U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Amendments

Coastal Barrier Resources Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 1752), S9397 [27SE], S9524 [28SE]

Federal-State relations: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (H.R. 3671), S10462, S10491 [12OC], H1814, H1815, H1818, H1819 [5AP], H10017 [17OC]

Articles and editorials

Biosafety Assessment of Aquatic GMOs—The Case of Transgenic Fish, H4449 [14JN]

Possible Ecological Risks of Transgenic Organism Release When Transgenes Affect Mating Success—Sexual Selection and the Trojan Gene Hypothesis, H4449-H4451 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: improve administration of bird collection and management activities (see S. 2329), S1986 [30MR]

Ecology and environment: maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (H.R. 2903) (see H.R. 3919), H997 [14MR]

Federal-State relations: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (see S. 2609), S4297 [23MY] (see H.R. 3671), H509 [16FE]

———eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (H.R. 3671), consideration (see H. Res. 455), H1674 [3AP]

Jackson, WY: develop and maintain a multi-agency campus project for tourism and natural resource facilities (S. 1374), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 394), H7502 [12SE]

Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act: reauthorize (see S. 2278), S1671 [23MR] (see S. 3032), S8413 [12SE]

Senior citizens: permit individual who have attained a certain age to engage in recreational fishing in navigable waters in any State without obtaining a license (see H.R. 3810), H631 [1MR]

Letters

Corps of Engineers Missouri River management funding, S8174 [7SE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to raise Missouri River spring water levels: Clarence Harmon, Mayor of St. Louis, MO, S8079 [6SE]

———Kay Barnes, Mayor of Kansas City, MO, S8079 [6SE]

———Mel Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, S8078 [6SE]

———Mike Huckabee, Southern Governors' Association, S8078 [6SE]

———National Waterways Alliance, S8079 [6SE]

Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act: C.M. Van Eman, Trans Texas Heritage Association, E556 [13AP]

———David K. Langford, Texas Wildlife Association, E556 [13AP]

———Dick Lattimer, Archery Manufacturers and Merchants Organization, E555 [13AP]

———James J. Baker, NRA, E555 [13AP]

———Lawrence S. Katz, Alfred S. Donau III, and Ron Marlenee, Safari Club International, E556 [13AP]

———Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1814 [5AP]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Resources (House), H1814 [5AP]

———Rob Gordon, National Wilderness Institute, E556 [13AP]

———Scott Hartman, National Trappers Association, Inc., E556 [13AP]

———W.S. (Sandy) Stimpson, Golf Lumber Co., Inc., E557 [13AP]

———William I. Morrill, Mule Deer Foundation, E556 [13AP]

Lists

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service corrective actions on Federal aid issues, H1806 [5AP]

Remarks in House

Alaska: improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives (S. 748), H10514 [23OC]

Appropriations: restore funding and reduce certain staffing levels, H1818 [5AP]

Buy American Act: compliance, H1820 [5AP]

California: Yolo Bypass national wildlife refuge establishment funding, H4460, H4461 [14JN]

Coastal Barrier Resources Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 1752), H10569, H10570, H10702 [24OC]

Corps of Engineers: develop and implement comprehensive program for fish screens and passage devices at agricultural water diversions (H.R. 1444), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 630), H9984-H9986 [17OC]

Dept. of the Interior: require report on implementation of Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act, H1819 [5AP]

Ecology and environment: maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (H.R. 2903), H11704-H11706 [31OC]

———maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (H.R. 2903) (H.R. 3919), E293, E303 [14MR]

Federal-State relations: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (H.R. 3671), H1768, H1807-H1821 [5AP], H10017-H10026 [17OC], H10082 [18OC], E1838 [19OC]

———eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (H.R. 3671), consideration (H. Res. 455), H1801-H1807 [5AP]

———eliminate adminstrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (H.R. 3671), E156 [16FE]

Fish and fishing: require a report on genetically engineered fish, H4448-H4451 [14JN]

Funding, H5766-H5769 [11JY]

Jackson, WY: develop and maintain a multi-agency campus project for tourism and natural resource facilities (S. 1374), H7396, H7397 [12SE]

———develop and maintain a multi-agency campus project for tourism and natural resource facilities (S. 1374), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 394), H7398 [12SE]

Manatee: improve efforts to protect, H4447 [14JN]

National forests: prohibit funding to conduct prescribed burns on Federal lands by agencies which fail to comply with certain wildland fire management policies, H4577 [15JN]

Remarks in Senate

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: improve administration of bird collection and management activities (S. 2329), S1988 [30MR]

Assistant Director for Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration: establish position, S10495 [12OC]

Coastal Barrier Resources Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 1752), S9397-S9400 [27SE]

Dept. of the Interior: dispute with New Mexico over diversion of water from San Acacia Dam in the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District to protect endangered silvery minnow, S6492 [12JY], S7744 [27JY], S8186 [7SE]

Desert Tortoise Recovery Program: implementation funding, S7038 [17JY]

Ecology and environment: maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems, S11893 [15DE]

———maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (H.R. 2903), S11754 [8DE], S11760 [11DE]

Federal-State relations: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (H.R. 3671), S10244 [11OC], S10491-S10498 [12OC]

———eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (S. 2609), S4314 [23MY], S7066 [17JY]

Firearm and Bow Hunter Education and Safety Program: funding, S10495 [12OC]

Great Lakes: fish and wildlife restoration projects funding, S7093 [18JY]

International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies: submit a list of projects eligible for funding under the Multi-State Conservation Grant Program, S10498 [12OC]

Jackson, WY: develop and maintain a multi-agency campus project for tourism and natural resource facilities (S. 1374), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 394), S8528 [13SE]

Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2496), S10009 [5OC]

———reauthorize (S. 2278), S1673 [23MR]

———reauthorize (S. 3032), S8417 [12SE]

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle project: funding, S7035 [17JY]

Maine: designate the Atlantic salmon as an endangered species, S11518-S11521 [14NO]

Reports filed

Coastal Barrier Resources Act Reauthorization and Amendments: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1752) (S. Rept. 106-252), S2106 [4AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3671, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 455) (H. Rept. 106-558), H1674 [3AP]

Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration Partnership Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3919) (H. Rept. 106-762), H6598 [19JY]

Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1374) (H. Rept. 106-748), H6354 [17JY]

Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 2496) (S. Rept. 106-457), S9604 [2OC]

Landowners Equal Treatment Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1142) (H. Rept. 106-1011), H11206 [26OC]

Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 3671) (S. Rept. 106-495), S10153 [10OC]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3671) (H. Rept. 106-554), H1628 [30MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 394, corrections in enrollment to S. 1374, Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act, H7398 [12SE]

H. Res. 455, consideration of H.R. 3671, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act, H1801 [5AP]

H. Res. 630, concur with Senate amendment to H.R. 1444, Irrigation Mitigation and Restoration Partnership Act, H9984 [17OC]

H.R. 2903, Striped Bass Conservation Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Management and Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act, H11704 [31OC]

H.R. 3671, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act, S10491-S10494 [12OC], H10017-H10023 [17OC]

S. 748, improve Federal hiring and contracting of Alaskan natives, H10514 [23OC]

S. 1374, Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act, H7396 [12SE]

S. 1752, Coastal Barrier Resources Act reauthorization and amendments, S9397, S9399 [27SE], H10569 [24OC]

S. 3032, Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act reauthorization, S8417 [12SE]