16JN]
        ------ convey administrative site and use proceeds for the
            construction or improvement of offices and support buildings
            (H.R. 3796), H10428 [10OC]
        ------ transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal
            lands and clarify BLM authority to sell and exchange other
            Federal lands in Oregon (H.R. 4326), H10598-H10602 [12OC], E2254
            [20OC]
        Routt National Forest:  land exchange (H.R. 1021), H3033 [12MY],
            H3034 [12MY]
        San Isabel National Forest:  designate certain lands as Spanish
            Peaks Wilderness (H.R. 1865), H7402 [6AU], E1642 [7AU]
        Stanislaus National Forest, CA:  establish a demonstration project
            relative to private contractors performing multiple resource
            management activities (H.R. 2886), H3032 [12MY], H3033 [12MY]
        ------ establish a demonstration project relative to private
            contractors performing multiple resource management activities
            (H.R. 2886), H10428 [10OC]
        Tongass National Forest:  Forest Service road construction funding,
            H6166-H6169 [22JY]
        Wayne National Forest:  continuance of oil and gas operations (H.R.
            1467), H10939 [15OC], H10940 [15OC]
        Wenatchee National Forest:  transfer certain lands of the Lake
            Chelan National Recreation Area (H.R. 3520), H4259 [9JN], H4260
            [9JN], E429 [19MR]
        ------ transfer certain lands of the Lake Chelan National Recreation
            Area (S. 1683), H7438 [9SE]
        Western States:  management of Federal lands relative to doctrine of
            multiple use, wilderness areas designation, and water storage,
            H2803-H2806 [5MY]
      Remarks in Senate
        Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area:  land exchange between Forest Service
            and Plum Creek Timber Co. (S. 2136), S5697 [5JN], S9483 [30JY]
        Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest:  convey Woodland Lake Park tract
            to Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ (S. 2413), S9572 [31JY], S9573 [31JY]
        ------ convey Woodland Lake Park tract to Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ (S.
            2413), S12103 [9OC]
        California:  establish pilot project in the Plumas, Lassen, and
            Tahoe National Forests to demonstrate resource management
            activity effectiveness, S12997 [12NO]
        ------ pilot project in the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National
            Forests to demonstrate resource management activity
            effectiveness (S. 1028), S82 [28JA]
        ------ pilot project in the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National
            Forests to demonstrate resource management activity
            effectiveness, S12785-S12787 [21OC]
        Carson National Forest:  conveyance of lands to Rio Arriba County,
            NM (S. 1510), S8538 [17JY]
        ------ conveyance of lands to San Juan College (S. 2402), S9561
            [31JY]
        ------ conveyance of lands to San Juan College (S. 2402), S10633
            [18SE], S12102 [9OC], S12103 [9OC]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  convey certain lands and use proceeds for
            acquisition, construction, and improvement of certain national
            forest offices and support buildings in Arizona (S. 1752), S1887
            [12MR]
        ------ convey certain lands and use proceeds for acquisition,
            construction, and improvement of certain national forest offices
            and support buildings in Arizona (H.R. 4013), unanimous-consent
            agreement, S11039 [28SE] convey certain lands and use proceeds
            for acquisition, construction, and improvement of certain
            national forest offices and support buildings in Arizona (S.
            1752), S12101 [9OC]
        Forest Service:  acquisition of Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico
            (S. 2621), S12316-S12319 [10OC]
        Gallatin National Forest:  land exchange (H.R. 3381), S11379 [2OC]
        ------ land exchange (S. 1719), S1447-S1449 [5MR], S11383 [2OC]
        ------ land exchange (S. 1719), star print, S11383 [2OC]
        ------ land exchange (S. 1719), unanimous-consent agreement, S11379
            [2OC]
        George Washington and Jefferson National Forests:  convey certain
            lands (H.R. 3226), S3236 [3AP]
        Mark Twain National Forest:  boundary adjustment (H.R. 1779), S8540
            [17JY]
        Montana:  exchange existing Federal oil and gas leases for credits
            in future lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico (S. 1616), S455
            [5FE]
        Public lands:  establish Metropolitan Planning Organization for Lake
            Tahoe basin relative to transportation planning, S1326 [4MR],
            S1842 [12MR], S1843 [12MR]
        Rogue River National Forest:  convey administrative site and use
            proceeds for the construction or improvement of offices and
            support buildings (H.R. 3796), S11373 [2OC]
        ------ transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal
            lands and clarify BLM authority to sell and exchange other
            Federal lands in Oregon (H.R. 4326), S12533 [14OC] transfer
            administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal lands and
            clarify BLM authority to sell and exchange other Federal lands
            in Oregon (S. 2513), S10841 [23SE], S12106 [9OC], S12107 [9OC]
        Routt National Forest:  land exchange (H.R. 1021), S12101 [9OC]
        Stanislaus National Forest, CA:  establish a demonstration project
            relative to private contractors performing multiple resource
            management activities (H.R. 2886), S11373 [2OC]
        Tahoe National Forest:  land sale to Placer County, CA (H.R. 1439),
            S8540 [17JY]
        Utah:  land exchange (S. 2146), S5788-S5790 [9JN]
        Wenatchee National Forest:  land exchange with Chelan County, WA (S.
