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

Amendments

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), S3151, S3152, S3154, S3188, S3189, S3190, S3191 [17MR], S3340, S3361, S3378 [18MR], S3513, S3577 [19MR], H3854 [25MR]

———establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), consideration (H. Res. 280), H3846 [25MR]

Animals: improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), H8324 [17JY]

———improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), consideration (H. Res. 653), H8312 [17JY]

California: expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (H.R. 2442), consideration (H. Res. 830), H11417 [15OC]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9386 [15SE], S9500, S9517, S9568, S9569, S9570 [17SE], S9581, S9582, S9583, S9592, S9593, S9594, S9595 [21SE], S9635, S9636, S9639, S9642, S9645, S9683, S9684, S9685, S9686, S9687, S9688, S9689 [22SE], S9723, S9751, S9752, S9753, S9754, S9755, S9756, S9757 [23SE], S9772, S9773, S9774, S9784, S9794, S9799, S9800, S9804, S9807, S9811, S9854, S9855 [24SE], H7410, H7412, H7420, H7427, H7428, H7429, H7430, H7431, H7433, H7434, H7435 [25JN], H7463, H7464, H7465, H7466, H7467, H7468, H7469 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration (H. Res. 578), H7397 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 876), H12055 [29OC]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), S236, S237 [8JA], S273 [11JA], S299, S316 [12JA], S419, S628 [15JA]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8137, S8145, S8146, S8147, S8148 [27JY], S8159, S8176, S8177, S8183, S8205, S8206, S8207, S8208, S8209 [28JY], S8218, S8221, S8222, S8234, S8243, S8244, S8245, S8251, S8253, S8259, S8280, S8281, S8282, S8283, S8284, S8285 [29JY], H8133, H8134, H8135, H8136, H8137, H8138, H8140, H8141, H8142, H8147, H8148, H8149, H8150, H8151, H8152, H8153, H8155, H8156, H8157, H8158 [15JY], H8328, H8329, H8330, H8331, H8332, H8333, H8334, H8335, H8336, H8337 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), consideration (H. Res. 645), H8113 [15JY]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (H.R. 1404), H4033, H4034, H4035, H4036, H4037, H4038 [26MR]

Molalla River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 2781), consideration (H. Res. 908), H13279 [19NO]

Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 324), H9853 [23SE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, S9812 [24SE], H11826 [27OC]

———H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, S8263 [29JY], H9970 [25SE]

Articles and editorials

Again, With Feeling—No New Drilling, S6491 [11JN]

Bill Whose Time Has Come, H3846 [25MR]

Complete Sham, S2811 [5MR]

Endangered Law—Bush Rule Change Ignores Science—Again, S2811 [5MR]

Endangered Process, S2810 [5MR]

Endangered Species—A 9-Second Rewrite, S2811 [5MR]

Friars and National Park Service Face Off on Appalachian Trail—Eminent Domain Proceedings Halted, S3343 [18MR]

Get Involved To Protect Property Rights, H9849 [23SE]

Gutting the Law, S2811 [5MR]

Shredder Is Overheating in Bush's Final Months, S2812 [5MR]

Unnecessary ESA Rewrite, S2810 [5MR]

Who Needs Those Pesky Scientists?, S2810 [5MR]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: authorize exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western Coastal Plain of Alaska without surface occupancy (see S. 503), S2592 [27FE]

———establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 49), H29 [6JA]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: resolve land claims of the Bering Straits Native Corp. (see S. 522), S2766 [4MR]

Alexander Creek, AK: recognize as a Native village (see H.R. 3229), H8184 [15JY]

Alpine Lakes Wilderness: expand to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic (see S. 721), S3897 [26MR] (see H.R. 1769), H4063 [26MR]

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see S. 1168), S6030 [3JN] (see H.R. 146), H33 [6JA] (see H.R. 1694), H3834 [24MR]

———establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), consideration (see H. Res. 280), H3833 [24MR]

American Samoa: confer certain Federal jurisdiction on the High Court of American Samoa (see H.R. 2789), H6537 [10JN]

———subsidize sellers and buyers of fish directly delivered to American Samoa from vessels with U.S. fisheries endorsements that manufacture for the U.S. (see H.R. 3583), H9670 [16SE]

Animals: eradicate and control nutria in Maryland, Louisiana, and other coastal States (see S. 1519), S8135 [27JY] (see H.R. 3850), H11514 [20OC]

———improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see S. 1579), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 1018), H1517 [12FE]

———improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), consideration (see H. Res. 653), H8301 [16JY]

———provide financial assistance to Louisiana for a pilot program to develop measures to eradicate or control feral swine and to assess and restore wetlands damaged by feral swine (see S. 1965), S10850 [28OC]

Arizona: authorize participation in the Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project (see H.R. 325), H89 [8JA]

Arizona National Scenic Trail: designate (see S. 153), S43 [6JA] (see H.R. 552), H379 [15JA]

Bedford, VA: study suitability and feasibility of designating the National D-Day Memorial as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 1207), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 2689), H6154 [3JN]

Bethlehem, PA: assist in establishment of an industrial history interpretive center and museum (see S. 1568), S8681 [3AU]

BLM: acquire and manage Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, CA (see S. 1596), S8992 [6AU] (see H.R. 4108), H13265 [18NO]

———convey certain land to Deschutes County, OR (see S. 1140), S5819 [21MY]

———convey White Acre and Gambel Oak properties to Park City, UT (see S. 218), S337 [13JA] (see H.R. 602), H386 [16JA]

———establish the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 404), H160 [9JA]

———provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and renewable energy development in California desert areas, and designate Renewable Energy Coordination Offices (see S. 2921), S13698 [21DE]

———validate final patent dealing with lands in Nevada conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC (see H.R. 762), H778 [28JA]

Blowing Rock, NC: authorize a land exchange to acquire lands for the Blue Ridge Parkway (see S. 1767), S10318 [8OC] (see H.R. 1121), H2601 [23FE]

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: authorize cooperative agreements with any of the management partners (see H.R. 316), H89 [8JA]

Bronx, NY: study suitability and feasibility of designating Oak Point and North Brother Island as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 183), H34 [6JA]

Bureau of Reclamation: allow the Central Valley Project to facilitate certain water transfers (see S. 1759), S10217 [7OC] (see H.R. 3750), H11110 [7OC]

———assess irrigation infrastructure of the Rio Grande Pueblos in New Mexico and provide grants and enter into agreements to repair or reconstruct such infrastructure (see H.R. 924), H1079 [9FE]

———authorize appropriations to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program in Arizona, California, and Nevada (see H.R. 405), H160 [9JA]

———conduct a feasibility study of water augmentation alternatives in the Sierra Vista Subwatershed in Arizona (see H.R. 551), H379 [15JA]

———continue participation in construction of the North San Diego County Area Water Recycling Project (see H.R. 1219), H2873 [26FE]

———develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and approve settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque tribes (see S. 1105), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 3342), H8809 [24JY]

———enter into a cooperative agreement with the Madera Irrigation District for purposes of supporting the Madera Water Supply and Enhancement Project (see H.R. 437), H161 [9JA]

———enter into agreement with National Academy of Sciences to conduct comprehensive study of sustainable water and environmental management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, CA (see H.R. 2977), H7084 [19JN]

———initiate consultations under Endangered Species Act on existing and proposed operations of the Central Valley Project and California State Water Project (see H.R. 3999), H12287 [3NO]

———maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs (see S. 1453), S7480 [14JY] (see H.R. 2288), H5307 [6MY]

———participate in the South San Diego County Water Reclamation Project (see H.R. 3364), H8959 [28JY]

———provide flexibility for operation of certain California pumping plants in times of drought emergency and support a fish hatchery program to preserve and restore the delta smelt (see H.R. 856), H1041 [4FE]

———remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, CO (see S. 1417), S7261 [8JY] (see H.R. 3123), H7836 [8JY]

Butterfield Overland Trail: conduct special resources study of the ``Ox-Bow Route'' (see H.R. 1373), H3077 [6MR]

C.C. Cragin Dam and Reservoir: clarify jurisdiction (see S. 1080), S5615 [19MY] (see H.R. 1853), H4396 [1AP]

California: authorize drought assistance for projects and activities that will help alleviate unemployment and diminished agricultural production (see H.R. 4225), H13627 (see H.R. 4225), H14371 [8DE]

———authorize participation in certain Rancho California Water District projects (see H.R. 371), H159 [9JA]

———authorize participation in certain water projects (see H.R. 567), H380 [15JA]

———authorize participation in design and construction of an advanced water treatment plant facility and recycled water system in cooperation with San Juan Capistrano, CA (see H.R. 637), H484 [22JA]

———authorize participation in Downey, CA, regional wastewater treatment and reclamation facility projects (see H.R. 1738), H4061 [26MR]

———authorize participation in Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, CA, projects (see H.R. 76), H30 [6JA]

———conduct a study of water resources (see H.R. 2316), H5398 [7MY]

———conduct a study of water resources in the Rialto-Colton Basin in California (see H.R. 4252), H14445 [9DE]

———conduct a study on constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California to provide a water supply (see S. 789), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 1945), H4522 [2AP]

———construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River (see H.R. 75), H30 [6JA]

———designate Stornetta Public Lands as an Outstanding Natural Area to be administered as a part of the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 4192), H13519 [3DE]

———expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (see S. 1138), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2442), H5665 [14MY]

———expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (H.R. 2442), consideration (see H. Res. 830), H11383 [14OC]

———participate in design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities for the project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired waters in the area of Oxnard, CA (see H.R. 88), H31 [6JA]

———participate in Prado Basin Natural Treatment System Project and Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination and reclamation project, and assist in regional brine line construction (see H.R. 530), H324 [14JA]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties (see H.R. 204), H35 [6JA]

———plan, design and construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, and other uses from the Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin, Santa Ana River (see H.R. 38), H29 [6JA]

———raise ceiling on Federal share of cost of the Calleguas Municipal Water District Recycling Project (see H.R. 2522), H5891 [20MY]

Castle Nugent National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 3726), H10518 [6OC]

Central Utah Project: facilitate development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System (see H.R. 2008), H4580 [21AP]

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area: conduct suitability and feasibility study for expanding boundary (see H.R. 3785), H11166 [8OC]

Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor: conduct suitability and feasibility study (see H.R. 867), H1042 [4FE]

Chicago, IL: determine feasibility of designating the study area as the Black Metropolis National Heritage Area (see H.R. 4004), H12287 [3NO]

Clinton, TN: study the suitability and feasibility of designating Green McAdoo School as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 453), H162 [9JA]

Colorado: assess irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project (see S. 1264), S6580 [15JN] (see H.R. 3061), H7445 [25JN]

