DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR related term(s) Bureau of Indian Affairs; Bureau of Land Management; Bureau of Reclamation

Agreements

Memorandum of understanding between Utah and the Dept. of the Interior on State and county road acknowledgment, S13339 [28OC]

Amendments

Beaufort, SC: study certain sites in the historic district relative to the Reconstruction Era (S. 500), S7936 [16JN]

Central Idaho Wilderness Act: clarify provisions on continued use of established commercial outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River (S. 1003), S15870 [24NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (S. 490), S9606 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), S11485 [15SE], S11624, S11625, S11629, S11687, S11703, S11704, S11705 [17SE], S11716, S11726 [18SE], S11733, S11734, S11739, S11758 [22SE], S11784, S11791, S11807, S11808, S11814, S11816, S11817, S11818, S11819, S11862, S11863, S11864, S11865, S11866 [23SE], H6605 [10JY], H6708 [14JY], H6869, H6870 [15JY], H6963, H6974, H6976, H7020, H7021 [16JY], H7027, H7033, H7037, H7040, H7041, H7042, H7043, H7048, H7049, H7051, H7054, H7062, H7069, H7078, H7079, H7082, H7092, H7094, H7096 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), consideration (H. Res. 319), H6946 [16JY]

Douglas County, OR: conveyance of certain BLM lands (S. 714), S15870 [24NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), S9917 [24JY], S11423 [11SE], S11436, S11485 [15SE], S11531, S11533, S11534, S11538, S11539, S11540, S11541, S11542, S11550, S11579, S11580, S11581, S11582, S11583, S11584, S11585, S11586 [16SE], S11605, S11687 [17SE], H7086, H7106 [17JY], H7125, H7126, H7132, H7140, H7141, H7142, H7143 [18JY]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S12547 [14OC], S13435, S13481, S13482, S13521, S13522, S13530 [29OC], S13601, S13608, S13609, S13611, S13616, S13617, S13621, S13624, S13626, S13637, S13682, S13684, S13685, S13686, S13687, S13688, S13696 [30OC], S13719 [31OC], H4310 [20MY]

Fremont-Madison Irrigation District: convey certain facilities (S. 520), S7933, S7939 [16JN]

Historic courthouses: provide grants for preservation (H.R. 1589), H5815 [24JN]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical correction (S. 1066), S14221 [6NO]

National Trails System Act: update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails (S. 635), S7937 [16JN]

Native Americans: extend terms of leases of certain restricted Indian land (S. 521), S12983 [21OC]

Oregon City, OR: acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic Site and include it as unit of the National Park System (H.R. 733), S7938 [16JN], H6876 [16JY]

Western Shoshone Tribe: distribution of land claim judgement funds (S. 618), S12756 [16OC]

Analyses

Transit in Parks (TRIP) Act (S. 1032), S6075 [13MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, S15217 [20NO], H10469 [6NO]

———H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S11826 [23SE], H9073 [1OC]

———H.R. 2754, energy and water development appropriations, S11551 [16SE], H8879 [24SE]

Articles and editorials

America, Brought to You by . . ., S11432 [15SE]

Antiquities Act Merited Supreme Court's Approval, E1998 [8OC]

Desecration of the Mall, S11431 [15SE]

Feds Win Job Competitions at Park Service, Agriculture Department, S11793 [23SE]

Fire Precautions Save Homes—Fire Resistant Materials, Thinned Trees Credited, E2244 [5NO]

Fire Threat Is Red-Hot in Parched West, S6702 [20MY]

Gambling Dispute Threatens Miwok Bill, S8729 [26JN]

In the Northwest—`Outsourcing' a Sweeping Attack on National Parks, S11802 [23SE]

Keep Pros Who Love Parks, S11804 [23SE]

Lake Arrowhead—Fears of a Landmark Disaster, S13627 [30OC]

Law of the River, S113 [9JA]

Marketing the Mall, S11432 [15SE]

More Public Drilling? Let's Collect Bills First, H3314 [11AP]

Save Parks—Park Cars, S6078 [13MY]

These Are Your Parks, S11800 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 313), H137 [8JA]

African Americans: establish a memorial to slavery in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 196), H58 [7JA]

Alabama: acquire certain property in order to protect and preserve certain rare paleontological resources (see H.R. 2520), H5661 [19JN]

Alaska: authorize subdivision and dedication of restricted land owned by Alaska Natives (see S. 1421), S9496 [16JY]

———exchange of certain lands between the Newtok Native Corp., and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (see S. 924), S5343 [11AP]

———facilitate transfer of land to Native Americans (see S. 1466), S9959 [25JY]

———improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives (see H.R. 950), H1395 [26FE]

———provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 979), H1461 [27FE]

Albuquerque, NM: clear title to certain property associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project relative to development of Biological Park Project (see S. 213), S1479 [23JA]

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish a battlefield acquisition grant program for the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 3498), H11359 [17NO]

Animals: assist in conservation of marine turtles and nesting habitats in foreign countries (see S. 1210), S7540 [9JN] (see H.R. 3378), H9981 [28OC]

———coordinate and strengthen research and monitoring, and promote public outreach, education, and awareness of chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 2430), H5266 [11JN]

———encourage research on the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control its spread, monitor the incidence of the disease, and support State efforts to control the disease (see S. 1036), S5995 [9MY] (see H.R. 2057), H3973 [9MY]

———eradication and control of nutria in Maryland and Louisiana (see H.R. 273), H136 [8JA]

———make grants to State and tribal governments to assist efforts to manage and control the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer and elk herds (see S. 1366), S8726 [26JN] (see H.R. 2636), H6262 [26JN]

Archeology: provide for protection, data compilation, science-based decision making, public education and access, and a unified management policy relative to paleontological resources on Federal lands (see S. 546), S3252 [6MR] (see H.R. 2416), H5265 [11JN]

Atchafalaya National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 323), S1977 [5FE]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 2776), H7085 [17JY]

Beaufort, SC: study certain sites in the historic district relative to the Reconstruction Era (see S. 500), S3027 [3MR] (see H.R. 332), H138 [8JA]

Beaver County, UT: real property conveyance (see H.R. 3252), H9281 [7OC]

BIA: improve procedures for extension of Federal recognition to certain Indian groups (see S. 297), S1871 [4FE] (see S. 462), S2839 [26FE]

———issue school construction funding bonds (see S. 594), S3504 [11MR] (see H.R. 410), H217 [28JA]

———provide grants to ensure participation of local Governments and tribes in Federal recognition proceedings (see S. 463), S2839 [26FE]

Biscayne National Park: conduct study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion (see S. 111), S132 [9JA] (see H.R. 1361), H2131 [19MR]

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge: acquire for inclusion property known as Garrett Island in Cecil County, MD (see H.R. 274), H136 [8JA]

BLM: land conveyance in Nye County, NV, to Ponderosa Dairy in Amargosa, NV (see H.R. 2326), H4977 [4JN]

———provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see S. 511), S3086 [4MR] (see H.R. 1005), H1463 [27FE]

———reimbursement for certain damages relative to bonding regulations (see H.R. 1062), H1515 [4MR]

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 941), S5483 [29AP] (see H.R. 1759), H3303 [10AP]

Box Elder County, UT: construct an education and administrative center at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (see S. 277), S1870 [4FE] (see H.R. 512), H267 [31JA]

Brownsville Public Utility Board: authorize participation in water recycling and desalinization project (see H.R. 2960), H7784 [25JY]

Bureau of Reclamation: assist in the implementation of fish passage and screening facilities at non-Federal water projects (see S. 1307), S8300 [20JN]

———authorize participation in the rehabilitation of Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon (see S. 1355), S8725 [26JN]

———carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of salt cedar and Russian olive plants (see S. 1516), S10617 [31JY]

———conduct a feasibility study on a water conservation project within the Arch Hurley Conservancy District in New Mexico (see S. 1071), S6507 [15MY]

———conduct a feasibility study on the Alder Creek water storage and conservation project in El Dorado County, CA (see H.R. 3597), H12307 [21NO]

———conduct a water resource feasibility study for the Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins in Oregon (see H.R. 3210), H9032 [30SE]

California: authorize implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program (see S. 1097), S6853 [21MY] (see H.R. 2641), H6262 [26JN]

———cancel certain BLM leases that authorize extraction of sand and gravel from Federal lands in Soledad Canyon (see H.R. 3529), H11650 [19NO]

———construct a bridge on Federal land west of and adjacent to Folsom Dam (see H.R. 901), H1332 [25FE]

———construct and rehabilitate Federal water supply lines associated with Folsom Dam (see H.R. 1794), H3352 [11AP]

———convey certain water distribution systems of the Cachuma Project, Carpinteria Valley Water District, and Montecito Water District (see H.R. 1648), H2863 [7AP]

———require a temporary moratorium on leasing, exploration, and land development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3187), H8949 [25SE]

———study the suitability and feasibility of establishing the ``Golden Chain Highway'' in California as a National Heritage Corridor (see H.R. 907), H1333 [25FE]

California Missions Foundation: support efforts to restore and repair Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in California and to preserve artworks and artifacts of these missions (see S. 1306), S8300 [20JN] (see H.R. 1446), H2400 [26MR]

Central Idaho Wilderness Act: clarify provisions on continued use of established commercial outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River (see S. 1003), S5771 [6MY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see S. 164), S848 [15JA] (see H.R. 1034), H1464 [27FE]

Cheyenne, WY: authorize contracts for water storage in the Kendrick Project (see S. 943), S5483 [29AP]

Cibola National Forest: establish the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust to resolve a land claim on Sandia Mountain between the Sandia Pueblo and the Dept. of the Interior (see H.R. 222), H59 [7JA]

Cold war: conduct a study on commemorating and interpreting (see S. 452), S2839 [26FE] (see H.R. 114), H55 [7JA]

Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 2305), H4875 [3JN]

Coltsville, CT: conduct study for potential inclusion in the National Park System (see S. 233), S1736 [29JA] (see H.R. 437), H241 [29JA]

Connecticut River: implement cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in the watershed area of New Hampshire and Vermont (see S. 1433), S9638 [21JY]

———provide Connecticut and Massachusetts technical and financial assistance for management (see H.R. 2479), H5407 [16JN]

Cooperative Landscape Conservation Program: establish (see H.R. 749), H462 [12FE]

Corps of Engineers: carry out critical restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande in Albuquerque, NM (see S. 997), S5771 [6MY]

