WEATHER
Addresses
Global Warming: Calvert A. Morgan, S3116 [23AP]
Amendments
National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (H.R. 2486), H4498 [10JY], H4512 [11JY]
Appointments
Global Climate Change Observer Group, S7613 [30JY]
Articles and editorials
Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses Into Sea, E580 [18AP]
On Hot Trail of Tiny Killer in Alaska, S7306 [24JY]
Winterless Olympics, S844 [14FE]
Bills and resolutions
Agriculture: provide emergency livestock assistance (see S. 2834), S7899 [1AU]
Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 3842), H686 [5MR]
Conservation Reserve Program: eliminate authority to reduce rental payments for harvesting of forage or grazing on land in an emergency caused by a drought (see H.R. 5485), H6776 [26SE]
———suspend requirement to reduce rental payments for harvesting of forage or grazing on land in response to a drought or other emergency (see S. 3022), S9714 [1OC]
Corps of Engineers: treat recreation benefits the same as hurricane and storm damage reduction benefits and environmental protection and restoration (see S. 2636), S5696 [18JN]
Ecology and environment: promote and coordinate global change research (see H.R. 5688), H8022 [16OC]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H1673 [25AP]
Floods: disaster assistance for the Guadalupe River valley (see H.R. 5114), H4574 [12JY]
Morganza, LA: authorize a project for hurricane and storm damage reduction (see S. 2975), S8918 [19SE]
National Climate Change Vulnerability and Resilience Program: establish (see H.R. 4900), H3291 [6JN]
National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (H.R. 2486), consideration (see H. Res. 473), H4424 [9JY]
———provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see S. 2939), S8673 [17SE]
SBA: include drought in the definition of disaster for purposes of the Disaster Loan Program (see H.R. 5260), H5994 [26JY]
Small business: provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H5452 [24JY]
———provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (see S. 2734), S6867 [16JY]
Taxation: provide involuntary conversion tax relief for producers forced to sell livestock due to weather-related conditions or Federal land management agency policy or action (see S. 2762), S7104 [19JY] (see H.R. 5227), H5790 [25JY]
U.S. Weather Research Program: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4791), H2943 [22MY]
Veterans: payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of a deceased veteran who had service-connected disabilities that included compensable cold-weather injuries preceding death (see H.R. 5127), H4605 [15JY]
Declarations
Ski Industry Climate Change Policy, E1813 [11OC]
Letters
Greenhouse gas emissions reporting requirements: several business associations, S3394 [25AP]
Small Business Drought Relief Act: Jim Hodges, Governor of South Carolina, S8900 [19SE], S11547 [19NO]
———Kenny C. Guinn, Governor of Nevada, S8900 [19SE]
———Michael F. Easley, Governor of North Carolina, S8900 [19SE]
———Paul E. Patton, Governor of Kentucky, S8900 [19SE]
———Southern Governors' Association, S8900 [19SE], S11546 [19NO]
Poems
``I Asked the Robin'', S2240 [21MR]
``Welcome, Yellow Buttercups'', S2240 [21MR]
``Year's at the Spring,'' Robert Browning, S2240 [21MR]
Remarks in House
Antarctic regions: collapse of the ``Larsen B'' ice sheet, E580 [18AP]
Climate: global warming, H1194 [10AP], H3677 [19JN], H3921, H3925 [25JN], E580 [18AP]
Colorado: use of State inmate population to provide disaster relief, E1696 [30SE]
Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and related natural hazards through a program of research and development and technology transfer (H.R. 3592), E714 [3MY]
Ecology and environment: promote and coordinate global change research (H.R. 5688), E1883 [17OC]
EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, E1332 [24JY]
Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Agnes, E1125 [21JN]
Kansas City Metropolitan Emergency Management Committee: tribute Project Community Alert to place alarm-equipped emergency weather radios in homes, schools, and businesses, E714 [3MY]
National Climate Change Vulnerability and Resilience Program: establish (H.R. 4900), E985 [7JN]
National Ski Areas Association: adoption of climate change policy to raise awareness of the impact of climate change on the ski industry, E1813 [11OC]
National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (H.R. 2486), H4508-H4514 [11JY], E1252 [12JY]
———conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (H.R. 2486), consideration (H. Res. 473), H4503-H4505 [11JY]
Pennsylvania: Wyoming Valley Levee Raising Project completion, E1125 [21JN]
SBA: include drought in the definition of disaster for purposes of the Disaster Loan Program (H.R. 5260), E1429 [29JY]
Tornadoes: disaster assistance to La Plata, MD, H5226 [23JY]
———tribute to recovery efforts in La Plata, MD, E1359 [25JY]
U.S. Weather Research Program: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4791), E891 [23MY]
Western States: importance of dams and water storage, H621-H625 [27FE], H821-H823 [12MR], H996 [19MR], H1762-H1767 [30AP], H3153 [4JN]
Remarks in Senate
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance, S6433 [9JY]
———provide emergency livestock assistance (S. 2834), S7860 [1AU]
Air pollution: greenhouse gas emissions reporting requirements, S3394, S3395 [25AP], S5033, S5034 [5JN]
Alaska: effects of climate changes on spruce tree beetle infestations, S7306 [24JY]
Climate: global warming, S843, S844, S850 [14FE], S2997-S2999 [22AP], S3115 [23AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish pilot programs to assist in the development of a carbon sequestration inventory and accounting system, S3398 [25AP]
Disasters: relief funding, S6634-S6636 [11JY]
Drought: disaster assistance to North Carolina, S7030 [18JY]
Ecology and environment: stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at levels that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system while minimizing adverse economic and social impacts, S3146, S3154-S3156 [23AP], S3293 [24AP]
———stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at levels that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system while minimizing adverse economic and social impacts (S. 1008), S2196 [21MR]
EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, S2998 [22AP], S3146 [23AP]
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: improve air quality, S6805 [15JY]
National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (H.R. 2486), S10601 [16OC]
Navy: airborne radar technology funding, S6099 [26JN]
NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office, S11798 [20NO]
Safety: tribute to Defeat the Heat children's safety campaign, S6010 [25JN]
Small business: provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (S. 2734), S6871 [16JY], S7030 [18JY], S11546 [19NO]
———provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (S. 2734), unanimous-consent request, S8899-S8901 [19SE]
Spring: beginning, S2240 [21MR]
Taxation: provide involuntary conversion tax relief for producers forced to sell livestock due to weather-related conditions or Federal land management agency policy or action (S. 2762), S7861 [1AU]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 2486, Inland Flood Forecasting and Warning System Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 473) (H. Rept. 107-558), H4424 [9JY]
Inland Flood Forecasting and Warning System Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (H.R. 2486) (S. Rept. 107-310), S10359 [10OC]
Morganza, LA, Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project Authorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2975) (S. Rept. 107-325), S10843 [12NO]
Nomination of James R. Mahoney To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S2260 [21MR]
Small Business Drought Relief Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2734) (S. Rept. 107-230), S7742 [31JY]
Tropical Cyclone Inland Forecasting Improvement and Warning System Development Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 2486) (H. Rept. 107-495), H3228 [5JN]
Resolutions by organizations
Use of State inmate population to provide disaster relief: Colorado House of Representatives, E1696 [30SE]
Testimonies
Stabilize Greenhouse Gas Concentrations at Levels That Would Prevent Dangerous Interference With the Climate System While Minimizing Adverse Economic and Social Impacts: Senator Byrd, S3146 [23AP]
Texts of
H. Res. 473, consideration of H.R. 2486, Inland Flood Forecasting and Warning System Act, H4503 [11JY]