ALASKA
Amendments
Craig, AK: land conveyance (S. 1797), S2799 [13AP]
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area: establish (S. 2511), S9088, S9116, S9117 [22SE]
NOAA: complete the orderly withdrawal from the civil administration of the Pribilof Islands (H.R. 3417), S10594 [13OC]
Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (S. 2214), S2120 [4AP]
Railroads: establish a bilateral U.S. and Canadian commission to study the feasibility of connecting the continental rail system to Alaska through Canada (S. 2253), S10543 [13OC]
Southeastern Alaska Intertie System: construction appropriations authorization (S. 2439), S9965, S9996 [5OC]
Analyses
National Marine Fisheries Service Restrictions on Alaskan Fisheries Due To Decline in Stellar Sea Lion Population, S11857 [15DE]
Articles and editorials
Doctor, 91, a Pioneer—Fritz Worked With Deaf, Blind in Alaska's Bush, S8575 [14SE]
Milo H. Fritz, M.D., S8575 [14SE]
Passing Parade, S8575 [14SE]
Wrong Cure?, S11504-S11506 [2NO]
Bills and resolutions
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: clarify the process of allotments to Alaskan Natives who are veterans (see H.R. 4345), H2339 [13AP]
Arctic Research and Policy Act: improve (see S. 2931), S7656 [26JY]
Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 2184), S1232 [7MR]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct studies to determine the significance of specific sites as well as the suitability and feasibility of their inclusion as units of the National Park System (see S. 3224), S10801 [19OC]
EPA: establish regional office in Alaska (see H.R. 4589), H3924 [6JN]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: improve implementation of the western Alaska community development quota program (see H.R. 5565), H11206 [26OC]
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2511), S3514 [4MY]
Medicaid: increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 2693), S4820 [8JN]
Native Americans: Federal recognition of the King Salmon Traditional Village and the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak (see H.R. 4842), H5955 [12JY]
———provide loans for the improvement of telecommunications services on Indian reservations (see S. 3114), S9267 [26SE]
Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy: establish (see S. 2921), S7542 [25JY] (see H.R. 4631), H4174 [9JN]
Petroleum: prohibit the exportation of Alaskan North Slope crude oil (see H.R. 5318), H8405 [27SE]
———reimpose the prohibition on export of Alaskan North Slope crude oil (see S. 2275), S1596 [22MR] (see H.R. 4017), H1118 [16MR]
———suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands (see H.R. 4007), H1118 [16MR]
Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see S. 2214), S1315 [8MR]
Railroads: establish a bilateral U.S. and Canadian commission to study the feasibility of connecting the continental rail system to Alaska through Canada (see S. 2253), S1461 [20MR]
Southeastern Alaska Intertie System: construction appropriations authorization (see S. 2439), S2728 [13AP]
Tongass National Forest: convey certain real property to Daniel J. Gross, Sr., and Douglas K. Gross (see S. 3150), S9701 [3OC]
———protect (see H.R. 5414), H9504 [6OC]
Letters
Alaskan North Slope crude oil exports: Larry D. Burton, BP Amoco Plc., S1648 [23MR], S2277 [6AP]
Clarify the process of allotments to Alaskan Natives who are veterans under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: John Berry, Dept. of the Interior, H9615 [10OC]
National Park Service Studies Act: Donald J. Barry, Dept. of the Interior, S10806 [19OC]
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judicial vacancies and nominations: Procter Hug, Jr., Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, S1359, S1363 [9MR]
Probilof Islands Transition Act: Representative Don Young, Committee on Resources (House), H5094 [26JN]
Strike assumed revenue based on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration from budget resolution: Athan Manuel, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, S2210 [5AP]
———Carl Pope, Sierra Club, S2210 [5AP]
———Courtney Curf, Friends of the Earth (organization), S2210, S2219 [5AP]
———Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S2209, S2220 [5AP]
———John H. Adams, Natural Resources Defense Council, S2210, S2220 [5AP]
———Martha A. Marks, Republicans for Environmental Protection America (organization), S2220 [5AP]
———Paul W. Hansen, Izaak Walton League of America, S2210 [5AP]
———Raymond Chretien, Canadian Ambassador, S2211 [5AP]
———Thomas C. Kiernan, National Parks Conservation Association, S2210, S2220 [5AP]
———William H. Meadows, Wilderness Society, S2220 [5AP]
Venetie Tribal Government Council negotiation rights relative to lands offered for competitive oil and gas leases: Native Village of Venetie, S1318 [8MR], S1647 [23MR]
Lists
Supreme Court reversals of Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decisions, S1358 [9MR]
Memorandums
Alaskan Fisheries Impact on Stellar Sea Lion Population: Hilda Diaz-Soltero, National Marine Fisheries Service, S11468 [1NO]
———William W. Fox, Jr., National Marine Fisheries Service, S11468 [1NO]
Petitions and memorials
Use of Dept. of Defense facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections, S4167 [18MY]
Poems
``How Far Away Is the Temple of Fame?'', S1692 [23MR]
Press releases
Arctic Refuge Needs Your Help: Sierra Club, S1318 [8MR]