———carry out Jackson Gulch rehabiliation project (see S. 184), S212 [8JA]

———designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 4289), H14826 [11DE]

———designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, CO, as wilderness (see S. 2762), S11344 [10NO] (see H.R. 3914), H11712 [22OC]

———study suitability and feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 1418), S7261 [8JY] (see H.R. 2330), H5398 [7MY]

Connecticut River: implement cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in the watershed area of New Hampshire and Vermont (see S. 1117), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2643), H6012 [21MY]

Cresco, IA: designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home as a national historic site (see S. 1537), S8272 [29JY] (see H.R. 3378), H9055 [29JY]

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: add sites (see H.R. 286), H70 [7JA]

Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor: name a new local coordinating entity (see H.R. 920), H1079 [9FE]

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission: reauthorize (see H.R. 3476), H9277 [31JY]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see S. 1327), S6938 [23JN]

Dept. of Labor: establish the New Economy Grant Program (see H.R. 4290), H14826 [11DE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2996), H7144 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration (see H. Res. 578), H7248 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 876), H12043 [28OC]

———repeal provision in appropriations legislation relative to geothermal energy receipts (see S. 2607), S10961 [30OC] (see H.R. 4060), H12587 [6NO]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (see S. 22), S168 [7JA]

———provide funding to carry out restoration activities on Federal lands (see S. 720), S3897 [26MR]

Deschutes County, OR: assist in planning, design, and construction of the Tumalo Irrigation District Water Conservation Project (see H.R. 352), H90 [8JA]

District of Columbia: designate and modify boundaries of National Mall area reserved for commemorative works and make recommendations for termination of authority to establish a commemorative work (see H.R. 1446), H3337 [11MR]

———enter into a long-term ground lease for the operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac golf courses (see H.R. 2838), H6618 [11JN]

———recognize Langston golf course for important legacy and contributions to African-American golf history (see S. Res. 162), S5820 [21MY]

Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority: provide financial assistance for the planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System (see H.R. 922), H1079 [9FE]

Ecology and environment: coordinate with other Federal authorities to enhance U.S. ability to conserve global wildlife and biological diversity (see H.R. 3086), H7703 [26JN]

———protect water resources and reduce forest and rangeland fuel loads by developing biochar technology through removal and conversion of certain invasive plant species (see S. 1713), S9840 [24SE] (see H.R. 3748), H11110 [7OC]

Electronic Duck Stamp Pilot Program: extend period for conduct (see H.R. 3805), H11298 [13OC]

Elk River: designate segment for study for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 3113), H7740 [7JY]

Endangered species: prohibit the consideration of global climate change as a factor in determining whether a species is threatened or endangered (see S. 724), S3897 [26MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see S. 1436), S7318 [9JY] (see H.R. 3183), H8024 [13JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), consideration (see H. Res. 645), H8099 [14JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 788), H10407 [30SE]

Everglades National Park: allow individuals to hunt and kill Burmese pythons within boundaries (see H.R. 3215), H8099 [14JY]

Executive departments: congressional disapproval of rule submitted by the Depts. of the Interior and Commerce relative to interagency cooperation under the Endangered Species Act (see H.J. Res. 18), H381 [15JA]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see S. 1787), S10434 [14OC] (see H.R. 3339), H8809 [24JY]

Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act: repeal certain provisions relative to fees for admission to National Park Service units or use of facilities (see S. 868), S4574 [22AP]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see S. 561), S2965 [10MR] (see H.R. 1404), H3144 [10MR]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (H.R. 1404), consideration (see H. Res. 281), H3833 [24MR]

Forest Service: establish a coordinated avalanche protection program (see S. 2907), S13458 [18DE] (see H.R. 4407), H15501 [16DE]

Forests: address public health and safety threat of catastrophic wildfire in California by expediting forest management projects on hazardous fuels reduction, forest restoration, and forest health (see H.R. 2899), H6903 [16JN]

———authorize the Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to enter into agreements authorizing State foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services (see S. 1122), S5819 [21MY]

Fossil Creek: designate as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see S. 40), S40 [6JA]

Goleta, CA: convey a water distribution system to Goleta Water District (see H.R. 89), H31 [6JA]

Government regulations: promulgate regulations concerning the storage and disposal of matter referred to as ``other wastes'' in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (see H.R. 493), H323 [14JA]

Hamilton, Alexander: study suitability and feasibility of designating Estate Grange and other sites related to life on St. Croix as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 216), S337 [13JA]

Hawaii: conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the Ka'u Coast as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2602), H6011 [21MY]

———establish a memorial to honor those forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula (see H.R. 410), H160 [9JA]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating the Honouliuli Internment Camp as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 871), S4669 [23AP] (see H.R. 2079), H4732 [23AP]

Hawai`i Capital National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 359), S1124 [30JA] (see H.R. 1297), H2978 [4MR]

Henderson, NV: convey certain Federal land (see H.R. 408), H160 [9JA]

Hermiston, OR: participate in water recycling and reuse project (see S. 1573), S8765 [4AU] (see H.R. 2741), H6265 [4JN]

Historic buildings and sites: establish a pilot program to provide for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses (see S. 715), S3897 [26MR]

Homestead National Monument of America: expand boundary (see H.R. 112), H32 [6JA]

Hopi Indian Reservation: plan, design, and construct a new school at Third Mesa, AZ (see H.R. 1122), H2601 [23FE]

Idaho: settle land claims within the Fort Hall Reservation (see S. 2802), S11594 [19NO]

Illabot Creek: designate segment as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see S. 635), S3368 [18MR] (see H.R. 1593), H3641 [18MR]

Income: ensure that compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of the Secretary are those which were in effect on January 1, 2005 (see S.J. Res. 3), S43 [6JA]

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: allow acquisition of lands by payment of delinquent taxes (see H.R. 1574), H3526 [17MR]

———authorize leasing of a portion of the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center for use as a visitor center (see H.R. 1287), H2925 [3MR]

———clarify authority to accept donations of contiguous lands (see H.R. 1286), H2925 [3MR]

Jimmy Carter National Historic Site: expand boundary and redesignate as a national historical park (see S. 742), S3986 [30MR] (see H.R. 1471), H3400 [12MR]

Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (see S. 2724), S11048 [3NO] (see H.R. 4001), H12287 [3NO]

Lamar, MO: conduct a special resource study of the Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site (see H.R. 348), H90 [8JA]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: prohibit use of recreation grants to acquire land or make improvements in State or local parks (see H.R. 2916), H6971 [17JN]

———provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to maximize effectiveness for future generations (see S. 2747), S11253 [6NO]

Land use: notify surface estate owners in cases in which the leasing of Federal minerals underlying the land are to be used for oil and gas development (see S. 719), S3897 [26MR]

Las Vegas, NV: convey the Alta-Hualapai Site for the development of a cancer treatment facility (see H.R. 234), H69 [7JA]

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. 2219), H5061 [30AP]

Leesburg, VA: conduct a special resource study of the General of the Army George Catlett Marshall National Historic Site at Dodona Manor (see S. 1750), S10110 [5OC] (see H.R. 3757), H11110 [7OC]

Louisiana: study suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 626), S3163 [17MR] (see H.R. 1041), H1519 [12FE]

Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act: authorize additional projects and activities (see H.R. 1393), H3104 [9MR]

Lumber industry: grant economy-related contract extensions of certain timber contracts with timber purchasers (see S. 2791), S11492 [18NO] (see H.R. 3759), H11165 [8OC]

Marianas Trench Marine National Monument: establish and operate a visitor facility (see H.R. 3511), H9278 [31JY]

Maui, HI: conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including certain lands on the northern shoreline in the National Park System (see H.R. 2603), H6011 [21MY]

McGee Creek Authority: convey certain facilities of the McGee Creek Project in Oklahoma (see S. 192), S256 [9JA] (see H.R. 376), H159 [9JA]

Mineral Leasing Act: ensure that excess oil and gas lease revenues are distributed in accordance with such Act (see S. 1575), S8765 [4AU] (see S. 1602), S8992 [6AU]

Minerals Management Service: reform by establishing as an independent agency (see H.R. 3736), H11110 [7OC]

Mining and mineral resources: facilitate remediation of abandoned hardrock mines (see S. 1777), S10362 [13OC]

———provide with a mechanism to cancel contracts for the sale of Soledad Canyon, CA, mining contracts (see H.R. 4332), H15498 [16DE]

———repeal reduction of mineral leasing revenues paid to certain Western States (see H.R. 1115), H2601 [23FE]

Minute Man National Historical Park: expand boundary to include Barrett's Farm (see H.R. 351), H90 [8JA]

Mississippi River: promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see S. 2779), S11382 [16NO] (see H.R. 3671), H10069 [29SE]

Molalla River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see S. 1369), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 2781), H6414 [9JN]

———designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 2781), consideration (see H. Res. 908), H13068 [17NO]

Mount McKinley: retain name (see H.R. 229), H68 [7JA]

National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass: make available at a discount to certain veterans (see H.R. 1354), H3054 [5MR]

National parks and recreation areas: provide preservation and interpretation assistance for resources associated with the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in Massachusetts (see H.R. 4137), H13352 [19NO]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the North Country National Scenic Trail (see S. 134), S42 [6JA]

———clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see S. 189), S212 [8JA] (see H.R. 1435), H3337 [11MR]

———provide for a study of the Cascadia Marine Trail (see H.R. 1641), H3704 [19MR]

———update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails (see S. 217), S337 [13JA]

National Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 221), S7869 [22JY] (see S. Res. 283), S9733 [23SE] (see H. Res. 688), H8959 [28JY]

Native Americans: authorize a system to process acquisitions of certain real property of the Samish Indian Nation into trust (see H.R. 2040), H4686 [22AP]

———authorize Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval (see H.R. 2523), H5891 [20MY]

———clarify Federal relationship with the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 1358), H3054 [5MR]

———extend Federal recognition to Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians (see S. 1936), S10776 [27OC]

———extend Federal relationship with Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 3120), H7740 [7JY]

———Federal recognition of Duwamish Tribe (see H.R. 2678), H6154 [3JN]

———notify units of local government when a Native American group files a petition to become a federally recognized Indian tribe and before the decision is made (see H.R. 2973), H7084 [19JN]

———provide an annual grant to facilitate an ironworking training program (see H.R. 1129), H2601 [23FE]

———provide further self-governance by Indian tribes (see H.R. 4347), H15499 [16DE]

———reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see S. 1703), S9840 [24SE] (see H.R. 3697), H10455 [1OC] (see H.R. 3742), H11110 [7OC]

———restore Federal recognition to the Chinook Nation (see H.R. 2576), H6009 [21MY] (see H.R. 3084), H7703 [26JN]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 690), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 2213), H5061 [30AP]

