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

    PUBLIC UTILITIES
      Addresses
        Role of the Public Power Company in the Deregulated 21st Century:
            Craven Crowell, TVA, E1332 [17JY]
      Amendments
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H4880 [19JN], H4937 [22JN], H4941 [22JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2138), S6508 [18JN], S6516 [18JN],
            S6517 [18JN], S6531 [18JN], S6541 [18JN], S6548 [18JN], S6581
            [18JN], S6627 [18JN], S6628 [18JN], S6630 [18JN], S6631 [18JN]
        Gustavus, AK:  land exchange (H.R. 3903), S11184 [30SE], S12003
            [8OC], S12061 [8OC], H10427 [10OC]
      Analyses
        Clean Power Plant and Modernization Act (S. 2636), S12652 [15OC]
        Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act (S. 2287), S7951 [10JY]
      Appointments
        Conferees:  H.R. 4060, energy and water development appropriations,
            S6548 [18JN], S6861 [23JN], H6600 [29JY]
      Bills and resolutions
        Bonneville Power Administration:  promote salmon recovery in the
            Pacific Northwest, establish a National Resources Recovery Fund,
            improve accounting system, and allow rate adjustments, (see H.R.
            4834), H10916 [14OC]
        Clean Air Act:  compliance with environmental standards by certain
            electric utility units, (see S. 2610), S12164 [9OC]
        Columbia and Snake River Basin:  establish conditions under which
            Federal and non-Federal entities may enter management
            agreements, (see S. 2111), S5322 [21MY]
        Dept. of the Interior:  implement agreement conveying title for the
            Clear Creek Distribution System to the Clear Creek Community
            Services District, (see H.R. 3706), H2236 [22AP]
        Electric power:  enhance reliability, increase efficiency, and
            reduce discrimination in the transmission of services, (see H.R.
            4432), H7411 [6AU]
        ------ ensure that rates charged by certain small power producers
            and cogenerators do not exceed the incremental cost to the
            purchasing utility of alternative electric energy at the time of
            delivery, (see H.R. 4183, S. 2419), S9556 [31JY], H5404 [25JN],
            (see H.R. 4511), H7414 [6AU]
        ------ facilitate modernization, establish efficiency requirements,
            reduce hazardous emissions, and promote alternative energy
            sources, (see S. 2636), S12647 [15OC]
        ------ provide for competition in industry, (see S. 2287), S7939
            [10JY]
        ------ provide for retail competition among suppliers, (see S.
            2187), S6564 [18JN], (see H.R. 4715), H10010 [7OC]
        ------ provide for the restructuring of the electric power industry,
            (see H.R. 4798), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ provide that no electric utility shall be required to enter
            into a new contract or obligation to purchase or to sell
            electricity or capacity, (see S. 2381), S9425 [30JY]
        ------ restrict the use of tax-exempt financing by governmentally
            owned electric utilities and subject certain activities of such
            utilities to income tax, (see H.R. 3927), H3743 [21MY]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations, (see S. 2138),
            S5694 [5JN], (see H.R. 4060), H4628 [16JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4060), consideration, (see H.
            Res. 478), H4834 [18JN]
        FCC:  repeal authority to require contributions from telephone
            carriers for the connection of schools, health care providers,
            and libraries to the Internet, (see H.R. 4032), H4479 [10JN],
            (see H.R. 4065), H4628 [16JN]
        Fund for Environmental Priorities:  establish and fund with a
            portion of consumer savings resulting from retail electricity
            choice, (see H.R. 3548), H1549 [25MR]
        Government regulations:  revision of the regulatory policies
            governing public utility holding companies, (see H.R. 3976),
            H3971 [22MY]
        Gustavus, AK:  land exchange, (see S. 2109), S5322 [21MY], (see H.R.
            3903), H3488 [19MY]
        Hazardous substances:  nuclear waste disposal (S. 104), return to
            Senate, (see H. Res. 379), H904 [5MR]
        ------ require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to
            reduce mercury emissions, (see S. 1915), S3120 [2AP], (see H.R.