Cumberland Gap National Historic Park: authorize acquisition of Fern Lake and the surrounding watershed in Kentucky and Tennessee (see S. 898), S5342 [11AP] (see H.R. 1809), H3353 [11AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (see S. 490), S2920 [27FE] (see H.R. 74), H54 [7JA]

Dept. of Defense: reauthorize certain laws relative to cooperation with the Dept. of the Interior and State agencies in planning, development and maintenance of fish and wildlife resources on military reservations (see H.R. 1497), H2472 [27MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: identify certain sites as key resources for protection by the Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection (see S. 1212), S7540 [9JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1391), S9244 [10JY] (see H.R. 2691), H6602 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), consideration (see H. Res. 319), H6867 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 418), H9980 [28OC]

Disasters: provide compensation to individuals who are injured by an escaped prescribed fire and amend certain tort procedure provisions relating to claims for such fires (see H.R. 988), H1462 [27FE]

Douglas County, OR: conveyance of certain BLM lands (see S. 714), S4434 [26MR] (see H.R. 514), H268 [31JA]

Ecology and environment: authorize use of decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms for culture of marine organisms, an artificial reef, or scientific research (see H.R. 2654), H6263 [26JN]

Endangered species: enable certain Federal agencies to rescue and relocate those species which are threatened by certain reconstruction, maintenance, or repair of manmade flood control levees (see H.R. 1194), H1744 [11MR]

———make authority to designate critical habitat discretionary instead of mandatory (see H.R. 2602), H5928 [25JN]

———protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 3446), H10457 [5NO]

Endangered Species Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 480), H12920 [8DE]

———improve listing, recovery planning, and delisting processes (see S. 369), S2340 [12FE]

———require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 1662), H2937 [8AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see S. 1424), S9592 [17JY] (see H.R. 2754), H7019 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 444), H11358 [17NO]

Federal Land Policy and Management Act: clarify method to determine fair market value of rights-of-way to prevent unreasonable increases in deployment costs of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 762), H699 [13FE]

Fire prevention: allow Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to enter into agreements with Federal agencies to acquire goods and services relative to improving or using the wildfire fighting capability of those agencies (see H.R. 1061), H1515 [4MR]

———authorize collaborative forest restoration and wildland mitigation projects on public and private lands, and improve implementation of the National Fire Plan (see H.R. 1042), H1464 [27FE]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (see S. 1314), S8357 [23JN] (see S. 1352), S8725 [26JN] (see S. 1453), S9905 [24JY] (see H.R. 2639), H6262 [26JN]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (see S. 1449), S9793 [23JY] (see H.R. 1904), H3634 [1MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), consideration (see H. Res. 239), H4253 [19MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 457), H11700 [20NO]

Firefighters: expedite process by which military aircraft may be used to fight wildfires (see H.R. 575), H319 [5FE]

———provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see H.R. 977), H1461 [27FE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: amend (see H.R. 3645), H12309 [21NO]

Forest Counties Payments Committee: extend (see H.R. 3249), H9218 [3OC]

Forest Service: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (see H.R. 2707), H6603 [10JY]

Forests: conduct and support research into alternative treatments for timber produced from public lands and lands withdrawn from the public domain for the National Forest System (see S. 432), S2594 [24FE]

Fort Frederica National Monument: land exchange (see H.R. 1113), H1678 [6MR]

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site: inclusion of McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon City, OR (see S. 601), S3620 [12MR]

Frannie, WY: convey certain land withdrawn by the Bureau of Reclamation (see S. 155), S288 [14JA]

Fremont-Madison Irrigation District: convey certain facilities (see S. 520), S3162 [5MR] (see H.R. 1106), H1641 [5MR]

Grants Pass Irrigation District: authorize Federal implementation of activities dealing with the future take of threatened salmon species resulting from water diversion (see S. 1308), S8300 [20JN]

Graton Rancheria Restoration Act: give Dept. of the Interior discretion relative to taking land into trust (see S. 1342), S8725 [26JN] (see H.R. 2656), H6263 [26JN]

Greensboro, NC: study the suitability and feasibility of designating the International Civil Rights Center and Museum as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 1869), H3452 [29AP]

Guam: authorize the Dept. of the Interior to reduce, release, or waive amounts owed by the Government of Guam to the U.S. to offset unreimbursed compact impact expenses (see H.R. 2522), H5661 [19JN]

High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling, and monitoring program (see S. 212), S1479 [23JA]

Historic courthouses: provide grants for preservation (see H.R. 1589), H2819 [3AP]

Horticulture: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (see S. 1051), S6070 [13MY]

———establish a program to control or eradicate tamarisk in the Western States (see S. 1236), S7718 [11JN]

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act: amend to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes (see S. 1715), S12448 [3OC]

Indiana: Federal recognition of Miami Nation (see H.R. 954), H1460 [27FE]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: clarify certain boundaries (see H.R. 3056), H8174 [10SE]

———exclude certain properties (see S. 761), S4629 [1AP] (see H.R. 154), H57 [7JA]

———technical correction (see S. 1066), S6256 [14MY]

Johnstown Flood National Memorial: expand (see H.R. 1521), H2514 [31MR]

Kansas City, MO: provide a grant for construction of a statue of Harry S Truman at Union Station (see S. 1472), S10045 [28JY]

Kodiak, AK: conduct a study of the Baranov Museum for potential inclusion in the National Park System (see S. 1430), S9592 [17JY]

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. 1014), H1463 [27FE] (see H.R. 1595), H2819 [3AP]

Law enforcement officers: adjust certain U.S. Park Police and Secret Service pension benefits as a result of the conversion to a new salary schedule (see H.R. 2060), H3973 [9MY]

Manhattan Project: study preservation and interpretation of historic sites for potential inclusion in the National Park System (see S. 1687), S12193 [30SE] (see H.R. 3207), H9032 [30SE]

Maui, HI: conduct a study to determine the feasibility of including certain lands on the southeastern shoreline in the National Park System (see H.R. 3544), H11700 [20NO]

Michigan: conduct a study of maritime sites (see S. 1850), S14804 [12NO]

Mining and mineral resources: facilitate acquisition of certain mineral rights (see H.R. 2653), H6263 [26JN] (see H.R. 3303), H9477 [15OC]

———reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 504), H244 [29JA]

———sell certain public lands in Nevada subject to mining operations, reclaim abandoned Nevada mines, and promote and enhance economic development, education, and local government revenues (see H.R. 2869), H7616 [24JY]

Minorities: require departmental agency heads to consider whether agency actions have disparate impact on racial, ethnic, or religious minorities (see H.R. 654), H327 [7FE]

Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 1137), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 2689), H6464 [9JY]

Missouri River: monitor health and measure certain responses to changes in river management and other significant variables (see H.R. 3373), H9819 [24OC]

Missouri River Basin Stakeholder Committee: establish (see S. 531), S3162 [5MR]

Missouri River Master Water Control Manual: transfer of authority to revise (see S. 1378), S9049 [8JY]

Missouri River Monitoring and Research Program: establish (see S. 531), S3162 [5MR]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 2386), H5045 [5JN]

Motor vehicles: increase fines for improper use of vehicles that result in damage to public lands or national forests (see H.R. 751), H462 [12FE]

Mount McKinley: retain name (see H.R. 164), H57 [7JA]

Mount Rainier National Park: boundary adjustment (see H.R. 265), H135 [8JA]

National Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force: establish (see H.R. 2431), H5266 [11JN]

National forests: provide a reliable method for compensating owners of non-Federal lands that have been damaged by wildfires spread from certain National Forest System or BLM lands (see S. 1315), S8358 [23JN] (see H.R. 2551), H5662 [19JN]

National Park Service: enhance the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program (see S. 1107), S6977 [22MY]

———prohibit study or implementation of plan to privatize, divest, or transfer any part of its mission, function, or responsibility (see S. 1363), S8725 [26JN] (see H.R. 2650), H6263 [26JN]

———require inventory, evaluation, and documentation of surviving historic Life-Saving Service stations (see S. 443), S2701 [25FE] (see H.R. 904), H1333 [25FE]

National parks and recreation areas: provide mass transit services (see S. 1032), S5950 [8MY] (see H.R. 2382), H5044 [5JN]

———reduce risks from and mitigate effects of avalanches on visitors to units of the National Park System and other recreational users of public land (see S. 931), S5483 [29AP]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see S. 324), S2051 [6FE] (see S. 651), S3881 [18MR]

———update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails (see S. 635), S3804 [17MR] (see H.R. 1051), H1514 [4MR]

National Wildlife Refuge System: anniversary (see S. Res. 87), S3730 [13MR] (see H. Res. 173), H2821 [3AP]

———provide for maintenance and repair of buildings and properties located on lands by lessees of such facilities (see H.R. 1204), H1745 [11MR]

Native Americans: distribute judgment funds to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation (see S. 428), S2594 [24FE]

———establish a voluntary alternative claims resolution process to reach a settlement of claims relative to Indian trust funds (see S. 1770; S. Res. 248), S12969 [21OC]

———expand opportunities for contracting on Federal lands (see S. 288), S1871 [4FE]

———extend terms of leases of certain restricted Indian land (see S. 521), S3162 [5MR]

———payment of amounts owed to Indian tribes and individual Indian money account holders (see S. 1540), S10618 [31JY]

———provide for periodic Indian needs assessments and require Federal Indian program evaluations (see S. 1600), S11245 [9SE]

———reform management of Indian trust funds and assets (see S. 1459), S9959 [25JY] (see H.R. 2981), H7785 [25JY]

Nebraska City, NE: grant an easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (see H.R. 255), H135 [8JA]

Nevada: convey certain land to Lander and Eureka Counties for continued use as cemeteries (see S. 1819), S13909 [4NO] (see H.R. 272), H136 [8JA]

———convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility in Nevada to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (see H.R. 2831), H7454 [23JY]

New Jersey: provide a grant for the construction of a memorial to the New Jersey victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 2058), H3973 [9MY]

New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (see S. 1649), S11912 [24SE] (see H.R. 3176), H8905 [24SE]

———ensure the Elephant Butte Irrigation District receives the proceeds from the Bureau of Reclamation sale of certain lands in the vicinity of the Elephant Butte Reservoir and the Caballo Reservoir (see S. 1791), S13377 [28OC]

New York, NY: authorize national memorial at or near World Trade Center site to commemorate events of September 11, 2001, and establish World Trade Center Memorial Advisory Board (see H.R. 1364), H2131 [19MR]