Nevada: convey certain lands in Clark and Nye Counties to the Nevada System of Higher Education (see S. 940), S4963 [30AP] (see H.R. 2210), H5061 [30AP]

New Mexico: authorize construction and rehabilitation of water infrastructure in northwestern New Mexico and authorize certain reclamation activity (see H.R. 925), H1079 [9FE]

———conduct a study of water resources (see H.R. 923), H1079 [9FE]

———designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and National Landscape Conservation System (see S. 1689), S9555 [17SE]

New Philadelphia, IL: conduct a special resource study of the archeological site and surrounding land of the town site (see S. 1629), S8993 [6AU]

New York: study suitability and feasibility of adding Hudson River Valley as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 4003), H12287 [3NO]

North Cascades National Park: adjust boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness to allow rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain (see H.R. 2806), H6538 [10JN]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to include trails along Lake Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota (see S. 553), S2909 [9MR] (see H.R. 481), H195 [13JA]

Northwestern State University: enter into an agreement to construct a curatorial center (see S. 1018), S5328 [11MY] (see H.R. 2384), H5580 [13MY]

Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing: establish (see H.R. 3534), H9341 [8SE]

Orange County Water District: authorize participation in additional phases of the project to reclaim and reuse water within the service area (see H.R. 383), H159 [9JA]

Oregon: restore forest landscapes, protect old growth forests, and manage national forests in the eastside forests (see S. 2895), S13382 [17DE]

Oregon Caves National Monument: modify boundary and designate certain rivers and creeks as components of the Wild and Scenic River System (see S. 1270), S6650 [16JN] (see H.R. 2889), H6902 [16JN]

Oregon Task Force on Sustainable Revenue for Counties: establish (see S. 901), S4755 [27AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions (see H.R. 797), H920 [3FE]

———limit withdrawals of offshore lands from oil and gas exploration, development, or production, allow States to petition for exploration and extraction, and share offshore oil and gas revenues with States (see H.R. 1143), H2631 [24FE]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 1906), H4520 [2AP]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions (see S. 783), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 1696), H3834 [24MR] (see H.R. 2439), H5665 [14MY]

Philadelphia, PA: establish Centennial Historic District (see S. 1051), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 1917), H4520 [2AP]

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: designate the Beaver Basin Wilderness (see S. 109), S42 [6JA]

Pinnacles National Park: establish (see H.R. 3444), H9275 [31JY]

Pipelines: issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipeline transportation utility systems in non-wilderness areas within the Denali National Park and Preserve (see S. 766), S4172 [1AP]

Port Chicago, CA: provide for administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 1469), S7639 [16JY] (see H.R. 1044), H1519 [12FE]

Powell, WY: study suitability and feasibility of adding the Heart Mountain Relocation Center as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 2722), S11048 [3NO] (see H.R. 3989), H12287 [3NO]

Power resources: establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (see S. 570), S3025 [11MR] (see H.R. 1431), H3337 [11MR]

———open certain Federal lands to leasing for exploration, development, and production of oil shale resources (see H.R. 1810), H4249 [31MR]

———prohibit from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases (see S. 1623), S8993 [6AU]

———provide for an in-depth analysis of the impact of energy development and production on water resources (see S. 531), S2827 [5MR]

———reauthorize geothermal lease revenue regulation and direct the Dept. of the Interior to establish a pilot project to streamline certain Federal renewable energy permitting processes (see S. 995), S5281 [7MY] (see H.R. 2362), H5484 [12MY]

Public lands: designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 980), H1246 [11FE]

———designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see S. 799), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 1925), H4521 [2AP]

———develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 1520), H3437 [16MR]

———ensure public access to Federal land and to airspace over Federal land (see S. 452), S2365 [23FE] (see H.R. 2025), H4685 [22AP]

———expand authorities to provide service-learning activities, establish an Indian Youth Service Corps grant program, restore natural and scenic resources, and train managers and enthusiasts (see S. 1442), S7359 [10JY]

———interchange administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands between the Forest Service and BLM (see S. 1328), S6938 [23JN] (see H.R. 689), H526 [26JA]

———limit Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture authority to acquire land in a State in which 25 percent or more of the land in the State is already federally owned (see H.R. 641), H485 [22JA]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for rehabilitation, road projects, and job creation (see H.R. 4291), H14826 [11DE]

———modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (see S. 1378), S7070 [25JN] (see S. 1651), S9132 [8SE] (see H.R. 1280), H2924 [3MR] (see H.R. 3540), H9341 [8SE]

———permit Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands (see S. 1241), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2031), H4686 [22AP]

———provide opportunities for continued recreational shooting on certain Federal public land (see H.R. 642), H485 [22JA]

———support an international park between Big Bend National Park and certain protected areas of the Coahuila and Chihuahua States across the border in Mexico (see H. Res. 695), H9056 [29JY]

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor: increase appropriations and modify date on which Dept. of the Interior authority terminates (see S. 196), S256 [9JA] (see H.R. 397), H160 [9JA]

River Raisin National Battlefield Park: designate (see S. 110), S42 [6JA] (see H.R. 401), H160 [9JA]

Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center: establish (see H.R. 3417), H9205 [30JY]

Sabinoso Wilderness Area: establish (see H.R. 921), H1079 [9FE]

San Diego County, CA: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 4304), H14877 [14DE]

San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 102), H31 [6JA]

San Gabriel River: prepare a feasibility study and implement demonstration projects to restore the watershed in California (see H.R. 4200), H13519 [3DE]

San Joaquin River: implement restoration settlement (see S. 161), S43 [6JA] (see H.R. 372), H159 [9JA]

Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 185), S212 [8JA] (see H.R. 171), H34 [6JA]

Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 324), H89 [8JA]

———establish (H.R. 324), consideration (see H. Res. 760), H9806 [22SE]

Shanksville, PA: commend community and Flight 93 ambassadors for efforts to protect temporary memorial and to establish permanent Flight 93 National Memorial and encourage completion of memorial (see H. Res. 795), H10457 [1OC]

Smoky Hill Trail: designate route across Great Plains in Kansas and Colorado as an overland trail and study system for potential addition to National Trails System (see H.R. 3755), H11110 [7OC]

South Carolina: complete a special resource study of the site of the Battle of Camden (see H.R. 284), H70 [7JA]

Springettsbury, PA: study suitability and feasibility of designating Camp Security as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 340), H89 [8JA]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects (see S. 2830), S12322 [3DE]

Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 349), S1057 [29JA]

Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement: approve (see S. 965), S5065 [4MY] (see H.R. 3254), H8355 [17JY]

Territories: extend grants and other assistance to facilitate a political status public education program for Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 3940), H11868 [27OC]

Texas: authorize participation in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project (see H.R. 1120), H2601 [23FE]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating certain lands as the Los Caminos del Rio National Heritage Corridor (see H.R. 2167), H4998 [29AP]

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve: expand boundaries (see S. 380), S1542 [4FE] (see H.R. 905), H1044 [4FE]

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail: include new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds (see H.R. 454), H162 [9JA]

U.S. Civil Rights Trail System: require a study of the feasibility of establishing (see S. 1802), S10570 [20OC] (see H.R. 685), H526 [26JA]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: authorize Wildlife Without Borders Program (see H.R. 3198), H8099 [14JY]

———protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, through voluntary actions on public and private lands (see H.R. 2188), H5060 [30AP]

U.S. Geological Survey: provide for a national biological data center (see H.R. 2453), H5671 [15MY]

Utah: allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the U.S. and the Uintah Water Conservancy District (see S. 1757), S10162 [6OC] (see H.R. 2950), H7022 [18JN]

———authorize exchange of certain land between the Boy Scouts of America Utah National Parks Council and Brian Head Ski Resort (see S. 215), S337 [13JA] (see H.R. 338), H89 [8JA]

———authorize exchange of certain land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties (see S. 563), S2965 [10MR] (see H.R. 1275), H2924 [3MR]

———convey parcels of land to Mantua, UT (see S. 1546), S8557 [30JY] (see H.R. 601), H386 [16JA]

Vermont: designate a segment of the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 455), H162 [9JA]

Virgin Islands National Park: authorize lease of certain lands (see H.R. 714), H601 [27JA]

Virginia: study suitability and feasibility of establishing Northern Neck National Heritage Area (see H.R. 222), H36 [6JA]

Waco Mammoth National Monument: establish (see S. 625), S3163 [17MR] (see H.R. 1376), H3077 [6MR]

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. 152), S43 [6JA]

Washington: continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (see H.R. 2430), H5665 [14MY]

Water: authorize participation in Magna Water District water reuse and groundwater recharge project (see S. 745), S4062 [31MR] (see H.R. 2265), H5306 [6MY]

White Clay Creek: designate additional segments and tributaries as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see S. 853), S4573 [22AP]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 244), S8865 [5AU]

Wildlife: prevent introduction and establishment of nonnative invasive wildlife species that negatively impact the economy, environment, or human or animal health (see H.R. 669), H525 [26JA]

Willamette Falls National Heritage Area: study suitability and feasibility of establishing in Oregon (see H.R. 4081), H13001 [16NO]

Yuma County, AZ: take lands into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Indian Tribe (see H.R. 326), H89 [8JA]

Cloture motions

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), motion to proceed, S3096 [12MR], S3109 [16MR]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9690 [22SE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), S299 [12JA], S356 [14JA]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), motion to proceed, S255 [9JA], S271 [11JA]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8213 [28JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, S10328 [8OC], S10399 [14OC]

Hayes, David J.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Interior, S5338 [11MY], S5407 [13MY]

Conference reports

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2996), H11871-H11983 [28OC]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations (H.R. 3183), H10150-H10358 [30SE]

Factsheets

Jones Academy, H7406 [25JN]

Letters

Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act: G. Wade Miller, WateReuse Association, H11426 [15OC]

———Gary W. Darling, Delta Diablo Sanitation District, H11426 [15OC]

———Jeffrey Kightlinger, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, H11426 [15OC]

———John Stufflebean, San Jose Environmental Services, H11426 [15OC]

———Timothy Quinn, Association of California Water Agencies, H11426 [15OC]

Dept. of the Interior issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas pipeline transportation utility systems in non-wilderness areas within the Denali National Park and Preserve: several Alaska environmental organizations, S4178 [1AP]

Dept. of the Interior stream buffer zone policy on prohibiting mining activities near streams: Ken Salazer, Sec. of the Interior, S6398 [10JN]

———Senator Bunning, S6398 [10JN]

Disclosure of congressionally directed spending items in H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations: Senator Bond, S9771, S9772 [24SE]

———Senator Brownback, S9771 [24SE]

———Senator Feinstein, S9770 [24SE]

———Senator Johnson, S9772 [24SE]

———Senator Risch, S9772 [24SE]

