MONTANA

Amendments

Corps of Engineers: develop and implement comprehensive program for fish screens and passage devices at agricultural water diversions (H.R. 1444), S2795 [13AP], S11277 [27OC]

Fort Peck Reservation Rural County Water Supply System: authorize construction (S. 624), S10540 [13OC]

Landusky, MT: convey the surface and mineral estates of certain lots to the Landusky School District (S. 1218), S2797 [13AP]

Bills and resolutions

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 (see H. Res. 630), H10036 [17OC]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 2184), S1232 [7MR]

Crime: designate certain counties as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas and authorize funding for drug control activities in those areas (see S. 2238), S1392 [9MR]

Fort Peck Lake: design and construct a warm water fish hatchery (see S. 2027), S328 [3FE]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see S. 2627), S4379 [24MY] (see S. 2786), S5790 [26JN] (see H.R. 4521), H3649 [23MY]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure the orderly development of coal, coalbed methane, natural gas, and oil in the Powder River Basin (see H.R. 4297), H2338 [13AP]

Missouri River: establish boundaries and classification of Montana segment (see H.R. 5041), H7207 [27JY]

———improve environmental quality and public use and appreciation, and expand Corps of Engineers authority to protect, enhance, and restore the fish and wildlife habitat (see S. 2704), S4820 [8JN] (see H.R. 4754), H5168 [26JN]

Essays

Katherine Maxwell—A Montana Immigrant: Adrienne Maxwell, S4097 [17MY]

Letters

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judicial vacancies and nominations: Procter Hug, Jr., Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, S1359, S1363 [9MR]

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]

Lists

Supreme Court reversals of Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decisions, S1358 [9MR]

Remarks in House

Fort Peck Reservation Rural County Water Supply System: authorize construction (S. 624), H7401-H7403 [12SE]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (H.R. 4521), H9966-H9969 [17OC]

Landusky, MT: convey the surface and mineral estates of certain lots to the Landusky School District (S. 1218), H10491 [23OC]

Lolo, MT: Travelers Rest Campsite funding through reductions in economic recovery base programs, H4466 [14JN]

Missouri River: establish boundaries and classification of Montana segment (H.R. 5041), H9966 [17OC]

———improve environmental quality and public use and appreciation, and expand Corps of Engineers authority to protect, enhance, and restore the fish and wildlife habitat, H5223 [27JN]

Public lands: develop acquisition and disposal plan for consolidation of private and Federal lands, H2916-H2918 [11MY]

Western States: impact of wildfires, H7243 [6SE]

Remarks in Senate

Corps of Engineers: develop and implement comprehensive program for fish screens and passage devices at agricultural water diversions (H.R. 1444), S2795, S2796 [13AP], S11276 [27OC]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, S1336, S1360, S1366 [9MR]

———divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (S. 2184), S1193, S1194, S1233-S1235 [7MR], S1267 [8MR]

———reversals in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, S1359, S1363 [9MR]

Crime: designate certain counties as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas and authorize funding for drug control activities in those areas (S. 2238), S1413 [9MR]

Disasters: sugar beet growers disaster assistance funding, S10247 [11OC]

Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine abuse, S74-S76 [26JA]

Ellerd, Robert A.: Gallatin Valley, MT, Marine of the Year recipient, S11125 [26OC]

Federal Highway Administration: Intelligent Transportation Systems programs funding, S10054 [6OC]

Firefighters: tribute to those fighting wildfires, S10062 [6OC]

Fish and fishing: proposed removal or breaching of dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers relative to salmon recovery plans, S7793 [27JY]

Food stamps: continue standard utility allowance waiver, S7371, S7372 [20JY]

Foreign trade: implementation of the Agricultural Cooperation Agreement between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China, S696 [22FE]

Fort Peck Lake: design and construct a warm water fish hatchery, S9148 [25SE]

———design and construct a warm water fish hatchery (S. 2027), S328 [3FE]

Fort Peck Reservation Rural County Water Supply System: authorize construction (S. 624), S10540, S10541 [13OC]

Foster, Jean: tribute for participation in Olympic games, S9694 [3OC]

Gallatin County, MT: tribute to Drug Treatment Court, S4007 [16MY]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (S. 2627), S4390 [24MY]

Heroism: tribute to long haul truckers for rescue effort, S7824 [27JY]

Landusky, MT: convey the surface and mineral estates of certain lots to the Landusky School District (S. 1218), S2797 [13AP]

Law enforcement officers: tribute, S4005 [16MY]

Library of Congress: Local Legacies Project nominees, S4290 [23MY]

Maxwell, Adrienne: American Association of University Women—Montana essay contest winner, S4097 [17MY]

Missoula, MT: Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., plant recipient of Jefferson Smurfit Group Worldwide Plant of the Year Award, S4562 [6JN]

Missouri River: improve environmental quality and public use, and expand the Corps of Engineers authority to protect, enhance, and restore the fish and wildlife habitat, S8075-S8090 [6SE]

———improve environmental quality and public use and appreciation, and expand Corps of Engineers authority to protect, enhance, and restore the fish and wildlife habitat (S. 2704), S4847 [8JN]

Tranel-Michini, Monica J.: tribute for participation in Olympic games, S9694 [3OC]

Western States: impact of wildfires, S7967-S7974 [5SE], S8410 [12SE]

Reports

Montana's Libby Dam Project—More Study Needed Before Adding Generators and a Reregulating Dam: GAO, H5264 [27JN]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Interior Conveyance of the Surface and Mineral Estates of Certain Lots to the Landusky, MT, School District: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1218) (S. Rept. 106-245), S1461 [20MR]

Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1124) (H. Rept. 106-824), H7364 [7SE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (S. 624) (H. Rept. 106-823), H7364 [7SE]

Glacier National Park Going-to-the-Sun Road Rehabilitation Funding: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4521) (H. Rept. 106-848), H7650 [14SE]

Irrigation Mitigation and Restoration Partnership Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1444) (S. Rept. 106-239), S1390 [9MR]

Powder River Basin Resource Development Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1950) (S. Rept. 106-490), S9941 [5OC]

Tables

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversal rate (1996-1999), S1363 [9MR]

Number of wildland fires and acres affected in 2000, S7969 [5SE]

Wildland fire comparison statistics, S7969 [5SE]

Texts of

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

H.R. 1444, Irrigation Mitigation and Restoration Partnership Act, S2795 [13AP], S11277 [27OC]

H.R. 4521, Glacier National Park Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding, H9966 [17OC]

H.R. 5041, establish boundaries and classification of Montana segment of the Missouri River, H9966 [17OC]

S. 624, Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act, H7401-H7403 [12SE]

S. 1218, convey the surface and mineral estates of certain lots to the Landusky, MT, School District, S2797 [13AP], H10491 [23OC]

Tributes

Carey Family, S6114 [29JN]

Mansfield, Mike, S10065 [6OC]