———conduct special resource study on the inclusion of the World Trade Center site in the National Park System (see H.R. 3471), H10977 [6NO]

Norfolk, AR: study suitability and feasibility of designating Wolf House as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2051), H3973 [9MY]

Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Area: suitability and feasibility study (see H.R. 2925), H7782 [25JY]

Northern Neck National Heritage Area: feasibility study (see S. 472), S2920 [27FE] (see H.R. 567), H319 [5FE]

Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight: establish to manage and reform Indian trust funds and assets (see S. 175), S848 [15JA]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 912), S5343 [11AP] (see H.R. 1862), H3451 [29AP]

Oregon: conduct certain feasibility studies in the Tualatin River Basin (see H.R. 1525), H2514 [31MR]

———convey certain land to be held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (see S. 868), S5173 [10AP]

Oregon City, OR: acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic Site and include it as unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 733), H460 [12FE]

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument: designate the Kris Eggle Memorial Visitors' Center (see S. 1060), S6255 [14MY] (see H.R. 1577), H2703 [2AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: grant easements and rights-of-way for certain activities (see H.R. 793), H700 [13FE]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions (see S. 1013), S5859 [7MY] (see H.R. 1697), H3051 [9AP] (see H.R. 2244), H4736 [22MY]

Pahrump, NV: convey certain land to the Edward H. McDaniel American Legion Post No. 22 for construction of a post building and memorial park (see S. 1521), S10617 [31JY]

Petrified Forest National Park: revise boundaries (see S. 784), S4824 [3AP] (see H.R. 1630), H2821 [3AP]

Pittsburgh, PA: study historic transportation routes in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Ohio that led to the forks of the Ohio River for potential addition to the National Trails System (see H.R. 1520), H2514 [31MR]

Power resources: evaluate opportunities to enhance domestic oil and gas production through the exchange of nonproducing Federal oil and gas leases located on certain public lands (see S. 984), S5651 [1MY]

———issue separate leases for tar sand and oil and gas for the same area (see S. 1725), S12532 [14OC] (see H.R. 3062), H8174 [10SE]

———make grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transportation fuels, petroleum-based product substitutes, and other commercial purposes (see H.R. 1550), H2586 [1AP]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see S. 1748), S12737 [16OC]

Provo River Project: convey certain lands and facilities (see S. 1876), S15061 [18NO] (see H.R. 3391), H10129 [29OC]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1105), H1641 [5MR]

———dispose of all BLM administered public lands that have been identified for disposal under the Federal land use planning process (see H.R. 353), H170 [27JA]

———establish terms and conditions for use of certain Federal lands by outfitters and facilitate public opportunities for the recreational use and enjoyment of such lands (see S. 1420), S9496 [16JY]

———exchange of certain private property in Colorado and certain Federal property in Utah (see H.R. 1058), H1515 [4MR]

———increase penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (see S. 833), S5059 [9AP] (see H.R. 1038), H1464 [27FE]

———preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (see H.R. 2966), H7784 [25JY]

Puerto Rico: designate certain National Forest System lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 1723), H3301 [10AP]

Puxico, MO: transfer control of the Mingo Job Corps Center from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service (see S. 1814), S13802 [3NO] (see H.R. 3433), H10339 [4NO]

Quinault Indian Nation: distribution of land claim judgment funds (see H.R. 2425), H5265 [11JN]

Recreational vehicles: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see S. 965), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 1130), H1679 [6MR]

Rio Grande Outstanding Natural Area: establish (see S. 1467), S9959 [25JY] (see H.R. 2955), H7783 [25JY]

Rivers: conduct a study of the San Gabriel River Watershed (see S. 630), S3803 [17MR] (see H.R. 519), H268 [31JA]

———promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 961), H1460 [27FE]

San Diego Creek Watershed: participate in projects (see S. 649), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 1598), H2819 [3AP]

San Joaquin River: feasibility of reservoir to increase water storage capacity and power generation and improve water supply reliability and quality, management efficiency, ecosystem function, and flood control (see H.R. 309), H137 [8JA]

San Juan Island National Historical Park: modify boundary (see H.R. 3571), H12306 [21NO]

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: conduct special resources study on the suitability and feasibility of inclusion of the Rim of the Valley Corridor (see S. 347), S2187 [11FE] (see H.R. 704), H391 [11FE]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: expansion (see S. 808), S4957 [8AP] (see H.R. 408), H217 [28JA]

Small Reclamation Projects Act: amend (see S. 993), S5725 [5MY]

South Carolina: study suitability and feasibility of designating the site of the Battle of Camden in South Carolina, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 3074), H8175 [10SE]

———study suitability and feasibility of establishing Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area in South Carolina (see S. 276), S1870 [4FE] (see H.R. 744), H461 [12FE]

South Dakota: convey certain lands acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the Oahe Irrigation Project to certain State agencies for wildlife habitat mitigation and provide conditional purchase options (see S. 426), S2522 [14FE]

———reallocate costs of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir to reflect increased demands for municipal and industrial and fish and wildlife purposes (see H.R. 2132), H4204 [15MY]

St. Croix National Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 1594), H2819 [3AP]

Ste. Genevieve, MO: study the suitability and feasibility of designating the French Colonial Heritage Area as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 1105), S6977 [22MY]

Taunton, MA: study the suitability and feasibility of designating certain historic buildings and areas in Taunton, MA, as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 1069), S6506 [15MY] (see H.R. 2129), H4204 [15MY]

Taxation: provide full funding for payment in lieu of taxes program and protect local jurisdictions against loss of property tax revenues when private lands are acquired by Federal land management agencies (see H.R. 380), H171 [27JA]

Tom Green County, TX: revise repayment contract with Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo Project, TX (see H.R. 856), H704 [13FE]

Trail of the Ancients: designate for study for potential addition to the National Trails System (see S. 634), S3803 [17MR]

Trails: establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (see H.R. 1524), H2514 [31MR]

Tularosa, NM: authorize construction of a desalination research and development facility at the Tularosa Basin (see S. 1211), S7540 [9JN]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: replace as the Federal agency responsible for the administration, protection, and preservation of Midway Atoll (see S. 1574), S10971 [2SE] (see H.R. 924), H1394 [26FE]

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (see S. 163), S848 [15JA] (see H.R. 421), H218 [28JA]

University of New Mexico: assist in construction and occupy portion of Hibben Center for Archaeological Research (see S. 643), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 3258), H9281 [7OC]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 639), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 1796), H3352 [11AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see S. 296), S1871 [4FE] (see H.R. 2540), H5662 [19JN]

Virgin Islands: study suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2663), H6347 [8JY]

Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve Act: allow available funds to be used for preservation, exploration, and preparation of paleontological resources for display, educational outreach, and related construction (see H.R. 2483), H5408 [16JN]

Votes for Women History Trail: establish (see S. 749), S4629 [1AP]

Washington: Federal recognition of Duwamish Tribe (see H.R. 477), H243 [29JA]

Washington County, UT: acquisition of property for implementation of a desert tortoise habitat (see S. 1209), S7540 [9JN]

Washoe County, NV: convey certain land to the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada (see H.R. 3445), H10457 [5NO]

Water: conduct a feasibility study on implementing a water supply and conservation project in the Republican River Basin between lakes in Nebraska and Kansas (see H.R. 3241), H9213 [2OC]

———conduct study of the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer (see H.R. 699), H391 [11FE]

———cooperate with Mexican border States to conduct a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority transboundary aquifers (see S. 1957), S15975 [25NO]

———establish rural water supply program in Reclamation States to provide clean, safe, affordable, and reliable water supply to rural residents (see S. 1732), S12607 [15OC]

———implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (see H.R. 2828), H7453 [23JY]

———limit authority to claim title or other rights to water absent specific direction of law or to abrogate, injure, or otherwise impair any right to the use of any quantity of water (see H.R. 2603), H5928 [25JN]

———participate in design, planning, and construction of the Inland Empire regional water recycling project and assist agencies in projects to construct regional brine lines in California (see H.R. 142), H56 [7JA]

———participate in design, planning, and construction of the Riverside-Corona Feeder in cooperation with the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside, CA (see H.R. 3334), H9687 [17OC]

———participation in Inland Empire regional recycling project and Cucamonga County Water District recycling project (see H.R. 2991), H7838 [3SE]

Weeds: provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see S. 144), S230 [13JA] (see H.R. 119), H56 [7JA]

Western Reserve Heritage Area: suitability and feasibility study (see H.R. 3257), H9281 [7OC]

Western Shoshone Tribe: distribution of land claim judgement funds (see S. 618), S3730 [13MR] (see H.R. 884), H1332 [25FE]

White Salmon River: designate a portion as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see S. 1614), S11478 [15SE] (see H.R. 2397), H5173 [10JN]

Wild and Scenic Rivers System: ensure congressional involvement in the process of States designating rivers as wild, scenic, or recreational (see H.R. 987), H1462 [27FE]

Williamson County, TX, Water Recycling and Reuse Project: participation (see H.R. 1732), H3301 [10AP]

Yuba County, CA: quitclaim to Yuba River Properties certain land in Yuba County, CA, so as to extinguish a claim of title asserted by the Dept. of the Interior (see H.R. 2599), H5928 [25JN]

Yucaipa Valley Regional Water Supply Renewal Project: authorize participation (see H.R. 3466), H10977 [6NO]

Conference reports

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2691), H9898-H9959 [28OC]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations (H.R. 2754), H11010-H11118 [7NO]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act (H.R. 1904), H11686-H11698 [20NO]

Excerpts

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2754) (H. Rept. 108-212), S11445 [15SE]

Factsheets

General Statistics for Endangered Species: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, S3767 [17MR]

Responsible Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement and Response (ROVER) Act (H.R. 751), E222 [13FE]

Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS)—Listings by State and Territory: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, S3767 [17MR]

Histories

Conservation of Montana's Rocky Mountain Front, S10508 [31JY]

Letters

BIA and Dept. of the Interior Office of Special Trustee reorganization funding: Keith Harper, Native American Rights Fund (organization), S11717 [18SE]

———Tex G. Hall, National Congress of American Indians, S11716 [18SE]

Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act: Andres F. Irlando, Cesar E. Chavez Foundation, S850 [15JA]

Dept. of Defense transfer of Vieques Island land to the Dept. of the Interior for use as a national wildlife refuge, H3622 [1MY]

———Hansford T. Johnson, Dept. of the Navy, H3622 [1MY]

Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge land acquisition funding: Eric Alvarez, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, H10203 [30OC]

