ALASKA

Amendments

Denali National Park and Preserve Day: designate (S. Res. 55), S1399, S1416 [16FE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide for exchange of Federal and non-Federal lands in Alaska to construct a road between King Cove, AK, and Cold Bay, AK (H.R. 218), H6124, H6125, H6126, H6127 [20JY]

——— provide for exchange of Federal and non-Federal lands in Alaska to construct a road between King Cove, AK, and Cold Bay, AK (H.R. 218), consideration (H. Res. 454), H5996 [19JY]

Sitka, AK: convey certain property to SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (S. 825), S7498 [29NO]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: disapprove rule on non-subsistence taking of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures for national wildlife refuges in Alaska (H.J. Res. 69), consideration (H. Res. 123), H1198 [15FE]

Appointments

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Board of Trustees, H4660 [7JN]

Articles and editorials

Alaskans Say Yes to Drilling in ANWR, S6610 [19OC]

Fight To Protect Alaska’s Predators, H1264 [16FE]

Safari Club Sues Over National Park, Wildlife Refuge Regulations, H1265 [16FE]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: amend definition of village corporation (see S. 1496), S3857 [29JN]

——— amend relative to treatment of fractional shares of stock by regional corporations (see S. 1495), S3857 [29JN]

——— amend to increase the dividend exclusion of Native corporations (see S. 1494), S3857 [29JN]

——— provide for equitable allotment of land to Alaska Native veterans (see S. 785), S2152 [30MR] (see H.R. 1867), H2629 [3AP]

——— provide for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of certain claims (see H.R. 229), H45 [3JA]

——— satisfy certain claims (see S. 1485), S3857 [29JN]

——— technical corrections (see S. 1481), S3857 [29JN]

Alaska Purchase: anniversary (see S. Res. 111), S2215 [4AP]

Alaska Wild Salmon Month: observance (see S. Res. 261), S5800 [18SE]

Alexander Creek, AK: recognize as a Native village (see H.R. 1418), H1594 [7MR]

Anchorage, AK: remove reversionary clauses on property owned by the municipality (see H.R. 213), H44 [3JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: allow limited oil and natural gas development within the non-wilderness portion (see S. 49), S113 [5JA]

——— preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 820), S2214 [4AP] (see H.R. 1889), H2696 [4AP]

Arctic regions: develop a strategy to protect U.S. interests (see H.R. 3247), H5884 [14JY]

——— establish U.S. policy (see S. 1442), S3765 [26JN]

BLM: disapprove rule on the Eastern Interior Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (see H.J. Res. 96), H2788 [6AP]

——— provide that the Eastern Interior Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement shall have no force or effect (see H.R. 2080), H2788 [6AP]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 295), S656 [2FE] (see H.R. 196), H44 [3JA]

——— divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 276), S655 [2FE] (see H.R. 250), H94 [4JA] (see H.R. 1598), H2182 [17MR]

Denali National Park and Preserve: anniversary (see H. Res. 110), H1084 [7FE]

——— clarify certain provisions relative to authorized natural gas pipelines (see S. 217), S445 [24JA]

Denali National Park and Preserve Day: designate (see S. Res. 55), S868 [6FE]

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 H.R. 3709), H7182 [7SE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (see H.R. 235), H45 [3JA]

Dept. of State: establish a U.S. Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs (see H.R. 1559), H2147 [16MR]

Dept. of the Interior: complete a land exchange with Chugach Alaska Corp. (see H.R. 211), H44 [3JA]

——— convey certain lands to Nagamut Ltd. (see S. 1490), S3857 [29JN]

——— correct Swan Lake hydroelectric project survey boundary and convey remaining tract of land within corrected survey boundary to Alaska (see H.R. 219), H44 [3JA]

——— disapprove rule on requirements for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf (see H.J. Res. 34), H702 [27JA] (see H.J. Res. 47), H745 [30JA] (see H.J. Res. 70), H1099 [9FE]

——— establish environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 49), H38 [3JA]

——— identify impacts on Chugach Alaska Corp., land that resulted from changes in Federal law or Federal or State land acquisitions in the region (see S. 1493), S3857 [29JN]

——— provide for exchange of Federal and non-Federal lands in Alaska to construct a road between King Cove, AK, and Cold Bay, AK (see S. 101), S276 [11JA] (see H.R. 218), H44 [3JA]

——— provide for exchange of Federal and non-Federal lands in Alaska to construct a road between King Cove, AK, and Cold Bay, AK (H.R. 218), consideration (see H. Res. 454), H5977 [18JY]

FERC: authorize expansion of Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project in Alaska (see S. 214), S444 [24JA] (see H.R. 220), H44 [3JA]

