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

    MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES
      Amendments
        Fort Berthold Reservation:  approval process for oil and gas leasing
            agreements for specific allotted lands (S. 2069), S6127 [10JN]
        Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument:  expeditious completion
            of acquisition of private mineral interests (S. 638), S8533
            [17JY]
      Articles and editorials
        Charles Stoddard Dies--He Played Key Role in Reserve Mining Case,
            E494 [26MR]
        Dust, Deception, and Death, S8891 [23JY]
      Bills and resolutions
        Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund:  assure that deposits are spent for
            purposes for which the Fund was established, (see H.R. 4356),
            H6819 [30JY]
        ------ exclude receipts and disbursements from the budget, (see H.R.
            3564), H1642 [26MR]
        Big Piney, WY:  allow oil and gas leasing agreements for certain
            lands, (see H.R. 3878), H3311 [14MY]
        Dept. of the Interior:  collection of royalties from oil companies
            for drilling on public lands, (see S. 2043), S4528 [7MY], (see
            H.R. 3820), H3013 [7MY]
        ------ convey certain mineral interests to Florida and release
            reversionary interests in four deeds that conveyed certain lands
            so as to permit the State to sell, exchange, or otherwise
            dispose of the lands, (see H.R. 4842), H11023 [15OC]
        ------ dissolve the Minerals Management Service, (see H.R. 4091),
            H4879 [19JN]
        Financial institutions:  allow national banks to hold passive
            investments in certain subsurface rights, (see H.R. 4348), H6697
            [29JY]
        Fort Berthold Reservation:  approval process for oil and gas leasing
            agreements for specific allotted lands, (see S. 2069), S4712
            [12MY]
        Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument:  boundary adjustments,
            (see H.R. 3909), H3624 [20MY], (see H.R. 4287), H6070 [21JY]
        Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory:  establish
            Natural Resources Institute, (see S. 2512), S10841 [23SE], (see
            H.R. 4593), H8035 [17SE]
        Minerals Management Service:  grant Louisiana and its lessees a
            credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to
            compensate for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field,
            (see H.R. 4604), H8083 [18SE]
        Natural gas:  protection of contracts and leases entered into by
            surface patent holders relative to coalbed methane gas, (see S.
            2500), S10588 [18SE], (see H.R. 4598), H8083 [18SE]
        Petroleum:  management of royalties from Federal and Outer
            Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, (see H.R. 3334), H850
            [4MR]
        Power resources:  management of royalties from Federal and Outer
            Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, (see S. 1930), S3120 [2AP]
        ----- management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental
            Shelf oil production, (see H.R. 3932), H3743 [21MY]
        Public lands:  ratification of payments made under preexisting
            onshore and offshore royalty-in-kind programs, (see H.R. 3962),
            H3971 [22MY]
        Radiation Exposure Compensation Act:  compensation for certain
            individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills,
            (see H.R. 3539, S. 2343), S8778 [22JY], H1444 [24MR]
      Brochures
        Mining Reclamation--You'd Be Surprised:  BLM, S10342 [15SE]
      Cost Estimates
        Protection of contracts and leases entered into by surface patent
            holders relative to coalbed methane gas (S. 2500):  CBO, S12902
            [21OC]
      Court decisions
        Northwest Mining Association v. Sec. of the Interior Bruce Babbitt:
            U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, E1059-E1061
            [5JN]
      Letters
        Hard rock mining regulations:  Gary E. Johnson, Governor of New
            Mexico, S10344 [15SE]
        ------ Jane Dee Hull, Governor of Arizona, S10343 [15SE]
        ------ Jim Geringer, Governor of Wyoming, S10344 [15SE]
        ------ Michael O. Leavitt, Governor of Utah, S10343 [15SE]
        ------ Philip E. Batt, Governor of Idaho, S10344 [15SE]
        ------ Western Governors' Association, S10345 [15SE]
      Lists
        Amendments to 1872 mining law, S10340-S10342 [15SE]
      Messages
        Alaska's Mineral Resources:  President Clinton, S1696 [10MR], H1014
            [10MR]
      Remarks in House
        Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program:  funding, H5992 [21JY]
        Big Piney, WY:  allow oil and gas leasing agreements for certain
            lands (H.R. 3878), E860 [14MY]
        ------ allow oil and gas leasing agreements for certain lands (H.R.
            3878), H10844 [14OC]
        Billings County, ND:  exchange of certain mineral interests located
            in national grasslands (S. 750), H1711-H1713 [30MR]
        Cleveland, OH:  anniversary of the invention of Hulett ore
            unloaders, E1498 [31JY]
        Dept. of the Interior:  collection of royalties from oil companies
            for drilling on public lands, H2674 [30AP], H2690 [30AP]
        ----- collection of royalties from oil companies for drilling on
            public lands (H.R. 3820), E804 [7MY]
        ------ dissolve the Minerals Management Service (H.R. 4091), E1177
            [19JN]
        Fort Berthold Reservation:  approval process for oil and gas leasing
            agreements for specific allotted lands (S. 2069), H5074 [24JN],
            E1211 [24JN]
        House of Representatives:  encourage participation in Mining Caucus,
            H6869 [31JY]
        ------ encourage participation in Mining Caucus, H7498 [10SE]
        Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory:  establish
            Natural Resources Institute (H.R. 4593), E1744 [17SE]
        Minerals Management Service:  grant Louisiana and its lessees a
            credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to
            compensate for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field
            (H.R. 4604), E1762 [18SE], E1805 [25SE]
        Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument:  expeditious completion
            of acquisition of private mineral interests (H.R. 1659), H8473
            [23SE], H8474 [23SE]
        Natural gas:  protection of contracts and leases entered into by
            surface patent holders relative to coalbed methane gas (H.R.