———Gale A. Norton, Sec. of the Interior, H10204 [30OC]

Federal competitive outsourcing: Paul J. Gessing, National Taxpayers Union, Adrian T. Moore, Reason Foundation, Randall W. Hatcher, MAU, Inc., and Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S11796 [23SE]

Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria plans to construct casino in Sonoma County, CA: Annette Rose, Marin County, CA, Board of Supervisors and Paul Kelley, Sonoma County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S8730 [26JN]

Forest Service funding to implement changes to roadless areas protection regulations: Ann M. Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture, H7091 [17JY]

———Representatives Pombo and McInnis, Committee on Resources (House), H7092 [17JY]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S13461 [29OC]

———Forest Stewards Guild, S13461 [29OC]

———J.T. Banks, Forest Roads Working Group, S13463 [29OC]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4307 [20MY]

———Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), H4307, H4308 [20MY]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H4307 [20MY]

———several firefighter advocates, S13462 [29OC]

———several organizations, S13459-S13461, S13462, S13483 [29OC]

Indian Health Service funding: Michelle German, S11630 [17SE]

National Wildlife Refuge System concessions policy: Steve Williams, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, H11448 [18NO]

Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act: Craig D. Obey, National Parks Conservation Association, S4835 [3AP]

Prohibit additional inventory of oil and gas resources on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf and impose time limits on considering appeals on consistency determinations for Federal projects: several Members of Congress, H9341 [8OC]

———Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S7748 [12JN]

———Florida congressional delegation, H9344 [8OC]

———several Representatives, H9343 [8OC]

Prohibit new Dept. of the Interior competitive outsourcing studies funding: Beth Moten, American Federation of Government Employees, S11790 [23SE]

———Camille Fleenor, American Council of Engineering Companies, S11796 [23SE]

———Chuck Luttrell, S11798 [23SE]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S11797 [23SE]

———Lin Yeazell, S11799 [23SE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S11797 [23SE]

———Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation, S11790 [23SE]

———Thomas A. Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste (organization), S11797 [23SE]

———Thomas C. Kiernan, National Parks Conservation Association, S11789 [23SE]

Prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico: several Florida elected officials, H3311 [11AP]

Prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf: several Representatives, H3312 [11AP]

Transfer of authority to Dept. of the Interior to revise the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual: Senator Dorgan, S9057 [8JY]

Transit in Parks (TRIP) Act: Charles M. Clusen, Natural Resources Defense Council, S6077 [13MY]

———Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense (organization), S6077 [13MY]

———James La Sala, Amalgamated Transit Union, S6077 [13MY]

———Martha Roskowski, America Bikes (organization), S6077 [13MY]

———several transportation and environmental organizations, S6076 [13MY]

Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act: Representative Don Young, Committee on Resources (House), H2292 [25MR]

———Representative Pombo, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H2291 [25MR]

World Trade Center Site Historic Study Act: Thomas J. Meehan III, E2522 [8DE]

Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks snowmobile use phaseout: several former National Park Service officials, H7074 [17JY]

Lists

California 22d Congressional District arts programs, H6980 [16JY]

Clarification to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) report on H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S11610 [17SE]

Motions

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), S11781 [23SE], H9061 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), conference report, H10204 [30OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7146 [18JY]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S13604, S13609, S13611, S13621, S13624 [30OC], H4322 [20MY], H10463 [6NO]

Outlines

Rocky Flats Minerals Acquisition Act (H.R. 2653), E1396 [27JN], E2045 [15OC]

Petitions and memorials

Marin County, CA, Board of Supervisors: Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria plans to construct casino in Sonoma County, CA, S8731 [26JN]

Napa County, CA, Board of Supervisors: Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria plans to construct casino in Sonoma County, CA, S8731 [26JN]

National Congress of American Indians: BIA and Dept. of the Interior Office of Special Trustee reorganization funding, S11717 [18SE]

Petaluma, CA, City Council: Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria plans to construct a casino in Sonoma County, CA, E2384 [21NO]

Sonoma County, CA, Board of Supervisors: Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria plans to construct casino in Sonoma County, CA, S8730 [26JN]

Press releases

Prohibit New Dept. of the Interior Competitive Outsourcing Studies Funding: Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S11796 [23SE]

———Wilderness Society, S11789 [23SE]

Proposals

Provide full funding for payment in lieu of taxes program and protect local jurisdictions against loss of property tax revenues when private lands are acquired by Federal land management agencies, E52 [8JA]

Remarks in House

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (H.R. 313), E38 [8JA]

Alaska: exchange of certain lands between the Newtok Native Corp., and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (S. 924), H10308, H10309 [4NO]

———improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives (H.R. 950), E300 [27FE]

———provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (H.R. 979), H5345 [12JN]

Animals: chronic wasting disease research funding, H6622 [14JY]

———eradication and control of nutria in Maryland and Louisiana (H.R. 273), H2872-H2874 [8AP]

———nutria control and eradication project funding, H6961 [16JY]

———prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands, H7049-H7051 [17JY], E1531 [18JY]

Apache County, AZ: water rights acquisition and development assistance funding for the Zuni Indian Tribe, H7026 [17JY]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H6976-H6983 [16JY], H9991 [29OC], E1514, E1525, E1532 [18JY]

Beaufort, SC: study certain sites in the historic district relative to the Reconstruction Era, cosponsorship withdrawn (H.R. 332), H1490 [4MR]

Birds: prohibit funding for prosecution of individuals for killing migratory birds on seeded rice lands, H7078 [17JY]

Biscayne National Park: conduct study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion (S. 111), H8424, H8425, H8467 [23SE]

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge: acquire for inclusion property known as Garrett Island in Cecil County, MD (H.R. 274), H3431, H3432 [29AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: conduct a feasibility study on the Alder Creek water storage and conservation project in El Dorado County, CA (H.R. 3597), E2429 [23NO]

Buy American Act: compliance, H7041 [17JY], H7140 [18JY]

California: construct a bridge on Federal land west of and adjacent to Folsom Dam (H.R. 901), E295 [26FE]

———convey certain water distribution systems of the Cachuma Project, Carpinteria Valley Water District, and Montecito Water District (H.R. 1648), H11182, H11183 [17NO]

———Los Vaqueros Reservoir funding, H7136 [18JY]

California Missions Foundation: support efforts to restore and repair Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in California and to preserve artworks and artifacts of these missions (H.R. 1446), H9697-H9699 [20OC], E2090 [20OC], E2109, E2116 [21OC]

Chamizal National Memorial: funding, H7081 [17JY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (H.R. 1034), E323 [27FE]

Coltsville, CT: conduct study for potential inclusion in the National Park System (S. 233), H8459 [23SE]

Connecticut: anniversary of Federal recognition and settlement of land claims of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, E2060 [16OC]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: convert conservation programs into entitlements, H6956 [16JY]

Conservation of natural resources: conservation programs funding, H6957, H6963 [16JY]

Contracts: prohibit new competitive outsourcing studies funding, H7037-H7040 [17JY], H10199 [30OC]

Cooperative Landscape Conservation Program: establish (H.R. 749), E219 [13FE]

Cumberland Gap National Historic Park: authorize acquisition of Fern Lake and the surrounding watershed in Kentucky and Tennessee (H.R. 1809), E765 [12AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (H.R. 74), H6874 [16JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H7040, H7041 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H6710 [15JY], H6950-H6984 [16JY], H7025-H7058, H7062-H7083, H7087-H7105 [17JY], E1514, E1525, E1531, E1537 [18JY], E1541 [21JY], E1569, E1570 [23JY], E1583, E1585 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), conference report, H9970 [28OC], H10190-H10205 [30OC], E2230 [5NO], E2267 [6NO], E2286 [7NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), consideration (H. Res. 319), H6941-H6947 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 418), H9991-H9996 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), motion to instruct conferees, H9061 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), unanimous-consent agreement, H7047 [17JY]

Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge: land acquisition funding, H10203 [30OC]

Energy and water development: across-the-board funding reduction, H7141 [18JY]

———making appropriations, H670 [13FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7106 [17JY], H7114-H7147 [18JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), conference report, H11396-H11405 [18NO], E2345 [20NO], E2433 [23NO], E2486 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 444), H11370-H11372 [18NO]

Federal Land Policy and Management Act: clarify method to determine fair market value of rights-of-way to prevent unreasonable increases in deployment costs of critical infrastructure (H.R. 762), H2534, H2535 [1AP]

Fire prevention: authorize collaborative forest restoration and wildland mitigation projects on public and private lands, and improve implementation of the National Fire Plan (H.R. 1042), H12164 [21NO], E325, E331 [27FE]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), H3755-H3758 [7MY], H4003-H4008 [13MY], H4287-H4324 [20MY], H4865-H4868 [3JN], H10197 [30OC], H10462, H10547-H10553 [6NO], E1031, E1036, E1042 [21MY], E1056, E1062 [22MY], E1071, E1078 [23MY], E1094 [2JN], E1244 [13JN], E2243 [5NO], E2281 [7NO], E2332 [19NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), conference report, H12159-H12172 [21NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), conference rpt. consideration (H. Res. 457), H12113-H12117 [21NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), consideration (H. Res. 239), H4277-H4286 [20MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), corrections in engrossment, H4324 [20MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), motion to instruct conferees, H10463-H10469 [6NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), motion to recommit, H4322-H4324 [20MY]

———limit Federal authority in the judicial review of hazardous fuel reduction projects for forests, H4322-H4324 [20MY], H12170 [21NO]

———wildfire prevention and management funding, H9061 [1OC]

Firefighters: expedite process by which military aircraft may be used to fight wildfires, H4586, H4587 [22MY]

———provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (H.R. 977), E328 [27FE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: amend (H.R. 3645), E2407 [22NO]

Florida: make Everglades restoration funding contingent upon report on water quality standards compliance in Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and Everglades National Park, H6975, H6976 [16JY]

Forest Counties Payments Committee: extend (H.R. 3249), H9846 [28OC], E2268 [6NO]

Forest Service: prohibit funding to implement changes to roadless areas protection regulations, H7082, H7083, H7087-H7092 [17JY], E1537 [18JY], E1541 [21JY]

Fort Frederica National Monument: land exchange (H.R. 1113), H8413-H8415 [23SE]

Fremont-Madison Irrigation District: convey certain facilities (S. 520), H8229 [16SE]

Graton Rancheria Restoration Act: give Dept. of the Interior discretion relative to taking land into trust (H.R. 2656), E2383 [21NO]

