[Senate Report 105-160]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE

 2d Session                                                     105-160
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HISTORY, JURISDICTION, AND A SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
         ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES DURING THE 104th CONGRESS

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                              COMMITTEE ON

                      ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

                          UNITED STATES SENATE





               February 11, 1998.--Ordered to be printed


               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

                            (105th Congress)

                  FRANK H. MURKOWSKI, Alaska, Chairman

PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico         DALE BUMPERS, Arkansas
DON NICKLES, Oklahoma                WENDELL H. FORD, Kentucky
LARRY E. CRAIG, Idaho                JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico
BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado    DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii
CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming                BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota
JON KYL, Arizona                     BOB GRAHAM, Florida
ROD GRAMS, Minnesota                 RON WYDEN, Oregon
GORDON H. SMITH, Oregon              TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota
SLADE GORTON, Washington             MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana
CONRAD BURNS, Montana

                    Gregg D. Renkes, Staff Director

                    Gary G. Ellsworth, Chief Counsel

          Thomas B. Williams, Staff Director for the Minority

             Sam E. Fowler, Chief Counsel for the Minority

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               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

                            (104th Congress)

                  FRANK H. MURKOWSKI, Alaska, Chairman

MARK O. HATFIELD, Oregon             J. BENNETT JOHNSTON, Louisiana
PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico         DALE BUMPERS, Arkansas
DON NICKLES, Oklahoma                WENDELL H. FORD, Kentucky
LARRY E. CRAIG, Idaho                BILL BRADLEY, New Jersey
BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado    JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico
CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming                DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii
JON KYL, Arizona                     PAUL WELLSTONE, Minnesota
ROD GRAMS, Minnesota                 HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama
JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont           BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota
CONRAD BURNS, Montana

                    Gregg D. Renkes, Staff Director

                    Gary G. Ellsworth, Chief Counsel

          Benjamin S. Cooper, Staff Director for the Minority

                                     

  
                       MEMORANDUM OF THE CHAIRMAN

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To Members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
    The enclosed report reviews the accomplishments of the 
Committee in the 104th Congress. It will be submitted to the 
Senate pursuant to section 8 of Senate Rule XXVI.

                                      Frank H. Murkowski, Chairman.



                            C O N T E N T S

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Memorandum of the Chairman.......................................   iii
History and jurisdiction.........................................   vii
Summary of 104th Congress legislative and oversight activities...     1
    Full Committee:
        Jurisdiction.............................................     3
        Overview.................................................     3
        Oversight activities.....................................     4
        Legislative activities...................................     8
        Measures enacted into law................................    10
        Related public laws......................................    12
        Other measures actively considered.......................    13
    Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation:
        Jurisdiction.............................................    17
        Measures enacted into law................................    17
        Other measures actively considered.......................    18
    Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development:
        Jurisdiction.............................................    21
        Oversight activities.....................................    21
        Measures enacted into law................................    21
        Measures included within related public laws.............    22
    Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management:
        Jurisdiction.............................................    23
        Oversight activities.....................................    23
        Legislative activities...................................    24
        Measures enacted into law................................    24
        Other measures actively considered.......................    26
        Related public laws......................................    30
    Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation:
        Jurisdiction.............................................    31
        Oversight activities.....................................    31
        Legislative activities...................................    31
        Measures enacted into law................................    32
        Other measures actively considered.......................    42
    Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation:
        Jurisdiction.............................................    49
        Oversight activities.....................................    49

                                     

  
                    History and Current Jurisdiction

                                history

    Although the Federal Constitution does not even mention 
committees, the committee system was established by the First 
Congress. Our first lawmakers recognized the need for workable 
units to find facts and make policy recommendations, based on 
indepth study and expertise.
    The present committee organization was created in 1977 by 
the ``Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977'' (S. 
Res. 4, 95th Cong.). The purpose of S. Res. 4 was to streamline 
the Senate's procedural organization by reorganizing the 
committee jurisdictions as reasonably as possible and within 
the hands of fewer committees.

                          current jurisdiction

    Under Senate Rule XXV(g) the jurisdiction of the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources extends to--
          all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
        memorials, and other matters relating to the following 
        subjects:
                  1. Coal production, distribution, and 
                utilization.
                  2. Energy policy.
                  3. Energy regulation and conservation.
                  4. Energy related aspects of deepwater ports.
                  5. Energy research and development.
                  6. Extraction of minerals from oceans and 
                Outer Continental Shelf lands.
                  7. Hydroelectric power, irrigation, and 
                reclamation.
                  8. Mining education and research.
                  9. Mining, mineral lands, mining claims, and 
                conservation.
                  10. National parks, recreation areas, 
                wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, 
                historical sites, military parks and 
                battlefields, and on the public domain, 
                preservation of pre-historic ruins and objects 
                of interests.
                  11. Naval petroleum reserves in Alaska.
                  12. Nonmilitary development of nuclear 
                energy.
                  13. Oil and gas production and distribution.
                  14. Public lands and forests, including 
                farming and grazing thereon, and mineral 
                extraction therefrom.
                  15. Solar energy systems.
                  16. Territorial possessions of the United 
                States, including trusteeships.
    In the 104th Congress, the Committee had five 
subcommittees: the Subcommittee on Energy Production and 
Regulation; the Subcommittee on Energy Research and 
Development; the Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land 
Management; the Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation; and the Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations.
    Under the subcommittee structure, the jurisdiction of the 
Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation includes 
oversight and legislative responsibilities for: Federal energy 
conservation programs; energy information; liquefied natural 
gas projects; oil and natural gas regulation; refinery policy; 
coal conversion; power marketing agencies; utility policy; 
hydroelectric power; energy related aspects of deepwater ports; 
and oil, gas and coal production and distribution.
    The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Energy Research and 
Development includes oversight and legislative responsibilities 
for: nuclear, coal and synthetic fuels research and 
development; nuclear and non-nuclear energy commercialization 
projects; nuclear fuel cycle policy; DOE National Laboratories; 
global climate change; new technologies research and 
development; nuclear facilities siting and insurance program; 
and commercialization of new technologies including, solar 
energy systems.
    The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Forests and Public 
Land Management includes oversight and legislative 
responsibility for: public lands administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management and U.S. Forest Service including farming and 
grazing thereon, and wilderness areas; establishment of 
wildlife refuges on public lands and wilderness designation 
therein; military land withdrawals; reserved water rights; 
irrigation and reclamation projects; groundwater resources and 
management; national mining and minerals policy and general 
mining laws; surface mining, reclamation and enforcement; 
mining education and research; Federal mineral leasing; Naval 
oil shale reserves; and deep seabed mining.
    The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Parks, Historic 
Preservation, and Recreation includes oversight and legislative 
responsibilities for: National Park System; Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System; National Trails System; national recreation 
areas; national monuments; historic sites; military parks and 
battlefields; Land and Water Conservation Fund; historic 
preservation; outdoor recreation resources; and preservation of 
prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the public domain.
    The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations* is oversight of Federal programs, policies, 
laws, regulations and administrative actions which affect 
matters within the jurisdiction of more than one Subcommittee 
of the Committee; investigations of the same at the direction 
of the Chairman after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member; and such other oversight matters as may be referred to 
the Subcommittee at the direction of the Chairman after 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member.
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    * The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations was formed in 
May 1995.
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    In addition, numerous important matters were considered 
directly by the full Committee without initial reference to a 
subcommittee. In addition to Executive nominations, such 
matters include issues that (1) require extremely expeditious 
handling, or (2) substantially overlap two or more subcommittee 
jurisdictions, or (3) are of exceptional national significance 
in which all Members wish to participate fully.



