ALASKA

Amendments

Dept. of HHS: convey certain property to Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. (S. 230), S4655, S4656 [25JN]

Native Americans: facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (H.R. 538), H6916, H6917, H6918 [8OC]

——— facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (H.R. 538), consideration (H. Res. 466), H6909 [8OC]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), S7163, S7167 [6OC]

Articles and editorials

Lost in the Line of Duty—A State Trooper’s Story 12 Years Later, S4596 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for equitable allotment of land to Alaska Native veterans (see S. 1955), S6380 [5AU] (see H.R. 2387), H3252 [15MY]

——— provide for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of certain claims (see S. 872), S2040 [26MR] (see H.R. 2386), H3252 [15MY]

Alexander Creek, AK: recognize as a Native village (see S. 2017), S6533 [9SE] (see H.R. 1730), H2111 [26MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 2341), S8306 [2DE] (see H.R. 239), H187 [9JA]

Coast Guard: convey certain property in Tok, AK (see H.R. 2038), H2474 [27AP]

Coastal zones: prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast (see H.R. 332), H358 [13JA]

Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation: modify accreditation standards to prevent the standards from negatively impacting Alaska Native and American Indian teacher candidates (see S. Res. 301), S7675 [30OC] (see H. Res. 405), H5770 [29JY]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 166), H42 [6JA]

Dept. of Commerce: provide notice of certification that no further corrective action is required at sites and operable units covered by Pribilof Islands Environmental Restoration agreement (see H.R. 325), H358 [13JA]

Dept. of Education: provide access to higher education through a Federal-State partnership to waive community college tuition and provide grants to minority-serving institutions to assist low-income students (see S. 1716), S4840 [8JY] (see H.R. 2962), H4954 [8JY]

Dept. of Energy: authorize exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from Coastal Plain in Alaska (see S. 494), S982 [12FE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (see H.R. 395), H406 [14JA]

——— convey certain property to Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. (see H.R. 521), H532 [22JA]

——— prevent and treat diabetes, promote and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities, relative to diabetes, within racial and ethnic minority groups (see H.R. 2651), H3913 [4JN]

Dept. of State: establish a U.S. Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs (see H.R. 1593), H1900 [24MR]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 339), H358 [13JA]

——— provide for Indian trust asset management reform (see S. 383), S832 [5FE] (see H.R. 812), H866 [9FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: reverse designation of certain communities in Alaska as nonrural (see S. 1154), S2567 [30AP]

Economy: increase competitiveness of American manufacturing by reducing regulatory and other burdens, encouraging greater innovation and investment, and developing a stronger workforce (see H.R. 3682), H6792 [2OC]

FDA: establish certain requirements relative to labeling of pollock and golden king crab as being from Alaska (see S. 2095), S7005 [29SE] (see H.R. 3806), H7137 [22OC]

FERC: authorize expansion of an existing hydroelectric project in Alaska (see S. 1583), S4202 [16JN] (see H.R. 4193), H9079 [8DE]

——— issue an order continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake hydroelectric project in Alaska (see S. 1585), S4202 [16JN] (see S. 2046), S6809 [17SE]

Forest Service: resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program (see S. 644), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 392), H405 [14JA]

Glennallen, AK: convey reversionary interests of the U.S. in and to certain non-Federal land to Alaska Bible College (see S. 2018), S6533 [9SE]

GSA: convey certain Federal property in Alaska to Anchorage, AK (see S. 1492), S3678 [3JN] (see H.R. 336), H358 [13JA]

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve: designate wilderness as Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area (see S. 873), S2040 [26MR]

Mining and mineral resources: reinstate certain mining claims (see S. 1395), S3183 [20MY]

Minorities: strike outdated and disrespectful terms for minority groups from the U.S. Code, and replace them with culturally appropriate terms (see H.R. 4238), H9306 [11DE]

Mount Denali: designate (see S. 319), S653 [29JA]

Mount McKinley: retain name (see H.R. 437), H479 [21JA]

National forests: exempt lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (see S. 631), S1246 [3MR]

Native Americans: authorize Native regional and village corporations to establish energy assistance programs (see S. 1235), S2688 [6MY]

——— convey certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council and the Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. (see S. 2421), S8794 [17DE] (see H.R. 4289), H9691 [17DE]