Guam: authorize the Dept. of the Interior to reduce, release, or waive amounts owed by the Government of Guam to the U.S. to offset unreimbursed compact impact expenses (H.R. 2522), E1320 [20JN]

Immigration: impact of illegal immigration on the environment, H2918-H2922 [8AP]

Indian Craft Shop: tribute, E1736 [9SE]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical correction (S. 1066), H11181, H11182 [17NO]

Johnstown Flood National Memorial: expand (H.R. 1521), H9410 [15OC]

Klamath Basin: prohibit the renewal of certain agricultural leases permitting the growing of alfalfa or row crops, H7043-H7047 [17JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: funding, H6941-H6947 [16JY], H9994 [29OC], H10200 [30OC]

Maui, HI: conduct a study to determine the feasibility of including certain lands on the southeastern shoreline in the National Park System (H.R. 3544), E2381 [21NO]

Mining and mineral resources: facilitate acquisition of certain mineral rights (H.R. 2653), E1396 [27JN], E2045 [15OC]

———reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (H.R. 504), E154 [6FE]

———require oil industry pay fair market value for oil and gas removed from public lands, H3082 [10AP]

Missouri River: prohibit funding to subject management to regulatory action under Endangered Species Act, H7079-H7081 [17JY]

Motor vehicles: increase fines for improper use of vehicles that result in damage to public lands or national forests (H.R. 751), E222 [13FE]

National Park Service: Midwest Archaeological Center and Southeast Archaeological Center competitive sourcing study funding, H7092-H7094 [17JY]

———prohibit study or implementation of plan to privatize, divest, or transfer any part of its mission, function, or responsibility (H.R. 2650), E1378 [27JN]

———require inventory, evaluation, and documentation of surviving historic Life-Saving Service stations (H.R. 904), E281 [25FE]

National parks and recreation areas: provide mass transit services (H.R. 2382), E1160 [5JN]

National Wildlife Refuge System: anniversary, E403 [7MR], E477 [13MR]

———anniversary (H. Res. 173), H3425-H3428 [29AP]

———provide for maintenance and repair of buildings and properties located on lands by lessees of such facilities (H.R. 1204), H11446-H11448 [18NO]

Native Americans: reform management of Indian trust funds and assets (H.R. 2981), E1616, E1621 [25JY]

———settlement of claims relative to Indian trust funds, H6944, H6945 [16JY], H9991, H9994 [29OC], H10196-H10202 [30OC], E2230 [5NO], E2286 [7NO]

Nebraska City, NE: grant an easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (H.R. 255), H4027 [14MY]

Nevada: convey certain land to Lander and Eureka Counties for continued use as cemeteries (H.R. 272), H6874-H6876 [16JY]

New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (H.R. 3176), E1874 [24SE]

Office of Insular Affairs: funding, H6962 [16JY]

Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight: establish to manage and reform Indian trust funds and assets (S. 175), E1621 [25JY]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish, H11457 [18NO]

Oregon City, OR: acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic Site and include it as unit of the National Park System (H.R. 733), H2875-H2877 [8AP]

———acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic Site and include it as unit of the National Park System (H.R. 733), Senate amendments, H6876, H6877 [16JY]

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument: designate the Kris Eggle Memorial Visitors' Center (H.R. 1577), H4024-H4027 [14MY], H4199 [15MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: inventory oil and gas resources on certain portions, H3309-H3313 [11AP]

———prohibit additional inventory of oil and gas resources on certain portions, H9336-H9346 [8OC], E2043 [15OC]

Power resources: fuel cell research funding, E229 [13FE]

———issue separate leases for tar sand and oil and gas for the same area (H.R. 3062), H9330, H9331 [8OC]

Public lands: development of natural gas and oil resources, H3313-H3316 [11AP]

———forest-thinning projects on Federal lands, E2243 [5NO]

———limit Recreation Fee Demonstration Program to National Park Service areas, H6945 [16JY], H7033-H7036 [17JY], E1569 [23JY]

———provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way, H7094-H7103 [17JY], H10202 [30OC], E1570 [23JY], E1583 [24JY]

Puerto Rico: Dept. of Defense transfer of Vieques Island land to the Dept. of the Interior for use as a national wildlife refuge, H3621 [1MY], E945 [14MY]

———designate certain National Forest System lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, H3056 [10AP]

Recreational vehicles: allow alternative multi-passenger vehicles in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park, H7887, H7888 [4SE]

———phaseout of snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park, H6710 [15JY], H7069-H7075 [17JY]

Rivers: conduct a study of the San Gabriel River Watershed (H.R. 519), H1963, H1964 [19MR], E117 [31JA]

———promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (H.R. 961), H2289-H2292 [25MR]

San Diego Creek Watershed: participate in projects (H.R. 1598), H9409 [15OC]

San Joaquin River: feasibility of reservoir to increase water storage capacity and power generation and improve water supply reliability and quality, management efficiency, ecosystem function, and flood control (H.R. 309), E47 [8JA]

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: conduct special resources study on the suitability and feasibility of inclusion of the Rim of the Valley Corridor (H.R. 704), E193 [12FE]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: expansion (H.R. 408), H9327-H9330 [8OC]

St. Croix National Heritage Area: feasibility study (H.R. 1594), E682 [3AP]

Steens Mountain Cooperative Management Area: clarify responsibilities of BLM in providing normal access to private inholdings, H6962 [16JY]

Storm, Scot: Federal Duck Stamp Contest winner, E2295 [14NO]

Supreme Court: decision not to hear case on Presidential authority to extend or establish national monuments under the Antiquities Act, E1998 [8OC]

Taxation: provide full funding for payment in lieu of taxes program and protect local jurisdictions against loss of property tax revenues when private lands are acquired by Federal land management agencies, E52 [8JA]

Tom Green County, TX: revise repayment contract with Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo Project, TX (H.R. 856), H4031 [14MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: development of voluntary guidelines to protect migratory birds from being killed by power lines, H7025, H7026 [17JY]

———Hackensack, NJ, Meadowlands project funding, H6959 [16JY]

———repairing and restoring habitats funding, H11447 [18NO]

U.S. Geological Survey: Minerals Assessment Team funding, H6959 [16JY]

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (H.R. 421), H11589-H11591 [19NO]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (H.R. 2540), E1309 [20JN]

Water: conduct study of the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer (H.R. 699), H1963 [19MR]

———participation in Inland Empire regional recycling project and Cucamonga County Water District recycling project (H.R. 2991), E1694 [4SE]

Weatherization Assistance Program: funding, H7027, H7028, H7104 [17JY]

Western States: Federal land management, H6689-H6692 [14JY]

Williamson County, TX, Water Recycling and Reuse Project: participation (H.R. 1732), H11180, H11181 [17NO]

Yellowstone National Park: prohibit funding to kill or assist others in killing bison, H7051-H7054 [17JY]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: authorize subdivision and dedication of restricted land owned by Alaska Natives (S. 1421), S9503 [16JY]

———exchange of certain lands between the Newtok Native Corp., and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (S. 924), S5385 [11AP], S9615 [17JY]

———facilitate transfer of land to Native Americans (S. 1466), S9975 [25JY], S10046 [28JY]

Albuquerque, NM: clear title to certain property associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project relative to development of Biological Park Project (S. 213), S1489 [23JA]

Animals: assist in conservation of marine turtles and nesting habitats in foreign countries (S. 1210), S7547 [9JN], S13741 [31OC]

———chronic wasting disease research funding, S14014 [5NO]

———encourage research on the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control its spread, monitor the incidence of the disease, and support State efforts to control the disease (S. 1036), S5997-S6000 [9MY]

———eradication and control of nutria in Maryland and Louisiana (H.R. 273), S5096, S5097 [9AP]

———make grants to State and tribal governments to assist efforts to manage and control the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer and elk herds (S. 1366), S8761 [26JN]

Archeology: provide for protection, data compilation, science-based decision making, public education and access, and a unified management policy relative to paleontological resources on Federal lands (S. 546), S3265 [6MR], S9608 [17JY]

Atchafalaya National Heritage Area: establish (S. 323), S2010-S2012 [5FE]

BIA: improve procedures for extension of Federal recognition to certain Indian groups (S. 297), S1902 [4FE]

———improve procedures for extension of Federal recognition to certain Indian groups (S. 462), S2863-S2865 [26FE]

———issue school construction funding bonds (S. 594), S3517 [11MR]

———provide grants to ensure participation of local Governments and tribes in Federal recognition proceedings (S. 463), S2863-S2865 [26FE]

———Tribal School Construction Demonstration Program funding, S1444 [23JA]

Biscayne National Park: conduct study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion (S. 111), S3102, S3103 [4MR]

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge: acquire for inclusion property known as Garrett Island in Cecil County, MD (H.R. 274), S14279 [7NO]

Box Elder County, UT: construct an education and administrative center at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (S. 277), S1882 [4FE]

Bureau of Reclamation: assist in the implementation of fish passage and screening facilities at non-Federal water projects (S. 1307), S8304 [20JN]

———carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of salt cedar and Russian olive plants (S. 1516), S10638 [31JY]

———conduct a feasibility study on a water conservation project within the Arch Hurley Conservancy District in New Mexico (S. 1071), S6512 [15MY]

———prohibit reduction or reallocation of water to be delivered under San Juan-Chama Project contracts for endangered species purposes in the Rio Grande River Basin, S10259, S10260 [30JY], S10896 [1AU]

———Rio Grande silvery minnow habitat protection funding, S11549 [16SE]

Buy American Act: compliance, S11824 [23SE]

California: allocation of water resources obtained from the Colorado River, S113 [9JA]

———authorize implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program (S. 1097), S6859 [21MY]

California Missions Foundation: support efforts to restore and repair Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in California and to preserve artworks and artifacts of these missions (H.R. 1446), S12984 [21OC], S13063 [22OC]

———support efforts to restore and repair Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in California and to preserve artworks and artifacts of these missions (S. 1306), S8303 [20JN]

Central Idaho Wilderness Act: clarify provisions on continued use of established commercial outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River (S. 1003), S5786 [6MY], S15870 [24NO]

Chavez, Cesar E.: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (S. 164), S849 [15JA], S4910 [7AP]

Cibola National Forest: establish the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust to resolve a land claim on Sandia Mountain between the Sandia Pueblo and the Dept. of the Interior, S1433 [23JA]

Cold war: conduct a study on commemorating and interpreting (S. 452), S2843 [26FE], S15869 [24NO]