            3791), H2813 [5MY]
        Power resources:  provide a transition to market-based rates for
            power sold by the TVA and Federal Power Marketing
            Administration, (see H.R. 3518), H1336 [19MR]
        ------ provide a transition to market-based rates for power sold by
            the TVA and Federal Power Marketing Administration, (see S.
            2499), S10588 [18SE]
        Public lands:  right-of-way fees and liability standards affecting
            rural electric cooperatives and other lessees, (see S. 2472),
            S10383 [15SE]
        Public works:  conveyance of various reclamation project facilities
            to local water authorities, (see H.R. 4389), H7177 [4AU]
        Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act:  amend to provide a
            loan to the Madera-Chowchilla Power Authority, (see H.R. 3302),
            H691 [2MR]
        Taxation:  treatment of interest on indebtedness used to finance the
            furnishing or sale of rate-regulated electric energy or natural
            gas in the U.S. allocated solely to sources within the U.S.,
            (see H.R. 4871), H11695 [20OC]
        ------ treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical
            output facilities, (see S. 2182), S6487 [17JN]
        ------ treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical
            output facilities, (see H.R. 4732), H10075 [8OC]
        ------ treatment of U.S. utilities' foreign investments relative to
            foreign tax credits and deductible interest allocation rules,
            (see S. 2630), S12558 [14OC]
        TVA:  ensure that Federal power customers are protected by FERC,
            (see S. 2005), S3783 [29AP]
        Wenatchee National Forest:  land exchange with Chelan County, WA,
            (see S. 1683), S1070 [26FE]
      Cloture motions
        Hazardous substances:  nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), S5400
            [22MY], S5564 [2JN]
      Conference reports
        Energy and Water Development Appropriations (H.R. 4060), H8842-H8929
            [25SE]
      Explanations
        Treatment of Tax-Exempt Bond Financing of Certain Electrical Output
            Facilities (S. 2182), S6490 [17JN]
      Letters
        Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act:  Federico Pen�6a, Dept.
            of Energy, S7952 [10JY]
        Establish conditions under which Federal and non-Federal entities
            may enter Columbia and Snake River Basin management agreements:
            D. Craig Bell, Western States Water Council and Richard Bechtel,
            Western Governors' Association, S11101 [29SE]
        ----- James J. Hoecker, FERC, S11102 [29SE]
        Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment Act:  Representative
            Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H7751 [15SE]
        ------ Representative Don Young, Committee on Resources (House),
            H7752 [15SE]
        Require electric power providers to use renewable energy sources:
            several Representatives, E188 [12FE]
      Motions
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H6598 [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2138), S6510 [18JN], S6511 [18JN]
      Newsletters
        Vermont Electric Cooperative anniversary, S3661 [27AP]
      Press releases
        President's Budget Supports Ending TVA Appropriations:  TVA, S11116
            [29SE]
      Remarks in House
        Bonneville Power Administration:  promote salmon recovery in the
            Pacific Northwest, establish a National Resources Recovery Fund,
            improve accounting system, and allow rate adjustments (H.R.
            4834), E2163 [14OC]
        Colorado:  tribute to Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District,
            E1702 [11SE]
        Dept. of Energy:  renewable energy research and development funding,
            H4923 [22JN], H4924 [22JN], H4929 [22JN], H6009-H6013 [21JY]
        Electric power:  provide for the restructuring of the electric power
            industry, H9652 [6OC]
        ------ require providers to use renewable energy sources, E187
            [12FE]
        ------ restrict the use of tax-exempt financing by governmentally
            owned electric utilities and subject certain activities of such
            utilities to income tax (H.R. 3927), E943 [22MY]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H4913-H4944 [22JN], H5393 [25JN], E1200 [23JN], E1201 [23JN],
            E1205 [23JN], E1226 [25JN], E1229 [25JN], E1271 [26JN]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4060), consideration (H. Res.
            478), H4850-H4854 [19JN]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4060), motion to instruct
            conferees, H6598-H6599 [29JY], E1514 [3AU]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4060), H9140 [28SE]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4060), conference report, H8806
            [25SE], H9134-E1845 [15SE], H10427 [10OC], E884 [19MY]
        Hazardous substances:  designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear
            waste disposal site, H1705 [30MR], H1706 [30MR], H1769 [30MR]
        ------ nuclear waste disposal, E92 [4FE]
        ------ nuclear waste disposal (S. 104), return to Senate (H. Res.