105th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE

 2d Session                                                     105-160
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HISTORY, JURISDICTION, AND A SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
         ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES DURING THE 104th CONGRESS

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               February 11, 1998.--Ordered to be printed

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   Mr. Frank H. Murkowski, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                   Resources, submitted the following

                 SPECIAL REPORT ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

     Summary of 104th Congress Legislative and Oversight Activities

                                summary

    During the 104th Congress, the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources conducted an extensive oversight and 
legislative program. A total of 300 bills and resolutions were 
referred for consideration to the Committee. Several other 
bills and resolutions under the Committee's jurisdiction were 
considered and passed by the Senate without Committee referral. 
In addition, the Committee received 14 nominations, 5 
Presidential messages, and 282 Executive Communications.
    In the aggregate, the Committee held 120 days of public 
hearings (including 11 field hearings) during the 104th 
Congress. These hearings encompassed 61 days of oversight, 54 
days of legislative, and 5 days of nomination hearings. The 
Committee also held 20 business meetings and participated in 2 
House-Senate conferences.
    Action was completed on a broad range of oversight, 
legislative, and executive matters. Legislatively, 113 bills or 
resolutions were reported by the Committee, and the Committee 
was discharged of 4 other matters.
    The Congress enacted a total of 40 public laws within the 
jurisdiction of the Committee.
    When the Congress adjourned sine die, 8 Senate-passed 
measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee were pending 
before the House of Representatives. Ninety-two other measures 
reported by the Committee were pending on the Senate Calendar 
or being held at the desk.
    During the 104th Congress, 14 nominations were submitted by 
President Clinton and referred to the Committee. Of these, 13 
were reported favorably by the Committee and 11 were confirmed 
by the Senate.
    The Committee filed 113 Senate Reports on measures reported 
by the Committee. The Committee also published 104 hearing 
records.
    As discussed below, the four principal areas of Committee 
activity--budget, energy, natural resources, and territories--
were distributed among the full Committee and five 
Subcommittees.
                             Full Committee

                      Frank H. Murkowski, Chairman

                              Jurisdiction

    Numerous important measures were considered directly by the 
full Committee without initial reference to a Subcommittee. 
During the 104th Congress, the jurisdiction of the Full 
Committee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities 
for: National Energy Policy, including international energy 
affairs and emergency preparedness; strategic petroleum 
reserves; Outer Continental Shelf leasing; nuclear waste 
policy; privatization of federal assets; territorial affairs, 
including Freely Associated States; regulation of Trans-Alaska 
Pipeline System and other oil or gas pipeline transportation 
systems within Alaska; National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska; 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act; Antarctica; Arctic research and energy 
development; Native Hawaiian matters; and Ad Hoc issues. [In 
addition, other issues are retained in the Full Committee on an 
ad hoc basis. Generally, these are issues which (1) require 
extremely expeditious handling or (2) substantially overlap two 
or more subcommittee jurisdictions, or (3) are of exceptional 
national significance in which all Members wish to participate 
fully.]

                                OVERVIEW

Nominations
    During the 104th Congress, 14 nominations were submitted by 
President Clinton and referred to the Committee. Of these, 13 
were reported favorably by the Committee and 11 were confirmed 
by the Senate.
Presidential messages
    Five Presidential messages were transmitted to the 
Committee during the 104th Congress.
Executive communications
    The Committee received a total of 282 Executive 
Communications transmitting legislative recommendations and 
relating to the Committee's oversight responsibilities.
Reports and publications
    During the 104th Congress, the Committee filed 113 Senate 
Reports on measures reported by the Committee.
    The Committee also published 104 hearing records. Twelve of 
those dealt with Presidential appointees, and the remaining 
publications provided background material pertinent to the 
Committee's legislative activities and oversight 
responsibilities.
    In addition, the Committee published one Committee print. 
It dealt with the Rules, Membership and Jurisdiction of the 
Committee.

