ALASKA

Addresses

Acceptance of Eisenhower World Affairs Institute Leadership Award: Senator Stevens, S7962-S7964 [30JN]

Amendments

Federal-State relations: investment of joint Federal and State funds from the civil settlement of damages from the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill (S. 711), S15162 [19NO]

Glacier Bay National Park: management of fishing activities (S. 501), S15145, S15155 [19NO]

Government: improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives (S. 748), S15159 [19NO]

Analyses

Restore Certain Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Lands to the Elim Native Corp. (H.R. 3090), E2493 [19NO]

Tax Treatment of Alaska Native Settlement Trusts (H.R. 2359), E1394 [24JN]

Articles and editorials

As BP Amoco and ARCO Merger Nears, Future of the Arctic Wildlife Refuge Is Endangered, E2349 [11NO]

Gull Eggs Confiscated, S7196 [17JN]

Trial Begins in Racist Plot Case, E672 [15AP]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act: technical changes (see S. 1683), S11879 [4OC]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: allow shareholder common stock to be transferred to adopted Alaska Native children and their descendants (see S. 1702), S12101 [6OC] (see H.R. 2803), H7884 [5AU] (see H.R. 3013), H9409 [5OC]

———restore certain lands to the Elim Native Corp. (see H.R. 3090), H10173 [18OC]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 867), S4109 [22AP]

Aviation: clarify the regulation of Alaskan guide pilots conducting air flights (see H.R. 812), H716 [23FE]

Census: award grants to Indian tribes and organizations to increase awareness and participation in the 2000 decennial census (see S. 1588), S10929 [15SE]

Chugach Alaska Corp.: conveyance of certain lands (see S. 1686), S11951 [5OC] (see H.R. 2547), H5750 [16JY]

Courts: reorganize the ninth circuit court of appeals (see S. 186), S343 [19JA] (see S. 253), S2042 [25FE]

Craig, AK: land conveyance (see S. 1797), S13165 [26OC] (see H.R. 3182), H11144 [28OC]

Dept. of the Interior: submit report on feasibility and desirability of recovering costs of high altitude lifesaving missions on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve (see S. 698), S3246 [24MR]

Dr. William Ransom Wood Centennial Bridge: designate (see S. Res. 195), S11879 [4OC]

EPA: establish regional office in Alaksa (see S. 1311), S7931 [30JN]

Federal-State relations: investment of joint Federal and State funds from the civil settlement of damages from the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill (see S. 711), S3246 [24MR]

———management of fish and game resources relative to rural subsistence preference (see S. 1826), S13403 [28OC] (see H.R. 3183), H11144 [28OC]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see H.R. 2798), H7884 [5AU]

Glacier Bay National Park: management of fishing activities (see S. 501), S2095 [2MR] (see H.R. 947), H891 [2MR]

Government: improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives (see S. 748), S3439 [25MR] (see H.R. 2804), H7884 [5AU]

Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building, Juneau, AK: designate (see S. 453), S1925 [24FE] (see H.R. 972), H956 [3MR]

Hydroelectric power: State jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects (see S. 422), S1439 [11FE]

Kake Tribal Corp.: conveyance of certain lands (see S. 426), S1643 [12FE] (see S. 430), S1727 [22FE]

Medicare: increase payments for physician services provided in health professional shortage areas in Alaska and Hawaii (see S. 1476), S10117 [3AU] (see H.R. 2967), H8967 [28SE]

Mount McKinley: retain name (see H.R. 231), H240 [7JA]

Mount McKinley, AK: rename Mount Denali (see H.R. 1815), H3170 [13MY]

NOAA: complete the orderly withdrawal from the civil administration of the Pribilof Islands (see H.R. 3417), H12225 [17NO]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), H4470 [16JN]

SBA: create a rural business lending pilot program in Alaska and Hawaii (see S. 375), S1258 [4FE]

Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (see S. 713), S3438 [25MR] (see H.R. 813), H716 [23FE]

———maintain Alaskan exemption from dyeing requirements for exempt diesel fuel and kerosene (see S. 714), S3438 [25MR]

———modify air transportation tax relative to intrastate flights in Alaska and Hawaii (see S. 888), S4256 [27AP]