———Senator Roberts, S9771 [24SE]

———Senator Sessions, S9770 [24SE]

———Senator Shelby, S9770 [24SE]

Domestic energy policy impact on certain Endangered Species Act regulations: Senator Murkowski, S5401-S5403 [13MY]

Effect of Dept. of the Interior-administrated oil and gas leasing on military training and readiness in Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Donald H. Rumsfeld, Dept. of Defense (2005), S6489 [11JN]

Ensure Border Patrol agents have access to public lands and remove certain restrictions in order to allow enforcement of immigration and drug smuggling laws: Suzanne Bibby, Eagle Forum (organization), S9802 [24SE]

———T.J. Bonner, American Federation of Government Employees, S9802 [24SE]

Glen Canyon Dam operations: Governor's Representatives on Colorado River Operations, S8213 [28JY]

Hermiston, OR, water recycling and reuse project improvements: Antone C. Minthorn, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, H9758 [22SE]

Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act: Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H9294 [8SE]

———Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H9294 [8SE]

Maintain access to hunting, fishing, and trapping on newly designated wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas: Chris W. Cox, NRA, H3846, H3974, H3975 [25MR]

Molalla River portions designation as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, H13274 [19NO]

———Christopher P. Salotti, Dept. of the Interior, H13274 [19NO]

———Representative Schrader, H13274 [19NO]

National Lighthouse Stewardship Act: Donald J. Terras, American Lighthouse Coordinating Committee, S3904 [26MR]

———Michigan Lighthouse Alliance, S3904 [26MR]

Nomination of David J. Hayes to be Deputy Sec. of the Interior: Senator Murkowski, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S5126 [5MY]

Omnibus Public Land Management Act: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3289 [11MR]

———Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H3289 [11MR]

———several water resources organizations, H3983 [25MR]

Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial Enhancement Act: Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H8047 [14JY]

———Representative Skelton, Committee on Armed Services (House), H8047 [14JY]

Protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3280 [11MR]

———Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H3280 [11MR]

Public lands accessibility for disabled persons: Representative Doc Hastings, H3847 [25MR]

Require Depts. of the Interior or Commerce to follow existing public notice and comment statutes to modify Endangered Species Act rule relative to polar bears and related carbon emissions rule: Senator Begich, H2650 [25FE]

San Joaquin River restoration settlement, S378 [14JA], H3282 [11MR]

———Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, S3336 [18MR]

———Brian A. Benczkowski, Dept. of Justice, S3336 [18MR]

———Donald R. Glaser, Dept. of the Interior, S378 [14JA], H3282 [11MR]

———Jason Phillips, Dept. of the Interior, S378 [14JA]

———Jeffrey R. Single, California Dept. of Fish and Game, S378 [14JA]

Water Transfer Facilitation Act: Daniel G. Nelson, San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority, S10221 [7OC], E2467 [8OC]

———David Weisenberger, Banta-Corona Irrigation District, E2468 [8OC]

———Donn Zea, Northern California Water Association, S10221 [7OC], E2481 [8OC]

———Graham L. Allen, Placer County, CA, Water Agency, S10220 [7OC], E2496 [8OC]

———Jeffrey Kightlinger, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, S10221 [7OC], E2481 [8OC]

———Jeffrey Sutton, Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, E2481 [8OC]

———Martin R. McIntyre, San Luis Water District, E2492 [8OC]

———Regina J. Cherovsky, Yolo County, CA, Reclamation District 2035, E2497 [8OC]

———Ronald D. Jacobsma, Friant Water Users Authority, S10220 [7OC], E2467 [8OC]

———Steve Chedester, San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority, S10220 [7OC], E2491 [8OC]

———Thaddeus L. Bettner, Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, E2468 [8OC]

———Thomas W. Birmingham, Westlands Water District, S10221 [7OC], E2492 [8OC]

———Timothy Quinn, Association of California Water Agencies, S10220 [7OC], E2480 [8OC]

———Tovey Giezentanner, Conaway Preservation Group, LLC, E2496 [8OC]

Lists

Actions and projects to address California's water supply crisis, H11427 [15OC]

Congressionally directed spending items in conference report to H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, S10906 [29OC]

Organizations supporting reversal of rules on interagency cooperation under the Endangered Species Act relative to polar bears and related carbon emissions rule, S2746 [4MR]

Programs in S. 22, Omnibus Public Land Management Act, targeted to a specific State or locality, S162 [7JA]

Motions

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), S3096 [12MR], S3349, S3350, S3351 [18MR], S3388, S3389 [19MR], H3972 [25MR]

California: expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (H.R. 2442), H11428 [15OC]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9641, S9647 [22SE], S9724, S9725 [23SE], S9806, S9807 [24SE], H11756 [26OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, S10898 [29OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8223 [29JY], H8338 [17JY], H9969 [25SE]

Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 324), H9851 [23SE]

Remarks in House

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), H2880-H2882 [2MR]

———establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), Senate amendments, H3751, H3753, H3754, H3756 [24MR], H3854-H3985 [25MR], E785 [26MR], E820 [31MR]

———establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 1694), H4528-H4530 [21AP]

———establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), consideration (H. Res. 280), H3840-H3847 [25MR]

Animals: improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), H8297, H8298 [16JY], H8305, H8316-H8328 [17JY], E256 [12FE], E1845 [20JY], E1857 [21JY], E1953 [24JY]

———improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), consideration (H. Res. 653), H8306-H8313 [17JY]

Archeology: provide for the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, H3280, H3281 [11MR], H3975 [25MR]

Arizona: authorize participation in the Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project (H.R. 325), H6019 [2JN]

Bedford, VA: study suitability and feasibility of designating the National D-Day Memorial as a unit of the National Park System, H6080 [3JN]

BLM: expand joint advisory board overseeing management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros to include members from pertinent Native American tribes and State grazing boards, H8308, H8312 [17JY]

———National Landscape Conservation System funding, H3280 [11MR]

———prohibit funding for construction of a wildfire facility in Carson City, NV, H7427, H7428 [25JN]

———validate final patent dealing with lands in Nevada conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC (H.R. 762), H8050, H8051 [14JY]

Blowing Rock, NC: authorize a land exchange to acquire lands for the Blue Ridge Parkway (H.R. 1121), H8829, H8830 [27JY]

Border Patrol: ensure agents have necessary access to public lands and remove certain restrictions in order to allow optimum enforcement of immigration and drug smuggling laws, H7392 [25JN], H12062 [29OC]

Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge: tribute to staff, E3033 [17DE]

Bureau of Reclamation: allow the Central Valley Project to facilitate certain water transfers (H.R. 3750), E2467, E2480, E2496 [8OC]

———allow the Central Valley Project to facilitate certain water transfers beyond county lines, H8138, H8139 [15JY]

———California Bay-Delta Restoration Program funding, H8137, H8139 [15JY]

———continue participation in construction of the North San Diego County Area Water Recycling Project (H.R. 1219), H4537, H4538 [21AP]

———initiate consultations under Endangered Species Act on existing and proposed operations of the Central Valley Project and California State Water Project (H.R. 3999), H12293 [4NO]

———maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs (H.R. 2288), E1074 [6MY]

———provide flexibility for operation of certain California pumping plants in times of drought emergency and support a fish hatchery program to preserve and restore the delta smelt, H5103 [5MY], H6868 [16JN], H7133 [23JN], H7393, H7394 [25JN]

———remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, CO (H.R. 3123), H9294 [8SE], H10007 [29SE]

California: authorize participation in design and construction of an advanced water treatment plant facility and recycled water system in cooperation with San Juan Capistrano, CA (H.R. 637), H1628, H1629 [23FE]

———authorize participation in design and construction of an advanced water treatment plant facility and recycled water system in cooperation with San Juan Capistrano, CA (H.R. 637), earmark declaration, E304 [23FE]

———conduct a study on constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California to provide a water supply (H.R. 1945), H7713, H7714 [7JY]

———conduct a study on constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California to provide a water supply (H.R. 1945), earmark declaration, E1644 [7JY]

———Dept. of the Interior and National Academy of Sciences study on impact of changes in Sierra Nevada snow pack on water resources relative to the San Joaquin Valley water supply, H4705 [23AP]

———expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (H.R. 2442), H10004-H10006 [29SE], H11143 [8OC], H11419-H11430 [15OC]

———expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (H.R. 2442), consideration (H. Res. 830), H11411-H11419 [15OC]

———participate in design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities for the project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired waters in the area of Oxnard, CA, H3983 [25MR]

———prohibit restriction of Central Valley Project pumping operations, H8430 [21JY]

———raise ceiling on Federal share of cost of the Calleguas Municipal Water District Recycling Project (H.R. 2522), H9757 [22SE]

———raise ceiling on Federal share of cost of the Calleguas Municipal Water District Recycling Project (H.R. 2522), earmark declaration, E2306 [17SE]

Colorado: study suitability and feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 2330), H6023 [2JN]

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission: reauthorize (H.R. 3476), H11179, H11180 [13OC], E2598 [21OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish the New Economy Grant Program (H.R. 4290), H14883 [15DE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H7428, H7429 [25JN]

———making appropriations, H2653 [25FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), H7401-H7437 [25JN], H7463-H7471 [26JN], H11143 [8OC], E1607, E1609, E1612, E1614 [26JN], E2176 [31JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, H12057-H12068 [29OC], E2679 [2NO], E2724 [5NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration (H. Res. 578), H7390-H7398 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 876), H12050-H12057 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), earmark declaration, E1403 [15JN], E1521 [23JN], E1548, E1549, E1550, E1552, E1553, E1554, E1556, E1557, E1558, E1560, E1566, E1567, E1568, E1569 [24JN], E1575, E1576, E1577, E1580, E1581, E1584, E1586, E1588, E1589, E1590, E1591, E1593, E1594, E1596, E1597, E1598, E1599, E1600, E1601, E1602, E1603, E1605, E1606, E1607, E1610, E1611, E1626, E1630 [26JN], E1643, E1644, E1646, E1649, E1656, E1658 [7JY], E1663, E1674 [8JY], E1698 [9JY], E1713 [10JY], E1807, E1815 [16JY], E1857 [21JY], E2099 [31JY], E2655, E2656, E2657, E2658, E2659, E2660, E2661, E2674 [29OC], E2736, E2737, E2745 [6NO], E2753 [9NO], E2759, E2764, E2765, E2774 [16NO], E2790 [17NO], E2802, E2804 [18NO], E2813 [19NO], E2841, E2844, E2857, E2858 [1DE], E3010 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), motion to instruct conferees, H11756-H11759 [26OC]

———require appropriations legislation conference report to be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, H11756 [26OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: strike emergency designation for the Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Fund, H4033 [26MR]

