MONTANA

Amendments

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

Articles and editorials

Groups File Lawsuit Over Kootenai Forest Timber Sale—Harvest Threatens Water, S13606 [30OC]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Reclamation: convey Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and Intake Irrigation Project to local control (see S. 900), S5342 [11AP] (see H.R. 2257), H4736 [22MY]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 2723), H6706 [14JY]

———divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 562), S3253 [6MR] (see H.R. 1033), H1464 [27FE]

Dept. of the Interior: 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]

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

———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]

Native Americans: authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to lease tribally-owned land on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for interstate gas pipelines (see S. 1823), S14031 [5NO]

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

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]

Certificates of election

Senate: Max Baucus, S2 [7JA]

Histories

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

Letters

Create more efficient electric grid, increase investment in utility infrastructure, and enhance consumer protections: several State commissions, S9998 [28JY]

Libby, MT, asbestos contamination: Christine Todd Whitman, EPA Administrator, S2041 [6FE]

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

Lists

Carroll College football team, S1968 [5FE]

Oaths of office

Baucus, Max: Senate, S4 [7JA]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: tribute, H1817 [13MR]

Dept. of the Interior: 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]

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

FAA: Essential Air Service Program funding, H5207 [11JN]

Stillwater Mining Co.: acquisition by Norilsk Nickel (Russian company), E1389 [27JN]

Yellowstone National Park: tribute, H7813 [3SE]

Remarks in Senate

Bureau of Reclamation: convey Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and Intake Irrigation Project to local control (S. 900), S5354 [11AP]

Butte, MT: anniversary of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 70, S6027 [12MY]

Carroll College: tribute to football team, S1968 [5FE]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (S. 562), S3319 [6MR], S3499 [11MR]

Dept. of the Interior: 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]

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

Disability Determination Services: tribute, S13132 [23OC]

Federal aid programs: grant waiver to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S12209 [30SE]

FERC: limit land use fee for the Flint Creek Hydroelectric project, S10031 [28JY]

Montana State University: tribute to TechLink technology transfer center, S15056 [18NO]

Native Americans: authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to lease tribally-owned land on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for interstate gas pipelines (S. 1823), S14043 [5NO]

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

University of Montana: Capital One Financial Corp., National Mascot of the Year award recipient, S3501 [11MR]

Reports filed

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

Texts of

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

S. 562, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act, S3320 [6MR]

S. 900, Lower Yellowstone Reclamation Projects Conveyance Act, S5355 [11AP]

S. 1823, authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to lease tribally-owned land on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for interstate gas pipelines, S14043 [5NO]

Tributes

Mansfield, Mike, S12633 [15OC], S13130 [23OC]