———treatment of Alaska Native settlement trusts (see S. 933), S4487 [30AP] (see H.R. 1940), H3605 [25MY] (see H.R. 2359), H4912 [24JN]

University of Alaska: conveyance of certain lands (see S. 744), S3439 [25MR] (see H.R. 2958), H8872 [27SE]

Wetlands: regulation (see S. 49), S339 [19JA]

Wilderness areas: designate certain lands (see H.R. 1239), H1596 [23MR]

Yukon River Salmon Advisory Panel: establish (see H.R. 1652), H2545 [29AP]

Certificates of election

Senate: Frank H. Murkowski, S3 [6JA]

Descriptions

Non-Stop Flight Between Anchorage and Fairbanks, AK: Noel Wien, S8162 [1JY]

Letters

American Land Sovereignty Protection Act: Tony Knowles, Governor of Alaska, H3423 [20MY]

Census undercounting of Alaska native populations: Tony Knowles, Governor of Alaska, S9050 [22JY]

Elim Native Corp., land conveyance: Donald C. Mitchell, E2124 [18OC]

———Rick Steiner, Coastal Coalition, E2125 [18OC]

Prohibit use of steel jaw leghold traps or neck snares for commercial or hunting purposes in the National Wildlife Refuge System, S10667 [9SE]

Petitions and memorials

American Land Sovereignty Protection Act, H3422 [20MY]

National missile defense system, H1422 [18MR]

Removal of beavers from the Potomac Tidal Basin area in the District of Columbia relative to destruction of cherry trees, H1840 [12AP]

Poems

``Bucky Beaver,'' Robin Taylor, H1840 [12AP]

Remarks in House

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: allow shareholder common stock to be transferred to adopted Alaska Native children and their descendants (H.R. 2803), E1755 [5AU]

———allow shareholder common stock to be transferred to adopted Alaska Native children and their descendants (H.R. 3013), E2030 [5OC]

———restore certain lands to the Elim Native Corp. (H.R. 3090), H11718-H11720 [9NO], E2124 [18OC], E2493 [19NO]

Business and industry: economic contributions of the cruise industry, E1075 [25MY]

———environmental impact of merger between BP Amoco Plc., and Atlantic Richfield Corp. (ARCO), E2349 [11NO]

Craig, AK: land conveyance (H.R. 3182), E2219 [29OC]

Cyra-Korsgaard, Frank: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Alaska, E361 [8MR]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, H6519 [27JY], H10514 [20OC], H12751 [18NO]

Glacier Bay National Park: management of fishing activities (H.R. 947), E314 [2MR]

Government: improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives (H.R. 2804), E1753 [5AU]

Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building, Juneau, AK: designate (S. 453), H2594 [4MY]

Mount McKinley, AK: rename Mount Denali (H.R. 1815), E964 [14MY]

Perman, Esther: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Alaska, E361 [8MR]

Pierson, Alisa: Girl Scout Gold Award recipient, E1835 [9SE]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 2250), E1299 [17JN]

Taxation: treatment of Alaska Native settlement trusts (H.R. 1940), E1073 [25MY]

———treatment of Alaska Native settlement trusts (H.R. 2359), E1393 [24JN]

University of Alaska: conveyance of certain lands (H.R. 2958), E1965 [27SE]

Wayburn, Edgar: award Presidential Medal of Freedom, E1764 [5AU]

Wilderness areas: designate certain lands (H.R. 1239), E532 [23MR]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act: implementation of conservation plans, S14992, S14993 [19NO]

———technical changes (S. 1683), S11879 [4OC]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: allow shareholder common stock to be transferred to adopted Alaska Native children and their descendants (S. 1702), S12109 [6OC]

Alaska Quarterly Review (publication): tribute, S11448 [24SE]

Anchorage, AK: Alaska Air National Guard Air Force Rescue 470 recipient of the Air Force Mackay Trophy, S11377 [23SE]

———opening of Alaska Native Heritage Center, S4609 [3MY]

———Ship Creek intermodal facility funding, S12832 [19OC]

Anthony Petit (vessel): christening, S928 [22JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: designate certain lands as wilderness (S. 867), S4118, S4119 [22AP], S4158 [26AP]

———oil and gas leasing, S4135 [22AP]