——— issue an order continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake hydroelectric project in Alaska (see S. 215), S444 [24JA] (see H.R. 4317), H8661 [8NO]

Forest Service: disapprove rule on Tongass National Forest land and resource management plan (see H.J. Res. 97), H2788 [6AP]

——— resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program (see H.R. 207), H44 [3JA]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 1369), H1537 [6MR]

Kake Tribal Corp.: repeal limits on export of timber harvested from conveyed land (see S. 1149), S3009 [17MY]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: condemn threats against Guam, maintain U.S. commitment to security of Guam, evaluate defensive needs for U.S. Pacific territories, States, and allies, and enforce sanctions (see H. Res. 505), H7089 [6SE]

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve: designate wilderness as Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area (see S. 213), S444 [24JA]

Land use: more accurately identify and transfer subsurface gravel sources originally intended to be made available to the Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corp., in exchange for its relinquishment of related property rights (see H.R. 348), H181 [5JA]

National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls: designate (see S. Res. 60), S1130 [13FE] (see H. Res. 222), H2370 [23MR]

Native Americans: convey certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council and the Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. (see S. 269), S595 [1FE] (see H.R. 236), H45 [3JA]

——— exempt Alaska Native and American Indian programs from budget sequestration (see H.R. 292), H95 [4JA]

——— facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (see H.R. 210), H44 [3JA]

——— improve behavioral health outcomes for American Indians and Alaskan Natives (see H.R. 3704), H7182 [7SE]

——— improve the public health system in tribal communities and increase the number of American Indians and Alaska Natives pursuing health careers (see H.R. 3706), H7182 [7SE]

——— protect cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native handicrafts and traditional mammoth ivory products (see S. 1965), S6452 [17OC]

——— provide for advancements in public safety services to Indian communities (see S. 1953), S6359 [5OC]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (see S. 53), S113 [5JA] (see H.R. 312), H179 [5JA]

——— prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast of Alaska (see H.R. 222), H44 [3JA]

Public lands: allow the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell to organize as urban corporations and receive certain settlement land (see S. 1491), S3857 [29JN]

——— correct a survey of certain land within the Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project boundary (see S. 267), S594 [1FE]

——— fulfill land conveyance requirements under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for Alaska Native Village of Canyon Village (see H.R. 231), H45 [3JA]

——— provide for a land exchange relative to the Admiralty Island National Monument (see S. 1484), S3857 [29JN]

——— provide for certain conveyances of surface estate (see S. 1487), S3857 [29JN]

——— provide for exchange of certain National Forest System land and non-Federal land to benefit the Alaska Mental Health Trust (see S. 131), S314 [12JA] (see H.R. 513), H471 [12JA]

Shee Atika, Inc.: ensure equitable treatment of certain claims relative to transfer of land on Admiralty Island, AK (see H.R. 230), H45 [3JA]

——— establish an account for amounts due under the Cube Cove Land Agreement (see S. 1483), S3857 [29JN]

Shishmaref Native Corp.: provide a permanent easement (see S. 1482), S3857 [29JN]

Sitka, AK: convey certain property to SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (see S. 825), S2215 [4AP] (see H.R. 1901), H2696 [4AP]

Taxation: clarify treatment of contributions to Alaska Native Settlement Trusts (see S. 1698), S4668 [1AU] (see H.R. 3524), H6517 [27JY]

Transportation Security Administration: exempt certain flights in Hawaii and Alaska from increased aviation security service fees (see H.R. 1782), H2558 [29MR]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: clarify treatment of Alaska Native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts (see S. 1941), S6359 [5OC] (see H.R. 4069), H8031 [12OC]

——— disapprove rule on non-subsistence taking of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures for national wildlife refuges in Alaska (see S.J. Res. 18), S595 [1FE] (see H.J. Res. 35), H702 [27JA] (see H.J. Res. 49), H745 [30JA] (see H.J. Res. 69), H1083 [7FE]

——— disapprove rule on non-subsistence taking of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures for national wildlife refuges in Alaska (H.J. Res. 69), consideration (see H. Res. 123), H1183 [14FE]

Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corp.: amend laws relative to sand and gravel resources (see S. 1486), S3857 [29JN]

Veterans: allow Indian Health Service to pay for Indian or Alaska Native veterans’ copayments at Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see S. 304), S680 [3FE]

Women: recognize growth and importance of minority women-owned businesses (see S. Res. 304), S6816 [25OC] (see H. Res. 586), H8225 [25OC]

Certificates of election

Senate: Lisa Murkowski, S3 [3JA]