                          Oversight Activities

Review of the President's proposals for the FY 1996 Budget
    The Committee conducted three days of hearings on the 
Administration's budget proposals--on February 9, 1995 to 
consider the proposed budgets of the Department of Energy and 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Administration (104-78), on 
February 15 to consider the proposed budget of the Forest 
Service (104-39), and on February 16 to consider the proposed 
budget of the Department of the Interior (104-68). The 
Committee submitted its views and estimates to the Budget 
Committee as required by law on March 29, 1995.
Administration proposal to Dispose of the Power Generating and 
        Transmission Functions of the Power Marketing Administrations
    The Committee conducted an oversight hearing on this 
proposal on July 12, 1995 (104-388) in response to the 
Administration's proposal and the possibility that assumptions 
on revenues might be considered in Reconciliation. The 
Committee was able to meet its instructions in Reconciliation 
without including legislation disposing of the PMA's and no 
further action was taken on this subject.
Review of Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensing Activities With 
        Regard to the Department of Energy's Civilian Nuclear Waste 
        Disposal Program
    On May 16, 1996, the Full Committee held a hearing 
regarding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) licensing 
activities with regard to the Department of Energy's nuclear 
waste disposal program and other matters within the 
jurisdiction of the NRC (S. Hrg. 104-86).
Department of Energy Realignment and Downsizing
    On July 11, 1995, the Full Committee held a hearing on the 
Secretary of Energy's Strategic Realignment and Downsizing 
Proposal and other alternatives to the existing structure of 
the Department of Energy (S. Hrg. 104-265).
Outer Continental Shelf Impact Assistance
    The Full Committee held one day of hearings to consider S. 
575, a bill to provide Outer Continental Shelf Impact 
Assistance to State and local governments from new revenues 
generated from oil and gas production on the Outer Continental 
Shelf (S. Hrg. 104-151).
Department of Energy Assessment of Risk
    The Full Committee held a hearing to examine the use of 
risk assessment by the Department of Energy in performing 
environmental restoration and waste management activities (S. 
Hrg. 104-63).
U.S.-North Korean Nuclear Agreement
    On January 19, 1995, the Committee held a hearing to 
examine the impacts of the agreement between the United States 
and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea regarding the 
North Korea nuclear program on issues of nuclear safety, 
nuclear nonproliferation and U.S. energy policy. As a 
consequence of this hearing, at the request of the Chairman, 
the General Accounting Office, in October 1996, issued the 
first in a series of reports on the Implications of the U.S./
North Korean Agreement on Nuclear Issues. (S. Hrg. 104-5).
Waste Management and Cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
    On March 22, 1995, the Committee held a hearing on the 
regulatory impediments to rational, cost-effective waste 
management and remediation activities by the Department of 
Energy at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in the State of 
Washington. The hearing's focus was the report of Committee 
consultants Steven Blush and Thomas Heitman entitled ``Train 
Wreck Along the River of Money: An Evaluation of the Hanford 
Cleanup,'' also known as ``The Blush Report.'' As a consequence 
of the hearing and the Blush Report, the Chairman and Ranking 
Member introduced legislation on May 26, 1995 (S. 871) to 
provide for the management and disposition of the Hanford 
Reservation, to provide for environmental management activities 
at the Reservation, and for other purposes. The introduction of 
this legislation, coupled with reductions in appropriations for 
waste management and remediation activities at Hanford, 
resulted in greater cooperation between stakeholder parties 
(including the parties to the Tri-Party Agreement) leading to 
improved focus and progress in management and remediation 
activities at Hanford. (S. Hrg. 104-99).
Global Climate Change
    On September 17, 1996, the Full Committee held a hearing on 
U.S. Climate Change Policy in response to the Administration's 
Declaration that it would seek, through the United Nations 
Framework Convention on Climate Change, binding and quantified 
carbon dioxide emissions reductions over specified timeframes. 
The hearing focused on the rationale for the Administration 
policy in the face of continuing scientific uncertainty about 
climate change and the potentially staggering economic costs 
and competitive consequences of internationally-mandated carbon 
reduction targets and timetables. (S. Hrg. 104-760).
Forest Ecosystem Health
    An oversight Field Hearing was conducted by the Full 
Committee in Flagstaff, Arizona on Forest Ecosystem Health and 
to understand the science of the forest health and discuss the 
changes necessary to manage for long-term forest health on 
August 29, 1995. (S. Hrg. 104-182).
Future of the Forest Service
    In conjunction with the nomination of Daniel Glickman to be 
Secretary of Agriculture, the Committee conducted an oversight 
hearing into the future of the Forest Service on March 28, 
1995. (S. Hrg. 104-31).
Tongass
    Four Oversight Hearings on the management of the Tongass 
National Forest (S. Hrg. 104-115) as well as three oversight 
hearings on the Tongass National Forest Draft Land Management 
Plan were held. Two of these oversight hearings were held in 
Ketchikan and Juneau, Alaska. (S. Hrg. 104-670).
Domestic Petroleum Production
    The Full Committee conducted a hearing to discuss various 
aspects of domestic crude oil and natural gas production, and 
international supply on March 8, 1995. (S. Hrg. 104-50).
FERC Electric Utility ``Mega NOPR''
    The Committee conducted a hearing on the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's proposal to restructure the electric 
utility industry and increase competition in the wholesale 
electric power market on May 10, 1995. (S. Hrg. 104-75).
Komi Oil Spills
    A joint oversight hearing was conducted with the Senate 
Committee on Environment and Public Works on the energy and 
environmental implications of the Komi Oil spills in the former 
Soviet Union on June 29, 1995. (S. Hrg. 104-195).
Electric Power Industry
    The Full Committee held four separate hearings on 
Competitive Change in the Electric Power Industry, focusing on 
the issue of what State public utility commissions are doing to 
make investor-owned electric utilities more competitive. 
Incorporated into one of the hearings was testimony on the 
affect FERC Order 888 will have on the electricity industry. 
The hearings were held on March 6, March 28, July 11, and 
September 9, 1996. (S. Hrg. 104-577 part I and II).
Gasoline Prices
    The Committee conducted a hearing to discuss recent 
increases in the retail price of gasoline on May 9, 1996. (S. 
Hrg. 104-521).
U.S. Dependence on Foreign Energy Supplies
    During the First Session of the 104th Congress the Full 
Committee held an oversight hearing on various aspects of 
domestic crude oil and natural gas production. The focus of the 
hearing was the dependence of the United States on foreign 
sources of energy supplies. The hearing was held on March 8, 
1995 (S. Hrg. 104-50).
ANCSA and ANILCA
    The Committee held three days of hearings in Alaska on the 
implementation of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
The hearings focused on the commitments made to Alaskans when 
ANILCA and ANCSA were passed regarding access and use of public 
and native lands in Alaska. The Committee was interested in 
finding out if the specific distinctions between management of 
Public lands in Alaska and in other areas of the United States 
were still being adhered to. The hearings were held in 
Anchorage on May 31, 1995 (S. Hrg. 104-271), and Fairbanks on 
June 2, 1995 (S. Hrg. 104-271).
Estimated North Slope Oil Reserves
    The Full Committee held an oversight hearing on the 
Estimated Oil Reserves on the North Slope of Alaska and 
Drilling and Operating Technology in the Arctic. The Committee 
was interested in determining to the best of their ability 
actual estimates of the reserve oil on the North Slope. 
Additionally, the Committee examined new technology being used 
in arctic conditions that minimize the impact on the 
environment and reduce the size of the ``footprint'' of 
exploration. The hearing was held on July 18, 1995 (S. Hrg. 
104-202).
Arctic Oil and Gas Leasing
    The Full Committee held a hearing to discuss leasing of the 
coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil 
and gas exploration and the inclusion of leasing revenues in 
the Budget Reconciliation legislation. The hearing was held on 
August 2, 1995 (S. Hrg. 104-333).
Alaska Native Issues
    The Full Committee joined with the Senate Committee on 
Indian Affairs, and the House Resources Committee to conduct an 
oversight hearing on the Alaska Natives Commission's Report to 
Congress. The Committee discussed the status of Alaska's native 
people, the problems with alcohol and drug abuse and solutions 
to those problems. The hearing was held on November 16, 1995 
(H. Hrg. 104-52).
Oversight on the Situation facing Various Territories and Freely 
        Associated States of the United States
    The Committee exercises the plenary authority of Congress 
under the Constitution for the territories of the United States 
and also has jurisdiction over United States activities in the 
freely associated states. During the period of February 10-22, 
1996, the Committee, led by the Chairman and Senator Akaka, 
visited the Republic of the Marshall Islands and held meetings 
with the President and Cabinet as well as the U.S. Ambassador 
in Majuro, the U.S. Army Command in Kwajalein, the local 
leadership on Ebeye in the Kwajalein Atoll, and the Bikini 
Council on Bikini Atoll. The Committee reviewed on-site the 
federal efforts being undertaken to clean-up and rehabilitate 
Bikini Atoll with extensive discussions with representatives 
from the Department of Energy and Lawrence Livermore as well as 
the Bikini community and the contractors for the resettlement 
program.
    The Committee made the first visit by the Congress to the 
Republic of Palau since the Compact of Free Association went 
into effect and held meetings with the President, Members of 
the O.E.K. (the legislative), the U.S. Mission and local 
community. The Committee visited Pelilieu and had discussions 
on historic preservation and marine resource needs with the 
President and local leadership.
    The Committee visited the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands meeting with the Governor and his Cabinet, the 
Leadership of the Legislature, Federal Judges and the US 
Attorneys, representatives from the federal agencies 
participating in the law enforcement initiative, and the local 
Chamber of Commerce. The Committee also made an inspection trip 
to a local garment factory and the ``housing'' being furnished 
to some Bangladesh security guards. During the visit, the 
Committee also participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the 
American War Memorial Park.
    The Committee briefly visited Guam and met with the 
Governor and various officials to discuss concerns of Guam, 
including the effect of base closures and federal land 
requirements. A subsequent meeting with the Navy reviewed some 
of those concerns.
    The Committee concluded its review by visiting Pohnpei, the 
capital of the Federated States of Micronesia and met with the 
President and members of his Cabinet, the Governor of Pohnpei 
and officials of the local government, the US Ambassador and 
her staff, and reviewed the status of the infrastructure and 
discussed the development of marine resources and tourism 
within the Federated States.
    As a result of the meetings, the Chairman and Senator 
Akaka, together with the Ranking Member, Senator Johnston, 
introduced S. 1804, which is discussed later, and conducted an 
oversight into labor conditions in the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands and the extent of federal agency 
presence and commitment within the territory as part of a 
hearing on June 26, 1996.

