ALASKA

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study on groundwater resources in Alaska (S. 1338), S13061 [16NO]

Articles and editorials

Alaska Scout Leaders Die Near D.C., S8899 [26JY]

Alaskans Who Sent Delegation to D.C. Owe Hurricane Survivors an Apology, S11626 [20OC]

Arctic Folly, E2049 [7OC]

Big Oil Steps Aside in Battle Over Arctic, H2183 [20AP]

BP, Exxon Hit With Antitrust Suit, S14115 [20DE]

Dancing With Ghosts, H12230 [18DE]

Four Scout Leaders Die in Va. Accident, S8900 [26JY]

Just Say No to Pork, Alaska—Vote Ted Stevens, His Pals Out of Office, S11626 [20OC]

Let's Donate a Bridge to Victims of Katrina, S11626 [20OC]

North Slope Report Fuels Alaska Drilling Debate, S12163 [2NO]

Plan To Move ANWR to Defense Bill Moves Budget Deal Forward, H12156 [17DE]

Prudhoe Decline Highlights U.S. Oil Dependence, S14092 [20DE]

Saudi Oil Shock Ahead—Simmons Pokes Holes in Image of Unlimited Middle East Oil; Prepare for Worst, S10508 [27SE]

Bills and resolutions

African Americans: tribute to the Army Black Corps of Engineers for contributions in constructing the Alaska-Canada highway during World War II and their role in integrating the military (see H. Con. Res. 67), H719 [16FE]

Agreement Between the U.S. and Russia on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear Population: implement (see S. 2013), S12839 [15NO]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: facilitate shareholder consideration of proposals to make Settlement Common Stock available to missed enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons of a certain age (see S. 449), S1623 [17FE] (see H.R. 1866), H2550 [26AP]

———provide for equitable allotment of lands to Alaskan Natives who are veterans (see S. 2000), S12682 [10NO] (see H.R. 1811), H2471 [21AP]

———provide for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of certain claims (see S. 1306), S7294 [23JN] (see H.R. 2559), H3768 [23MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: authorize oil and gas exploration and codify certain environmental and economic protections of the Coastal Plain (see S. 1891), S11559 [19OC]

———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 261), S886 [2FE] (see H.R. 567), H351 [2FE]

Arctic Research and Policy Act: improve (see S. 879), S4108 [21AP]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into three circuits (see S. 1301), S7294 [23JN]

———appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 1296), S7293 [23JN] (see S. 1845), S11212 [6OC] (see H.R. 212), H78 [4JA] (see H.R. 3125), H5434 (see H.R. 3125), H5479 [29JN]

———remove authority of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to sit en banc with fewer than all circuit judges in regular active service (see H.R. 1064), H941 [2MR]

———reorganize the ninth judicial circuit (see H.R. 211), H78 [4JA]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study on groundwater resources in Alaska (see S. 1338), S7614 [29JN]

———release condition on a portion of land adjacent to Beaver, AK (see H.R. 1865), H2550 [26AP]

FERC: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in Alaska (see S. 176), S573 [26JA]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: clarify status of certain communities in the western Alaska community development quota program (see S. 797), S3652 [14AP]

Government: improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives (see H.R. 1810), H2471 [21AP]

Housing: provide habitable living quarters for educational employees, and their households, in rural areas located in or near Alaska Native Villages (see S. 1980), S12606 [9NO]

Joint Federal-State Floodplain and Erosion Mitigation Commission for Alaska: establish (see S. 49), S143 [24JA]

Medicaid: extend the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage adjustment for Alaska (see S. 159), S436 [25JA]

Mount McKinley: retain name (see H.R. 189), H135 [6JA]

Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see S. 672), S2995 [17MR]

———promote development of small business concerns (see S. 1907), S11744 [21OC]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see S. 432), S1623 [17FE] (see H.R. 921), H793 [17FE]

Peratrovich, Roy and Elizabeth Wanamaker: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 448), S1623 [17FE]

Petroleum: prohibit the exportation of Alaskan North Slope crude oil (see H.R. 4136), H9102 [25OC]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H72 [4JA]

Public lands: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1155), H1023 [8MR]

SBA: expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (see H.R. 2981), H4722 [17JN]

Trans-Alaska Pipeline System: prevent the retroactive application of Quality Bank valuation methodologies (see S. 822), S3735 [15AP] (see H.R. 2038), H2737 [28AP]

University of Alaska: convey certain public lands (see S. 293), S979 [3FE]

Water: improve sanitation in rural and native villages (see S. 1409), S8302 [14JY]

Certificates of election

Senate: Lisa Murkowski, S3 [4JA]

Histories

Energy Policy Act vote on Markey amendment (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration), H12232 [18DE]

Letters

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration: Alliance for Energy and Economic Growth, S14096 [20DE]

———Ashley, Katina, and Molly Tsongas, E2584 [17DE]

———David N. Parker, American Gas Association, S14096, S14129 [20DE]

———David W. Marquez, Alaska Attorney General, S14222 [21DE]

———Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S14096 [20DE]

———James C. May, Air Transport Association, S14129 [20DE]

