ALASKA

Amendments

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), H3073, H3075 [12JN], H3088, H3089, H3090 [13JN]

Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area: establish (S. 509), S8998 [3AU]

Appointments

Commission on Indian and Native Alaskan Health Care, S3357 [3AP], S5802 [26MY]

Articles and editorials

Arctic Drilling Is Still Bad, S10414 [10OC]

Back to Normal—Energy Issues Signal a Return to Partisanship, S10414 [10OC]

Canada Urges Against Hasty U.S. Move on Arctic Oil, S9847 [26SE]

Children Put Earth Before Parents' SUVs, E596 [24AP]

Coast Guard Cuts Back on Patrols To Save Money, S1555 [26FE]

Drilling for Oil on Gwich'in Land, S9847-S9849 [26SE]

Energy a Security Issue, S11586 [8NO]

Energy—Don't Use Tragedy, S10415 [10OC]

Fool's Gold in Alaska, H5165 [1AU]

Greasy Politics of Alaska Oil, S10415 [10OC]

Great Loss for Alaska, E2380 [20DE]

Gwich'in, Ensign Link Up in New Mackenzie Delta Drilling Co., S11521 [7NO]

Hard Times, Bad Laws, S10414 [10OC]

Influence Market—Industries That Backed Bush Are Now Seeking Return on Investment, S2280 [14MR]

Let's Do Right by Stellers Sea Lions and Fishermen, S1456 [15FE]

Masssive Herd Remains Soul of Native Band—Debate Rages Over the Environmental Costs of Drilling in Refuge, S9849 [26SE]

Now Do We Get Serious on Oil?, S10674 [15OC]

Political Maneuver Blocks Defense Bill, S10415 [10OC]

Purge That Wasn't, E1057 [7JN]

Sacred Slope, S11522-S11524 [7NO]

Shady Environmentalism, S8883 [3AU]

Slick Politics of ANWR Oil, S11521 [7NO]

Strong-Arm Tactics in the Senate, S10415 [10OC]

Teamsters Back Oil Exploration in Alaska Wilderness, S8696 [2AU]

War and the Polar Bear, S11639 [9NO], S12087 [28NO]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide equitable treatment to Alaskan Natives who are Vietnam veterans (see H.R. 3148), H6919 [16OC]

Aleut Corp.: land exchange (see S. 1325), S8704 [2AU] (see H.R. 2479), H3960 [11JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 411), S1699 [28FE] (see H.R. 770), H505 [28FE]

Arctic Research and Policy Act: improve (see S. 815), S4175 [2MY]

Cook Inlet Region, Inc.: resolve claims to lands adjacent to the Russian River (see S. 1879, 1879), S13943 [20DE] (see H.R. 3048), H6379 [4OC]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 346), S1462 [15FE] (see H.R. 1203), H1114 [22MR]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see S. 1825, 1825), S13145 [13DE] (see H.R. 1157), H1060 [21MR]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), consideration (see H. Res. 163), H3066 [12JN]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: improve implementation of the western Alaska community development quota program (see H.R. 553), H254 [8FE]

Huna Totem Corp.: conveyance of certain lands (see S. 506), S2117 [9MR]

Hydroelectric power: extend licenses (see S. 1843, 1843), S13465 [18DE]

Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 509), S2117 [9MR]

Montana: establish aviation regulatory distinctions consistent with those applied to Alaska based on severe weather conditions (see S. 959), S5616 [24MY]

Mount McKinley: retain name (see H.R. 158), H61 [6JA]

Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see H.R. 2335), H3711 [27JN]

———improve education for Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives (see S. 211), S706 [30JA]

———provide loans for the improvement of telecommunications services on Indian reservations (see S. 761), S3852 [24AP]

Petroleum: prohibit the exportation of Alaskan North Slope crude oil (see H.R. 660), H395 [14FE] (see H.R. 1147), H1059 [21MR]

———reimpose the prohibition on export of Alaskan North Slope crude oil (see S. 650), S3152 [29MR]

Postal Service: adhere to an equitable tender policy in selecting air carriers of non-priority bypass mail to certain points in Alaska (see S. 1713), S11940 [15NO] (see H.R. 2543), H4215 [18JY] (see H.R. 3444, 3444), H9238 [11DE]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H25 [3JA]

Public lands: conveyance of certain lands (see H.R. 3608, 3608), H10965 [20DE]

———provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H5925 [21SE]

SBA: expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (see H.R. 2538), H4112 [17JY]

Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (see S. 713), S3530 [5AP]