Dept of Energy: require Solar Technology Roadmap Committee to study potential solar demonstration projects on Federal lands, E2646 [28OC]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities, H3751, H3753, H3754, H3756 [24MR], H3841-H3847, H3854 [25MR], E785 [26MR], E820 [31MR]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), H1073-H1077 [9FE], H3151-H3290, H3317, H3321 [11MR], H3378 [12MR], H9840 [23SE]

———maintain access to hunting, fishing, and trapping on newly designated wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, H3281 [11MR], H3974, H3978 [25MR]

District of Columbia: designate and modify boundaries of National Mall area reserved for commemorative works and make recommendations for termination of authority to establish a commemorative work (H.R. 1446), E644 [11MR]

———enter into a long-term ground lease for the operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac golf courses (H.R. 2838), E1380 [11JN]

Ecology and environment: coordinate with other Federal authorities to enhance U.S. ability to conserve global wildlife and biological diversity (H.R. 3086), E1613 [26JN]

Economy: importance of job creation, H7397 [25JN], H14811 [11DE]

Elk River: designate segment for study for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 3113), H9755, H9756 [22SE], E1642 [7JY]

Endangered Species Act: require Depts. of the Interior or Commerce to follow existing public notice and comment statutes to modify rule relative to polar bears and related carbon emissions rule, H2649, H2650 [25FE]

Energy and water development: across-the-board funding reduction, H8142, H8143 [15JY]

———allow consideration of additional amendments to appropriations legislation, H8108, H8110, H8112 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), H8117-H8161 [15JY], H8328-H8340 [17JY], E1833 [17JY], E2136 [31JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, H10424-H10433 [1OC], E2477, E2489 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), consideration (H. Res. 645), H8107-H8115 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 788), H10420-H10423 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), earmark declaration, E1648 [7JY], E1735, E1737, E1739, E1740, E1741 [13JY], E1748, E1750, E1751, E1752, E1754, E1756, E1757, E1758, E1760, E1761, E1762, E1764, E1765, E1767, E1768, E1769 [14JY], E1771, E1773, E1774, E1775, E1776, E1777, E1778, E1779, E1780, E1781, E1782, E1783, E1784, E1785, E1786, E1787, E1788, E1789, E1790, E1791, E1793, E1794, E1795, E1796, E1797, E1798, E1799, E1800, E1801, E1802 [15JY], E1805, E1806, E1807, E1810, E1811, E1813, E1814, E1817, E1820, E1821, E1822, E1824 [16JY], E1827, E1829, E1830, E1833, E1834 [17JY], E1846, E1847, E1850 [20JY], E1857, E1859, E1860, E1861, E1871 [21JY], E1934, E1935, E1942, E1956, E1957, E1969, E1973 [24JY], E2014 [27JY], E2152, E2160, E2162, E2166, E2167, E2171 [31JY], E2211 [9SE], E2249 [14SE], E2292 [16SE], E2420, E2431, E2436 [1OC], E2439 [2OC], E2454 [6OC], E2463, E2468, E2483 [8OC], E2527 [14OC], E2587, E2588 [20OC], E2590, E2593, E2595, E2597 [21OC], E2616 [22OC], E2620 [23OC], E2647 [28OC], E2679 [2NO], E2706 [4NO], E2782 [17NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), motion to instruct conferees, H9969 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), motion to recommit, H8338, H8339 [17JY]

———require appropriations legislation conference report to be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, H9969 [25SE]

Everglades National Park: allow individuals to hunt and kill Burmese pythons within boundaries (H.R. 3215), H13007 [17NO]

Executive departments: congressional disapproval of rule submitted by the Depts. of the Interior and Commerce relative to interagency cooperation under the Endangered Species Act (H.J. Res. 18), E93 [15JA]

Fire prevention: amend the definition of a fire-ready community for purposes of Firefighting Capability Grant eligibility, H4038 [26MR]

———declare areas where insect infestation has created an extreme risk for wildfire eligible for Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Fund funding, H4036 [26MR]

———include containment activities in response to insect infestation in the supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities, H4033 [26MR]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, H12059 [29OC]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (H.R. 1404), H3992-H3995 [25MR], H4031-H4044 [26MR], H7394 [25JN], E601 [10MR], E785, E799 [26MR]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (H.R. 1404), consideration (H. Res. 281), H3986-H3992 [25MR]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (H.R. 1404), corrections in engrossment, H4045 [26MR]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (H.R. 1404), earmark declaration, H3749 [23MR]

———require periodic updates of the cohesive wildland fire management strategy, H4034 [26MR]

———require the cohesive wildland fire management strategy to include a system to assess the impact of climate change on the frequency and severity of wildfires, H4035, H4036 [26MR]

———require the cohesive wildland fire management strategy to include a system to study effects of invasive species and implement fire safety programs focused on eradication of such species, H4036, H4037 [26MR]

Firearms: preserve rights granted under second amendment to the Constitution in national parks and national wildlife refuge areas, H5809-H5814, H5832-H5834, H5837-H5840 [20MY], H6126 [3JN]

Forests: address public health and safety threat of catastrophic wildfire in California by expediting forest management projects on hazardous fuels reduction, forest restoration, and forest health (H.R. 2899), H6829 [16JN], H8472, H8473 [21JY]

Goleta, CA: convey a water distribution system to Goleta Water District, H3983 [25MR]

Government regulations: promulgate regulations concerning the storage and disposal of matter referred to as ``other wastes'' in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 493), E82 [14JA]

Hartshorne, OK: reestablish Jones Academy as part of the BIA school system, H7405 [25JN]

Hawaii: conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the Ka'u Coast as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 2602), E1243 [21MY]

———establish a memorial to honor those forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula, H3981 [25MR]

———establish a memorial to honor those forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula (H.R. 410), E58 [9JA]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating the Honouliuli Internment Camp as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 2079), E954 [23AP]

Hermiston, OR: participate in water recycling and reuse project (H.R. 2741), H9757, H9758 [22SE]

Highlands Conservation Act: funding, H7412, H7413 [25JN]

History: authorize the Preserve America Program and Save America's Treasures Program, H3982 [25MR]

Illabot Creek: designate segment as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 1593), H11177 [13OC]

Income: ensure that compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of the Secretary are those which were in effect on January 1, 2005 (S.J. Res. 3), H48 [7JA]

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: authorize leasing of a portion of the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center for use as a visitor center (H.R. 1287), H9289 [8SE]

———prohibit funding for Good Fellow Lodge restoration project, H7430, H7431 [25JN]

Jimmy Carter National Historic Site: expand boundary and redesignate as a national historical park (H.R. 1471), H11744, H11745 [26OC]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: funding, E1607 [26JN]

———stateside assistance program funding, H7391 [25JN]

Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act: authorize additional projects and activities (H.R. 1393), H6020, H6021 [2JN]

Maui, HI: conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including certain lands on the northern shoreline in the National Park System (H.R. 2603), E1231 [21MY]

Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett Trail: funding, H3285 [11MR]

Molalla River: compensate local educational agencies and governments for tax revenues lost when the Federal Government designates portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, H13273-H13278 [19NO]

———designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 2781), H13281-H13288 [19NO], E1353 [9JN]

———designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 2781), consideration (H. Res. 908), H13272-H13279 [19NO]

———impact of designation of portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System on lumber industry, H13282-H13287 [19NO]

Mount McKinley: retain name (H.R. 229), E33 [7JA]

National Park Service: improve cemetery maintenance standards, H7407 [25JN]

National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass: make available at a discount to certain veterans (H.R. 1354), H3111 [10MR]

National Trails System Act: provide for a study of the Cascadia Marine Trail (H.R. 1641), H11746, H11747 [26OC]

National Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 688), H9760, H9761 [22SE], E2341 [23SE]

Native Americans: authorize Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval (H.R. 2523), H5808 [20MY]

———ensure that eminent domain may not be used in Virginia to acquire private property for Native American tribes, H6113 [3JN]

———provide an annual grant to facilitate an ironworking training program (H.R. 1129), H7712, H7713 [7JY]

———require verification that the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is descended from the Cheraw Tribe or other coastal North Carolina tribes, H6120, H6121 [3JN]

North Cascades National Park: adjust boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness to allow rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain (H.R. 2806), H11745, H11746 [26OC]

Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing: establish (H.R. 3534), H9555 [16SE]

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement: funding for certain environmental restoration projects that repair acid mine drainage from coal abandoned mines, E1614 [26JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H93 [9JA], H1071-H1073 [9FE], H2610 [24FE], H3127 [10MR], H6337 [9JN], H6533 [10JN], H9248 [31JY], H10490 [6OC], H11114 [8OC]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California, H7133 [23JN]

———permit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions, H9903, H9904 [24SE], E2341 [23SE]

Port Chicago, CA: provide for administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 1044), H8046-H8048 [14JY]

Power resources: establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (H.R. 1431), H4491-H4498 [2AP]

———impact of job loss due to cuts in energy development and production projects, leases, and royalties funding, H8429 [21JY]

———use of hydraulic fracturing in increasing oil and gas exploration, H12060, H12066 [29OC]

Public lands: designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (H.R. 980), H4846 [28AP], E243 [11FE]

———interchange administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands between the Forest Service and BLM (H.R. 689), H6022, H6023 [2JN], E138 [26JA]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for rehabilitation, road projects, and job creation (H.R. 4291), E2975 [11DE]

———modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (H.R. 1280), H6021, H6022 [2JN]

———national heritage areas funding, H7405 [25JN]

———oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H3975, H3977 [25MR]

———permit the carrying of concealed firearms subject to State laws, H3756 [24MR], H3975, H3977 [25MR]

———require consultation with the Dept. of Homeland Security when forming land use plans for border regions, H9851, H9852 [23SE]

River Raisin National Battlefield Park: designate, H3980 [25MR]

San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund: authorize appropriations (H.R. 102), E14 [6JA]

San Joaquin River: implement restoration settlement, H3281-H3283 [11MR], H3982 [25MR], H5716 [19MY], H7854 [9JY]

Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 324), H9289-H9292 [8SE], H9844-H9854 [23SE]

———establish (H.R. 324), consideration (H. Res. 760), H9840-H9842 [23SE]

———establish (H.R. 324), motion to recommit, H9851, H9852 [23SE]

Scotts Bluff National Monument: anniversary, E2928 [10DE]

Shanksville, PA: commend community and Flight 93 ambassadors for efforts to protect temporary memorial and to establish permanent Flight 93 National Memorial and encourage completion of memorial (H. Res. 795), H10475-H10477 [6OC]

———tribute to groundbreaking of Flight 93 National Memorial, E2752 [9NO]

Tarrytown, NY: prohibit funding for Tarrytown Music Hall restoration project, H7433, H7434 [25JN]