———James L. Buckley, S2510 [11MR], S2713 [15MR], S14092 [20DE]

———Jimmy Carter, S2712 [15MR]

———John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers, S14127 [20DE]

———Milton R. Copulos, National Defense Council Foundation, S14128 [20DE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S14095 [20DE]

———Representative Markey, H2337 [20AP]

———Robert E. Wallace, VFW, S14126 [20DE]

———Robert Thompson, S2783 [16MR]

———Senator Kerry, S2714 [15MR]

———several Kaktovik, AK, citizens, S14094 [20DE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration addition to the Dept. of Defense appropriations bill: several retired military officers, S13955 [17DE], S13977, S13990, S14005 [19DE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration impact on human rights of Gwich'in people: several Representatives, E2375 [16NO]

Ketchikan's Bridge to the Future: Blaine Ashcraft, Greater Ketchikan, AK, Chamber of Commerce, S11632 [20OC]

Lists

Alaskans inscribed on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, S5526 [19MY]

North Slope, Alaska—recent oil company fines and penalties, S12162 [2NO]

Published works of climatologists comparing current Arctic temperatures to the 1930s and 1940s: Center for Science and Public Policy, S21-S24 [4JA]

Memorandums

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Oil and Gas Exploration: Several Labor Unions, S14095, S14126 [20DE]

Oaths of office

Murkowski, Lisa: Senate, S4 [4JA]

Petitions

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration: several residents of Kaktovik, AK, S2784 [16MR]

Quotations

Letters to the Editor From Alaskans—Alaskans Call To Give Bridges Money to Hurricane Victims, S11625 [20OC]

Remarks in House

African Americans: tribute to the Army Black Corps of Engineers for contributions in constructing the Alaska-Canada highway during World War II and their role in integrating the military (H. Con. Res. 67), H756 [17FE]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: facilitate shareholder consideration of proposals to make Settlement Common Stock available to missed enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons of a certain age (H.R. 1866), E759 [26AP]

———provide for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of certain claims (H.R. 2559), E1055 [23MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H1409 [14MR], H2113 [19AP], H2183, H2209, H2335-H2339, H2385, H2389-H2392 [20AP], H2445 [21AP], H2712, H2715, H2716 [28AP], H8849 [18OC], H10134 [9NO], H10628, H10641, H10643, H10644 [17NO], H11495 [13DE], H12152-H12155 [17DE], H12172-H12178, H12226-H12233, H12261-H12267 [18DE], H13182 [22DE], E818 [28AP], E1913 [21SE], E2584 [17DE], E2637, E2638, E2647 [22DE]

———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (H.R. 567), E159 [2FE]

Boy Scouts: express sympathy to victims of electrical accident resulting in death of adult volunteers at Boy Scout jamboree, H6551 [26JY]

Fish and fishing: adjust processing quotas for certain crab fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, H8046 [15SE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: clarify status of certain communities in the western Alaska community development quota program, H8046 [15SE]

Pribilof Islands: environmental cleanup funding, H4454 [14JN]

SBA: expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (H.R. 2981), E1270 [17JN]

Tongass National Forest: prohibit funding for construction and maintenance of roads used for logging, H3658, H3659 [19MY]

Trans-Alaska Pipeline System: prevent the retroactive application of Quality Bank valuation methodologies (H.R. 2038), E825 [28AP]

Remarks in Senate

African Americans: tribute to the Army Black Corps of Engineers for contributions in constructing the Alaska-Canada highway during World War II and their role in integrating the military (H. Con. Res. 67), S10055 [14SE]

Agreement Between the U.S. and Russia on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear Population: implement (S. 2013), S12851 [15NO]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: facilitate shareholder consideration of proposals to make Settlement Common Stock available to missed enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons of a certain age (S. 449), S1661 [17FE], S13594 [14DE]

———provide for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of certain claims (S. 1306), S7314 [23JN]

Alaska-Mongolia National Guard State Partnership: anniversary, S3549 [13AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: division of oil and gas leasing revenues, S12314 [3NO]

———ensure legislation allowing oil and gas exploration receives full consideration and debate in the Senate under regular order, S2706, S2716-S2720 [15MR], S2769-S2772, S2774-S2782, S2784-S2787 [16MR]

———oil and gas exploration, S2056 [4MR], S2507-S2510 [11MR], S2618, S2639-S2641 [14MR], S2706-S2709, S2711-S2720 [15MR], S2761, S2769-S2787, S2795 [16MR], S2957 [17MR], S4513 [28AP], S10508 [27SE], S11658 [20OC], S12095 [1NO], S12150-S12172 [2NO], S12285, S12304, S12305, S12331, S12336 [3NO], S13651 [15DE], S13769 [16DE], S13953, S13955, S13959 [17DE], S13977-S13984, S13986-S13995, S14004-S14006, S14027 [19DE], S14073, S14089-S14096, S14101, S14114-S14116, S14124-S14133, S14141, S14142, S14145, S14146, S14167-S14169 [20DE], S14221-S14233, S14243, S14248, S14249 [21DE]