            1683), S1073 [26FE]
      Reports filed
        Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area Land Exchange Between the Forest
            Service and the Plum Creek Timber Co.:  Committee on Energy and
            Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2136), S10985 [25SE]
        ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2136)
            (S. Rept. 105-401), S12163 [9OC]
        Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Conveyance of Woodland Lake Park
            Tract to Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ:  Committee on Energy and Natural
            Resources (Senate) (S. 2413) (S. Rept. 105-384), S12163 [9OC]
        Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest's Woodland Lake Park Tract
            Conveyance to Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ:  Committee on Energy and
            Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2413), S11581 [6OC]
        Carson National Forest and Santa Fe National Forest Public Land
            Conveyance to El Rito and Jemez Springs, NM:  Committee on
            Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 434) (S. Rept. 105-
            236), S7357 [6JY]
        Carson National Forest Conveyance of Lands to San Juan College:
            Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2402) (S.
            Rept. 105-383), S12163 [9OC]
        Carson National Forest Land Conveyance to San Juan College:
            Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2402),
            S11581 [6OC]
        Consideration of H.R. 4570, Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands
            Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 573) (H. Rept. 105-
            776), H9536 [5OC]
        Convey Administrative Site for the Rogue River National Forest and
            Use Proceeds for the Construction or Improvement of Forest
            Offices and Support Buildings:  Committee on Resources (House)
            (H.R. 3796) (H. Rept. 105-561), H4054 [3JN]
        Convey Certain Dept. of Agriculture Lands for the Acquisition,
            Construction, and Improvement of Forest Service Offices and
            Support Buildings in Arizona:  Committee on Energy and Natural
            Resources (Senate) (S. 1752) (S. Rept. 105-233), S7357 [6JY]
        Convey Forest Service Property in Kern County, CA, in Exchange for
            County Lands Suitable for Inclusion in the Sequoia National
            Forest:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4023) (H. Rept.
            105-815), H10667 [12OC]
        Convey Public Lands From the Carson National Forest to Rio Arriba
            County, NM:  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate)
            (S. 1510) (S. Rept. 105-240), S7357 [6JY]
        Gallatin Land Consolidation Act:  Committee on Energy and Natural
            Resources (Senate) (S. 1719) (S. Rept. 105-329), S10320 [14SE]
        ------ Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3381) (H. Rept. 105-
            723), H7914 [16SE]
        Granite Watershed Enhancement and Protection Act:  Committee on
            Energy and Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2886) (S. Rept. 105-292),
            S9688 [31AU]
        ------ Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2886) (H. Rept. 105-
            527), H3104 [12MY]
        Mark Twain National Forest Boundary Adjustment:  Committee on Energy
            and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1779) (S. Rept. 105-232),
            S7255 [26JN]
        Miles Land Exchange Act:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1021)
            (H. Rept. 105-506), H2813 [5MY]
        Oregon Public Land Transfer and Protection Act:  Committee on Energy
            and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2513), S11582 [6OC]
        ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2513)
            (S. Rept. 105-391), S12163 [9OC]
        Oregon Public Lands Transfer and Protection Act:  Committee on
            Resources (House) (H.R. 4326) (H. Rept. 105-810), H10667 [12OC]
        Rogue River National Forest Conveyance of Administrative Site and
            Use the Proceeds for the Construction or Improvement of Offices
            and Support Buildings:  Committee on Energy and Natural
            Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3796) (S. Rept. 105-293), S9688 [31AU]
        Spanish Peaks Wilderness Act:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R.