Territories: extend grants and other assistance to facilitate a political status public education program for Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 3940), H13533 [7DE], E2644 [27OC]

Texas: authorize participation in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project (H.R. 1120), H6019, H6020 [2JN]

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve: expand boundaries (H.R. 905), H10007-H10009 [29SE]

Trinity River: fishery resources restoration funding, H3283, H3284 [11MR]

U.S. Civil Rights Trail System: require a study of the feasibility of establishing (H.R. 685), H10003, H10004 [29SE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: authorize Wildlife Without Borders Program (H.R. 3198), E1755 [14JY]

———protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, through voluntary actions on public and private lands (H.R. 2188), H8052-H8056 [14JY]

Utah: allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the U.S. and the Uintah Water Conservancy District (H.R. 2950), H10006 [29SE]

———authorize exchange of certain land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties (H.R. 1275), H7710-H7712 [7JY]

———cancellation of Federal leases for oil and gas drilling, H1072 [9FE], H8473 [21JY]

———convey parcels of land to Mantua, UT (H.R. 601), H1626, H1627 [23FE]

Virgin Islands National Park: authorize lease of certain lands (H.R. 714), H1622, H1623 [23FE]

Waco Mammoth National Monument: establish (H.R. 1376), H8826-H8829 [27JY]

Washington: continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (H.R. 2430), H6024, H6025 [2JN]

Water: authorize participation in Magna Water District water reuse and groundwater recharge project (H.R. 2265), H9756, H9757 [22SE]

———authorize participation in Magna Water District water reuse and groundwater recharge project (H.R. 2265), earmark declaration, E2331 [22SE], E2393 [29SE]

———conduct a study examining the long-term ecomomic effects of water diversions on the San Joaquin Valley area of California, H4715, H4716 [23AP]

Wildlife: prevent introduction and establishment of nonnative invasive wildlife species that negatively impact the economy, environment, or human or animal health (H.R. 669), E142 [26JA]

Women's Rights National Historical Park: establish Votes for Women History Trail Route, E785 [26MR]

Yuma County, AZ: take lands into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Indian Tribe (H.R. 326), H2878, H2879 [2MR]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: authorize exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western Coastal Plain of Alaska without surface occupancy (S. 503), S2592 [27FE]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: resolve land claims of the Bering Straits Native Corp. (S. 522), S2767 [4MR]

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), S2778 [4MR], S2779 [5MR], S3141-S3144, S3146, S3149-S3154 [17MR], S3335, S3338-S3344, S3348-S3352, S3361, S3363 [18MR], S3385-S3514 [19MR], S3604 [23MR], S3778 [25MR], S3982 [30MR]

———establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), motion to proceed, S3096 [12MR], S3097, S3101, S3106-S3109 [16MR], S3123, S3130, S3136-S3141 [17MR]

Animals: improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), S9257 [10SE]

———provide financial assistance to Louisiana for a pilot program to develop measures to eradicate or control feral swine and to assess and restore wetlands damaged by feral swine (S. 1965), S10858 [28OC]

Appropriations: eliminate earmarks from appropriations legislation, S10897 [29OC]

———require public disclosure of reports required in appropriations bills, S9720 [23SE], S9800 [24SE]

Archeology: provide for the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, S425 [15JA]

Arizona National Scenic Trail: designate (S. 153), S138 [6JA]

Bedford, VA: study suitability and feasibility of designating the National D-Day Memorial as a unit of the National Park System (S. 1207), S6267 [8JN]

Bethlehem, PA: assist in establishment of an industrial history interpretive center and museum (S. 1568), S8687 [3AU]

BIA: Indian safety, health, and water development emergency funding, S9647 [22SE]

BLM: acquire and manage Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, CA (S. 1596), S9004 [6AU]

———allow for the recouping of the cost of processing oil and gas lease permits, S2877 [9MR]

———convey certain land to Deschutes County, OR (S. 1140), S5846 [21MY]

———eliminate application fee for drilling permits, S2902 [9MR]

———provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and renewable energy development in California desert areas, and designate Renewable Energy Coordination Offices (S. 2921), S13699-S13703 [21DE]

Border Patrol: ensure agents have necessary access to public lands and remove certain restrictions in order to allow optimum enforcement of immigration and drug smuggling laws, S9720 [23SE], S9801-S9803 [24SE]

Bureau of Reclamation: allow the Central Valley Project to facilitate certain water transfers (S. 1759), S10218-S10222 [7OC]

———allow voluntary water transfers among Central Valley Project contractors to assist drought stricken agricultural communities, S8254 [29JY]

———develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and approve settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque tribes (S. 1105), S5717-S5723 [20MY]

———maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs (S. 1453), S7482 [14JY]

———remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, CO (S. 1417), S7266 [8JY]

C.C. Cragin Dam and Reservoir: clarify jurisdiction (S. 1080), S5621 [19MY]

California: expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (S. 1138), S5844 [21MY]

Coal: FutureGen project funding, S3017 [11MR]

Colorado: assess irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project (S. 1264), S6607 [15JN]

———designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, CO, as wilderness (S. 2762), S11346 [10NO]

———study suitability and feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as a unit of the National Park System (S. 1418), S7267 [8JY]

Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP): funding, S8255 [29JY]

Connecticut River: implement cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in the watershed area of New Hampshire and Vermont (S. 1117), S5823 [21MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S9725 [23SE], S9806 [24SE]

———ensure contracts are competitively awarded, S9720 [23SE], S9800 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S7232 [8JY], S9499-S9519, S9541 [17SE], S9575, S9578, S9580-S9583 [21SE], S9625, S9630, S9634-S9648 [22SE], S9706, S9712, S9718, S9720, S9723-S9727 [23SE], S9769-S9775, S9778-S9812 [24SE], S9924 [29SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, S10893-S10901, S10903-S10908 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S10891 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), motion to recommit, S9641, S9646, S9647 [22SE], S9724 [23SE], S9806 [24SE]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S9517, S9518, S9541, S9542 [17SE]

———repeal provision in appropriations legislation relative to geothermal energy receipts (S. 2607), S10962 [30OC]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities, S3101, S3106-S3108 [16MR], S3136-S3144, S3146, S3149-S3154 [17MR], S3335, S3338-S3344, S3348-S3352, S3361, S3363 [18MR], S3385-S3514 [19MR], S3604 [23MR], S3778 [25MR], S3982 [30MR]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), S299 [12JA], S324, S331-S333 [13JA], S353-S357, S376-S380 [14JA], S419-S430, S559-S561, S590, S591 [15JA]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), motion to proceed, S25-S27 [6JA], S153, S162, S170-S172 [7JA], S181 [8JA], S239, S244-S248, S253, S255 [9JA], S263-S271 [11JA], S291-S293 [12JA]

———maintain access to hunting, fishing, and trapping on newly designated wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, S3101 [16MR]

———prohibit use of eminent domain to designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities, S3146, S3154 [17MR], S3335, S3342, S3343, S3348, S3351 [18MR]

———protect scientists and visitors on public lands from unfair penalties for collecting insignificant rocks not meant for resale, S3340 [18MR], S3389 [19MR]

———provide funding to carry out restoration activities on Federal lands (S. 720), S3918 [26MR]

Desert Terminal Lakes: projects funding, S8258 [29JY]

District of Columbia: recognize Langston golf course for important legacy and contributions to African-American golf history (S. Res. 162), S5885 [21MY]

Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program: prohibit funding to delay implementation, S9647 [22SE], S9724 [23SE], S9809 [24SE]

EchoHawk, Larry J.: confirmation as Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Indian Affairs, S5692 [20MY]

Ecology and environment: protect water resources and reduce forest and rangeland fuel loads by developing biochar technology through removal and conversion of certain invasive plant species (S. 1713), S9843 [24SE]

Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health: funding, S2620 [2MR], S2676 [3MR], S2798-S2801, S2807, S2813 [5MR]

Endangered species: prohibit the consideration of global climate change as a factor in determining whether a species is threatened or endangered, S4941 [30AP], S9639 [22SE]

Endangered Species Act: require Depts. of the Interior or Commerce to follow existing public notice and comment statutes to modify rule relative to polar bears and related carbon emissions rule, S2677, S2679 [3MR], S2745 [4MR], S2782, S2800, S2803, S2809-S2813 [5MR], S5367 [12MY], S5401 [13MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8110-S8115 [27JY], S8150, S8157-S8159, S8166, S8169, S8172, S8175-S8183, S8213 [28JY], S8216-S8219, S8221-S8225, S8227, S8233, S8240, S8243-S8263 [29JY], S8547, S8548 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, S10085 [5OC], S10313, S10328 [8OC], S10339 [13OC], S10397-S10402, S10407, S10408, S10417 [14OC], S10462-S10464 [15OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), unanimous-consent agreement, S8099 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), unanimous-consent request, S8223 [29JY]

———prohibit funding for earmarks in committee report unless included in authorization legislation, S8177-S8181 [28JY]

Fire prevention: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for wildland fire management activities, S4275 [2AP]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, S9575 [21SE]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (S. 561), S3040 [12MR]

Firearms: preserve rights granted under second amendment to the Constitution in national parks and national wildlife refuge areas, S5353-S5360 [12MY]

Forest Service: establish a coordinated avalanche protection program (S. 2907), S13459 [18DE]

———include New York in Northeastern States Research Cooperative funding, S9808, S9809 [24SE]

———subsistence hunting and fishing management activities funding for Alaska, S9726 [23SE], S11021 [3NO]

———Tahoe Rim Trail improvements funding, S9807 [24SE]

Forests: authorize the Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to enter into agreements authorizing State foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services (S. 1122), S5824 [21MY], S6477 [10JN]

Fossil Creek: designate as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 40), S55 [6JA]

Hartshorne, OK: reestablish Jones Academy as part of the BIA school system, S9583 [21SE]

Hawaii: establish a memorial to honor those forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula, S425 [15JA]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating the Honouliuli Internment Camp as a unit of the National Park System (S. 871), S4672 [23AP]

Hawai`i Capital National Heritage Area: establish (S. 359), S1125 [30JA]

Hayes, David J.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Interior, S5338 [11MY], S5367 [12MY], S5397-S5409 [13MY]

———nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Interior, unanimous-consent request, S4604 [23AP]

Hermiston, OR: participate in water recycling and reuse project (S. 1573), S8769 [4AU]

Historic buildings and sites: establish a pilot program to provide for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses (S. 715), S3904, S3905 [26MR]

Income: ensure that compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of the Secretary are those which were in effect on January 1, 2005 (S.J. Res. 3), S147, S150 [6JA]

Indian Health Service: direct the Schurz, NV, Service Unit to use unobligated contract funds to pay obligations to private health providers who treat Nevadans, S9635 [22SE]

