ARIZONA

Amendments

Petrified Forest National Park: revise boundaries (H.R. 1630), S10991 [9OC], S11115 [10OC], H10054 [19NO]

Public lands: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (S. 849), S8785 [22JY]

Water: adjust Central Arizona Project, ratify Gila River Indian Community water rights settlement, and reauthorize and amend Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act (S. 437), S9855 [28SE], S10865 [8OC], S11127 [10OC]

Articles and editorials

Kids' Assignment Turns Heads at State Level, E651 [27AP]

Bills and resolutions

Arizona Trail: designate for study for potential addition to the National Trails System (see S. 2354), S4492 [28AP] (see H.R. 4240), H2483 [28AP]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: transfer functions of certain Customs Patrol Officers operating on the Tohono O'odham Indian reservation to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 5346), H9049 [8OC]

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument: boundary adjustment (see H.R. 5192), H7944 [30SE]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into three circuits (see S. 2278), S3567 [1AP] (see H.R. 4247), H2488 [29AP]

Fort Bowie National Historic Site: revise boundary (see H.R. 4447), H3438 (see H.R. 4447), H3538 [20MY]

Gila River Indian Community: allow binding arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts relative to reservation lands (see H.R. 4577), H4170 [15JN]

Johnson, Randy: tribute (see H. Res. 660), H3719 [2JN]

National Guard: facilitate operation, maintenance, and capital improvement of Camp Navajo by the Arizona Army National Guard (see H.R. 3824), H574 [24FE]

Native Americans: provide for acquisition of subsurface mineral rights to land owned by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and land held in trust for the Tribe (see H.R. 4490), H3719 [2JN]

Pima County, AZ: land exchange to consolidate Federal land ownership within the Ironwood Forest National Monument and Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (see H.R. 4943), H6702 [22JY]

Public lands: require release of reversionary interest retained by the U.S. in connection with the conveyance of portions of former Williams AFB, AZ, to Arizona State University and Maricopa County Community College District (see H.R. 4439), H3438 (see H.R. 4439), H3538 [20MY]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community: allow inclusion of binding arbitration clauses in contracts relative to reservation lands (see S. 2277), S3567 [1AP] (see H.R. 4115), H2018 [1AP]

Smithsonian Institution: authorize construction of a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory instrumentation support control building and associated site development on Kitt Peak, AZ (see S. 2362), S4692 [29AP]

———support collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, AZ (see H.R. 4509), H3780 [3JN] (see H.R. 5105), H7245 [17SE]

Walnut Canyon National Monument: direct the Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain adjacent lands in Arizona (see S. 2440), S5799 [19MY] (see H.R. 4461), H3439 (see H.R. 4461), H3539 [20MY]

Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area: boundary adjustment (see H.R. 4884), H6556 [21JY]

Letters

Divide the ninth judicial circuit into three circuits: Sidney R. Thomas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, H8060 [5OC]

Maintenance funding for public roads used by schoolbuses serving the Navajo Nation reservation: Ben Chavez, Gallup-McKinley County, NM, Public Schools, S1252 [12FE]

———Jesse Thompson, Navajo County, AZ, Board of Supervisors, S1251 [12FE]

———Julius Young II, Kayenta, AZ, Unified School District, S1251 [12FE]

———Karen S. White, Gallup-McKinley County, NM, Public Schools, S1251 [12FE]

———Tom M. White, Jr., Apache County, AZ, Board of Supervisors, S1250 [12FE]

———Tony Atkinson, San Juan County, NM, County Manager, S1251 [12FE]

———Ty Lewis, Manuel Morgan, and Lynn H. Stevens, San Juan County, UT, Commission, S1250 [12FE]

Petitions and memorials

Navajo Nation, Fort Defiance, AZ, Chapter: maintenance funding for public roads used by schoolbuses serving the Navajo Nation reservation, S1251 [12FE]

Navajo Nation, Rock Springs, NM, Chapter: maintenance funding for public roads used by schoolbuses serving the Navajo Nation reservation, S1252 [12FE]

Remarks in House

Arizona Rock Products Association: tribute, H1014 [11MR]

Associated General Contractors: tribute to Arizona Chapter, H1014 [11MR]

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument: boundary adjustment (H.R. 5192), E1776 [1OC]