——— enhance and integrate Native American tourism, empower communities, increase coordination and collaboration between Federal tourism assets, and expand heritage and cultural tourism opportunities (see S. 1579), S4202 [16JN] (see H.R. 3477), H5941 [10SE]

——— exempt Alaska Native and American Indian programs from budget sequestration (see H.R. 3063), H5172 [14JY]

——— facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (see H.R. 538), H582 [26JA]

——— facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (H.R. 538), consideration (see H. Res. 466), H6892 [7OC]

——— promote academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a Native American language grant program (see S. 1419), S3237 [21MY]

——— protect Indian and Native Alaskan voters by improving tribal access to polling places and voter registration and remove barriers to exercising the right to vote (see S. 1912), S6187 [30JY]

——— provide grants to eligible entities to develop and maintain or improve and expand before school, afterschool, and summer school programs for Indian and Alaska Native students (see S. 1745), S4953 [9JY] (see H.R. 3252), H5588 [28JY]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (see S. 533), S1031 [23FE] (see H.R. 34), H37 [6JA]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for the conduct of certain lease sales and make certain modifications to the North Slope Science Initiative (see S. 1278), S2759 [11MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: correct inconsistencies in definitions relative to Native Americans (see S. 2114), S7102 [1OC]

Point Spencer: retain and provide for future use of certain land, support missions and duties of the Coast Guard, and convey certain lands to Bering Straits Native Corp., and the State (see S. 1316), S2849 [13MY] (see H.R. 2284), H2877 [12MY]

Rural areas: reverse designation of certain communities as nonrural (see H.R. 2388), H3252 [15MY]

Transportation Security Administration: exempt certain flights in Hawaii and Alaska from increased aviation security service fees (see S. 712), S1438 [11MR] (see H.R. 1074), H1163 [25FE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts (see H.R. 1729), H2111 [26MR]

Veterans: allow Indian Health Service to pay for Indian or Alaska Native veterans’ copayments at Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see S. 2417), S8793 [17DE]

Certificates of election

Senate: Dan Sullivan, S4 [6JA]

Creeds

Alaska State Trooper Creed: Division of Alaska State Troopers, S2916 [14MY]

Letters

Native American Energy Act: several environmental and conservation groups, H6912 [8OC]

Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H90 [7JA]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H90 [7JA]

Motions

Native Americans: facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (H.R. 538), H6918 [8OC]

Oaths of office

Sullivan, Dan: Senate, S5 [6JA]

Remarks in House

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, H555 [26JA]

——— prohibit funding for revised comprehensive conservation plan, H4803, H4804 [7JY]

Arctic regions: arctic polar icebreakers construction funding, H3226 [15MY]

BRAVO 369 Flight Foundation: tribute to ‘‘Warplanes to Siberia’’ project, E143 [2FE]

Carroll, Bonnie: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, E1684 [1DE], E1743 [9DE]

Dept. of HHS: convey certain property to Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. (S. 230), H6002, H6003 [16SE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H644 [28JA]

FDA: impact of genetically engineered salmon on wild salmon stocks and the fishing industry, H5425 [23JY]

GSA: convey certain Federal property in Alaska to Anchorage, AK (H.R. 336), H3617, H3618 [1JN]

Minorities: strike outdated and disrespectful terms for minority groups from the U.S. Code, and replace them with culturally appropriate terms, H8963 [2DE]

Native Americans: clarify eligibility for review and comment of environmental reviews of major Federal actions on Indian lands, H6917 [8OC]

——— facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (H.R. 538), H6780 [1OC], H6911–H6920 [8OC]

——— facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (H.R. 538), consideration (H. Res. 466), H6902–H6911 [8OC]

——— facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (H.R. 538), motion to recommit, H6918, H6919 [8OC]

——— prohibit any activity to contravene Executive order protecting Indian sacred sites, H6918, H6919 [8OC]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), H87–H92 [7JA]

——— importance of surveying sea subsurface and shoreline of Alaska, E827 [3JN]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of certain claims (S. 872), S2049 [26MR]

Alexander Creek, AK: recognize as a Native village (S. 2017), S6536 [9SE]

Anchorage, AK: tribute to Anchorage Fire Dept. Honor Guard, S7064 [1OC]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: proposal to preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, S456–S460 [26JA], S558–S560 [28JA]

Arctic regions: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the construction of arctic polar icebreakers, S1884 [25MR]

