ALASKA
Addresses
Preserving the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Thomas B. Evans, Jr., E197 [26FE]
Amendments
Public lands: resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections relative to Cape Fox Corp. and Sealaska Corp. (S. 2222), S11608, S11643 [19NO]
Articles and editorials
Better Energy Bill, S1724 [11MR]
Caribou vs. Motorist, S1723 [11MR]
GOP Bid for Support on Drilling Founders, S2711 [16AP]
GOP Plan To Link Drilling With Steel Aid Falls Through, S2716 [16AP]
In Alaska—Drill, but With Care, S1722 [11MR], S2440 [10AP]
Labor Revolt, S2863 [17AP]
Lessons of the Oil Spill, S1723 [11MR]
Memories of War—Sixty Years Ago, Bombs Fell on Dutch Harbor and Turned Alaska Into a Battleground, S5449 [12JN]
Missing Energy Strategy, S2440 [10AP]
Mission Adrift in a Frenzy of Fund Raising, S2809-S2811 [17AP]
Oil Industry Hesitates Over Moving Into Arctic Refuge, S1725 [11MR]
Oil on the Water, Oil in the Ground, S1722 [11MR], S2441 [10AP]
On Hot Trail of Tiny Killer in Alaska, S7306 [24JY]
Peggy Wayburn, 84; Author and Conservationist, E516 [12AP]
Peggy Wayburn—Author, Conservationist, E517 [12AP]
Risks Worth Taking for Oil, S1722 [11MR], S2440 [10AP]
War Came to Alaska . . . Sixty Years Ago, S5449 [12JN]
Waste of Energy, S2705 [16AP]
Where Does the Name ``Unalaska'' Come From?, S4820 [23MY]
Bills and resolutions
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide equitable treatment to Alaskan Natives who are Vietnam veterans (see S. 2553), S4703 [22MY]
Alaska Railroad: facilitate extension for national defense purposes (see S. 2687), S6127 [26JN]
Craig, AK: land conveyance (see S. 3003), S9229 [25SE]
Denali National Park and Preserve: clarify authority for the use of snowmachines in certain areas (see S. 2589), S5041 [5JN] (see H.R. 4677), H2164 [7MY]
Denali transportation system: establish (see S. 3106), S10359 [10OC]
Diseases: prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5482), H6776 [26SE]
Ecology and environment: protect Tongass Rain Forest in Tongass National Forest and designate Duke Island Trumpeter Swan Wilderness Area (see H.R. 5765), H9128 [22NO]
Ex-Competent (vessel): relocate (see H.R. 5730), H9023 [14NO]
Government: improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives (see H.R. 4734), H2471 [14MY]
Hydroelectric power: extend licenses (S. 1843), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 159), S11574 [19NO]
Joint Federal and State Navigable Waters Commission for Alaska: establish (see S. 2587), S5041 [5JN] (see H.R. 4587), H1619 [24AP]
Newtok Native Corp.: exchange of certain lands with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (see S. 2016), S1935 [14MR]
Postal Service: adhere to an equitable tender policy in selecting air carriers of non-priority bypass mail to certain points in Alaska (see H.R. 4661), H2100 [2MY]
———improve rural mail service (see H.R. 5324), H6059 [4SE]
Public lands: resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections relative to Cape Fox Corp. and Sealaska Corp. (see S. 2222), S3165 [23AP] (see H.R. 5452), H6558 [24SE]
SBA: establish the Office of Native American Affairs and create the Native American Small Business Development Program (see S. 2335), S3435 [25AP]
Citations
Distinguished Flying Cross award to Andrew J. Lipina: Air Force, S6244 [27JN]
Distinguished Flying Cross award to James R. Sears, Jr.: Air Force, S6245 [27JN]
Silver Star award to Burt A. Bartley: Air Force, S6244 [27JN]
Excerpts
Votes on Alaska lands legislation in the 93rd Congress: Congressional Record (1973), S2426 [10AP]
Histories
Federal Public Lands in Alaska, S2460 [10AP]
Letters
Alaska lands legislation considered in the 96th Congress: Mark O. Hatfield and Henry M. Jackson (1980), S2426 [10AP], S2706 [16AP]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration: Fenton Rexford, Kaktovik Inupiat Corp., S2786 [17AP]
———Gale A. Norton, Sec. of the Interior, S1721 [11MR]
———Herbert Zweibon, Americans for a Safe Israel (organization), S2859 [17AP]
———Mary J. Hutzler, Dept. of Energy, S2783 [17AP]
———Senator Murkowski, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S1724 [11MR]
———Terence M. O'Sullivan, Laborers' International Union of North America, S2710 [16AP]
———Zionist Organization of America, S2859 [17AP]
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act: several Alaskan and environmental organizations, S11723, S11724 [20NO]