Coltsville, CT: conduct study for potential inclusion in the National Park System (S. 233), S3102, S3106 [4MR]

Connecticut River: implement cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in the watershed area of New Hampshire and Vermont (S. 1433), S9641 [21JY]

Contracts: prohibit new competitive outsourcing studies funding, S11624 [17SE], S11788-S11804, S11807 [23SE], S11903 [24SE]

———report on competitive outsourcing, S11807 [23SE]

Corps of Engineers: carry out critical restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande in Albuquerque, NM (S. 997), S5774 [6MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (H.R. 74), S9618 [17JY]

———convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (S. 490), S2975 [27FE], S9606 [17JY]

Dept. of Energy: Ion Transport Membrane (ITM) Oxygen and Ion Transport Membrane (ITM) Syngas programs funding, S11821, S11822 [23SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), S11605-S11610, S11624, S11629 [17SE], S11712, S11715-S11720 [18SE], S11731-S11736, S11738 [22SE], S11780, S11784-S11814, S11816, S11826 [23SE], S11903 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), conference report, S13784-S13791 [3NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S13643 [30OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), unanimous-consent agreement, S11795 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), unanimous-consent request, S11794 [23SE]

Douglas County, OR: conveyance of certain BLM lands (S. 714), S4441 [26MR], S15870 [24NO]

Endangered Species Act: improve listing, recovery planning, and delisting processes (S. 369), S2355 [12FE], S3766 [17MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations, S9225 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), S11402-S11406 [11SE], S11434-S11451 [15SE], S11519, S11521-S11551 [16SE], S11749, S11750 [22SE], S11940, S11942 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), conference report, S15088-S15090 [18NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), insert S. 1424 language in lieu, S11435 [15SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), unanimous-consent agreement, S11605 [17SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), unanimous-consent request, S11550 [16SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1424), S10259, S10260 [30JY], S10896 [1AU]

———reduce appropriations for unrequested, low-priority, unnecessary, and wasteful spending programs, S11749, S11750 [22SE]

Fire prevention: expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (S. 1314), S8362-S8365 [23JN]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (S. 1352), S8745 [26JN]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (S. 1453), S9907 [24JY]

———hazardous fuels reduction projects in wildland-urban interface funding, S13617-S13621 [30OC]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health, S11520 [16SE]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S8362 [23JN], S12859-S12864 [20OC], S12997 [22OC], S13072, S13073, S13075, S13125, S13126 [23OC], S13254-S13256 [27OC], S13341, S13372 [28OC], S13435-S13485 [29OC], S13600-S13611, S13613, S13616-S13637, S13696 [30OC], S13786, S13794, S13796 [3NO], S13847-S13849 [4NO], S14086 [6NO], S15212, S15217 [20NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), conference report, S15368-S15373, S15376-S15379 [21NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), unanimous-consent request, S12859 [20OC], S13073, S13074 [23OC], S13476 [29OC], S13830, S13831 [3NO], S13890 [4NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (S. 1449), S9799-S9801 [23JY]

———provide five-year authority for changes in hazardous fuels reduction projects, S13626-S13631 [30OC]

———require treatment of slash and other long term fuels management for hazardous fuels reduction projects, S13608 [30OC]

———wildfire prevention and management funding, S11558 [16SE], S11719 [18SE], S11816 [23SE], S13253-S13256 [27OC]

Firefighters: wildland firefighter safety funding, S13631-S13633 [30OC]

Forests: Asian beetles eradication program funding, S1448, S1449 [23JA]

———conduct and support research into alternative treatments for timber produced from public lands and lands withdrawn from the public domain for the National Forest System (S. 432), S2609 [24FE]

———require collaborative monitoring of forest health projects, S13609 [30OC]

———Rural Community Forestry Enterprise Program funding, S15370 [21NO]

———use best value contracting criteria when awarding contracts for hazardous fuels reduction, S13616 [30OC]

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site: inclusion of McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon City, OR (S. 601), S3622 [12MR]

Fremont-Madison Irrigation District: convey certain facilities (S. 520), S7939 [16JN]

GAO: require study on costs and benefits of alternatives in environmental assessments and impact statements relative to hazardous fuels reduction projects, S13624-S13626 [30OC]

Government: requirements for an annual report on competitive sourcing activities, S13101-S13105 [23OC]

Grants Pass Irrigation District: authorize Federal implementation of activities dealing with the future take of threatened salmon species resulting from water diversion (S. 1308), S8304 [20JN]

Graton Rancheria Restoration Act: give Dept. of the Interior discretion relative to taking land into trust (S. 1342), S8729-S8732 [26JN]

High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling, and monitoring program (S. 212), S1487 [23JA], S4910 [7AP]

———conduct hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling, and monitoring program (S. 212), CBO report, S4895 [7AP]

Horticulture: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (S. 1051), S6141 [13MY]

———establish a program to control or eradicate tamarisk in the Western States (S. 1236), S7727 [11JN]

Indian Arts and Crafts Shop: anniversary, S11113 [4SE]

Indian Health Service: funding, S11629 [17SE], S11734 [22SE], S11780, S11781, S11811-S11813 [23SE]

———funding through reductions in BIA and Dept. of the Interior Office of Special Trustee reorganization funding, S11716-S11720 [18SE]

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act: amend to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes (S. 1715), S12462 [3OC]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical correction (S. 1066), S14221 [6NO]

Kansas City, MO: provide a grant for construction of a statue of Harry S Truman at Union Station (S. 1472), S10062 [28JY]

Kodiak, AK: conduct a study of the Baranov Museum for potential inclusion in the National Park System (S. 1430), S9598 [17JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: funding, S11825 [23SE]

Little Rock, AR: Audubon Nature Center funding, S11820, S11821 [23SE]

Maine: Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership funding, S11819 [23SE]

Manhattan Project: study preservation and interpretation of historic sites for potential inclusion in the National Park System (S. 1687), S12198, S12199 [30SE]

Michigan: conduct a study of maritime sites (S. 1850), S14807 [12NO]

Missouri River Basin Stakeholder Committee: establish (S. 531), S3186 [5MR]

Missouri River Master Water Control Manual: transfer of authority to revise (S. 1378), S9057 [8JY]

Missouri River Monitoring and Research Program: establish (S. 531), S3186 [5MR]

National forests: ensure protection of old-growth forests, S13621-S13624 [30OC], S15376-S15379 [21NO]

———provide a reliable method for compensating owners of non-Federal lands that have been damaged by wildfires spread from certain National Forest System or BLM lands (S. 1315), S8365 [23JN]

National Park Service: enhance the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program (S. 1107), S6988 [22MY]

———prohibit study or implementation of plan to privatize, divest, or transfer any part of its mission, function, or responsibility (S. 1363), S8758 [26JN]

———Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance Program funding, S1442 [23JA]

National parks and recreation areas: provide mass transit services (S. 1032), S5964 [8MY], S6072 [13MY]

———reduce risks from and mitigate effects of avalanches on visitors to units of the National Park System and other recreational users of public land (S. 931), S5486 [29AP]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (S. 324), S2051 [6FE]

———clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (S. 651), S3900 [18MR], S9612 [17JY]

———update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails (S. 635), S4157 [20MR]

National Wildlife Refuge System: anniversary (S. Res. 87), S3761, S3762 [13MR]

National Zoological Park: funding, S11819, S11820 [23SE]

Native Americans: distribute judgment funds to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation (S. 428), S2600 [24FE]

———establish a voluntary alternative claims resolution process to reach a settlement of claims relative to Indian trust funds (S. 1770), S12978 [21OC], S13788 [3NO]

———expand opportunities for contracting on Federal lands (S. 288), S1890 [4FE]

———extend terms of leases of certain restricted Indian land (S. 521), S3171 [5MR]

———fetal alcohol syndrome research funding, S11821 [23SE]

———payment of amounts owed to Indian tribes and individual Indian money account holders (S. 1540), S10671 [31JY]

———provide for periodic Indian needs assessments and require Federal Indian program evaluations (S. 1600), S11251 [9SE]

———reform management of Indian trust funds and assets, S11734, S11735 [22SE]

———reform management of Indian trust funds and assets (S. 1459), S9964-S9968 [25JY]

———settlement of claims relative to Indian trust funds, S13785-S13791 [3NO], S14300 [10NO]

———tribal colleges and universities funding, S13785 [3NO]

Nebraska City, NE: grant an easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (H.R. 255), S9617 [17JY]

Nevada: convey certain land to Lander and Eureka Counties for continued use as cemeteries (S. 1819), S13910 [4NO]

New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (S. 1649), S11915 [24SE]

———ensure the Elephant Butte Irrigation District receives the proceeds from the Bureau of Reclamation sale of certain lands in the vicinity of the Elephant Butte Reservoir and the Caballo Reservoir (S. 1791), S13381 [28OC]

Nuclear weapons: improve security of nuclear weapons, materials, and facilities and increase nuclear nonproliferation funding, S4664-S4666 [2AP]

Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight: establish to manage and reform Indian trust funds and assets (S. 175), S861-S866 [15JA]

Oregon: convey certain land to be held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (S. 868), S5193 [10AP]

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument: designate the Kris Eggle Memorial Visitors' Center (H.R. 1577), S9617 [17JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit additional inventory of oil and gas resources on certain portions, S7702-S7706 [11JN], S7742-S7750 [12JN]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions (S. 1013), S5871 [7MY]

Pahrump, NV: convey certain land to the Edward H. McDaniel American Legion Post No. 22 for construction of a post building and memorial park (S. 1521), S10644 [31JY]

Petrified Forest National Park: revise boundaries (S. 784), S4835 [3AP]

Power resources: evaluate opportunities to enhance domestic oil and gas production through the exchange of nonproducing Federal oil and gas leases located on certain public lands, S10507-S10509 [31JY]

———evaluate opportunities to enhance domestic oil and gas production through the exchange of nonproducing Federal oil and gas leases located on certain public lands (S. 984), S5676 [1MY]

———fuel cell research funding, S1442, S1443 [23JA], S2035 [6FE], S2514-S2516 [14FE], S2730-S2732 [26FE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S16151 [9DE]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (S. 1748), S12745 [16OC]

Private Landowner's Incentive Program: funding, S11823, S11824 [23SE]

Provo River Project: convey certain lands and facilities (S. 1876), S15062 [18NO]

Public lands: ban commercial advertising on the National Mall, S11429-S11432 [15SE], S11733 [22SE], S11804, S11805 [23SE]

