U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: exchange of certain lands between the Newtok Native Corp., and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (see S. 2016), S1935 [14MR]

———improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives (see H.R. 4734), H2471 [14MY]

Dept. of the Interior: convey Egmont Key to the Florida State Park Service (see H.R. 5295), H5996 [26JY]

———replace the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the Federal agency responsible for the administration, protection, and preservation of Midway Atoll (see H.R. 4784), H2734 [21MY]

Disasters: legal exemptions for certain National Park Service, Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or BLM activities undertaken in federally declared disaster areas (see H.R. 5248), H5993 (see H.R. 5281), H5995 [26JY]

Green River National Wildlife Refuge: establish (see S. 1898), S136 [25JA]

Land use: improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands (see H.R. 4622), H1769 [30AP]

Public lands: establish permanent recreation fee authority for Federal land management agencies (see S. 2607), S5366 [11JN]

Remarks in House

Alaska: improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives, E787 [14MY]

Animals: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rescue of polar bear from Puerto Rican circus, H741 [7MR]

Camp Pendleton, CA: effect of environmental restrictions on Marine Corps training maneuvers, H2271, H2275 [9MY]

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

Dept. of the Interior: convey Egmont Key to the Florida State Park Service (H.R. 5295), E1428 [29JY]

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

Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument: land acquisition account transfer from the BLM to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, H4761 [16JY]

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge: visitors center funding, H4741 [16JY]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: exchange of certain lands between the Newtok Native Corp., and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (S. 2016), S1938 [14MR]

Green River National Wildlife Refuge: establish (S. 1898), S136 [25JA]

National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation: release, S9899 [3OC]

Public lands: establish permanent recreation fee authority for Federal land management agencies (S. 2607), S5367 [11JN]

Williams, Steven A.: nomination to be U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director, S255 [29JA]

Reports filed

Alaska Federal Lands Management Demonstration Project Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4734) (H. Rept. 107-745), H7898 [11OC]

Gateway Communities Cooperation Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4622) (H. Rept. 107-653), H6228 [11SE]

Newtok Native Corp., and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lands Exchange: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2016), S10114 [8OC]

Texts of

S. 1898, Green River National Wildlife Refuge Act, S137 [25JA]

S. 2607, Federal Lands Recreation Fee Authority Act, S5367-S5369 [11JN]