Cost Estimates

Legislative proposal related to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: CBO, S7710 [1DE]

Letters

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and natural gas development: Anne Gunn and Don Russell, CircumArctic Rangifer Monitoring and Assessment (CARMA) Network, S7708 [1DE]

——— Jane Goodall, Jane Goodall Institute, S7707 [1DE], S8094 [19DE]

——— several scientists, S7708 [1DE]

——— Steven C. Amstrup, Polar Bears International (organization), S7708 [1DE]

BLM Eastern Interior Resource Management Plan clarification as a rule subject to Congressional Review Act: Susan A. Poling, GAO, S7330 [27NO]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: several environmental organizations, H9386 [16NO]

Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment clarification as a rule subject to Congressional Review Act: Susan A. Poling, GAO, S6761–S6763 [24OC]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule on non-subsistence taking of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures for national wildlife refuges in Alaska: several wildlife, hunting, and conservation organizations, H1267 [16FE]

Motions

Dept. of the Interior: provide for exchange of Federal and non-Federal lands in Alaska to construct a road between King Cove, AK, and Cold Bay, AK (H.R. 218), H6130 [20JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: disapprove rule on non-subsistence taking of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures for national wildlife refuges in Alaska (H.J. Res. 69), S1864 [21MR]

Oaths of office

Murkowski, Lisa: Senate, S5 [3JA]

Remarks in House

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: allow oil and natural gas development, H7792, H7796 [4OC]

——— preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (H.R. 1889), H8375 [1NO]

BLM: prohibit funding to change existing placer mining plan of operation relative to Alaska environmental mitigation, H7156 [7SE]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, H2966 [28AP]

——— divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (H.R. 250), H2733 [5AP]

——— divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (H.R. 1598), H2175 [17MR], H2887, H2889 [26AP]

Denali Commission: funding, H6368 [26JY]

Dept. of the Interior: provide for exchange of Federal and non-Federal lands in Alaska to construct a road between King Cove, AK, and Cold Bay, AK (H.R. 218), H5867, H5868 [14JY], H6120–H6131 [20JY]

——— provide for exchange of Federal and non-Federal lands in Alaska to construct a road between King Cove, AK, and Cold Bay, AK (H.R. 218), consideration (H. Res. 454), H5991–H5997 [19JY]

——— provide for exchange of Federal and non-Federal lands in Alaska to construct a road between King Cove, AK, and Cold Bay, AK (H.R. 218), motion to recommit, H6130, H6131 [20JY]

——— require a mitigation plan for the road between King Cove, AK, and Cold Bay, AK, to minimize impact on birds, wildlife, and wetlands, H6125, H6126 [20JY]

——— require all materials and equipment used in the construction of a road between King Cove, AK, and Cold Bay, AK, be manufactured in the U.S., H6130, H6131 [20JY]

——— require King Cove, AK, to repay Federal transportation funds before exchange of Federal and non-Federal lands in Alaska to construct a road between King Cove, AK, and Cold Bay, AK, H6127 [20JY]

——— waive National Environmental Policy Act environmental impact statement requirement for construction of a road between King Cove, AK, and Cold Bay, AK, H6126, H6127 [20JY]

FERC: authorize expansion of Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project in Alaska (H.R. 220), H5204 [27JN]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: condemn threats against Guam, maintain U.S. commitment to security of Guam, evaluate defensive needs for U.S. Pacific territories, States, and allies, and enforce sanctions (H. Res. 505), H7097 [7SE]

National Park Service: prohibit funding to implement rule on hunting and trapping in Alaska national preserves, H7155, H7156 [7SE]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program, H2664, H2666 [4AP]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: disapprove rule on non-subsistence taking of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures for national wildlife refuges in Alaska (H.J. Res. 69), H1192 [15FE], H1259–H1268 [16FE], E212 [16FE]

——— disapprove rule on non-subsistence taking of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures for national wildlife refuges in Alaska (H.J. Res. 69), consideration (H. Res. 123), H1193–H1200 [15FE]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska Aces (hockey team): tribute, S2613 [27AP]

Alaska Airlines, Inc.: retirement of Boeing 737–400 combi planes, S6342 [5OC]

Alaska Baseball League: tribute, S3574 [19JN]

Alaska Purchase: anniversary, S2116–S2118 [29MR], S2150 [30MR]

——— anniversary (S. Res. 111), S2220 [4AP]

Alaska Wild Salmon Month: observance (S. Res. 261), S5810 [18SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: allow limited oil and natural gas development within the non-wilderness portion (S. 49), S115 [5JA]