            4598), E1763 [18SE]
        ----- protection of contracts and leases entered into by surface
            patent holders relative to coalbed methane gas (S. 2500),
            H10937-H10939 [15OC]
        Smithsonian Institution:  tribute to ``Art of the Gold Rush''
            exhibition, E2040 [10OC]
        Taxation:  treatment of benefits to retired coal miners (H.R. 2231),
            E562 [2AP]
      Remarks in Senate
        Alaska:  conveyance of certain lands to the University of Alaska (S.
            660), S3751 [29AP]
        ----- conveyance of certain lands to the University of Alaska (S.
            660), unanimous-consent agreement, S7227 [25JN]
        Dept. of the Interior:  collection of royalties from oil companies
            for drilling on public lands, S3912 [30AP], S4131 [1MY]
        ----- collection of royalties from oil companies for drilling on
            public lands (S. 2043), S4531 [7MY]
        Fort Berthold Reservation:  approval process for oil and gas leasing
            agreements for specific allotted lands (S. 2069), S6127 [10JN]
        Gemological Institute of America:  tribute, S9800 [1SE]
        Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory:  establish
            Natural Resources Institute (S. 2512), S10841 [23SE]
        Mine Safety and Health Administration:  air quality testing,
            S8891-S8893 [23JY]
        Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument:  expeditious completion
            of acquisition of private mineral interests (H.R. 1659), S11813
            [7OC]
        National Academy of Sciences:  repeal requirement to study Federal
            and State environmental regulations relative to exploration and
            mining on Federal lands, S10335-S10356 [15SE]
        Natural gas:  protection of contracts and leases entered into by
            surface patent holders relative to coalbed methane gas (S.
            2500), S10594 [18SE], S10595 [18SE], S12102 [9OC], S12283 [10OC]
        Power resources:  management of royalties from Federal and Outer
            Continental Shelf oil and gas leases (S. 1930), S3148-S3155
            [2AP]
        Radiation Exposure Compensation Act:  compensation for certain
            individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills (S.
            2343), S8782 [22JY]
        Supreme Court:  decision on funding of retired unionized bituminous
            coal miners' health benefits, S7216 [25JN]
      Reports filed
        Abuse of Power--The Hardrock Bonding Rule:  Committee on Resources
            (House) (H. Rept. 105-569), H4240 [5JN]
        Acquisition of Private Mineral Interests Within the Mount St. Helens
            National Volcanic Monument:  Committee on Energy and Natural
            Resources (Senate) (S. 638) (S. Rept. 105-229), S7255 [26JN]
        Big Piney, WY, Allowance of Oil and Gas Leasing Agreements for
            Certain Lands:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3878) (H.
            Rept. 105-771), H9536 [5OC]
        Exchange of Certain Mineral Interests Located in National Grasslands
            in Billings County, ND:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R.
            2574) (H. Rept. 105-471), H1776 [30MR]
        Fort Berthold Reservation Approval Process for Oil and Gas Leasing
            Agreements for Specific Allotted Lands:  Committee on Indian
            Affairs (Senate) (S. 2069) (S. Rept. 105-205), S5694 [5JN]
        Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion Act:
            Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1659) (H. Rept. 105-704),
            H7616 [11SE]
        Nomination of Robert H. Beatty, Jr., to the Federal Mine Safety and
            Health Review Commission:  Committee on Labor and Human
            Resources (Senate), S4906 [14MY]
        Protection of Contracts and Leases Entered Into by Surface Mining
            Patent Holders Relative to Coalbed Methane Gas:  Committee on
            Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2500), S10986 [25SE]
        ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2500)
            (S. Rept. 105-408), S12307 [10OC]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Hard rock mining regulations:  Western Governors' Association,
            S10343 [15SE]
      Resolutions of ratification
        Amended Mines Protocol, S12307 [10OC]
      Testimonies
        Hard Rock Mining Regulations:  Robert Miller, Governor of Nevada,
            S10344 [15SE]
      Texts of
        H.R. 1659, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion
            Act, H8473 [23SE]
        H.R. 3878, allow oil and gas leasing agreements for certain lands in
            Big Piney, WY, H10844 [14OC]
        S. 638, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion Act,
            S8533 [17JY]
        S. 750, exchange of certain mineral interests located in national
            grasslands in Billings County, ND, H1711 [30MR]
        S. 1930, Royalty Enhancement Act, S3149-S3154 [2AP]
        S. 2043, Dept. of the Interior collection of royalties from oil
            companies for drilling on public lands, S4531 [7MY]
        S. 2069, approval process for oil and gas leasing agreements for
            specific allotted lands in Fort Berthold Reservation, H5074
            [24JN]
        S. 2343, Radiation Exposure Compensation Improvement Act,
            S8783-S8786 [22JY]
        S. 2500, protection of contracts and leases entered into by surface
            patent holders relative to coalbed methane gas, S12102 [9OC]
        S. 2500, protection of mining contracts and leases entered into by
            surface patent holders relative to coalbed methane gas, H10937
            [15OC]