Proposals
Venetie Tribal Government Council negotiation rights relative to lands offered for competitive oil and gas leases: Native Village of Venetie, S1318 [8MR], S1647 [23MR]
Remarks in House
Alaska Airlines: tribute to victims of flight 261 air disaster, E48 [1FE]
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: clarify the process of allotments to Alaskan Natives who are veterans (H.R. 4345), H9614-H9616 [10OC], H9841 [12OC]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H540 [29FE], H705 [8MR], H4910 [21JN], H7348 [7SE], H8774-H8781, H8783-H8785 [4OC], H8918, H8919 [5OC], H9873, H9874 [12OC], H11412-H11414 [27OC], H12089, H12090 [14DE], E519 [10AP]
———oil and gas leasing, H493 [16FE]
Aviation: airport projects funding, H1024 [15MR]
Chugach Alaska Corp.: conveyance of certain lands, E2041 [31OC]
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), H10572, H10702 [24OC]
Dickison, Rebecca: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Alaska, E245 [8MR]
Ewing, Tanya: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Alaska, E242 [8MR]
Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, H10489 [23OC]
———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 2798), H7656-H7659 [18SE]
Glacier Bay National Park: management of fishing activities (S. 501), H10505, H10506 [23OC]
Government: improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives (S. 748), H10514 [23OC]
Kake Tribal Corp.: conveyance of certain lands (S. 430), H3481, H3482 [22MY]
National security: national missile defense system, H5613 [29JN]
Native Americans: Federal recognition of the King Salmon Traditional Village and the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak (H.R. 4842), E1219 [13JY]
Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy: establish (H.R. 4631), E965 [9JN]
Newman-Keane, Chavis: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Alaska, E241 [8MR]
NOAA: complete the orderly withdrawal from the civil administration of the Pribilof Islands (H.R. 3417), H5092-H5095 [26JN], H10489 [23OC], E1152 [29JN]
Petroleum: suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands, H1232 [22MR]
———suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands (H.R. 4007), H11792 [2NO]
Railroads: establish a bilateral U.S. and Canadian commission to study the feasibility of connecting the continental rail system to Alaska through Canada, H11300 [26OC]
———land exchange to facilitate a railroad track realignment and straightening project through Elmendorf AFB and Fort Richardson, E1967 [28OC]
Redmond, Jason: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Alaska, E244 [8MR]
Stevens, Senator: Alaskan of the Year Committee Alaskan of the Century Award recipient, H1409 [27MR]
Veterans: clarify the process of allotments to Alaskan Natives who are veterans (H.R. 4345), E561 [13AP]
Wilderness areas: designate certain lands (H.R. 1239), H10565 [24OC]
Remarks in Senate
Alaska Airlines: tribute to victims of flight 261 air disaster, S186, S204 [1FE]
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: restore certain lands to the Elim Native Corp. (H.R. 3090), S2798 [13AP]
Animals: tribute to business efforts relative to donation of dog food to Alaskans along the Yukon River, S10398 [12OC]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S1448 [20MR], S1645-S1651 [23MR], S2035 [3AP], S9132 [25SE], S9440-S9443 [28SE], S9788-S9793, S9795 [4OC]
———strike assumed revenue based on oil and gas exploration from budget resolution, S2206-S2222 [5AP], S2275-S2277 [6AP], S2427 [7AP]
Arctic Research and Policy Act: improve (S. 2931), S7673 [26JY]
Armed Forces: increase TRICARE allowable charges and report on the nonparticipation of physicians in rural States, S5076 [14JN]
Chugach Alaska Corp.: conveyance of certain lands, S11757, S11758 [11DE]
Coast Guard: Distinguished Flying Cross recipients, S5458 [20JN]
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]
Craig, AK: land conveyance (S. 1797), S2799 [13AP]
———monetary compensation in lieu of land conveyance, S7093 [18JY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct studies to determine the significance of specific sites as well as the suitability and feasibility of their inclusion as units of the National Park System (S. 3224), S10806 [19OC]
Elmendorf AFB, AK: General Thomas D. White Environmental Award for Restoration recipient, S2937 [26AP]
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), S2521 [11AP]
Fish and fishing: collapse of fish runs in the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers, S7357 [20JY]
———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S668-S670 [22FE], S5297, S5298 [16JN], S7747-S7749 [27JY]
Gomez, Scott: National Hockey League Rookie of the Year honoree, S5457 [20JN]
Harding Lake: watershed study funding, S8186 [7SE]
Insects: effects of beetle infestation on forest and private lands, S6223 [30JN]
Irizarry, Edwin D.: National Guard Noncommissioned Officer of the Year award recipient, S5358 [19JN]
Kake Tribal Corp.: conveyance of certain lands (S. 430), S9116 [22SE]
Kenai, AK: tribute to Challenger Learning Center, S6115 [29JN]
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area: establish (S. 2511), S3529 [4MY]
———establish (S. 2511), House amendment, S9116 [22SE]
Medicaid: increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (S. 2693), S4820 [8JN]