——— implementation of national strategy for development, S1289–S1291 [4MR]

BLM: release certain wilderness study areas for preservation as wilderness, S515 [27JA], S557–S560, S572 [28JA]

Carroll, Bonnie: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, S8150 [19NO], S8238 [1DE]

Climate: impact of global warming on Arctic biodiversity and landscape, S2468 [28AP]

Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation: modify accreditation standards to prevent the standards from negatively impacting Alaska Native and American Indian teacher candidates (S. Res. 301), S7676 [30OC]

Dept. of Defense: proposal to construct new petroleum reserve on the west coast, S7905 [10NO]

Dept. of Education: reform Alaska Native Education Equity program, S5055 [14JY]

Dept. of Energy: authorize exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from Coastal Plain in Alaska (S. 494), S989 [12FE]

Dept. of HHS: convey certain property to Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. (S. 230), S4656 [25JN]

Dept. of Labor: anniversary of Job Corps, S2351 [22AP]

Disasters: tribute to firefighters and local and State response to wildfires, S4629 [25JN]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, S7709 [3NO]

——— impact of the drop in oil prices on the State and local economy, S226 [16JA]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S500–S502 [27JA]

Education: improve teacher and principal retention in schools serving Indian and Alaska Native students, S4920 [9JY]

EPA: impact of regulations on the use of hydropower as a renewable energy source, S4631 [25JN]

FERC: authorize expansion of an existing hydroelectric project in Alaska (S. 1583), S4204 [16JN]

——— issue an order continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake hydroelectric project in Alaska (S. 1585), S4205 [16JN]

Glennallen, AK: convey reversionary interests of the U.S. in and to certain non-Federal land to Alaska Bible College (S. 2018), S6537 [9SE]

Graham, Casey: support search for veteran who went missing during snow machine ride in Alaska, S8874 [18DE]

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve: designate wilderness as Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area (S. 873), S2049 [26MR]

——— designate wilderness as Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area (S. 873), unanimous-consent request, S8843 [18DE]

Mining and mineral resources: reinstate certain mining claims (S. 1395), S3185 [20MY]

Mount Denali: designate (S. 319), S657 [29JA]

National forests: exempt lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (S. 631), S1252 [3MR]

Native Americans: promote academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a Native American language grant program, S4936 [9JY], S5055 [14JY]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), S7167, S7171 [6OC]

Power resources: importance of energy innovation, S8139 [19NO]

Sullivan, Senator: appreciation for tributes, S502 [27JA]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 538, Native American Energy Act and H.R. 702, Remove Restrictions on the Export of Crude Oil from the U.S.: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 466) (H. Rept. 114–290), H6892 [7OC]

Dept. of HHS Conveyance of Certain Property to Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp.: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 230) (S. Rept. 114–38), S2758 [11MY]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 521) (H. Rept. 114–217), H5401 [22JY]

FERC Expansion of Existing Hydroelectric Project in Alaska: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1583) (S. Rept. 114–185), S8724 [16DE]

FERC Order Continuing a Stay of a Hydroelectric License for the Mahoney Lake Hydroelectric Project in Alaska: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2046) (S. Rept. 114–190), S8725 [16DE]

GSA Conveyance of Certain Federal Property in Alaska to Anchorage, AK: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (H.R. 336) (H. Rept. 114–103), H2820 [8MY]

Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 873) (S. Rept. 114–131), S6532 [9SE]

Native American Energy Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 538) (H. Rept. 114–276), H6786 [1OC]

Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (H.R. 34) (S. Rept. 114–146), S6892 [22SE]

Statements

Native American Energy Act: Executive Office of the President, H6915 [8OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 466, consideration of H.R. 538, Native American Energy Act and H.R. 702, remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S., H6902 [8OC]

H.R. 34, Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act, S7167–S7171 [6OC], H87–H90 [7JA]

H.R. 336, GSA conveyance of certain Federal property in Alaska to Anchorage, AK, H3617 [1JN]

H.R. 538, Native American Energy Act, H6916 [8OC]

S. 230, Dept. of HHS conveyance of certain property to Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp., S4656 [25JN], H6002 [16SE]

S. Res. 301, modify accreditation standards of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation to prevent the standards from negatively impacting Alaska Native and American Indian teacher candidates, S7675 [30OC]

Tributes

Sullivan, Senator, S502 [27JA]