——— allow oil and natural gas development, S6440, S6443–S6445 [17OC], S6509, S6531 [18OC], S6609–S6611, S6615, S6628 [19OC], S7149, S7150 [9NO], S7280 [16NO], S7394 [29NO], S7697, S7707–S7711 [1DE], S8039 [14DE], S8094–S8096, S8101 [19DE], S8157–S8159, S8178 [20DE]

——— preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (S. 820), S8096 [19DE], S8178 [20DE]

Armed Forces: tribute to Alaska Army National Guard 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, S8037 [14DE]

——— tribute to members serving in Alaska, S3194 [25MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, S6600 [19OC]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (S. 276), S657 [2FE]

Denali National Park and Preserve Day: designate (S. Res. 55), S1416 [16FE]

GAO: clarification on BLM Eastern Interior Resource Management Plan rule subject to Congressional Review Act, S7330 [27NO]

——— clarification on Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment as a rule subject to Congressional Review Act, S6760 [24OC]

Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance: tribute to Alaska Missile Defender of the Year award recipients, S3194 [25MY]

National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls: designate (S. Res. 60), S2728 [3MY], S2761 [4MY]

Olympic Games: tribute to Alaska Special Olympics World Winter Games participants, S2629 [27AP]

Sitka, AK: convey certain property to SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (S. 825), S7498 [29NO]

Sports: tribute to Iditarod dogsled race, S1833 [15MR]

Ted Stevens Day: observance, S4051 [18JY]

Trans-Alaska Pipeline System: anniversary, S3625–S3627 [20JN]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: disapprove rule on non-subsistence taking of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures for national wildlife refuges in Alaska (H.J. Res. 69), S1858, S1864–S1871, S1876–S1884 [21MR]

——— disapprove rule on non-subsistence taking of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures for national wildlife refuges in Alaska (H.J. Res. 69), unanimous-consent agreement, S1882 [21MR]

University of Alaska, Anchorage: tribute to women’s basketball team, S7923 [7DE]

Veterans: tribute to Alaska Native veterans, S7148 [9NO]

——— tribute to Hmong American veterans, S2930 [15MY]

Veterans Day: observance, S7148 [9NO]

World War II: anniversary of Aleutian Islands Campaign, S3207 [25MY], S3350–S3352 [8JN]

Reports filed

Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 131), S2963 [16MY]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 131) (S. Rept. 115–117), S3731 [22JN]

Alaska Property Conveyance to Tanana Tribal Council and Bristol Bay Area Health Corp.: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 269) (S. Rept. 115–11), S1995 [27MR]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 69, Disapprove U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rule on Non-Subsistence Taking of Wildlife and Procedures for National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 123) (H. Rept. 115–12), H1183 [14FE]

Consideration of H.R. 218, King Cove Road Land Exchange Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 454) (H. Rept. 115–235), H5977 [18JY]

Denali National Park and Preserve Clarification of Certain Provisions Relative to Authorized Natural Gas Pipelines: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 217) (S. Rept. 115–109), S3487 [14JN]

FERC Expansion of Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project in Alaska Authorization: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 214) (S. Rept. 115–105), S3456 [13JN]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 220) (H. Rept. 115–154), H4621 [2JN]

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. 215) (S. Rept. 115–77), S3145 [24MY]

Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 213) (S. Rept. 115–108), S3487 [14JN]

King Cove Road Land Exchange Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 218) (H. Rept. 115–218), H5830 [13JY]

Nomination of Bryan D. Schroder To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6358 [5OC]

Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 825) (S. Rept. 115–173), S6452 [17OC]

Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project Boundary Survey of Certain Land Correction: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 267) (S. Rept. 115–98), S3395 [12JN]

Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 304) (S. Rept. 115–112), S3554 [15JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 123, consideration of H.J. Res. 69, disapprove U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule on non-subsistence taking of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures for national wildlife refuges in Alaska, H1193 [15FE]

H. Res. 454, consideration of H.R. 218, King Cove Road Land Exchange Act, H5991 [19JY]

H.J. Res. 69, disapprove U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule on non-subsistence taking of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures for national wildlife refuges in Alaska, H1260 [16FE]

H.R. 220, FERC expansion of Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project in Alaska authorization, H5204 [27JN]

S. Res. 55, Denali National Park and Preserve Day, S870 [6FE], S1453 [27FE]

S. Res. 60, National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls, S1131 [13FE]

S. Res. 111, Alaska Purchase anniversary, S2218 [4AP]

S. Res. 261, Alaska Wild Salmon Month, S5804 [18SE]

S. Res. 304, recognize growth and importance of minority women-owned businesses, S6818 [25OC]