Permit the use of a signature, or personal mark, to verify the identity of voters who register by mail: Fran Ulmer, S1172 [26FE]
Use Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas revenues to provide health insurance to retired steelworkers: Leo W. Gerard, United Steelworkers of America, S2887 [18AP]
———several Representatives, S2858 [17AP]
Messages
Russian Conservation and Management of the Alaskan-Chukotka Polar Bear: President Bush, S6679 [11JY]
Proposals
Western Alaska workforce development, H2280 [9MY]
Remarks in House
Aleut Corp.: land exchange (S. 1325), H6491, H6492 [24SE]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H1193 [10AP], E197 [26FE]
Cook Inlet Region, Inc.: resolve claims to lands adjacent to the Russian River (H.R. 3048), H4998 [22JY]
Fort Greely, AK: missile silo construction funding, H4113-H4117 [27JN]
Government: improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives, E787 [14MY]
Hydroelectric power: extend licenses (S. 1843), H8941 [14NO]
———extend licenses (S. 1843), request Senate to return official papers, H9031 [19NO]
Petroleum: dependence on national oil reserves, H3780 [21JN]
Postal Service: adhere to an equitable tender policy in selecting air carriers of non-priority bypass mail to certain points in Alaska, H5224 [23JY]
Remarks in Senate
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide equitable treatment to Alaskan Natives who are Vietnam veterans (S. 2553), S4726 [22MY]
Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System: facilitate construction, S1961, S1962 [15MR], S2235 [21MR]
Alaska Railroad: facilitate extension for national defense purposes (S. 2687), S6130 [26JN]
Aleut Corp.: land exchange (S. 1325), S8019 [1AU]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S525-S528 [8FE], S1238-S1241 [27FE], S1333-S1336 [28FE], S1389 [1MR], S1510-S1513, S1518-S1523, S1525-S1527 [5MR], S1558, S1561 [6MR], S1720-S1725 [11MR], S1740-S1742 [12MR], S1889 [14MR], S2347, S2349 [8AP], S2379, S2382, S2388, S2393, S2397-S2402 [9AP], S2426, S2438-S2443, S2457-S2459 [10AP], S2557 [11AP], S2606, S2623-S2627 [12AP], S2668-S2670 [15AP], S2695-S2716 [16AP], S2763-S2820, S2857-S2869 [17AP], S2872-S2890, S2906 [18AP], S2994 [22AP], S3517 [30AP], S8238 [5SE], S9808 [2OC], S9942, S9971-S9973 [4OC], S10831 [12NO]
———use oil and gas revenues to sustain and consolidate domestic steel producers, provide health insurance to retired steelworkers, and increase steel production to build natural gas pipeline, S2660, S2664-S2666 [15AP], S2707-S2716 [16AP], S2780, S2793, S2799, S2806, S2815-S2818, S2857, S2861 [17AP], S2872, S2874, S2875, S2879, S2884, S2885, S2887, S2890 [18AP], S3160 [23AP], S4511-S4513 [17MY], S4585, S4586 [21MY]
Bartley, Burt A.: Air Force Silver Star award recipient, S6244 [27JN]
Beistline, Ralph R.: nomination to be district judge, S1737-S1740 [12MR]
Bethel, AK: tribute to Bethel Regional High School drill team and color guard, S5846 [20JN]
Cook Inlet Region, Inc.: resolve claims to lands adjacent to the Russian River (H.R. 3048), S11653 [19NO]
Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, S6731 [15JY]
Craig, AK: land conveyance (S. 3003), S9233 [25SE]
Denali National Park and Preserve: clarify authority for the use of snowmachines in certain areas (S. 2589), S5052 [5JN]
Denali transportation system: establish (S. 3106), S10385 [10OC]
Earthquakes: condition of trans-Alaska oil pipeline after earthquake, S10831 [12NO]
Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S4044 [8MY]
Hydroelectric power: extend licenses (S. 1843), S8016 [1AU]
———extend licenses (S. 1843), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 159), S11650 [19NO]
Joint Federal and State Navigable Waters Commission for Alaska: establish (S. 2587), S5051 [5JN]
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK: tribute for acquisition of veneer plant at Ward Cove, AK, S7158 [22JY]
Lipina, Andrew J.: Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross award recipient, S6244 [27JN]
National Petroleum Reserve: open for drilling, S2877 [18AP]
Natural gas: protect jurisdiction over in-State distribution of natural gas and provide workforce training associated with natural gas pipeline construction, S1587 [6MR]
Newtok Native Corp.: exchange of certain lands with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (S. 2016), S1938 [14MR]