———maintain Alaskan exemption from dyeing requirements for exempt diesel fuel and kerosene (see S. 711), S3530 [5AP]

———treatment of Alaska Native settlement trusts (see S. 709), S3530 [5AP] (see H.R. 1692), H1860 [2MY]

University of Alaska: conveyance of certain lands (see S. 1816, 1816), S13145 [13DE]

Wetlands: regulation (see S. 49), S98 [22JA]

Letters

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration: Herbert Zweibon, Americans for a Safe Israel (organization), S12289 [3DE]

———Jacob Adams, Arctic Slope Regional Corp., S12296 [3DE]

———Ken Whitten, S12285 [3DE]

———Nuiqsut, AK, City Council, S12284 [3DE]

———several former Secs. of the Interior, S12286 [3DE]

Native American Small Business Development Act: Bobby Whitefeather, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, E2247 [10DE]

Photographs taken in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Kenneth R. Whitten, S1658 [28FE]

Press releases

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Oil and Gas Exploration: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, S12289 [3DE]

Energy Committee Suspends Mark-Ups—Will Propose Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Legislation to Majority Leader: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S10423 [10OC]

Remarks in House

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide equitable treatment to Alaskan Natives who are Vietnam veterans (H.R. 3148), E1894 [16OC]

Aleut Corp.: land exchange (H.R. 2479), E1314 [11JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: exclude from assessments determining the mineral potential of Alaskan public lands, H3371 [21JN]

———oil and gas exploration, H961 [20MR], H1047-H1050 [21MR], H1396 [3AP], H2550, H2556 [22MY], H2683 [24MY], H3941, H3942 [11JY], H4436 [24JY], H4993, H5109, H5154-H5157, H5160-H5169 [1AU], E1526, E1561 [3AU], E1576 [5SE], E1634 [11SE]

———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, H5160-H5169 [1AU], E1526 [3AU]

———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (H.R. 770), E231, E235 [28FE]

———use Federal share of oil and gas leasing royalties for the Renewable Energy Technology Fund and the Royalties Conservation Fund, H5153, H5154 [1AU]

Buy American Act: compliance, H3088 [13JN]

Cook Inlet Region, Inc.: resolve claims to lands adjacent to the Russian River (H.R. 3048), E1805 [5OC]

Dept. of Commerce: require report on effect of timber harvesting in British Columbia on Pacific salmon stocks, H3090 [13JN]

Drugs: prohibit funding to prevent certain States from implementing laws allowing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, H4190-H4193 [18JY]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, H3362 [21JN], H4083 [17JY]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), H3082 [13JN], E1122 [14JN]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), consideration (H. Res. 163), H3081, H3082-H3092 [13JN]

———ensure that efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest do not include genetically engineered fish, H3089, H3090 [13JN]

———support goals, objectives, and recommendations of Governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington relative to efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, H3089 [13JN]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: improve implementation of the western Alaska community development quota program (H.R. 553), E146 [8FE]

Gonka, Justin: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Alaska, E388 [19MR]

National security: national missile defense system, H10078 [13DE]

Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (H.R. 2335), E1223 [27JN]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 39), H1039 [21MR]

SBA: expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (H.R. 2538), H8856-H8860 [5DE], E2220, E2223 [7DE], E2247 [10DE]

Taxation: treatment of Alaska Native settlement trusts (H.R. 1692), E703 [2MY], E725 [3MY], E888 [22MY]

Thomas, Ian: posting of caribou migration pattern map on U.S. Geological Survey website, E1057 [7JN]

Wise, Kari: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Alaska, E387 [19MR]

Remarks in Senate

Aleut Corp.: land exchange (S. 1325), S8742 [2AU]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S1539-S1542 [15FE], S1657, S1660 [28FE], S1724 [1MR], S2818-S2820 [23MR], S2843 [26MR], S3049 [28MR], S3260 [2AP], S4409 [7MY], S4932 [15MY], S8375, S8378 [30JY], S8882-S8884 [3AU], S9013 [4SE], S9479 [19SE], S9842, S9843, S9846-S9851 [26SE], S10413-S10417, S10421-S10423, S10441 [10OC], S10674 [15OC], S11098 [25OC], S11252, S11277-S11280 [31OC], S11521-S11525 [7NO], S11584-S11587 [8NO], S11639, S11644, S11645 [9NO], S11886-S11888 [15NO], S12043-S12045 [27NO], S12083-S12091, S12098 [28NO], S12142-S12144, S12147-S12151 [29NO], S12223-S12231, S12233-S12238 [30NO], S12276-S12306 [3DE]