Colorado River Indian Reservation: revise boundaries (H.R. 2941), H7685 [28SE]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into three circuits, H8048-H8051, H8054-H8061 [5OC]

Finley, Dorothy: Air Force Personnel Center Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award recipient, E2166 [6DE]

Johnson, Randy: tribute (H. Res. 660), H4606, H4607 [21JN]

Petrified Forest National Park: revise boundaries (H.R. 1630), H7950 [4OC]

———revise boundaries (H.R. 1630), Senate amendment, H10054 [19NO]

Phoenix, AZ: anniversary of South Mountain High School, E504 [2AP]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community: allow inclusion of binding arbitration clauses in contracts relative to reservation lands (H.R. 4115), H5921 [19JY]

Smithsonian Institution: support collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, AZ (H.R. 5105), H7812, H7813 [29SE]

Tuscon, AZ: tribute to Project Citizen anti-bullying program, E651 [27AP]

Walnut Canyon National Monument: direct the Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain adjacent lands in Arizona (H.R. 4461), E926 [20MY]

Water: adjust Central Arizona Project, ratify Gila River Indian Community water rights settlement, and reauthorize and amend Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act (S. 437), H9793-H9820 [17NO], E2113 [20NO]

Remarks in Senate

Arizona Trail: designate for study for potential addition to the National Trails System (S. 2354), S4495 [28AP]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into three circuits (S. 2278), S6079 [21MY]

Dept. of the Interior: cooperate with Mexican border States to conduct a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority transboundary aquifers (S. 1957), S9340 [15SE]

Petrified Forest National Park: revise boundaries (H.R. 1630), S11183 [10OC]

Public lands: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (S. 849), S8663 [22JY], S11884 [7DE]

Roads and highways: maintenance funding for public roads used by schoolbuses serving the Navajo Nation reservation, S1250-S1252 [12FE]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community: allow inclusion of binding arbitration clauses in contracts relative to reservation lands (H.R. 4115), S9989 [29SE]

———allow inclusion of binding arbitration clauses in contracts relative to reservation lands (S. 2277), S3582 [1AP], S8427 [19JY]

Smithsonian Institution: authorize construction of a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory instrumentation support control building and associated site development on Kitt Peak, AZ (S. 2362), S6745 [14JN]

———support collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, AZ (H.R. 5105), S10278 [1OC]

Wake, Neil V.: confirmation as district judge, S2768 [12MR]

———nomination to be district judge, S2700 [11MR]

———nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2698 [11MR]

Walnut Canyon National Monument: direct the Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain adjacent lands in Arizona (S. 2440), S5802 [19MY]

Water: adjust Central Arizona Project, ratify Gila River Indian Community water rights settlement, and reauthorize and amend Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act (S. 437), S11127-S11172 [10OC], S11297 [11OC], S11795 [20NO]

Reports filed

Arizona Water Settlements Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 437) (S. Rept. 108-360), S9812 [28SE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 885) (H. Rept. 108-793), H10232 [20NO]

Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2941) (H. Rept. 108-701), H7734 [28SE]

Inclusion of Binding Arbitration Clauses in Contracts Relative to Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Reservation Lands: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4115) (H. Rept. 108-535), H3872 [9JN]

Nomination of Neil V. Wake To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2222 [4MR]

Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1630) (H. Rept. 108-713), H7944 [30SE]

U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1957) (S. Rept. 108-297), S7749 [7JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 660, tribute to Randy Johnson, H4606 [21JN]

H.R. 1630, Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act, H7950 [4OC]

H.R. 2941, Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act, H7685 [28SE]

H.R. 4115, inclusion of binding arbitration clauses in contracts relative to Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community reservation lands, H5921 [19JY]

H.R. 5105, support Smithsonian Institution collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, AZ, H7812 [29SE]

S. 437, Arizona Water Settlements Act, S11127-S11172 [10OC], H9793-H9819 [17NO]

S. 1957, U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act, S9340-S9342 [15SE]

S. 2277, inclusion of binding arbitration clauses in contracts relative to Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community reservation lands, S8427 [19JY]

Tributes

McCain, Senator, S11556, S11563 [19NO]

Rhodes, John J., S4484 [28AP]

Udall, Stewart L., E781 [6MY]