———decision allowing sponsor recognition by the National Football League at event held on the National Mall, S11429-S11432 [15SE]

———establish terms and conditions for use of certain Federal lands by outfitters and facilitate public opportunities for the recreational use and enjoyment of such lands (S. 1420), S9499 [16JY]

———improve implementation of the National Fire Plan on Federal lands managed by the Forest Service and agencies of the Dept. of the Interior, S4242 [21MR]

———memorandum of understanding between Utah and the Dept. of the Interior on State and county road acknowledgment, S13787 [3NO]

Puxico, MO: transfer control of the Mingo Job Corps Center from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service (S. 1814), S13804 [3NO]

Rio Grande Outstanding Natural Area: establish (S. 1467), S10055 [28JY]

Rivers: conduct a study of the San Gabriel River Watershed (H.R. 519), S7938 [16JN]

———conduct a study of the San Gabriel River Watershed (S. 630), S3806 [17MR]

San Diego Creek Watershed: participate in projects (S. 649), S4168 [20MR]

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: conduct special resources study on the suitability and feasibility of inclusion of the Rim of the Valley Corridor (S. 347), S2207 [11FE], S4910 [7AP]

South Dakota: convey certain lands acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the Oahe Irrigation Project to certain State agencies for wildlife habitat mitigation and provide conditional purchase options (S. 426), S2545 [14FE], S4879 [3AP]

Ste. Genevieve, MO: study the suitability and feasibility of designating the French Colonial Heritage Area as a unit of the National Park System (S. 1105), S6985 [22MY]

Swimmer, Ross O.: nomination to be Dept. of the Interior Office of Special Trustee for American Indians Special Trustee, S5157 [10AP], S5334 [11AP]

Tom Green County, TX: revise repayment contract with Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo Project, TX (H.R. 856), S8260 [19JN]

Trail of the Ancients: designate for study for potential addition to the National Trails System (S. 634), S3808 [17MR]

Tularosa, NM: authorize construction of a desalination research and development facility at the Tularosa Basin (S. 1211), S7549 [9JN]

U.S. Geological Survey: land remote sensing funding, S11819 [23SE]

———U.S.-Mexico binational groundwater study funding, S11821 [23SE]

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (H.R. 421), S15502 [21NO]

———reauthorize (S. 163), S849 [15JA], S8600 [25JN]

University of New Mexico: assist in construction and occupy portion of Hibben Center for Archaeological Research (S. 643), S3888 [18MR], S9612 [17JY]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (S. 639), S3883-S3885 [18MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (S. 296), S1901 [4FE]

Votes for Women History Trail: establish (S. 749), S4631 [1AP]

Washington County, UT: acquisition of property for implementation of a desert tortoise habitat (S. 1209), S7546 [9JN]

Water: cooperate with Mexican border States to conduct a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority transboundary aquifers (S. 1957), S15982 [25NO]

———establish rural water supply program in Reclamation States to provide clean, safe, affordable, and reliable water supply to rural residents (S. 1732), S12609 [15OC]

Weeds: provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (S. 144), S231 [13JA], S3102, S3104 [4MR]

Western Shoshone Tribe: distribution of land claim judgement funds (S. 618), S3735 [13MR], S12756-S12759 [16OC]

White Salmon River: designate a portion as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 1614), S11480 [15SE]

Reports

Forest Service—Information on Appeals and Litigation Involving Fuels Reduction Activities: GAO, S13473 [29OC]

Reports filed

Beaufort, SC, Study Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 500) (S. Rept. 108-61), S7540 [9JN]

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 274) (S. Rept. 108-180), S13659 [30OC]

Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Land Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 426) (S. Rept. 108-16), S3162 [5MR]

Carpinteria and Montecito Water Distribution Systems Conveyance Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1648) (H. Rept. 108-363), H11205, H11358 [17NO]

Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 164) (S. Rept. 108-20), S3993 [19MR]

Clarify Central Idaho Wilderness Act Provisions on Continued Use of Established Commercial Outfitter Hunting Camps on the Salmon River: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1003) (S. Rept. 108-136), S10970 [2SE]

Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act for the 21st Century: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 313) (H. Rept. 108-328), H9980 [28OC]

Coltsville Study Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 233) (S. Rept. 108-9), S2187 [11FE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (S. 233) (H. Rept. 108-252), H7838 [3SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 457) (H. Rept. 108-388), H11700 [20NO]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 418) (H. Rept. 108-333), H9980 [28OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2754, Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 444) (H. Rept. 108-377), H11358 [17NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 239) (H. Rept. 108-109), H4253 [19MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 319) (H. Rept. 108-209), H6867 [15JY]

Convey Certain Land in the Lake Tahoe Basin To Be Held in Trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 490) (S. Rept. 108-91), S9303 [11JY]

Dept. of Agriculture Conveyance of Certain Land in the Lake Tahoe Basin To Be Held in Trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 74) (H. Rept. 108-185), H6261 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense Cooperation With Dept. of the Interior and State Agencies in Planning, Development and Maintenance of Fish and Wildlife Resources on Military Reservations: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1497) (H. Rept. 108-100), H4129 [14MY]

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2691) (H. Rept. 108-330), H9980 [28OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2691) (H. Rept. 108-195), H6602 [10JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1391) (S. Rept. 108-89), S9244 [10JY]

Dept. of the Interior Construction of a Bridge on Federal Land West of and Adjacent to Folsom Dam in California: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 901) (H. Rept. 108-202), H6705 [14JY]

Dept. of the Interior Issuance of Separate Leases for Tar Sand and Oil and Gas for the Same Area: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3062) (H. Rept. 108-302), H9281 [7OC]

Dept. of the Interior Participation in Williamson County, TX, Water Recycling and Reuse Project: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1732) (H. Rept. 108-364), H11205, H11358 [17NO]

Dept. of the Interior Study on Commemorating and Interpreting the Cold War: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 452) (S. Rept. 108-134), S10970 [2SE]

Douglas County, OR, Conveyance of Certain BLM Lands: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 714) (S. Rept. 108-135), S10970 [2SE]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2754) (H. Rept. 108-357), H11132 [7NO]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2754) (H. Rept. 108-212), H7019 [16JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1424) (S. Rept. 108-105), S9591 [17JY]

Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Advancement Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 163), S5058 [9AP]

———Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 163) (S. Rept. 108-74), S8125 [18JN]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 421) (H. Rept. 108-371), H11205, H11358 [17NO]

Fort Frederica National Monument Land Exchange: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1113) (H. Rept. 108-201), H6705 [14JY]

Fremont-Madison Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 520) (S. Rept. 108-62), S7540 [9JN]

Grant an Easement in Nebraska City, NE, To Facilitate Access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 255) (S. Rept. 108-99), S9303 [11JY]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1904) (H. Rept. 108-386), H11700 [20NO]

———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (H.R. 1904) (S. Rept. 108-121), S10616 [31JY]

———Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1904) (H. Rept. 108-96), H3972 [9MY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1904) (H. Rept. 108-96), H4253 [19MY]

Hibben Center for Archaeological Research Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 643) (S. Rept. 108-94), S9303 [11JY]

High Plains Aquifer Hydrogeologic Characterization, Mapping, Modeling and Monitoring Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 212) (S. Rept. 108-21), S3993 [19MR]

Indian Land Leasing Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 521) (S. Rept. 108-48), S6506 [15MY]

Irvine Basin Surface and Groundwater Improvement Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1598) (H. Rept. 108-306), H9375 [8OC]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Property Exclusion: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 154) (H. Rept. 108-359), H11205, H11358 [17NO]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Technical Correction: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1066) (S. Rept. 108-177), S13515 [29OC]

Johnstown Flood National Memorial Boundary Adjustment Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1521) (H. Rept. 108-301), H9281 [7OC]

Kris Eggle Memorial Visitors' Center Designation in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (H.R. 1577): Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1577) (S. Rept. 108-100), S9303 [11JY]

Maintenance and Repair of Buildings and Properties Located on National Wildlife Refuge System Lands by Lessees of Such Facilities: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1204) (H. Rept. 108-347), H10338 [4NO]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1210) (S. Rept. 108-167), S12838 [17OC]

McLoughlin House National Historic Site Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 733) (S. Rept. 108-66), S7540 [9JN]

National Trails System Willing Seller Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 651) (S. Rept. 108-95), S9303 [11JY]

Nevada Land Conveyance to Lander and Eureka Counties for Continued Use as Cemeteries: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 272) (H. Rept. 108-166), H5661 [19JN]

Newtok Native Corp., and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Land Exchange in Alaska: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 924) (S. Rept. 108-97), S9303 [11JY]

Newtok Native Corp., and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Land Exchange: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 924) (H. Rept. 108-345), H10338 [4NO]

Nomination of David W. Anderson To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Indian Affairs: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate), S13053 [22OC]

Nomination of Ross O. Swimmer To Be Dept. of the Interior Office of Special Trustee for American Indians Special Trustee: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate), S3369 [7MR]

Noxious Weed Control Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 144) (S. Rept. 108-6), S2187 [11FE]

Oil Region National Heritage Area Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1862) (H. Rept. 108-366), H11205, H11358 [17NO]

Paleontological Resources Preservation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 546) (S. Rept. 108-93), S9303 [11JY]

Pioneer National Historic Trails Studies Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 635) (S. Rept. 108-64), S7540 [9JN]

Public Lands Fire Regulations Enforcement Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1038) (H. Rept. 108-218), H7084 [17JY], H8174 [10SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1038) (H. Rept. 108-218), H8222 [15SE]

Quinault Indian Nation Distribution of Land Claim Judgment Funds: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2425) (H. Rept. 108-367), H11205, H11358 [17NO]

Rim of the Valley Corridor Study Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 347) (S. Rept. 108-25), S3993 [19MR]

San Gabriel River Watershed Study Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 519) (S. Rept. 108-65), S7540 [9JN]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Expansion: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 408) (H. Rept. 108-292), H9212 [2OC]

St. Croix National Heritage Area Feasibility Study: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1594) (H. Rept. 108-361), H11205, H11358 [17NO]

Study on the National Significance of the Miami Circle and the Suitability and Feasibility of Inclusion in Biscayne National Park: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 111) (S. Rept. 108-4), S2186 [11FE]

Study To Determine National Significance of Miami Circle and Suitability and Feasibility of Inclusion in Biscayne National Park: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 111) (H. Rept. 108-268), H8216 [11SE]

Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 618) (S. Rept. 108-151), S11753 [22SE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 884) (H. Rept. 108-299), H9281 [7OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H6963 [16JY], H7097 [17JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7139 [18JY]