                         Legislative Activities

Budget Reconciliation
    The Committee met on September 20, 21, and October 19, 1995 
to consider and approve legislation to be sent to the Budget 
Committee for inclusion in a Reconciliation measure. The 
Committee's recommendations were eventually incorporated as 
Subtitles B and C of Title V of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1995, which was vetoed by the President. Various hearings were 
held at Full Committee and by Subcommittee on provisions 
included in the Committee's recommendation. Those measures are 
discussed in their respective portions of this Summary.
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996
    On March 2, 1995, the Full Committee held a hearing on S. 
443, the Electric Consumers and Environmental Protection Act of 
1995, S. 167, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1995, S. 429, the 
Independent Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Act of 1995, S. 473, the 
Nuclear Energy Policy Act of 1995, and draft legislation that 
was later introduced as H.R. 1020 (S. Hrg. 104-56). On December 
14, 1995, the Full Committee held a hearing on S. 1271, the 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1995, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Energy to develop an integrated management system 
for spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste (S. Hrg. 
104-402). S. 1271 was reported by the Committee with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute on March 29, 1996 (S. 
Rept. 104-248). On July 9, 1996, S. 1936, the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1996, a bill containing the text of S. 1271 as 
reported by the Committee, was introduced, read the first time 
and placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar. On July 10, 
1996, S. 1936 was read the second time and placed on the Senate 
Legislative Calendar under General Orders. On July 11, 1996, 
cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 1936 was considered and 
withdrawn, on July 16, 1996, cloture on the motion to proceed 
to S. 1936 was invoked by the Senate and withdrawn. On July 24, 
1996, the cloture motion on the bill was withdrawn by unanimous 
consent. The Senate considered and passed S. 1936, with 
amendments, on July 31, 1996. In the House, a similar bill, 
H.R. 1020, was ordered reported by the Commerce Committee on 
August 2, 1995. No further action was taken by the House on 
H.R. 1020 or S. 1936.
Emergency Energy Policy
    On March 12, 1996, the Full Committee held a hearing on S. 
1605, the Energy Policy and Conservation Amendment Act, and S. 
186, the Emergency Petroleum Supply Act (S. Hrg. 104-273). S. 
1605, to reauthorize and amend the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (EPCA) to manage the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve (SPR) more effectively, and for other purposes, 
introduced by request for the Administration, was reported by 
the Committee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
on May 15, 1996 (S. Rept. 104-273). The amendment included the 
text of S. 186, to amend the EPCA with respect to purchases 
from the SPR by entities in the insular areas of the United 
States, and for other purposes.
    On June 19, 1996, the Committee reported to the Senate 
without amendment S. 1888, to extend authorities for energy 
conservation programs under the EPCA through September 30, 1996 
(without written report). No further action was taken by the 
Senate, and authorities for these programs expired on June 30, 
1996. On September 28, 1996, the Senate passed H.R. 3868, to 
extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act through September 30, 1996, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute that would have extended EPCA 
Programs through September 30, 1997, and amended the antitrust 
provisions of the EPCA to be consistent with the policies of 
the International Energy Agency (IEA). The House took no action 
on the Senate version of H.R. 3868. On September 24, 1996, the 
House passed H.R. 4083, a simple extension of SPR and IEA 
authorizations under EPCA through September 30, 1997. On 
October 3, 1996, the Senate passed H.R. 4083, without 
amendment. The bill was signed into law on October 14, 1996 
(P.L. 104-306).
Department of Energy Abolishment
    On September 4, 1996, the Full Committee held a hearing on 
S. 1678, a bill to abolish the Department of Energy (S. Hrg. 
104-749). The Committee took no further action on the bill 
during the 104th Congress.
Department of Energy Class Action Lawsuits
    On June 7, 1996, S. 1852, a bill to bar class action 
lawsuits against Department of Energy contractors for incidents 
occurring before August 20, 1988, was introduced. On June 19, 
1996, S. 1852 was placed on the agenda for a Full Committee 
business meeting. The Committee took no further action on the 
bill during the 104th Congress.
Department of Energy Standardization
    On June 13, 1996, S. 1874, a bill to amend sections of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act that are obsolete or 
inconsistent with other statutes and to repeal a related 
section of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, was 
introduced. On June 28, 1996, the Committee reported S. 1874 to 
the Senate without amendment (S. Rept. 104-311). On September 
28, 1996, it passed the Senate without amendment. The house 
took no action on the legislation.
Department of Energy Reports Elimination and Streamlining
    On August 2, 1996, S. 2033, a bill to repeal requirements 
for unnecessary or obsolete reports from the Department of 
Energy was introduced. On September 13, 1996, the Full 
Committee reported S. 2033 to the Senate with amendments 
(without written report). No further action was taken on the 
legislation.
Public Rangelands Management Act
    The Full Committee reported an original bill (S. 1459) to 
provide for uniform management of livestock grazing on Federal 
land to the Senate (S. Rept. 104-181). The measure passed the 
Senate 51-46 on March 21, 1996.
Mining and Mineral Policy Amendments Act of 1995
    The Full Committee held one day of hearings on S. 1194, a 
bill to amend the Mining and Mineral Policy Act of 1970 to 
promote the research, identification, assessment, and 
exploration of marine mineral resources (S. Hrg. 104-528). The 
bill was reported to the Senate (S. Rept. 104-296) with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the 
title and was enacted into law (Public Law 104-325).