———funding, S4279 [2AP]

Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (S. 2724), S11052-S11060 [3NO]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to maximize effectiveness for future generations (S. 2747), S11254 [6NO], S11287 [9NO]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: prohibit funding for acquisition of new Federal land until maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation projects on existing sites have been completed, S9720 [23SE], S9803, S9804, S9807 [24SE]

Louisiana: study suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System (S. 626), S3188 [17MR]

Lumber industry: grant economy-related contract extensions of certain timber contracts with timber purchasers (S. 2791), S11494 [18NO]

Mineral Leasing Act: ensure that excess oil and gas lease revenues are distributed in accordance with such Act (S. 1575), S8771 [4AU]

———ensure that excess oil and gas lease revenues are distributed in accordance with such Act (S. 1602), S9007 [6AU]

Minerals Management Service: provide for a study on royalty collection process for coal, other solid minerals, and geothermal resources, S2818 [5MR]

Mining and mineral resources: facilitate remediation of abandoned hardrock mines (S. 1777), S10367 [13OC]

Molalla River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 1369), S7086 [25JN]

National Park Service: eliminate earmarks and provide guidelines for distribution of grants under the Save America's Treasures Grant Program, S9723-S9725 [23SE]

———prohibit acquisition of new sites or construction of new buildings in units until maintenance projects on existing sites have been completed, S3151 [17MR], S3342, S3343, S3348, S3349 [18MR]

National Public Lands Day: observance, S9583 [21SE]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails, S422 [15JA]

———clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (S. 189), S229-S231 [8JA]

National Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 283), S9758, S9759 [23SE]

Native Americans: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (S. 1703), S9842 [24SE]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (S. 690), S3786 [25MR]

Nevada: convey certain lands in Clark and Nye Counties to the Nevada System of Higher Education (S. 940), S4966 [30AP]

New Mexico: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and National Landscape Conservation System (S. 1689), S9564-S9567 [17SE]

Northwestern State University: enter into an agreement to construct a curatorial center (S. 1018), S5330 [11MY]

OMB: require all Federal agencies to issue an annual report detailing property owned by the agency and the ownership cost to taxpayers, S3341 [18MR], S3386-S3388 [19MR]

Oregon: restore forest landscapes, protect old growth forests, and manage national forests in the eastside forests (S. 2895), S13385 [17DE]

Oregon Caves National Monument: modify boundary and designate certain rivers and creeks as components of the Wild and Scenic River System (S. 1270), S6652 [16JN]

Oregon Task Force on Sustainable Revenue for Counties: establish (S. 901), S4760 [27AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: effect of lifting moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions on Navy and Air Force training bases in Florida panhandle, S6489-S6491 [11JN]

———lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, S2092 [11FE], S4159 [1AP], S6693 [17JN]

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: designate the Beaver Basin Wilderness, S422 [15JA]

Pipelines: issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipeline transportation utility systems in non-wilderness areas within the Denali National Park and Preserve (S. 766), S4177 [1AP]

Point Reyes National Seashore: use of contraception to cull the whitetail deer herd, S10901 [29OC]

Port Chicago, CA: provide for administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System (S. 1469), S7651 [16JY]

Powell, WY: study suitability and feasibility of adding the Heart Mountain Relocation Center as a unit of the National Park System (S. 2722), S11050, S11051 [3NO]

Power resources: establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (S. 570), S3034 [11MR], S3036, S3069 [12MR], S6138-S6140 [4JN]

———improve Federal permit coordination for renewable energy, S1793 [6FE]

———prohibit from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases (S. 1623), S9021 [6AU]

———prohibit restrictions on development of renewable energy sources on public lands, S9720 [23SE]

———provide for an in-depth analysis of the impact of energy development and production on water resources (S. 531), S2830 [5MR]

———reauthorize geothermal lease revenue regulation and direct the Dept. of the Interior to establish a pilot project to streamline certain Federal renewable energy permitting processes (S. 995), S5321 [11MY]

———use of hydraulic fracturing in increasing oil and gas exploration, S8108-S8111 [27JY], S10900, S10903, S10906 [29OC]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S663 [20JA], S5561 [18MY], S5645 [19MY], S5765 [20MY], S5882 [21MY], S6742 [17JN], S6841 [19JN], S8633 [31JY], S9092 [7AU], S9275 [10SE], S10652 [21OC], S11257 [6NO]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness, S422 [15JA]

———designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (S. 799), S4344-S4349 [2AP]

———interchange administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands between the Forest Service and BLM (S. 1328), S6945 [23JN]

———modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (S. 1651), S9136 [8SE]

———permit Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands (S. 1241), S6548 [11JN]

———require an annual report detailing amount of property the Federal Government owns and the cost of Government land ownership to taxpayers, S9720 [23SE], S9800 [24SE]

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor: increase appropriations and modify date on which Dept. of the Interior authority terminates, S590 [15JA]

River Raisin National Battlefield Park: designate, S422 [15JA]

Rivers: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program funding, S1674 [5FE]

San Joaquin River: implement restoration settlement, S376 [14JA], S3335, S3340 [18MR], S3389 [19MR]

Smithsonian Institution: develop in conjunction with Morehouse College a program to preserve and catalogue the papers and teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr., and make such papers accessible to the public, S9645 [22SE], S9804 [24SE]

Snake River: designate certain rivers and streams of the headwaters as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S8983 [6AU]

Strickland, Thomas L.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, S3122 [16MR], S4938-S4943 [30AP]

———nomination to be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, unanimous-consent request, S4603 [23AP], S4902 [29AP]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects (S. 2830), S12324 [3DE]

Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area: establish (S. 349), S1064 [29JA]

Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement: approve (S. 965), S5071-S5075 [4MY]

Theodore Roosevelt National Park: authorize qualified hunters under supervision of the National Park Service to cull the elk herd, S7232 [8JY], S10900, S10901 [29OC]

Tompkins, Hilary Chandler: nomination to be Dept. of the Interior Solicitor, S6397 [10JN], S6523 [11JN]

———nomination to be Dept. of the Interior Solicitor, unanimous-consent agreement, S6742 [17JN]

———nomination to be Dept. of the Interior Solicitor, unanimous-consent request, S5912 [2JN], S6523 [11JN], S6687, S6688 [17JN]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: provide funding to conduct environmental analysis to determine viability of exchanging Izembek National Wildlife Refuge lands with Alaska, S9726 [23SE]

———white nose syndrome research funding, S9808 [24SE]

Utah: authorize exchange of certain land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties (H.R. 1275), S8889 [5AU]

———cancellation of Federal leases for oil and gas drilling, S5399, S5404, S5407 [13MY]

Walnut Canyon National Monument: direct the Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain adjacent lands in Arizona (S. 152), S137 [6JA]

Water: authorize participation in Magna Water District water reuse and groundwater recharge project (S. 745), S4071 [31MR]

———prohibit funding to restrict, reduce, or reallocate water supplies from the Central Valley project and California State Water project relative to certain Federal biological opinions, S9640, S9641, S9646 [22SE]

White Clay Creek: designate additional segments and tributaries as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 853), S4575 [22AP]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (S. Res. 244), S8889 [5AU], S8981 [6AU]

Reports

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in Conference Report on H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development Appropriations, S10402 [14OC]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, S9542 [17SE]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in S. 1436, Energy and Water Development Appropriations, S8129 [27JY]

Reports filed

Allow for Prepayment of Repayment Contracts Between the U.S. and the Uintah Water Conservancy District: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2950) (H. Rept. 111-269), H10068 [29SE]

Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2442) (H. Rept. 111-268), H10068 [29SE]

Blue Ridge Parkway and Town of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1121) (H. Rept. 111-227), H8808 [24JY]

Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2008) (H. Rept. 111-308), H11580 [21OC]

Calleguas Municipal Water District Recycling Project Ceiling on Federal Share of Cost Raise: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2522) (H. Rept. 111-259), H9737 [21SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 876) (H. Rept. 111-318), H12043 [28OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 788) (H. Rept. 111-280), H10407 [30SE]

Consideration of H.R. 324, Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 760) (H. Rept. 111-263), H9806 [22SE]

Consideration of H.R. 1018, Restore Our American Mustangs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 653) (H. Rept. 111-212), H8301 [16JY]

Consideration of H.R. 1404, Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 281) (H. Rept. 111-52), H3833 [24MR]

Consideration of H.R. 2442, Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 830) (H. Rept. 111-301), H11383 [14OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2781, Molalla River Portions Designation as Components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 908) (H. Rept. 111-339), H13068 [17NO]

Consideration of H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 578) (H. Rept. 111-184), H7248 [24JN]

Consideration of H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 645) (H. Rept. 111-209), H8099 [14JY]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 280) (H. Rept. 111-51), H3833 [24MR]

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2996) (H. Rept. 111-316), H12043 [28OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2996) (H. Rept. 111-180), H7144 [23JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2996) (S. Rept. 111-38), S7192 [7JY]

Dept. of the Interior Annual Grant To Facilitate an Ironworking Training Program for Native Americans: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1129) (S. Rept. 111-84), S9981 [30SE]

Dept. of the Interior Grants and Other Assistance Extention To Facilitate a Political Status Public Education Program for Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3940) (H. Rept. 111-357), H13549 [7DE]

Dept. of the Interior Participation in Water Recycling and Reuse Project in Hermiston, OR: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2741) (H. Rept. 111-260), H9737 [21SE]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3183) (H. Rept. 111-278), H10407 [30SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3183) (H. Rept. 111-203), H8024 [13JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1436) (S. Rept. 111-45), S7317 [9JY]

Illabot Creek Segment Designation as a Component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1593) (H. Rept. 111-291), H11165 [8OC]

Interchange Administrative Jurisdiction of Certain Federal Lands Between the Forest Service and BLM: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 689) (H. Rept. 111-108), H5663 [14MY]

Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Boundary Expansion and Redesignation as a National Historical Park: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1471) (H. Rept. 111-307), H11580 [21OC]

Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 2188) (S. Rept. 111-111), S13698 [21DE]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2188) (H. Rept. 111-201), H8007 [10JY]

Magna Water District Water Reuse and Groundwater Recharge Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2265) (H. Rept. 111-258), H9737 [21SE]

Molalla River Portions Designation as Components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2781) (H. Rept. 111-336), H13000 [16NO]

National Trails System Act Amendment To Provide for a Study of the Cascadia Marine Trail: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1641) (H. Rept. 111-292), H11165 [8OC]

Nomination of Anne Castle To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Water and Science: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S6364 [9JN]

Nomination of Anthony M. Babauta To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Insular Affairs: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S8759 [4AU]

Nomination of David J. Hayes To Be Deputy Sec. of the Interior: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S3368 [18MR]