Pipelines: prohibit issuance of permits to construct a natural gas pipeline offshore via the Beaufort Sea, S1555-S1560, S1580-S1590 [6MR]
Political parties: affiliation during pursuit of statehood, S2635 [12AP]
Postal Service: adhere to an equitable tender policy in selecting air carriers of non-priority bypass mail to certain points in Alaska, S7277 [24JY]
Public lands: resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections relative to Cape Fox Corp. and Sealaska Corp. (S. 2222), S3166 [23AP], S11643-S11645 [19NO], S11723-S11725 [20NO]
SBA: establish the Office of Native American Affairs and create the Native American Small Business Development Program (S. 2335), S3443, S3447 [25AP]
Sears, James R., Jr.: Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross award recipient, S6244 [27JN]
Sedge (vessel): tribute to Coast Guard cutter, S10220 [9OC]
Unalaska, AK: commemoration of those who died in the Japanese attack against Dutch Harbor during World War II, S4819 [23MY]
University of Alaska: conveyance of certain lands (S. 1816), S11647 [19NO]
Weather: effects of climate changes on spruce tree beetle infestations, S7306 [24JY]
Wildlife refuges: effects of offshore drilling for oil and natural gas, S1520, S1521 [5MR]
World War II: anniversary of Aleutian Campaign, S5448 [12JN]
Reports filed
Alaska Federal Lands Management Demonstration Project Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4734) (H. Rept. 107-745), H7898 [11OC]
Alaska Hydroelectric Licenses Extension: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1843) (S. Rept. 107-194), S6318 [28JN]
Alaska Land Exchange With the Aleut Corp.: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1325) (S. Rept. 107-180), S6126 [26JN]
Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3148) (H. Rept. 107-744), H7898 [11OC]
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2222) (S. Rept. 107-280), S8618 [13SE]
Craig Recreation Land Purchase Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 3003), S10115 [8OC]
Huna Totem Corporation Land Exchange Act: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 506) (H. Rept. 107-434), H2104 [3MY]
Joint Federal and State Navigable Waters Commission for Alaska Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2587), S10115 [8OC]
Native American Small Business Development Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2335) (S. Rept. 107-236), S7898 [1AU]
Newtok Native Corp., and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lands Exchange: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2016), S10114 [8OC]
Nomination of Ralph R. Beistline To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1675 [7MR]
Nomination of Randy M. Johnson To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S487 [7FE]
Russian River Land Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3048) (S. Rept. 107-275), S8506 [11SE]
———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3048) (H. Rept. 107-573), H4604 [15JY]
University of Alaska Land Conveyance: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1816), S10114 [8OC]
Statements
Construction of Natural Gas Pipeline in Alaska: George N. Ahmaogak, S1581 [6MR]
Tables
Federal land grants to States (1803-1984), S2816 [17AP]
Testimonies
Construction of Natural Gas Pipeline in Alaska: Tony Knowles, Governor of Alaska, S1557 [6MR]
Health Care and Pension Issues Affecting Steelworkers: Leo W. Gerard, United Steelworkers of America, S2817 [17AP]
Texts of
H.R. 3048, Russian River Land Act, H4998 [22JY]
S. 1325, Alaska land exchange with the Aleut Corp., S8019 [1AU], H6491 [24SE]
S. 1816, University of Alaska land conveyance, S11647-S11649 [19NO]
S. 1843, extend Alaskan hydroelectric licenses, H8941 [14NO]
S. 1843, extend hydroelectric licenses, S8017 [1AU]
S. 2222, Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act, S11643-S11645 [19NO]
S. 2335, Native American Small Business Development Act, S3444-S3447 [25AP]
S. 2589, clarify authority for the use of snowmachines in certain areas of the Denali National Park and Preserve, S5052 [5JN]
S. 2687, National Defense Rail Connection Act, S6131 [26JN]
S. 3106, Denali transportation system establishment in Alaska, S10385 [10OC]
S. Con. Res. 159, corrections in enrollment of S. 1843, extend hydroelectric licenses in Alaska, S11580, S11650 [19NO]
Tributes
Murkowski, Senator, S11236, S11291, S11292 [18NO], S11538 [19NO], S11679, S11705, S11708 [20NO]