                       MEASURES ENACTED INTO LAW

Alaska Power Administration Sale Act
    Public Law 104-58 (S. 395; Mr. Murkowski) An Act to 
authorize the elimination of all existing restrictions on 
exports of Alaska North Slope crude oil, including those in 
effect by statute, regulation, or executive order and to 
authorize and direct the Secretary of Energy to sell the 
Snettisham and Eklutna hydroelectric projects in accordance 
with their purchase agreements. The Committee considered S. 395 
a bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of Energy to sell 
the Alaska Power Administration, and for other purposes. The 
bill was introduced on Feb. 13, 1995. A hearing was held on 
Mar. 1, 1995 (S. Hrg. 104-33) and reported to the Senate on 
Apr. 27, 1995) (S. Rept. 104-78). The bill was passed and 
signed into Public Law on Nov. 28, 1995.
RS 2477
    On March 14, 1996 the Full Committee held a hearing on S. 
1425 to recognize the validity of rights-of-way granted under 
section 2477 of the Revised Statutes, and for other purposes. 
As originally written S. 1425 provided a process by which RS 
2477 rights-of-way could be validated by means other than a 
quiet title action in the courts. Because of controversy over 
the legislation the Full Committee on May 1, 1996 passed a 
substitute amendment by voice vote. The substitute amendment 
placed a permanent moratorium on any agency of the federal 
government from issuing final regulations on RS 2477 rights-of-
way without Congressional approval. The measure was included as 
part of the Continuing Resolution.
Administration of Certain Presidio Properties at Minimal Cost to the 
        Taxpayer
    Public Law 104-333. The Full Committee held a hearing on 
December 20, 1995, to receive testimony on S. 594 and H.R. 
1296, bills to provide for the administration of certain 
Presidio properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer and 
to review a map associated with the Presidio. The purposes of 
the hearing were to determine which properties within the 
Presidio of San Francisco (including the 150 acres managed by 
the National Park Service prior to transfer of the Presidio 
from the Department of Defense to the Department of the 
Interior in 1994) should be transferred to the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Presidio Trust, and to outline what 
authorities would be required to ensure that the Trust can meet 
the objective of generating revenues sufficient to operate the 
Presidio without a federal appropriation. The measure was 
reported to the Senate with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. 104-202). On May 1, 1996, H.R. 1296 
passed the Senate with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. On May 9, 1996, the House disagreed with the Senate 
amendment and requested a conference. A conference was held on 
May 23, 1996, and the conferees agreed to file a conference 
report on September 24, 1996. (H. Rept. 104-836). Objection in 
the Senate to the conference report was raised on September 25, 
1996. Many of the provisions of H.R. 1296 were included in H.R. 
4236, which became Public Law 104-333. Among the various 
measures that were eventually included in P.L. 104-333 were the 
following items considered by the Full Committee.
PILT Amendments
    On June 11, 1996 the Full Committee held a hearing on S. 
1010 to amend the ``unit of general local government'' 
definition for payments in lieu of taxes to include the 
unorganized borough in Alaska. On September 12, 1996 at a Full 
Committee business meeting the measure was ordered reported 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (S. Rept. 104-
396). The provisions of S. 1010 were embodied in H.R. 4236 and 
passed the House on September 28, 1996. H.R. 4236 passed the 
Senate on October 3, 1996 by unanimous consent, and was signed 
into law on November 12, 1996 as Public Law 104-333.
Kenai Native Exchange
    On June 26, 1995 the Full Committee held a hearing on S. 
1889 to authorize the exchange of certain lands conveyed to the 
Kenai Natives Association pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, to make adjustments to the National Wilderness 
System, and for other purposes. The bill as introduced was 
identical to H.R. 401 which were the agreements of a negotiated 
settlement between the Kenai Natives Association and the 
Department of the Interior. On September 12, 1996, the Full 
Committee reported S. 1889 with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute offered by Senator Murkowski (S. Rept. 104-397). The 
original provisions of S. 1889 were embodied in H.R. 4236 and 
became part of Public Law 104-333.
ANCSA Conveyances
    On September 18, 1996, the Full Committee held a hearing on 
S. 1998 to provide for expedited negotiations between the 
Secretary of the Interior and five Alaskan native villages 
regarding conveyances of certain lands in Alaska under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. While S. 1998 did not pass 
the Senate a provision extending the statute of limitations for 
the five Alaska native villages was embodied in H.R. 4236 and 
became part of as Public Law 104-333.
Recreation Lakes
    S. 1844 (Murkowski et. al.), legislation to direct a study 
of the opportunities for enhanced water based recreation, was 
subject to a hearing on June 13, 1966 and reported to the 
Senate (S. Rept. 104-385). The legislation eventually was 
enacted as section 1021 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-333).
CALFED
    California Bay Delta Environmental Enhancement. This 
measure, which was not formally introduced as separate 
legislation, provides $143.3 million/year for three years and 
authorizes federal participation in the Category III program 
for the Bay-Delta and the initial portion of the long-term 
program provided for by California law. The program builds on 
the authorities contained in the Central Valley Project 
Improvement Act (title XXXIV of P.L. 102-575) and other 
measures considered by the Committee. The provisions were 
enacted as title XI of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-333).
    Public Law 104-306 (H.R. 4083; Scheafer) To extend certain 
programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act through 
September 30, 1997.
    Public Law 104-325 (S. 1194, Mr. Akaka and Mr. Lott: Mining 
and Mineral Policy Amendments Act of 1995).

                          RELATED PUBLIC LAWS

WIPP
    S. 1402, Mr. Craig: A bill to amend the Waste Isolation 
Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act. (Enacted into law as part of 
Public Law 104-201).
Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act
    The Full Committee considered S. 158, a bill to provide for 
the energy security of the nation through encouraging the 
production of domestic oil and gas resources in deep water on 
the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico (S. Hrg. 104-
151). The bill was enacted as Title III of S. 395, the Alaska 
Power Administration Sale Act, and became law (Public Law 104-
58).
USEC Privatization Act
    On June 13, 1995, the Committee considered S. 755 
(Domenici, et. al.) to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to 
provide for the privatization of the United States Enrichment 
Corporation. (S. Hrg. 104-105). The measure was ordered 
reported with amendment in the nature of a substitute on 
September 21, 1995 (S. Rept. 104-173). After further 
deliberation and negotiation, Amendment 3121 (Murkowski, 
Johnston, Domenici and Ford) was offered as a substitute 
amendment to S. 755 and later adopted as sections 3101-3117 of 
the Omnibus Appropriation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-134.