———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (S. 411), S1657, S1660, S1702-S1704 [28FE], S2429 [19MR]

———Senate delegation trip, S2844 [26MR], S3260 [2AP]

Arctic Research and Policy Act: improve (S. 815), S4180 [2MY], S4932 [15MY]

Arctic Rose (vessel): sinking off the coast of Alaska, S3697 [6AP]

BIA: education funding, S6289 [14JN]

CERCLA: eligiblity of Alaska native corporations for brownfields redevelopment funding, S3906 [25AP]

Citizens Against Government Waste (organization): release of list of objectionable provisions in Federal budget, S2297-S2299 [14MR]

Cook Inlet Region, Inc.: resolve claims to lands adjacent to the Russian River (S. 1879), S13969 [20DE]

Corp of Engineers: dredging of Cook Inlet funding, S11339, S11340 [1NO]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (S. 346), S1475 [15FE]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon and steelhead stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S4239 [3MY]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S9379, S9381 [13SE]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (S. 1825), S13150 [13DE], S13356 [17DE]

Fort Greely, AK: retention of property, S7409 [10JY]

Huna Totem Corp.: conveyance of certain lands (S. 506), S2128 [9MR], S8998 [3AU]

Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area: establish (S. 509), S2128 [9MR], S8998 [3AU]

Montana: establish aviation regulatory distinctions consistent with those applied to Alaska based on severe weather conditions (S. 959), S5635 [24MY]

National Institute of Justice: National Centers for Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology funding, S9380 [13SE]

National Marine Fisheries Service: restrictions on Alaskan fisheries due to decline in Stellers sea lion population, S1456 [15FE]

Native Americans: improve education for Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives, S13384 [18DE]

———improve education for Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives (S. 211), S716 [30JA]

NOAA: coastal protection and restorations projects funding, S9381 [13SE]

Petroleum: reimpose the prohibition on export of Alaskan North Slope crude oil (S. 650), S3162 [29MR]

Power resources: allow oil and gas exploration on the North Slope, S2112 [9MR]

Special Olympics World Games: tribute to Idaho participants, S632 [29JA]

Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (S. 713), S3540 [5AP]

———maintain Alaskan exemption from dyeing requirements for exempt diesel fuel and kerosene (S. 711), S3539 [5AP]

———treatment of Alaska Native settlement trusts (S. 709), S3536 [5AP]

University of Alaska: conveyance of certain lands (S. 1816), S13146 [13DE]

Wetlands: regulation (S. 49), S320 [22JA]

Woodrush (vessel): decommissioning of Coast Guard cutter, S1391 [14FE]

World War II: reunion of Air Force veterans who served in the Aleutian Islands, S11655 [9NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1157, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 163) (H. Rept. 107-99), H3066 [12JN]

Huna Totem Corporation Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 506) (S. Rept. 107-27), S5830 [5JN]

Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 509) (S. Rept. 107-29), S5830 [5JN]

Native American Small Business Development Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2538) (H. Rept. 107-211), H5924 [21SE]

Nomination of Timothy M. Burgess To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S10287 [4OC]

Pacific Salmon Recovery Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1157) (H. Rept. 107-95), H3066 [12JN]

Statements

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Oil and Gas Exploration: David Foster, United Steelworkers of America, S11284 [31OC]

———Michael Sacco, AFL-CIO, S3049 [28MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 163, consideration of H.R. 1157, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act, H3081 [13JN]

H.R. 2538, Native American Small Business Development Act, H8856 [5DE]

S. 211, Native American Education Improvement Act, S716-S735 [30JA]

S. 346, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act, S1477 [15FE]

S. 411, preserve the Arctic coastal plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, S1703 [28FE]

S. 506, Huna Totem Corporation Land Exchange Act, S8998 [3AU]

S. 509, Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area establishment, S2129 [9MR]

S. 509, Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Corridor Act, S8998 [3AU]

S. 709, Alaska Native Settlement Trust Tax Fairness Act, S3536 [5AP]

S. 711, maintain Alaskan exemption from dyeing requirements for exempt diesel fuel and kerosene, S3539 [5AP]

S. 713, Native Alaskan Subsistence Whaling Act, S3540 [5AP]

S. 959, Montana Rural Aviation Improvement Act, S5758 [25MY]

S. 1825, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act, S13150-S13152 [13DE]

Tributes

Stevens, Senator, S5427 [22MY], S7458 [11JY]