[House Report 105-637]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-637
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  PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4193, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
        INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 1999

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   July 20, 1998.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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   Mr. Hastings, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 504]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 504, by a non-record vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

               brief summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 4193, 
the ``Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Bill, 1999'' under an open rule. The rule 
provides one hour of general debate divided equally between the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations.
    The rule waives section 306 (prohibiting matters within the 
jurisdiction of the Budget Committee in a measure not reported 
by it) or 401 (prohibiting consideration of budget-related 
legislation, as reported, that is not subject to 
appropriations) of the Budget Act against consideration of the 
bill.
    The rule provides that the amendments printed in Part 1 of 
this report shall be considered as adopted.
    The rule also waives clause 2 (prohibiting unauthorized 
appropriations or legislative provisions in a general 
appropriations bill) and clause 6 (prohibiting reappropriations 
in a general appropriations bill) of rule XXI against the bill, 
as amended, except as follows: page 88, line 10, through page 
89, line 6 (NEA).
    The rule provides that if an unprotected provision is 
stricken on a point of order, it shall be in order to 
immediately consider the Johnson of Connecticut amendment 
printed in Part 2 of this report. The amendment shall be 
debatable for 30 minutes equally divided between the proponent 
and opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. The rule 
also makes in order the Young of Alaska amendment printed in 
Part 3 of this report which shall be debatable for 30 minutes 
equally divided between the proponent and opponent, and shall 
not be subject to amendment.
    The rule also waives all points of order against the 
amendments printed in this report.
    Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the 
Congressional Record prior to their consideration will be given 
priority in recognition to offer their amendments if otherwise 
consistent with House rules. The rule allows the Chair to 
postpone recorded votes and reduce to five minutes the minimum 
time for electronic voting on any postponed votes, provided 
voting time on the first in any series of questions shall not 
be less than 15 minutes.
    The rule waives clause 2(e) of rule XXI (prohibiting non-
emergency designated amendments to be offered to an 
appropriations bill containing an emergency designation) 
against amendments to the bill.
    Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit, with 
or without instructions.

 summary of amendments made in order under the rule for H.R. 4193, the 
                 interior appropriations bill, fy 1999

Amendments considered as adopted

    Chenoweth: Transfers $67 million from the general 
administrative expenses of the National Forest System account 
to the Wildland Fire Suppression operation.
    Regula: Clarifies that the road and trail fund, when used 
for forest health enhancement, should not be used to replace 
salvage sale funds and not exempt any project from any 
environmental law.
    Young (AK)/Miller (CA): Extends for two years the Medicare 
and Medicaid Direct Billing demonstration program which is 
authorized by section 405 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act.

Amendments made in order

    Johnson (CT)--30 minutes: Restores $98 million to the NEA.
    Young (AK)--30 minutes: Extends until October 1, 2000, a 
current moratorium on the federal takeover of fisheries 
management of certain navigable waters owned by the State of 
Alaska.

                                PART 1.

    Amendments to be considered as adopted:
    On page 56, line 13, strike ``$1,298,421,000'' and insert 
in lieu thereof: ``$1,231,421,000'' and on page 56, line 25, 
strike ``$564,737,000'' and insert in lieu thereof: 
``$631,737,000''.
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    Page 120, beginning on line 7, strike section 334 and 
insert the following new section:
    Sec. 334. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 1998 in the 
roads and trails fund provided for in the fourteenth paragraph 
under the heading ``FOREST SERVICE'' of the Act of March 4, 
1913 (37 Stat. 843; 16 U.S.C. 501), shall be used by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, without regard to the State in which 
the amounts were derived, to repair or reconstruct roads, 
bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands or to carry 
out and administer projects to improve forest health 
conditions, which may include the repair or reconstruction of 
roads, bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands in 
the wildland-community interface where there is an abnormally 
high risk of fire. The projects shall emphasize reducing risks 
to human safety and public health and property and enhancing 
ecological functions, long-term forest productivity, and 
biological integrity. The Secretary shall commence the projects 
during fiscal year 1999, but the projects may be completed in a 
subsequent fiscal year. Funds shall not be expended under this 
section to replace funds which would otherwise appropriately be 
expended from the timber salvage sale fund. Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to exempt any project from any 
environmental law.
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    At the end of Title III, General Provisions, insert the 
following new section at the appropriate place:
    Section 405(c)(2) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1645(c)(2) is amended by striking ``September 30, 
1998'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``September 30, 2000''.

                                 PART 2

     An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Nancy Johnson of 
                       Connecticut, or a Designee

    Page 88, after line 9, insert the following:

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       Grants and Administration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
$81,240,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for 
the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the 
arts through assistance to organizations and individuals 
pursuant to section 5(c) of the Act, and for administering the 
functions of the Act, to remain available until expended.

                            matching grants

    To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the 
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
as amended, $16,760,000, to remain available until expended, to 
the National Endowment for the Arts: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available for obligation only in such 
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
bequests, and devises of money, and other property accepted by 
the chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the 
provisions of section 10(a)(2), subsections 11(a)(2)(A) and 
11(a)(3)(A) during the current and preceding fiscal years for 
which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.

                                 PART 3

An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Don Young of Alaska, or a 
                                Designee

    Page 123, after line 14, insert the following new section:
    Sec. 338. (a) Moratorium on Federal Management.--None of 
the funds made available to the Department of the Interior or 
the Department of Agriculture by this or any other Act 
hereafter enacted may be used prior to October 1, 2000, to 
issue or implement final regulations, rules, or policies 
pursuant to title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act to assert jurisdiction, management, or control 
over the navigable waters transferred to the State of Alaska 
pursuant to the Submerged Lands Act of 1953 or the Alaska 
Statehood Act of 1959.
    (b) Effective Date of 1997 ANILCA Amendments.--Section 
316(d) of Public Law 105-83 is amended by striking ``December 
1, 1998'' and inserting ``October 1, 2000''.
    (c) Repeal.--Subsections (a) and (b) shall be repealed on 
December 1, 1998, unless on or before that date an amendment to 
the constitution of the State of Alaska has been adopted which 
the Secretary of the Interior has determined would enable 
Alaska statutes to be enacted which provide the priority 
required in section 804 of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3114) in the taking on public lands 
of fish and wildlife.