                   OTHER MEASURES ACTIVELY CONSIDERED

    S. 638, Senator Murkowski (by request), amended several 
statutes, most notably the entitlement for the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands. The Committee conducted a hearing 
on May 25, 1996 (S. Hrg. 104-158) and reported the measure with 
amendments (S. Rept. 104-101). The measure passed the Senate on 
July 20, 1995. The restructuring of the funding for the 
Northern Marianas was eventually accomplished on the 
Appropriations measure for the Department of the Interior for 
FY 1996 consistent with the recommendations of the Committee.
Department of Energy Risk Management Act of 1995
    The Committee considered S. 333, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Energy to institute certain procedures in the 
performance of risk assessments in connection with 
environmental restoration activities, and for other purposes. 
The bill was reported to the Senate with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute (S. Rept. 104-87).
Ward Valley Land Transfer Act
    The Committee recommended language to the Budget Committee 
for inclusion in the Balanced Budget Act of 1995 (Budget 
Reconciliation) that would direct the necessary property 
conveyance in the State of California. After the President's 
veto of the Balanced Budget Act of 1995, the Chairman and 
Ranking Member introduced similar legislation containing 
additional environmental protections as a free standing measure 
(S. 1596). The bill was considered by the Committee and 
reported to the Senate without amendment on March 28, 1996 (S. 
Rept. 104-247).
PILT Amendments
    S. 1010, (Mr. Stevens): a bill to amend the ``unit of 
general local government'' definition for Federal payments in 
lieu of taxes to include unorganized boroughs in Alaska. A 
hearing was held on June 11, 1996 and the bill was reported to 
Senate with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. 104-396).
Cook Inlet
    S. 444, (Mr. Murkowski): a bill to amend the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act to provide for the purchase of common 
stock of Cook Inlet Region. The bill was reported to the Senate 
on March 27, 1995. (S. Rept. 104-20). (See H.R. 421).
ANCSA Amendment
    S. 537, (Mr. Murkowski): a bill to amend the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-163). (See 
H.R. 402).
Southeast Alaska Jobs
    S. 1054, (Mr. Murkowski): a bill to provide for the 
protection of Southeast Alaska jobs and communities. A workshop 
was held on August 9, 1995.
Tongass
    S. 1877, (Mr. Murkowski): a bill to ensure the proper 
stewardship of publicly owned assets in the Tongass National 
Forest in the State of Alaska, a fair return to the United 
States for public timber in the Tongass, and a proper balance 
among multiple use interests in the Tongass to enhance forest 
health, sustainable harvest, and the general economic health 
and growth in southeast Alaska and the United States. A hearing 
was held on July 10, 1996. (S. Hrg. 104-762).
Kenai Native
    S. 1889, (Mr. Murkowski): a bill to authorize the exchange 
of certain lands conveyed to the Kenai Natives Association 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to make 
adjustments to the National Wilderness System. A hearing was 
held on June 26, 1996. (S. Hrg. 104-610) and the bill was 
reported to the Senate with an amendment. (S. Rept. 104-397).
Federal Power Act Amendment of 1995
    The Committee considered S. 737 to extend the deadlines 
applicable to certain hydroelectric projects, and for other 
purposes. The bill was reported to the Senate as an original 
bill. (S. Rept. 104-77).
Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendment Act
    The Committee considered S. 1605 to amend the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act to manage the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
more effectively, and for other purposes. The hearing was held 
on Mar. 27, 1996 (S. Hrg. 104-522) and reported to the Senate 
on May 15, 1996. (S. Rept. 104-273).
National Park System Management, Concessions and Fees; National Forest 
        System Ski Fees
    The Full Committee held a hearing on September 15, 1995, to 
receive testimony on S. 1144, a bill to reform and enhance the 
management of the National Park Service; S. 309, a bill to 
reform the concession policies of the National Park Service; S. 
964, a bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 
of 1965 with respect to fees for admission into units of the 
National Park System; and S. 907, a bill to amend the National 
Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the authorities 
and duties of the Secretary of Agriculture in issuing ski area 
permits on National Forest System lands and to withdraw lands 
within ski area permit boundaries from the operation of the 
mining and mineral leasing laws. (S. Hrg. 104.469).
Daniel J. Gross
    On June 11, 1996 the Full Committee held a hearing on S. 
1187 to convey certain real property located in the Tongass 
National Forest to Daniel J. Gross, Sr., and Douglas K. Gross. 
(S. Hrg. 104-688).
Kake Exchange
    On June 11, 1996 the Full Committee held a hearing on S. 
1807 to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 
regarding the Kake Tribal Corporation Public Interest Land 
Exchange. (S. Hrg. 104-688). No further action was taken by the 
Committee.
ANILCA Amendment
    On September 18, 1996, the Full Committee held a hearing on 
S. 1920 to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act as well as amendment No. 5354 proposed to S. 
1920. (S. Hrg. 104-763). No further action was taken by the 
Committee.
Omnibus Territories Measure
    S. 1804, (Senators Murkowski, Johnston, and Akaka), was 
developed as a result of the oversight inspection to the 
Pacific territories and freely associated states discussed 
above. The legislation would have extended the supplemental 
feeding program for the population of Enewetak, revised the 
land grant status of the three institutions under the College 
of Micronesia, provided for access by Guam to surplus lands, 
repeal a provision of law restricting Guam's ability to use 
certain previously transferred lands, provide State-like 
treatment for the territories under certain federal drug 
programs, authorize the Virgin Islands to issue parity bonds 
and ease a limitation on the authority of the Governor, and 
conduct a study of the economic future of the Virgin Islands in 
light of changes in federal tax and trade laws. A hearing was 
conducted on June 26, 1996 (S. Hrg. 104-702) and the 
legislation was reported to the Senate with an amendment on 
September 13, 1996 without a written report. A final resolution 
of the various issues with the House and the Administration was 
not achieved prior to adjournment.
            Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation

                    DON NICKLES, Oklahoma, Chairman

               JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont, Vice Chairman

MARK O. HATFIELD, Oregon             JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico
CONRAD BURNS, Montana                WENDELL H. FORD, Kentucky
                                     DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii

                              Jurisdiction

    Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and 
legislative responsibilities for: Federal energy conservation 
programs; energy information; liquefied natural gas projects; 
oil and natural gas regulation; refinery policy; coal 
conversion; power marketing agencies; utility policy; 
hydroelectric power; energy related aspects of deepwater ports; 
and oil, gas and coal production and distribution.

                       Measures enacted into law

Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act

    Public Law 104-185. The Subcommittee on Energy Production 
and Regulation held one day of hearings on S. 1014, a bill to 
improve the management of royalties from Federal and Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leases (S. Hrg. 104-347). The 
bill was reported to the Senate with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute (S. Rept. 104-260). The House companion, H.R. 
1975, which substituted the text of S. 1014, was enacted into 
law.
    Public Law 104-185 (H.R. 1975, Mr. Calvert et. al.: Federal 
Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act).
    Public Law 104-200 (H.R. 4018, Mr. Calvert) (making 
technical corrections to the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
Simplification and Fairness Act).

