ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

Articles and editorials

Victory for Klamath Farmers, S351 [5FE]

Bills and resolutions

Animals: determine whether the black-tailed prairie dog is an endangered species or a threatened species (see H.R. 3920), H781 [7MR]

Civil liberties: provide a public right-to-know for landowners in implementing (see H.R. 3706), H227 [7FE]

Dept. of the Interior: require use of the best sound science available in implementing (see H.R. 3705), H227 [7FE] (see H.R. 4840), H3036 [23MY]

Government: require Federal assumption of all costs relative to implementation and compliance (see S. 2604), S5285 [10JN]

Government regulations: require greater weight be given to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see S. 1912), S348 [5FE]

Habitats: improve protection (see H.R. 3707), H227 [7FE]

Hawaii: establish requirements for the designation of critical a habitat (see H.R. 4656), H2100 [2MY]

Land use: limit application relative to actions on military or private land and relative to plants (see H.R. 5709), H8545 [12NO]

Science: amend to require clear and convincing scientific data with respect to the designation of critical habitat of a species (see H.R. 3798), H561 [26FE]

Cost Estimates

Sound Science for Endangered Species Act Planning Act (H.R. 4840): CBO, E2148 [16DE]

Letters

Dept. of Defense exemption from certain environmental regulations: Representative Rahall, Committee on Resources (House) and Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H2254 [9MY]

Remarks in House

Animals: impact of classification of black-tailed prairie dog on landowners, H830 [12MR]

Central Platte River: treatment of end-stream flows to preserve critical habitat for the whooping crane, H828 [12MR], H1325-H1328 [16AP]

Civil liberties: provide a public right-to-know for landowners in implementing (H.R. 3706), E120 [7FE]

Dept. of Defense: exemption from certain environmental regulations, H2250-H2252, H2254, H2256, H2263, H2271, H2279, H2333 [9MY], H2932 [22MY], H3031 [23MY], H8536, H8539 [12NO], E2010 [14NO]

Dept. of the Interior: require use of the best sound science available in implementing, H4433 [10JY]

———require use of the best sound science available in implementing (H.R. 3705), E120 [7FE]

Forest Service: allow regional foresters to exempt clearing and thinning projects from citizen lawsuits if foresters certify that a wildfire in the area of the project is likely to cause extreme damage to the ecosystem, H4849-H4851 [17JY]

Habitats: improve protection (H.R. 3707), E120 [7FE]

Hawaii: establish requirements for the designation of critical a habitat (H.R. 4656), E854 [20MY]

Klamath Basin: respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project, H126 [5FE], H219 [7FE], H828 [12MR], H1324 [16AP], H2037 [2MY]

Landowners: impact, H828-H831 [12MR]

Public lands: impact on landowners and the protection of critical habitats, H1324-H1328 [16AP]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Defense: exemption from certain environmental regulations, S6212 [27JN], S10868, S10869 [13NO]

Government regulations: require greater weight be given to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (S. 1912), S350 [5FE]

Klamath Basin: respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project, S4021, S4022 [8MY]

Reports filed

Sound Science for Endangered Species Act Planning Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4840) (H. Rept. 107-751), H7928 [15OC]