            379), H878 [5MR], H879 [5MR]
        ------ oversight of tests to determine suitability of Yucca
            Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H4934 [22JN]
        ------ require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to
            reduce mercury emissions (H.R. 3791), E797 [7MY]
        ------ transportation of nuclear waste, H3631 [21MY]
        North Carolina Electric Membership Corp.:  tribute to Bright Ideas
            Classroom Program, E1473 [30JY]
        Ohio:  tribute to the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum and East Ohio
            Gas Co., E884 [19MY]
        Sacramento, CA:  anniversary of Sacramento Municipal Utility
            District, E13 [27JA]
        Taxation:  treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain
            electrical output facilities (H.R. 4732), E1966 [8OC]
        ------ treatment of U.S. utilities' foreign investments relative to
            foreign tax credits and deductible interest allocation rules
            (H.R. 4871), E2269 [21OC]
        TVA:  funding, E2277 [21OC]
        Weather:  interagency Government cooperation on programs dealing
            with the effects of high temperatures, H6029 [21JY], H6030
            [21JY]
      Remarks in Senate
        Arizona:  open competition for electric power markets, S7163 [25JN]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for cleanup and redevelopment of
            brownfield sites and municipal solid waste disposal,
            S10607-S10609 [18SE]
        Clean Air Act:  compliance with environmental standards by certain
            electric utility units (S. 2610), S12177 [9OC]
        Columbia and Snake River Basin:  establish conditions under which
            Federal and non-Federal entities may enter management agreements
            (S. 2111), S5332 [21MY]
        ------ establish conditions under which Federal and non-Federal
            entities may enter management agreements, S11101-S11103 [29SE]
        Computers:  ensure businesses, financial markets, and the Federal
            Government are taking adequate steps to resolve the year 2000
            problem, S4607-S4609 [11MY]
        Dept. of Energy:  renewable energy research and development funding,
            S6512-S6518 [18JN], S6528 [18JN]
        Electric power:  ensure that rates charged by certain small power
            producers and cogenerators do not exceed the incremental cost to
            the purchasing utility of alternative electric energy at the
            time of delivery (S. 2419), S9592 [31JY]
        ------ facilitate modernization, establish efficiency requirements,
            reduce hazardous emissions, and promote alternative energy
            sources (S. 2636), S12648 [15OC]
        ------ provide for competition in industry (S. 2287), S7942 [10JY]
        ------ provide for retail competition among suppliers (S. 2187),
            S6564 [18JN]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 2203),
            conference report, S947 [25FE]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4060), S9278 [29JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4060), insert language of S. 2138
            in lieu, S6861 [23JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4060), S11039 [28SE]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4060), conference report, S11108
            [29SE], S11116-S11119 [29SE], S11185 [30SE]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4060), conference report--
            unanimous-consent agreement, S11111 [29SE] making appropriations
            (H.R. 4060), conference report--unanimous-consent request,
            S11099 [29SE]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2138), S6481-S6485 [17JN],
            S6507-S6521 [18JN], S6548-S6721 [2JN]
        Hazardous substances:  nuclear waste disposal, S635 [11FE], S2248
            [19MR], S2250 [19MR]
        ------ nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), S5400 [22MY], S5551-S5564
            [2JN]
        ------ nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), unanimous-consent
            agreement, S5526 [1JN]
        ------ nuclear waste disposal (S. 104), S83-S85 [28JA], S202 [29JA],
            S219-S221 [29JA]
        ------ require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to
            reduce mercury emissions, S3409 [22AP], S8433 [17JY], S8436
            [17JY] require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators
            to reduce mercury emissions (S. 1915), S3130 [2AP]
        Missouri River Energy Services:  tribute, S3603 [27AP]
        North Carolina:  tribute to electrical cooperatives' ``Bright
            Ideas'' educational program, S7161 [25JN]
        Power resources:  provide a transition to market-based rates for
            power sold by the TVA and Federal Power Marketing Administration
            (S. 2499), S10591 [18SE]
        Public lands:  right-of-way fees and liability standards affecting
            rural electric cooperatives and other lessees (S. 2472), S10383
            [15SE]
        Refuse disposal:  State control of municipal solid waste
            transportation and disposal, S6524-S6528 [18JN], S6530 [18JN],
            S6531 [18JN]
        Taxation:  treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain
            electrical output facilities (S. 2182), S6488-S6491 [17JN]
        ------ treatment of U.S. utilities' foreign investments relative to
            foreign tax credits and deductible interest allocation rules (S.