Bonneville Power Administration Appropriations Refinancing Act

    Public Law 104-46. The Committee considered S. 92 to 
provide for the reconstitution of outstanding repayment 
obligations of the Administrator of the Bonneville Power 
Administration for the appropriated capital investments in the 
Federal Columbia River Power System. The Subcommittee was 
responsible for Title One. The hearing was held on Mar. 21, 
1995 (S. Hrg. 104-155) and was reported to the Senate without 
amendment (S. Rept. 104-102). The bill was passed as part of 
the Appropriations Act.
    Public Law 104-173 (H.R. 1051) To provide for the extension 
of certain hydroelectric projects in the State of West 
Virginia.
    Public Law 104-249 (H.R. 2501) To extend the deadline under 
the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a 
hydroelectric project in Kentucky, and for other purposes.
    Public Law 104-244 (H.R. 1014) To authorize extension of 
time limitation for a FERC-issued hydroelectric license.
    Public Law 104-245 (H.R. 1290) To reinstate the permit for, 
and extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable 
to the construction of a hydroelectric project in Oregon, and 
for other purposes.
    Public Law 104-241 (H.R. 657) To extend the deadline under 
the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of three 
hydroelectric projects in the State of Arkansas.
    Public Law 104-254 (H.R. 2695) To extend the deadline under 
the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of certain 
hydroelectric projects in the State of Pennsylvania.
    Public Law 104-243 (H.R. 1011) To extend the deadline under 
the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a 
hydroelectric project in the State of Ohio.
    Public Law 104-247 (H.R. 1366) To authorize the extension 
of time limitation for the FERC-issued hydroelectric license 
for the Mt. Hope Waterpower Project.
    Public Law 104-256 (H.R. 2773) To extend the deadline under 
the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of 2 
hydroelectric projects in North Carolina, and for other 
purposes.
    Public Law 104-242 (H.R. 680) To extend the time for 
construction of certain FERC licensed hydro projects.
    Public Law 104-252 (H.R. 2630) To extend the deadline for 
commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the 
State of Illinois.
    Public Law 104-257 (H.R. 2816) To reinstate the license 
for, and extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
applicable to the construction of, a hydroelectric project in 
Ohio, and for other purposes.

                   OTHER MEASURES ACTIVELY CONSIDERED

FERC License Projects in Hawaii

    The Committee considered S. 225 to amend the Federal Power 
Act to remove the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission to license projects on fresh waters in the State of 
Hawaii. This bill was reported to the Senate on Apr. 27, 1995 
(S. Rept. 104-70).

Electric Power of Certain Electric Transmission Systems

    The Committee considered S. 299 to amend the Federal Power 
Act to modify an exemption relating to the territory for the 
sale of electric power of certain electric transmission 
systems, and for other purposes.

FERC-Issued Hydroelectric License

    The Committee considered S. 461 to authorize extension of 
time limitation for a FERC-issued hydroelectric license. The 
bill was reported to the Senate on April 27, 1995 without 
amendment, (S. Rept. 104-73).

El Vado Hydroelectric Project in New Mexico

    The Committee considered S. 522 to provide for a limited 
exemption to the hydroelectric licensing provisions of part I 
of the Federal Power Act for certain transmission facilities 
associated with the El Vado Hydroelectric Project in New 
Mexico. The bill was reported to the Senate on April 27, 1995 
without amendment. (S. Rept. 104-74).

Hydroelectric Projects

    The Committee considered S. 547 to extend the deadlines 
applicable to certain hydroelectric projects under the Federal 
Power Act, and for other purposes. A hearing was held on May 
18, 1995. (S. Hrg. 104-65). This bill was reported to the 
Senate on July 11, 1996 without amendment (S. Rept. 104-106).

Hydroelectric Facility in Montana

    The Committee considered S. 552 to allow the refurbishment 
and continued operation of a small hydroelectric facility in 
central Montana by adjusting the amount of charges to be paid 
to the United States under the Federal Power Act, and for other 
purposes. A hearing was held on May 18, 1995, (S. Hrg. 104-65) 
and the bill was reported to the Senate without amendment on 
July 11, 1995 (S. Rept. 104-107).

Hydroelectric Projects in West Virginia

    The Committee considered S. 595 to provide for the 
extension of a hydroelectric project located in the State of 
West Virginia. The hearing was held on May 18, 1995 (S. Hrg. 
104-65) and reported to the Senate without amendment on July 
11, 1995 (S. Rept. 104-108).

FERC-Issued Hydroelectric License

    The Committee considered S. 611 to authorize extension of 
time limitation for a FERC-issued hydroelectric license. A 
hearing was held on May 18, 1995 (S. Hrg. 104-65) and reported 
to the Senate on July 11, 1996 without amendment. (S. Rept. 
104-109). (S. Hrg. 104-65).

The Electric Utility Ratepayer Act

    The Committee considered S. 708 to repeal section 210 of 
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. A hearing 
was held on June 6, 1995 (S. Hrg. 104-248).

FERC Projects Numbered 4244 and 10648

    The Committee considered S. 1012 to extend the time for 
construction of certain FERC licensed hydro projects. A hearing 
was held on Sept. 14, 1995 (S. Hrg. 104-347) and reported to 
the Senate on Oct. 19, 1995 without amendment. (S. Rept. 104-
162).

Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1995

    The Committee considered S. 1014 to improve the management 
of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and 
gas leases, and for other purposes. A hearing was held on Sept. 
14, 1995 (S. Hrg. 104-347) and reported to the Senate on May 9, 
1996 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
104-260).
            Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development

                 PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico, Chairman

                  LARRY E. CRAIG, Idaho, Vice Chairman

JON KYL, Arizona                     WENDELL H. FORD, Kentucky
ROD GRAMS, Minnesota                 PAUL WELLSTONE, Minnesota
                                     HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama

                              Jurisdiction

    Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and 
legislative responsibilities for: nuclear, coal and synthetic 
fuels research and development; nuclear and non-nuclear energy 
commercialization projects; nuclear fuel cycle policy; DOE 
National Laboratories; global climate change; new technologies 
research and development; nuclear facilities siting and 
insurance program; and commercialization of new technologies 
including, solar energy systems.

                          OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

National Laboratories

    On February 28, 1995, the Subcommittee held a joint hearing 
with the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development of the 
Senate Committee on Appropriations to review findings of the 
Task Force on Alternative Futures for the Department of Energy 
National Laboratories (The ``Galvin Commission'') focusing on 
recommendations to reform the system of governance imposed upon 
the laboratories by the Department of Energy and Congress. (S. 
Hrg. 104-71).

                       MEASURES ENACTED INTO LAW

Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act Extension

    Public Law 104-259. The Subcommittee considered S. 341 
(Brown) and H.R. 2967 (Schaefer) to extend the authorization of 
the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978, and 
for other purposes. An extension of the Uranium Mill Tailings 
Radiation Control Act of 1978 was necessary for the Department 
of Energy to complete remediation activities at six abandoned 
mill tailings sites in Colorado, and the House measure 
contained other needed provisions to authorize partial 
reimbursement to private parties for remediation work 
undertaken for the government's benefit. On June 27, 1996, the 
Committee reported H.R. 2967 to the Senate without amendment 
(S. Rept. 104-301). The measure passed the Senate on September 
28, 1996, and became Public Law 104-259 on October 9, 1996.