Nomination of Hilary Chandler Tompkins To Be Dept. of the Interior Solicitor: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S4963 [30AP]

Nomination of Joseph G. Pizarchik To Be Dept. of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Director: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S10318 [8OC]

Nomination of Larry J. EchoHawk To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Indian Affairs: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate), S5555 [18MY]

Nomination of Michael L. Connor To Be Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S5435 [13MY]

Nomination of Rhea S. Suh To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Policy, Management, and Budget: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S5435 [13MY]

Nomination of Samuel D. Hamilton To Be U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S8271 [29JY]

Nomination of Thomas L. Strickland To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S4061 [31MR]

———Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S4171 [1AP]

Nomination of Wilma A. Lewis To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Land and Mineral Management: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S8271 [29JY]

North Cascades National Park and Stephen Mather Wilderness Boundary Adjustment To Allow Rebuilding of a Road Outside of the Floodplain: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2806) (H. Rept. 111-293), H11165 [8OC]

North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 481) (H. Rept. 111-290), H11165 [8OC]

Restore Our American Mustangs Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1018) (H. Rept. 111-177), H7144 [23JN]

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 380) (S. Rept. 111-65), S8759 [4AU]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 905) (H. Rept. 111-270), H10068 [29SE]

U.S. Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 685) (H. Rept. 111-267), H10068 [29SE]

Upper Elk River Wild and Scenic Study Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3113) (H. Rept. 111-262), H9737 [21SE]

Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1275) (S. Rept. 111-67), S8759 [4AU]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1275) (H. Rept. 111-179), H7144 [23JN]

Validate Final BLM Patent Dealing With Lands in Nevada Conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 762) (H. Rept. 111-178), H7144 [23JN]

Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1376) (H. Rept. 111-229), H8808 [24JY]

Rulings of the Chair

California: expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (H.R. 2442), H11428 [15OC]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9798 [24SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8227 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), consideration (H. Res. 645), H8107 [15JY]

Statements

Energy Development on Public Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf, S3339 [18MR]

Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act: Senator Mark Udall, S10367 [13OC]

Notice of Intent to Object to Nomination of David J. Hayes To Be Deputy Sec. of the Interior: Senator Murkowski, S5126 [5MY]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, S10402 [14OC]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, S8214 [28JY]

Correction to the table of sponsors and cosponsors of earmark requests for H.R. 1105, omnibus appropriations, H2791 [25FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 280, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 146, Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act, H3840 [25MR]

H. Res. 281, consideration of H.R. 1404, Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act, H3986 [25MR]

H. Res. 578, consideration of H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, H7390 [25JN]

H. Res. 645, consideration of H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, H8107 [15JY]

H. Res. 653, consideration of H.R. 1018, Restore Our American Mustangs Act, H8306 [17JY]

H. Res. 688, support goals and ideals of National Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Day, H9760 [22SE]

H. Res. 760, consideration of H.R. 324, Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act, H9840 [23SE]

H. Res. 788, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, H10420 [1OC]

H. Res. 795, commend Shanksville, PA, community and Flight 93 ambassadors for efforts to protect temporary memorial and to establish permanent Flight 93 National Memorial and encourage completion of memorial, H10475 [6OC]

H. Res. 830, consideration of H.R. 2442, Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act, H11411 [15OC]

H. Res. 876, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, H12050 [29OC]

H. Res. 908, consideration of H.R. 2781, Molalla River portions designation as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, H13272 [19NO]

H.R. 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act, S3394-S3513 [19MR], H3854-H3972 [25MR]

H.R. 146, Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act, H2880 [2MR]

H.R. 324, Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act, H9289-H9291 [8SE], H9844-H9846 [23SE]

H.R. 325, Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project, H6019 [2JN]

H.R. 326, Cocopah Lands Act, H2878 [2MR]

H.R. 601, Box Elder Utah Land Conveyance Act, H1626 [23FE]

H.R. 637, South Orange County Recycled Water Enhancement Act, H1628 [23FE]

H.R. 685, U.S. Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act, H10003 [29SE]

H.R. 689, interchange administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands between the Forest Service and BLM, H6022 [2JN]

H.R. 714, Dept. of the Interior lease of certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, H1622 [23FE]

H.R. 762, validate final BLM patent dealing with lands in Nevada conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC, H8050 [14JY]

H.R. 905, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act, H10007 [29SE]

H.R. 1018, Restore Our American Mustangs Act, H8317 [17JY]

H.R. 1044, Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial Enhancement Act, H8046 [14JY]

H.R. 1120, Central Texas Water Recycling Act, H6019 [2JN]

H.R. 1121, Blue Ridge Parkway and Town of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act, H8829 [27JY]

H.R. 1129, Dept. of the Interior annual grant to facilitate an ironworking training program for Native Americans, H7712 [7JY]

H.R. 1219, Lake Hodges Surface Water Improvement and Reclamation Act, H4537 [21AP]

H.R. 1275, Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act, H7710-H7712 [7JY]

H.R. 1280, Dept. of the Interior land grant patent modification issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, H6021 [2JN]

H.R. 1287, leasing of a portion of the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center for use as a visitor center for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, H9289 [8SE]

H.R. 1376, Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act, H8826 [27JY]

H.R. 1393, Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act additional projects and activities authorization, H6020 [2JN]

H.R. 1404, Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act, H4031 [26MR]

H.R. 1471, Jimmy Carter National Historic Site boundary expansion and national historical park redesignation, H11744 [26OC]

H.R. 1593, Illabot Creek segment designation as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, H11177 [13OC]

H.R. 1641, Cascadia Marine Trail Study Act, H11746 [26OC]

H.R. 1694, Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act, H4528 [21AP]

H.R. 1945, Tule River Tribe Water Development Act, H7713 [7JY]

H.R. 2188, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act, H8053-H8055 [14JY]

H.R. 2265, Magna Water District Water Reuse and Groundwater Recharge Act, H9756 [22SE]

H.R. 2330, Camp Hale Study Act, H6023 [2JN]

H.R. 2430, continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, H6024 [2JN]

H.R. 2442, Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act, H10004 [29SE], H11419 [15OC]

H.R. 2522, raise ceiling on Federal share of cost of the Calleguas Municipal Water District Recycling Project in California, H9757 [22SE]

H.R. 2741, Dept. of the Interior participation in Hermiston, OR, water recycling and reuse project, H9757 [22SE]

H.R. 2781, Molalla River portions designation as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, H13281 [19NO]

H.R. 2806, Stephen Mather Wilderness boundary expansion in the North Cascades National Park to allow rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain, H11745 [26OC]

H.R. 2950, Dept. of the Interior allowance for prepayment of repayment contracts between the U.S. and the Uintah Water Conservancy District, H10006 [29SE]

H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, S9873-S9889 [25SE]

H.R. 3113, Upper Elk River Wild and Scenic Study Act, H9755 [22SE]

H.R. 3123, Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act, H9294 [8SE], H10007 [29SE]

H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, S8609-S8618 [30JY]

H.R. 3476, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission reauthorization, H11179 [13OC]

H.R. 3940, Dept. of the Interior grants and other assistance extension to facilitate a political status public education program for Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, H13533 [7DE]

S. 22, Omnibus Public Land Management Act, S430-S557 [15JA], H3151-H3277 [11MR]

S. 189, National Trails System Willing Seller Act, S232 [8JA]

S. 349, Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area Act, S1064-S1066 [29JA]

S. 359, Hawai`i Capital National Heritage Area Establishment Act, S1125-S1127 [30JA]

S. 503, No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act, S2593-S2595 [27FE]

S. 531, Energy and Water Integration Act, S2831 [5MR]

S. 635, designate Illabot Creek segment as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S3377 [18MR]

S. 690, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act reauthorization, S3786 [25MR]

S. 720, Federal Land Restoration, Enhancement, Public Education, and Information Resources (Federal Land REPAIR) Act, S3919 [26MR]

S. 721, Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act, S3920 [26MR]

S. 799, America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, S4345-S4349 [2AP]

S. 853, White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act, S4576 [22AP]

S. 901, Sustainable Revenue for Oregon Counties Act, S4761-S4763 [27AP]

S. 940, Southern Nevada Higher Education Land Act, S4967 [30AP]

S. 965, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, S5072-S5075 [4MY]

S. 1018, National Park Service and Northwestern State University Collections Conservation Center Act, S5331 [11MY]

S. 1105, Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act, S5717-S5723 [20MY]

S. 1117, Upper Connecticut River Partnership Act, S5823 [21MY]

S. 1122, Good Neighbor Forestry Act, S5824 [21MY]

S. 1138, Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act, S5844 [21MY]

S. 1140, La Pine Land Conveyance Act, S5846 [21MY]

S. 1241, permit Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands, S6549 [11JN]

S. 1264, Pine River Indian Irrigation Project Act, S6607 [15JN]

S. 1328, Shasta-Trinity National Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act, S6945 [23JN]

S. 1369, Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, S7087 [25JN]

S. 1417, Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act, S7267 [8JY]

S. 1418, Camp Hale Study Act, S7268 [8JY]

S. 1453, maintain annual Bureau of Reclamation base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs, S7483 [14JY]

S. 1575, ensure that excess oil and gas lease revenues are distributed in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act, S8771 [4AU]

S. 1602, ensure that excess oil and gas lease revenues are distributed in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act, S9007 [6AU]

S. 1689, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act, S9565-S9567 [17SE]

S. 1703, reaffirm Dept. of the Interior authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes, S9842 [24SE]

S. 1713, Water Efficiency Via Carbon Harvesting and Restoration (WECHAR) Act, S9848-S9850 [24SE]

S. 1759, Water Transfer Facilitation Act, S10220 [7OC]

S. 1777, Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, S10368-S10372 [13OC]

S. 2607, repeal provision in Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations legislation relative to geothermal energy receipts, S10962 [30OC]

S. 2724, Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, S11053-S11057 [3NO]

S. 2747, provide consistent and reliable authority and funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund to maximize effectiveness for future generations, S11254 [6NO]

S. 2762, San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act, S11347-S11349 [10NO]

S. 2791, Forest Harvest Opportunity Act, S11494 [18NO]

S. 2830, clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, S12325 [3DE]

S. Res. 162, recognize Langston golf course in Washington, DC, for important legacy and contributions to African-American golf history, S5877, S5886 [21MY]

S. Res. 221, support goals and ideals of National Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Day, S7891 [22JY]

S. Res. 244, Wilderness Act anniversary, S8873, S8889 [5AU]

S. Res. 283, support goals and ideals of National Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Day, S9750, S9759 [23SE]

S.J. Res. 3, ensure that compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of the Sec. of the Interior are those which were in effect on January 1, 2005, S147, S150 [6JA], H48 [7JA]

Tributes

Salazar, Sec. of the Interior, S714 [21JA], S779 [22JA], S889 [27JA]