Census: award grants to Indian tribes and organizations to increase awareness and participation in the 2000 decennial census (S. 1588), S10938 [15SE]

———undercounting of Alaska native populations, S9049, S9050 [22JY]

Chugach Alaska Corp.: conveyance of certain lands, S15048, S15056 [19NO]

———conveyance of certain lands (S. 1686), S11952 [5OC]

Courts: reorganize the ninth circuit court of appeals (S. 186), S614 [19JA], S742 [20JA]

———reorganize the ninth circuit court of appeals (S. 253), S2042 [25FE]

Craig, AK: land conveyance (S. 1797), S13186 [26OC]

Dept. of the Interior: submit report on feasibility and desirability of recovering costs of high altitude lifesaving missions on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve (S. 698), S3252 [24MR], S15159 [19NO]

———takeover of management of fisheries, S11793 [1OC]

Dr. William Ransom Wood Centennial Bridge: designate (S. Res. 195), S11866, S11867 [4OC]

EPA: establish regional office in Alaksa (S. 1311), S7941 [30JN]

Exxon Valdez (vessel): anniversary of oil spill in Alaska, S2343 [4MR], S3159 [24MR]

Federal-State relations: investment of joint Federal and State funds from the civil settlement of damages from the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill, S15047, S15055 [19NO]

———investment of joint Federal and State funds from the civil settlement of damages from the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill (S. 711), S3273-S3275 [24MR], S15162 [19NO]

———management of fish and game resources relative to rural subsistence preference (S. 1826), S13420 [28OC]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S15010 [19NO]

Glacier Bay National Park: identify environmental impacts of subsistence fishing, gathering, and commercial fishing in marine waters, S7195-S7201 [17JN]

———maintain existing marine activities, S3081-S3085, S3088, S3089 [23MR]

———management of fishing activities (S. 501), S2109 [2MR], S15155 [19NO]

———visitor facilities funding, S10843, S10844 [14SE]

Government: improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives (S. 748), S3486 [25MR], S15159 [19NO]

Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building, Juneau, AK: designate (S. 453), S3155 [23MR]

Hydroelectric power: State jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects (S. 422), S1446 [11FE], S3568, S3572 [25MR]

Kake Tribal Corp.: conveyance of certain lands (S. 426), S1644 [12FE]

———conveyance of certain lands (S. 430), S1727 [22FE]

Medicare: increase payments for physician services provided in health professional shortage areas in Alaska and Hawaii (S. 1476), S10119 [3AU]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Alaskan Aviation Safety Study funding, S10978 [16SE]

———implement safety initiatives relative to air taxi industry in Alaska, S11866 [4OC]

National Women's History Month: observance, S2897 [18MR]

Rainier (vessel): homeport relocation to Ketchikan, AK, relative to coastline hydrographic surveys, S15010 [19NO]

SBA: create a rural business lending pilot program in Alaska and Hawaii (S. 375), S1275 [4FE]

Stevens, Senator: appreciation for tribute for casting 12,000th vote, S6780 [9JN]

———Eisenhower World Affairs Institute Leadership Award recipient, S7962 [30JN]

———tribute for casting 12,000th vote, S6779, S6780 [9JN], S6839, S6840 [10JN]

Swingley, Doug: Alaskan Iditarod Sled Dog Race winner, S2875 [17MR]

Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (S. 713), S3440 [25MR]

———maintain Alaskan exemption from dyeing requirements for exempt diesel fuel and kerosene (S. 714), S3441 [25MR]

———modify air transportation tax relative to intrastate flights in Alaska and Hawaii (S. 888), S4278 [27AP]

———treatment of Alaska Native settlement trusts (S. 933), S4494 [30AP], S4660 [4MY]

Unalaska, AK: pier extension funding, S10977, S10978 [16SE]

Unimak Island, AK: tribute to Scotch Cap Light Station crew for actions during disaster of 1946, S928 [22JA]

University of Alaska: conveyance of certain lands (S. 744), S3475-S3477 [25MR], S6693 [8JN]

———conveyance of certain lands (S. 744), unanimous-consent agreement, S15154 [19NO]

University of Alaska Fairbanks: tribute to rifle team, S3818 [15AP]

Veterans of Underage Military Service (organization): tribute, S14433 [9NO]

