ALASKA
Appointments
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Board of Trustees, H6981 [14DE]
Articles and editorials
Man Who Reshaped Alaska, S5524 [15NO]
Bills and resolutions
Agriculture: improve access to healthy foods, food processing, housing, forestry, agricultural research, and other agricultural programs, and Tribal self-determination relative to those programs (see S. 2354), S2984 [18JY]
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for recognition of certain Native communities and settlement of certain claims (see S. 1889), S2028 [8JN] (see H.R. 4748), H3857 [19JY]
——— provide that village corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to Alaska to establish municipal corporations (see S. 2615), S3754 [27JY] (see H.R. 6489), H5936 [28NO]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 282), S264 [7FE]
——— repeal oil and gas program and preserve Arctic coastal plain (see H.R. 724), H627 [1FE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: designate Chairman Don Young Hearing Room (see H. Res. 923), H6814 [11DE]
CDC: provide for public health research and investment into understanding and eliminating structural racism and police violence (see S. 1317), S1382 [26AP] (see H.R. 2904), H2048 [26AP]
Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 88), H101 [9JA] (see H.R. 270), H151 [10JA]
——— appoint additional Federal circuit judges for ninth circuit, divide ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, and appoint additional judges to certain district courts (see S. 1878), S2028 [8JN]
Dept. of State: establish U.S. Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs (see S. 821), S798 [15MR]
Dept. of the Interior: distribute certain Outer Continental Shelf revenues to Alaska (see S. 620), S635 [2MR]
——— reinstate all approvals or orders to establish and administer Coastal Plain of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas leasing program (see S. 3289), S5459 [9NO] (see H.R. 6285), H5650 [8NO]
Dept. of Transportation: provide Puerto Rico same exceptions as Alaska relative to foreign air cargo carriers leaving and collecting cargo on their way to or from another U.S. destination (see H.R. 375), H242 [17JA]
National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls: designate (see S. Res. 194), S1505 [3MY] (see H. Res. 353), H2126 [2MY]
National Elizabeth Peratrovich Day: designate (see S. Res. 77), S458 [16FE]
National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 29), S231 [2FE] (see H. Res. 107), H781 [8FE]
Native Americans: exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives for determining eligibility for certain programs (see S. 623), S635 [2MR] (see H.R. 2687), H1845 [18AP]
——— extend education grant programs for Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions (see S. 2903), S4654 [21SE] (see H.R. 5162), H4165 [4AU]
——— provide for advancements in public safety services to Indian communities (see S. 2695), S3757 [27JY] (see H.R. 4524), H3176 [10JY]
——— recognize critical importance of access to reliable, clean drinking water for Native Americans and Alaska Natives and confirm responsibility of Federal Government to ensure such access (see S. Res. 355), S4655 [21SE]
Public lands: codify certain public land orders relating to revocation of certain withdrawals of public land (see S. 175), S172 [31JA]
Shipping industry: require fair shipping prices for non-contiguous areas of U.S. (see H.R. 4700), H3699 [18JY]
Ships and vessels: exempt certain noncontiguous trade from coastwise laws (see H.R. 2586), H1724 [13AP]
Tsunami Warning and Education Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6234), H5465 [6NO]
University of Alaska Fairbanks: tribute to rifle team (see S. Res. 303), S3148 [19JY]
Certificates of election
Senate: Lisa Murkowski, S3 [3JA]
Letters
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Willow Project: Terry O’Sullivan, Laborers’ International Union of North America, S724 [8MR]
Oaths of office
Murkowski, Lisa: Senate, S5 [3JA]
Obituaries
William Deshay English: Anchorage (AK) Daily News, S1740 [18MY]
Remarks in House
Alaska Railroad Corp.: anniversary, E671 [13JY]
BLM: prohibit funding to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce proposed rule entitled ‘‘Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’’, H5319 [2NO]
Denali Commission: funding, H5094, H5095 [25OC]
Forest Service: protection of Bering River coalfield, H1304 [22MR]
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Willow Project: prohibit, H1234 [9MR]
Power resources: prohibit funding for cancellation or suspension of oil and gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, H5318 [2NO]
Shipping industry: require fair shipping prices for non-contiguous areas of U.S. (H.R. 4700), E705 [24JY]
Sports: tribute to Iditarod dogsled race, E242 [22MR]
Remarks in Senate
Alaska Railroad Corp.: anniversary, S2355 [12JY], S2981 [18JY]
Arctic regions: enhance U.S. standing as Arctic nation, S1572–S1575 [9MY]
Chapoton, Andrew: Army Soldier’s Medal recipient, S1618–S1620 [11MY]
Dept. of State: establish U.S. Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs (S. 821), S1574 [9MY]
EPA: decision to prohibit development of proposed Pebble Mine project, S157 [31JA]
Fairbanks, AK: tribute to Santa Claus House (business), S6075 [20DE]
Murkowski, Senator: appreciation of opportunity to serve, S18 [3JA]
National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls: designate (S. Res. 194), S1496 [3MY]
National Elizabeth Peratrovich Day: designate (S. Res. 77), S448, S475, S476 [16FE]
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Willow Project: tribute, S222–S224 [2FE], S279–S282, S284–S288 [9FE], S444–S446 [16FE], S723–S726 [8MR], S762 [14MR]
National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week: designate (S. Res. 29), S240 [2FE]
University of Alaska Fairbanks: tribute to rifle team (S. Res. 303), S3434, S3435 [19JY]
World War II: anniversary of Battle of Bataan, S395 [14FE]
Reports filed
Exclude Certain Payments to Aged, Blind, or Disabled Alaska Natives or Descendants of Alaska Natives for Determining Eligibility for Certain Programs: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 623) (S. Rept. 118–56), S2310 [11JY]
Texts of
S. Res. 29, National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week, S238 [2FE]
S. Res. 77, National Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, S464 [16FE]
S. Res. 194, National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls, S1515 [3MY]
S. Res. 303, tribute to University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team, S3153 [19JY]
S. Res. 355, recognize critical importance of access to reliable, clean drinking water for Native Americans and Alaska Natives and confirm responsibility of Federal Government to ensure such access, S4658 [21SE]
Tributes