———prohibit exportation of oil and gas produced under leases, S12172-S12175 [2NO], S12305 [3NO]

Arctic Research and Policy Act: improve (S. 879), S4128 [21AP]

Boy Scouts: express sympathy to victims of electrical accident resulting in death of adult volunteers at Boy Scout jamboree, S8807 [25JY], S8898, S8899, S8921, S8922 [26JY]

Constitutional Convention: anniversary, S12517-S12519 [8NO]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into three circuits (S. 1301), S7289, S7302 [23JN]

———appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (S. 1296), S7289 [23JN]

Denali transportation system: establish, S5061 [12MY]

Dept. of Defense: recommendation to realign Eilson AFB, AK, S6002 [26MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study on groundwater resources in Alaska (S. 1338), S7639 [29JN], S13061 [16NO]

Dept. of Transportation: prioritize Twin Spans Bridge in Louisiana reconstruction funding, S11637 [20OC]

———Twin Spans Bridge in Louisiana reconstruction funding through reductions in Alaska bridge construction funding, S11625-S11633, S11636 [20OC]

FERC: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in Alaska (S. 176), S9033 [26JY]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: clarify status of certain communities in the western Alaska community development quota program (S. 797), S3667 [14AP]

Housing: provide habitable living quarters for educational employees, and their households, in rural areas located in or near Alaska Native Villages (S. 1980), S12609 [9NO], S13306 [18NO]

Joint Federal-State Floodplain and Erosion Mitigation Commission for Alaska: establish (S. 49), S235 [24JA]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (S. 432), S1652 [17FE], S7941 [1JY]

Peratrovich, Roy and Elizabeth Wanamaker: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (S. 448), S1660 [17FE]

Police Week: observance, S5526 [19MY]

Taxation: income averaging of awards received by commercial fisherman for damages suffered as a result of the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill, S13139 [17NO]

Tongass National Forest: prohibit funding for construction and maintenance of roads used for logging, S7404, S7409-S7411 [27JN], S7501-S7509 [28JN], S7563-S7568 [29JN]

Trans-Alaska Pipeline System: prevent the retroactive application of Quality Bank valuation methodologies (S. 822), S3751-S3753 [15AP]

University of Alaska: funding, S12940 [16NO]

Water: improve sanitation in rural and native villages (S. 1409), S8326 [14JY]

Reports filed

Alaska Water Resources Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1338) (S. Rept. 109-170), S12006 [27OC]

Facilitate Shareholder Consideration of Proposals To Make Settlement Common Stock Under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Available to Certain Persons: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 449) (S. Rept. 109-112), S9281 [28JY]

FERC Extension of Deadline for Commencement of Construction of a Hydroelectric Project in Alaska: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 176) (S. Rept. 109-29), S2482 [10MR]

Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 432) (S. Rept. 109-94), S7428 [27JN]

———Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 921) (H. Rept. 109-211), H7556 [28JY]

Nomination of Timothy M. Burgess To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S13160 [17NO]

Rural and Native Alaskan Villages Sanitation Improvement: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1409) (S. Rept. 109-159), S11768 [24OC]

SBA Small Business Development Centers' Assistance to Native Americans Expansion and Improvement: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2981) (H. Rept. 109-206), H7555 [28JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration: Alaska Federation of Natives, Inc., S14095 [20DE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Oil and Gas Exploration: National Congress of American Indians, S2782 [16MR]

Statements

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Oil and Gas Exploration: Competitive Enterprise Institute, S14126 [20DE]

Tables

Forest Service budget allocations, S7565 [29JN]

National forests with less monetary return per dollar invested as the Tongass National Forest, S7567 [29JN]

National forests with same monetary return per dollar invested as the Tongass National Forest, S7567 [29JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 67, tribute to the Army Black Corps of Engineers for contributions in constructing the Alaska-Canada highway during World War II and their role in integrating the military, H757 [17FE]

S. 49, Alaska Floodplain and Erosion Mitigation Commission Act, S236 [24JA]

S. 176, FERC extension of deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in Alaska, S9033 [26JY]

S. 432, Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act, S7942 [1JY]

S. 448, award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Roy and Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich, S1661 [17FE]

S. 449, facilitate shareholder consideration of proposals to make Settlement Common Stock available to missed enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons of a certain age under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S1662 [17FE], S13594 [14DE]

S. 797, CDQ Community Preservation Act, S3668 [14AP]

S. 879, Arctic Research and Policy Act improvement, S4128 [21AP]

S. 1296, Ninth Circuit Judgeship and Reorganization Act, S7300 [23JN]

S. 1306, Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act, S7314-S7316 [23JN]

S. 1338, Alaska Water Resources Act, S13061 [16NO]

S. 1409, improve water sanitation in Alaskan rural and native villages, S8326 [14JY]

S. 1548, Coffman Cove Administrative Site Conveyance Act, S9307 [28JY]

S. 1845, Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act, S11231 [6OC]

S. 1980, Rural Teacher Housing Act, S12610 [9NO]

Tributes

Stevens, Senator, S7887 [1JY], S13311 [18NO], S13988 [19DE]