National Marine Fisheries Service: restrictions on Alaskan fisheries due to decline in Stellar sea lion population, S11466-S11469 [1NO], S11504 [2NO], S11747-S11749 [8DE], S11772, S11773 [14DE], S11855, S11856, S11886 [15DE]
Native Americans: provide loans for the improvement of telecommunications services on Indian reservations (S. 3114), S9270 [26SE]
Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy: establish (S. 2921), S7554 [25JY]
NOAA: complete the orderly withdrawal from the civil administration of the Pribilof Islands (H.R. 3417), S10552-S10555 [13OC]
Petroleum: reimpose the prohibition on export of Alaskan North Slope crude oil, S1648 [23MR]
———reimpose the prohibition on export of Alaskan North Slope crude oil (S. 2275), S1608 [22MR]
Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (S. 2214), S1316-S1318 [8MR]
———establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing programs for the Coastal Plain, S1648 [23MR]
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching: recipients, S5454 [20JN]
Public lands: encourage domestic oil, gas, and coal exploration and production, S1623 [23MR]
Railroads: establish a bilateral U.S. and Canadian commission to study the feasibility of connecting the continental rail system to Alaska through Canada (S. 2253), S1464 [20MR], S10543, S10544 [13OC]
Schleich, Karl: National Association of Elementary School Principals Alaska National Distinguished Principals Award recipient, S9850 [4OC]
Southeastern Alaska Intertie System: construction appropriations authorization (S. 2439), S2758 [13AP], S9996 [5OC]
Stevens, Senator: Alaskan of the Year Committee Alaskan of the Century Award recipient, S1642-S1644, S1692, S1693 [23MR], S1923 [29MR], S1949 [30MR]
———appreciation for receipt of Alaskan of the Year Committee Alaskan of the Century Award, S1643, S1693 [23MR]
———appreciation for tributes, S11854, S11940 [15DE]
Swan Lake-Lake Tyee Intertie project: inclusion in the ``Job in the Woods'' program, S11879 [15DE]
Tongass National Forest: convey certain real property to Daniel J. Gross, Sr., and Douglas K. Gross (S. 3150), S9702 [3OC]
University of Alaska-Fairbanks: tribute to School of Management Student Investment Fund, S505 [8FE]
White Pass & Yukon Railroad: anniversary, S4667 [7JN]
Reports
Alaskan Fisheries Impact on Stellar Sea Lion Population: National Marine Fisheries Service, S11749-S11751 [8DE]
Reports filed
Craig, AK, Land Conveyance: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1797) (S. Rept. 106-264), S2615 [12AP]
Craig Municipal Equity Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3182) (H. Rept. 106-763), H6598 [19JY]
Elim Native Corp., Land Restoration Under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3090) (S. Rept. 106-258), S2465 [10AP]
Fur Seal Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3417) (H. Rept. 106-569), H2121 [11AP]
Huna Totem Corporation Land Exchange Act: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 426) (H. Rept. 106-899), H8199 [26SE]
Kake Tribal Corporation Public Interest Land Exchange Act: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 430) (H. Rept. 106-489), H47 [27JA]
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Corridor Area Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2511) (S. Rept. 106-333), S6347 [10JY]
Pacific Salmon Recovery Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2798) (H. Rept. 106-806), H7279 [6SE]
Rails to Resources Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2253), S7655 [26JY]
Southeastern Alaska Intertie System Construction Appropriations: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2439) (S. Rept. 106-405), S8342 [11SE]
University of Alaska Conveyance of Certain Lands: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2958) (H. Rept. 106-764), H6598 [19JY]
Tables
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversal rate (1996-1999), S1363 [9MR]
Texts of
H.R. 2798, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act, H7656-H7658 [18SE]
H.R. 3090, Elim Native Corp., land restoration under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S2798 [13AP]
H.R. 3417, Pribilof Islands Transition Act, H5092-H5094 [26JN]
H.R. 4345, clarify the process of allotments to Alaskan Natives who are veterans under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, H9614 [10OC]
S. 430, Kake Tribal Corporation Land Transfer Act, S9116 [22SE]
S. 430, Kake Tribal Corporation Public Interest Land Exchange Act, H3481 [22MY]
S. 501, Glacier Bay National Park Resource Management Act, H10505 [23OC]
S. 698, Dept. of the Interior submission of report on feasibility and desirability of recovering costs of high altitude lifesaving missions on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve, H10572 [24OC]
S. 748, improve Federal hiring and contracting of Alaskan natives, H10514 [23OC]
S. 1797, Craig, AK, land conveyance, S2799 [13AP]
S. 2253, Rails to Resources Act, S1465 [20MR], S10543 [13OC]
S. 2439, Southeastern Alaska Intertie System construction appropriations, S9996 [5OC]
S. 2511, Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area Act, S9116 [22SE], S9206-S9208 [25SE]
S. 2511, Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Corridor Area Act, S3529 [4MY]
S. 2693, Alaska Medicaid Equity Act, S4821 [8JN]
S. 2921, Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy, S7554 [25JY]
S. 3224, National Park Service Studies Act, S10806 [19OC]
Tributes