            1865) (H. Rept. 105-673), H7177 [4AU]
        Suspend the Development of a National Forest System Roadless Area
            Policy Pending Determinations That Such a Policy Will Not
            Adversely Affect Forest Health:  Committee on Resources (House)
            (H.R. 3297) (H. Rept. 105-816), H10667 [12OC]
        Tahoe National Forest Land Sale to Placer County, CA:  Committee on
            Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1439) (S. Rept. 105-
            231), S7255 [26JN]
        Transfer Certain Lake Chelan National Recreation Area Lands to the
            Wenatchee National Forest:  Committee on Energy and Natural
            Resources (Senate) (S. 1683), S6037 [10JN]
        ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1683)
            (S. Rept. 105-228), S7255 [26JN]
        ----- Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3520) (H. Rept. 105-560),
            H4054 [3JN]
        Transfer of Certain Public Lands or National Forest Lands for Use as
            Elementary or Secondary Schools:  Committee on Resources (House)
            (H.R. 2223) (H. Rept. 105-693), H7493 [9SE]
        Wayne National Forest Continuance of Oil and Gas Operations:
            Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1467) (H. Rept. 105-770),
            H9536 [5OC]
      Statements
        Forest Service Acquisition of Valles Caldera Lands in New Mexico,
            S12324 [10OC]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 573, consideration of H.R. 4570, Omnibus National Parks and
            Public Lands Act, H9741 [7OC]
        H.R. 434, Carson National Forest and Santa Fe National Forest land
            conveyance to the village of El Rito and the town of Jemez
            Springs, NM, S8539 [17JY]
        H.R. 434, conveyance of lands from Carson National Forest and Santa
            Fe National Forest to the village of El Rito and the town of
            Jemez Springs, NM, H6914 [3AU]
        H.R. 1021, Miles Land Exchange Act, H3033 [12MY]
        H.R. 1467, continuance of Wayne National Forest oil and gas
            operations, H10939 [15OC]
        H.R. 1865, Spanish Peaks Wilderness Act, H7402 [6AU]
        H.R. 2886, Granite Watershed Enhancement and Protection Act, H3032
            [12MY]
        H.R. 3226, convey certain lands to the George Washington and
            Jefferson National Forests, H1400 [24MR]
        H.R. 3381, Gallatin Land Consolidation Act, H8470-H8472 [23SE]
        H.R. 3520, transfer certain Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
            lands to the Wenatchee National Forest, H4259 [9JN]
        H.R. 3796, convey Rogue River National Forest administrative site
            and use proceeds for the construction or improvement of offices
            and support buildings, H4595 [16JN]
        H.R. 4326, Oregon Public Lands Transfer and Protection Act, H10598
            [12OC], H10600-H10602 [12OC]
        H.R. 4570, Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act, H9761-H9814
            [7OC]
        H.R. 4735, Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act technical
            corrections, H10431 [10OC]
        S. 1510, Carson National Forest land conveyance to Rio Arriba
            County, NM, S8538 [17JY]
        S. 1616, exchange existing Federal oil and gas leases in Montana for
            credits in future lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, S456 [5FE]
        S. 1683, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area land transfer to
            Wenatchee National Forest, S8538 [17JY]
        S. 1683, transfer certain lands of the Lake Chelan National
            Recreation Area to Wenatchee National Forest, H7438 [9SE]
        S. 1719, Gallatin Land Consolidation Act, S1448 [5MR], S11381-S11383
            [2OC]
        S. 1752, convey certain Dept. of Agriculture lands and use proceeds
            for acquisition, construction, and improvement of certain
            national forest offices and support buildings in Arizona, S12102
            [9OC]
        S. 1752, Dept. of Agriculture conveyance of certain lands and use
            proceeds for acquisition, construction, and improvement of
            certain national forest offices and support buildings in
            Arizona, S1887 [12MR]
        S. 2402, Carson National Forest land conveyance to San Juan College,
            S9561 [31JY]
        S. 2402, conveyance of Carson National Forest lands to San Juan
            College, S12103 [9OC]
        S. 2413, convey the Woodland Lake Park tract of Apache-Sitgreaves
            National Forest to Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ, S12103 [9OC], H10423
            [10OC]
        S. 2413, convey Woodland Lake Park tract in the Apache-Sitgreaves
            National Forest to Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ, S9572 [31JY]
        S. 2513, Oregon Public Land Transfer and Protection Act, S10842
            [23SE], S12107 [9OC]
        S. 2621, Forest Service acquisition of Valles Caldera lands in New
            Mexico, S12319-S12324 [10OC]