Statements

Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Executive Office of the President, S13453 [29OC]

Summaries

Continuing Appropriations (H.J. Res. 2), S341-S345 [15JA]

Cooperative Landscape Conservation Act (H.R. 749), E220 [13FE]

Dept. of the Interior Management Reform of Indian Trust Funds and Assets (H.R. 2981), E1622 [25JY]

Fiscal Year 2003 Appropriations Reductions, S347 [15JA]

Forest Restoration and Fire Risk Reduction Act (H.R. 1042), E326 [27FE]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S13788 [3NO]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S11826 [23SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 1424, energy and water development appropriations, S11547 [16SE]

Delisted endangered and threatened species, S3768 [17MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2691), H6951-H6955 [16JY]

———conference report, H10191-H10195 [30OC]

Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7117-H7119 [18JY]

———conference report, H11398 [18NO]

Summary of listed endangered and threatened species and recovery plans, S3767 [17MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 173, National Wildlife Refuge System anniversary, H3425 [29AP]

H. Res. 239, consideration of H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, H4277 [20MY]

H. Res. 319, consideration of H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H6941 [16JY]

H. Res. 418, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H9991 [29OC]

H. Res. 444, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2754, energy and water development appropriations, H11370 [18NO]

H. Res. 457, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, H12113 [21NO]

H.R. 74, convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California, H6874 [16JY]

H.R. 255, grant an easement to Nebraska City, NE, to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, H4027 [14MY]

H.R. 272, land conveyance to Lander and Eureka Counties, NV, for continued use as cemeteries, H6875 [16JY]

H.R. 273, Nutria Eradication and Control Act, H2872 [8AP]

H.R. 274, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act, H3431 [29AP]

H.R. 408, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore expansion, H9328 [8OC]

H.R. 421, Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Advancement Act, H11589 [19NO]

H.R. 519, San Gabriel River Watershed Study Act, H1963 [19MR]

H.R. 699, Dept. of the Interior study of the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer, H1963 [19MR]

H.R. 733, McLoughlin House National Historic Site Act, H2875 [8AP], H6876 [16JY]

H.R. 733, McLouglin House National Historic Site Act, S7938 [16JN]

H.R. 762, Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act, H2534 [1AP]

H.R. 961, Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act, H2289 [25MR]

H.R. 1113, Fort Frederica National Monument land exchange, H8413 [23SE]

H.R. 1446, California Missions Preservation Act, H9697 [20OC]

H.R. 1521, Johnstown Flood National Memorial Boundary Adjustment Act, H9410 [15OC]

H.R. 1577, Kris Eggle Memorial Visitors' Center designation in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, S9617 [17JY], H4025 [14MY]

H.R. 1598, Irvine Basin Surface and Groundwater Improvement Act, H9409 [15OC]

H.R. 1648, Carpinteria and Montecito Water Distribution Systems Conveyance Act, H11182 [17NO]

H.R. 1732, Dept. of the Interior participation in Williamson County, TX, Water Recycling and Reuse Project, H11180 [17NO]

H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, S13441-S13449 [29OC], S13719-S13734 [31OC], H4287, H4292-H4298 [20MY]

H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S12004-S12022 [25SE]

H.R. 2754, energy and water development appropriations, S11758-S11768 [22SE]

H.R. 3062, Dept. of the Interior issuance of separate leases for tar sand and oil and gas for the same area, H9330 [8OC]

H.R. 3249, Forest Counties Payments Committee extension, H9846 [28OC]

S. 111, conduct study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion in Biscayne National Park, S3103 [4MR]

S. 111, Dept. of the Interior study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion in Biscayne National Park, H8424 [23SE]

S. 144, Noxious Weed Control Act, S3104 [4MR]

S. 163, Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Advancement Act, S8600 [25JN]

S. 164, Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act, S850 [15JA], S4910 [7AP]

S. 175, Indian Trust Asset and Trust Fund Management and Reform Act, S862-S865 [15JA]

S. 212, High Plains Aquifer Hydrogeologic Characterization, Mapping, Modeling and Monitoring Act, S1488 [23JA], S4911-S4913 [7AP]

S. 213, Albuquerque Biological Park Title Clarification Act, S1489 [23JA]

S. 233, Coltsville Study Act, S3106 [4MR], H8459 [23SE]

S. 288, Indian Contracting and Federal Land Management Demonstration Project Act, S1890-S1892 [4FE]

S. 296, Fairness to All Fallen Vietnam War Service Members Act, S1901 [4FE]

S. 297, Federal Acknowledgment Process Reform Act, S1903-S1907 [4FE]

S. 323, Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Act, S2012 [5FE]

S. 324, clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails in the National Trails System, S2052 [6FE]

S. 347, Rim of the Valley Corridor Study Act, S4914 [7AP]

S. 426, Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Land Conveyance Act, S2546 [14FE], S4880 [3AP]

S. 452, Dept. of the Interior study on commemorating and interpreting the Cold War, S15869 [24NO]

S. 490, convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California, S2976 [27FE], S9607 [17JY]

S. 500, Beaufort, SC, Study Act, S7936 [16JN]

S. 520, Fremont-Madison Conveyance Act, H8229 [16SE]

S. 521, Indian Land Leasing Act, S3171 [5MR]

S. 531, Missouri River Enhancement and Monitoring Act, S3186 [5MR]

S. 546, Paleontological Resources Preservation Act, S3266-S3268 [6MR], S9608-S9612 [17JY]

S. 618, Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act, S3735-S3737 [13MR], S12756-S12759 [16OC]

S. 635, Pioneer National Historic Trails Studies Act, S7937 [16JN]

S. 643, Hibben Center Act, S9612 [17JY]

S. 643, Hibben Center for Archaeological Research Act, S3888 [18MR]

S. 651, National Trails System Willing Seller Act, S3900 [18MR], S9612 [17JY]

S. 714, BLM land conveyance in Douglas County, OR, S15870 [24NO]

S. 714, BLM land conveyance to Douglas County, OR, S4441 [26MR]

S. 784, Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act, S4836 [3AP]

S. 808, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore expansion, S4958 [8AP]

S. 833, Public Lands Fire Regulations Enforcement Act, S5069 [9AP]

S. 924, Newtok Native Corp., and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service land exchange, S5385 [11AP], S9615 [17JY], H10308 [4NO]

S. 997, carry out Corps of Engineers critical restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande in Albuquerque, NM, S5775 [6MY]

S. 1003, Central Idaho Wilderness Act provisions clarification on continued use of established commercial outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River, S15870 [24NO]

S. 1003, clarify Central Idaho Wilderness Act provisions on continued use of established commercial outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River, S5786 [6MY]

S. 1013, Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, S5872 [7MY]

S. 1032, Transit in Parks (TRIP) Act, S6073-S6075 [13MY]

S. 1036, Chronic Wasting Disease Support Act, S5998 [9MY]

S. 1066, John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System technical correction, S14221 [6NO], H11181 [17NO]

S. 1071, Bureau of Reclamation feasibility study on a water conservation project within the Arch Hurley Conservancy District in New Mexico, S6512 [15MY]

S. 1097, Dept. of the Interior implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, S6860-S6863 [21MY]

S. 1107, Recreational Fee Authority Act, S6988 [22MY]

S. 1210, Marine Turtle Conservation Act, S7547-S7549 [9JN], S13741 [31OC]

S. 1211, construction of a desalination research and development facility at the Tularosa Basin, S7550 [9JN]

S. 1212, identify certain sites as key resources for protection by the Dept. of Homeland Security Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, S7550 [9JN]

S. 1236, Tamarisk Control and Riparian Restoration Act, S7727 [11JN]

S. 1306, California Missions Preservation Act, S8304 [20JN]

S. 1308, Federal implementation of activities dealing with the future take of threatened salmon species resulting from water diversion from the Grants Pass Irrigation District, S8305 [20JN]

S. 1314, Collaborative Forest Health Act, S8363-S8365 [23JN]

S. 1315, Enhanced Safety From Wildfire Act, S8366 [23JN]

S. 1342, give Dept. of the Interior discretion relative to taking land into trust under the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act, S8732 [26JN]

S. 1352, Community and Forest Protection Act, S8741-S8745 [26JN]

S. 1363, Park Professionals Protection Act, S8758 [26JN]

S. 1366, Chronic Wasting Disease Financial Assistance Act, S8760 [26JN]

S. 1378, transfer of authority to Dept. of the Interior to revise the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual, S9058 [8JY]

S. 1420, Outfitter Policy Act, S9500-S9503 [16JY]

S. 1421, Alaska Native Allotment Subdivision Act, S9504 [16JY]

S. 1430, Baranov Museum Study Act, S9598 [17JY]

S. 1459, American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act, S9964-S9967 [25JY]

S. 1466, Alaska Land Transfer Acceleration Act, S10047-S10055 [28JY]

S. 1467, Rio Grande Outstanding Natural Area Act, S10055-S10057 [28JY]

S. 1472, Dept. of the Interior grant for construction of a statue of Harry S Truman at Union Station in Kansas City, MO, S10062 [28JY]

S. 1516, Salt Cedar Control Demonstration Act, S10638 [31JY]

S. 1521, Edward H. McDaniel American Legion Post No. 22 Land Conveyance Act, S10644 [31JY]

S. 1600, Indian Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation Act, S11251 [9SE]

S. 1614, Upper White Salmon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, S11480 [15SE]

S. 1649, Ojito Wilderness Act, S11916 [24SE]

S. 1687, Manhattan Project National Historical Park Study Act, S12198 [30SE]

S. 1715, Dept. of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act, S12462-S12468 [3OC]

S. 1732, Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act, S12609 [15OC]

S. 1748, Presidential Sites Improvement Act, S12746 [16OC]

S. 1770, Indian Money Account Claim Satisfaction Act, S12979 [21OC]

S. 1791, ensure the Elephant Butte Irrigation District in New Mexico receives the proceeds from the Bureau of Reclamation sale of certain lands in the vicinity of the Elephant Butte Reservoir and the Caballo Reservoir, S13381 [28OC]

S. 1819, Central Nevada Rural Cemeteries Act, S13910 [4NO]

S. 1957, U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act, S15982 [25NO]

S. Res. 87, National Wildlife Refuge System anniversary, S3750, S3762 [13MR]

S. Res. 248, establish a voluntary alternative claims resolution process to reach a settlement of claims relative to Indian trust funds, S12983 [21OC]