[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]