            2630), S12561 [14OC]
        TVA:  ensure that Federal power customers are protected by FERC (S.
            2005), S3786 [29AP], S6696 [19JN]
        ------ funding, S11004 [25SE], S11116 [29SE]
        Vermont Electric Cooperative:  anniversary, S3661 [27AP]
        Wenatchee National Forest:  land exchange with Chelan County, WA (S.
            1683), S1073 [26FE]
      Reports filed
        Consideration of H.R. 4060, Energy and Water Development
            Appropriations:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 478) (H.
            Rept. 105-586), H4834 [18JN]
        Conveyance of Various Reclamation Project Facilities to Local Water
            Authorities:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4389) (H.
            Rept. 105-785), H9722 [6OC]
        Energy and Water Development Appropriations:  Committee of
            Conference (H.R. 4060) (H. Rept. 105-749), H8930 [25SE]
        ------ Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4060) (H. Rept.
            105-581), H4628 [16JN] Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S.
            2138) (S. Rept. 105-206), S5694 [5JN]
        Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment Act:  Committee on
            Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2109) (S. Rept. 105-
            306), S9973 [8SE]
        Gustavus, AK, Land Exchange:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R.
            3903) (H. Rept. 105-706), H7617 [11SE]
        Transfer Flathead Irrigation Project Maintenance and Operation to
            Local Control:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3056) (H.
            Rept. 105-812), H10667 [12OC]
        Water-Related Technical Corrections Act:  Committee on Energy and
            Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2402), S10984 [25SE]
        ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2402)
            (S. Rept. 105-377), S11697 [7OC]
      Statements
        Nuclear Policy Issues:  Senator Domenici, S636 [11FE]
        Nuclear Waste Policy Act:  Speaker Gingrich, S5564 [2JN]
      Tables
        Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4060, Energy and
            water development appropriations, S11118 [29SE]
        Dept. of Energy renewable energy research and development funding,
            S6515 [18JN]
        Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 4060), H4915
            [22JN], H9136 [28SE]
        Energy and water development appropriations (S. 2138), S6538 [18JN]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 379, return to Senate S. 104, nuclear waste disposal, H878
            [5MR]
        H. Res. 478, consideration of H.R. 4060, energy and water
            development appropriations, H4850 [19JN]
        H.R. 3903, Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment Act, H7750
            [15SE]
        S. 2005, TVA Customer Protection Act, S3787 [29AP]
        S. 2109, Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment Act,
            S5325-S5327 [21MY]
        S. 2111, establish conditions under which Federal and non-Federal
            entities may enter management agreements for the Columbia and
            Snake River Basin, S5332 [21MY]
        S. 2138, energy and water development appropriations, S6541-S6548
            [18JN]
        S. 2182, treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain
            electrical output facilities, S6489 [17JN]
        S. 2187, Electric Consumer Choice Act, S6565 [18JN]
        S. 2287, Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act, S7943-S7951
            [10JY]
        S. 2419, Electric Power Consumer Rate Relief Act, S9592 [31JY]
        S. 2499, Power Marketing Administration Reform Act, S10592-S10594
            [18SE]
        S. 2610, compliance with Clean Air Act environmental standards by
            certain electric utility units, S12178 [9OC]
        S. 2630, tax treatment of U.S. utilities' foreign investments
            relative to foreign tax credits and deductible interest
            allocation rules, S12561 [14OC]
        S. 2636. Clean Power Plant and Modernization Act, S12649-S12652
            [15OC]