Wetlands: regulation (S. 49), S443 [19JA]

Wien, Noel: anniversary of non-stop flight between Anchorage and Fairbanks, AK, S8162 [1JY]

Reports filed

Alaska Jurisdiction Over Small Hydroelectric Projects: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 422) (S. Rept. 106-28), S3000 [19MR]

Alaska Land Conveyance to the University of Alaska: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 744) (S. Rept. 106-61), S6465 [7JN]

Chugach Alaska Natives Settlement Implementation Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2547) (H. Rept. 106-451), H11644 [5NO]

Feasibility and Desirability of Recovering Costs of High Altitude Lifesaving Missions on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve Report: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 698) (S. Rept. 106-71), S6790 [9JN]

Federal Hiring and Contracting of Alaskan Natives: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 748) (S. Rept. 106-72), S6790 [9JN]

Glacier Bay Fisheries Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 501) (S. Rept. 106-128), S9743 [29JY]

Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building, Juneau, AK: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 453), S2840 [17MR]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (S. 453) (H. Rept. 106-113), H2371 [27AP]

Joint Federal and State Investment of Funds From the Civil Settlement of Damages From the Exxon Valdez (vessel) Oil Spill: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 711) (S. Rept. 106-124), S9525 [28JY]

Kake Tribal Corporation Public Interest Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 426) (S. Rept. 106-30), S3057 [22MR]

———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 430) (S. Rept. 106-31), S3057 [22MR]

Restore Certain Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Lands to the Elim Native Corp.: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3090) (H. Rept. 106-452), H11644 [5NO]

Yukon River Salmon Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1652) (H. Rept. 106-201), H4992 [25JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to Veterans of Military Service (organization): Alaska State Legislature, S14433 [9NO]

Statements

Migratory Bird Treaty Enforcement Inconsistency: Fran Ulmer, Myron Naneng, and Jamie Clark, S7200 [17JN]

Summaries

Tax Treatment of Alaska Native Settlement Trusts (H.R. 2359), E1393 [24JN]

Tables

University of Alaska's inholding reconveyance document, S6693 [8JN]

Texts of

H.R. 3090, restore certain Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act lands to the Elim Native Corp., H11718 [9NO]

S. 186, reorganize the ninth circuit court of appeals, S743 [20JA]

S. 253, Federal Ninth Circuit Reorganization Act, S2042-S2044 [25FE]

S. 422, Alaska jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects, S3572 [25MR]

S. 426, Huna Totem Corporation Land Exchange Act, S3866 [19AP]

S. 426, Kake Tribal Corporation Public Interest Land Exchange Act, S1644 [12FE]

S. 430, Kake Tribal Corporation Public Interest Land Exchange Act, S1727 [22FE], S3866 [19AP]

S. 453, Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building, Juneau, AK, S3155 [23MR], H2594 [4MY]

S. 501, Glacier Bay Fisheries Act, S2109 [2MR], S15156 [19NO]

S. 698, submit report on feasibility and desirability of recovering costs of high altitude lifesaving missions on Mount McKinley in the Denali National Park and Preserve, S15159 [19NO]

S. 711, investment of joint Federal and State funds from the civil settlement of damages from the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill, S15162 [19NO]

S. 713, Native Alaskan Subsistence Whaling Act, S3440 [25MR]

S. 714, maintain Alaskan taxation exemption from dyeing requirements for exempt diesel fuel and kerosene, S3441 [25MR]

S. 748, improve Federal hiring and contracting of Alaskan natives, S15159 [19NO]

S. 867, designate certain Arctic National Wildlife Refuge lands as wilderness, S4119 [22AP]

S. 888, modify air transportation tax relative to intrastate flights in Alaska and Hawaii, S4278 [27AP]

S. 933, tax treatment of Alaska Native settlement trusts, S4495 [30AP]

S. 1311, EPA regional office in Alaska, S7942 [30JN]

S. 1476, increase Medicare payments for physician services provided in health professional shortage areas in Alaska and Hawaii, S10120 [3AU]

S. 1588, Native American Census Participation Enhancement Act, S10938 [15SE]

S. Res. 195, Dr. William Ransom Wood Centennial Bridge, S11867, S11883 [4OC]

Tributes

Stevens, Senator, S14779 [18NO]