Hydrogen Future Act

    Public Law 104-271. On March 20, 1996, the Subcommittee 
held a hearing (S. Hrg. 104-479) on legislation to authorize a 
research, development and demonstration program for hydrogen as 
an energy carrier [S. 1077 (Harkin et. al.) and H.R. 655 
(Walker)] as well as legislation to authorize a hydrogen 
research and development program and a hydrogen demonstration 
and commercialization project [S. 1153 (Burns)]. On September 
12, 1996, the Committee ordered H.R. 655 reported with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. The substitute 
amendment was a compromise that incorporated provisions of S. 
1077, S. 1153, and H.R. 655 as passed by the House. Due to the 
difficulty of moving legislation from the Committee off the 
Senate Calendar in the waning days of the 104th Congress, the 
House passed another vehicle (H.R. 4138) identical in every 
respect to the substitute measure ordered reported by the 
Committee. On September 28, 1996, the Senate passed H.R. 4138 
by voice vote. The measure became Public Law 104-271 on October 
9, 1996.

Propane Education and Research Act

    Public Law 104-284. On April 16, 1996, the Subcommittee 
held a hearing on S. 1646 (Domenici et. al.), a bill to 
authorize and facilitate a program to enhance safety, training, 
research and development, and safety education in the propane 
gas industry for the benefit of propane consumers and the 
public (S. Hrg. 104-449). On June 19, 1996, the measure was 
ordered reported to the Senate with an amendment (S. Rept. 104-
298). On June 27, 1996, the House Committee on Commerce 
reported an identical companion version (H.R. 1514) with an 
amendment identical to the one earlier reported by the Senate 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. H.R. 1514 passed the 
House on September 4, which the Senate subsequently passed on 
September 28, 1996. On October 11, 1996, the measure became 
Public Law 104-284.

              MEASURES INCLUDED WITHIN RELATED PUBLIC LAWS

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

    Provisions of S. 1402 (Craig et. al.), a bill to amend the 
Waste Isolation Pilot Land Withdrawal Act were included in the 
Defense Authorization Bill, S. 1745, which was subsequently 
incorporated as an amendment by the Senate to H.R. 3230, 
enacted as Public Law 104-201 on September 23, 1996.
           Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management

                    LARRY E. CRAIG, Idaho, Chairman

                    JON KYL, Arizona, Vice Chairman

MARK O. HATFIELD, Oregon             BILL BRADLEY, New Jersey
PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico         DALE BUMPERS, Arkansas
BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado    JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico
CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming                BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota

                              Jurisdiction

    Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and 
legislative responsibility for: public lands administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service including 
farming and grazing thereon, and wilderness areas; 
establishment of wildlife refuges on public lands and 
wilderness designation therein; military land withdrawals; 
reserved water rights; irrigation and reclamation projects; 
groundwater resources and management; national mining and 
minerals policy and general mining laws; surface mining, 
reclamation and enforcement; mining education and research; 
Federal mineral leasing; Naval oil shale reserves; and deep 
seabed mining.

                          Oversight Activities

    The Subcommittee conducted 11 oversight hearings on the 
Federal Forest Management, including issues such as: (1) Forest 
Service Administrative appeals process; (2) Federal Forest 
Management and compliance with environmental laws; (3) 
alternatives to Federal Management and ownership; (4) 
developing forest plans and project-level decisions, and 
conflicts in laws and regulations affecting Forest Service 
decisions; and (5) to examine the conditions that have made the 
National Forest of the Southwest susceptible to catastrophic 
fires and disease. Federal Forest Management hearings were also 
held in Washington, Idaho and Arizona. The hearings were held 
on March 8, 1995, April 5, 1995, April 26, 1995, June 8, 1995, 
July 5, in Grangeville, Idaho, July 7, in Olympia, Washington, 
August 29, 1995 in Flagstaff, Arizona, October 26, 1995, 
November 2, 1995, January 25, 1996, and July 30, 1996 (S. Hrg. 
104-182). The Subcommittee also held three oversight hearings 
on the Emergency Salvage Timber Sale Program provisions of the 
Fiscal Year 1995 Rescissions Act on August 10, 1995 (S. Hrg. 
104-214), November 29, 1995 (S. Hrg. 104-241), and August 1, 
1996 (S. Hrg. 104-755). One Subcommittee oversight hearing was 
held on the property dispute of the Nez Perce Indian 
Reservation on July 5, 1995 (S. Hrg. 104-200).
    The Subcommittee also held two oversight hearings during 
the 104th Congress to consider the Rules and Regulations 
proposed by the Department of the Interior on Acreage 
Limitation and Water Conservation under the Reclamation Reform 
Act. The hearings were held in Twin Falls, Idaho and Riverton 
Wyoming on August 21, 1995. (S. Hrg. 104-338).

                         LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

    The Subcommittee considered a variety of measures ranging 
from water reuse and recycling to transfer of Reclamation 
projects from federal ownership. As part of Reconciliation, the 
Subcommittee considered amendments to the Reclamation Reform 
Act to permit the prepayment of outstanding indebtedness, the 
transfer of the Collbran Project in Colorado and the Sly Park 
unit in California, authorization for prepayment for the 
Central Utah Project, and alterations in the fees charged for 
the use of Yosemite Park by the City of San Francisco for the 
Hetch Hetchy Project. Although the Reconciliation measure was 
vetoed, the legislation for the Central Utah Project was 
eventually enacted. The Subcommittee also reviewed the proposed 
Rules and Regulations of the Department of the Interior under 
the Reclamation Reform Act and partially as a result of the 
Subcommittee's efforts, the proposed regulations were revised. 
The Subcommittee maintained a continuing interest in the 
activities of the Western Water Policy Review Advisory 
Commission as well as the implementation of the Central Valley 
Project Improvement Act, negotiations and discussions dealing 
with the Law of the River, and proposals affecting the Central 
Arizona Project and other Reclamation projects.
    As discussed below, those bills enacted into law which are 
of particular interest include the Cache La Poudre River 
National Water Area Heritage Act, amendments to the Colorado 
River Basin Salinity Control Act, Mining and Mineral Policy 
Amendments Act of 1995, Snowbasin Land Exchange Act of 1995, 
Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System Act of 1995, and 
Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1996.

                       MEASURES ENACTED INTO LAW

    Public Law 104-20 would authorize $75 million for a program 
of salinity control by the Bureau of Reclamation above Imperial 
Dam. The legislation adds to the existing title II program by 
providing the Bureau with the flexibility to tailor programs in 
the most cost-effective manner rather than having to come to 
Congress for a new authorization for each project. The 
legislation in some respects mirrors the flexibility provided 
USDA in 1984 and reflects the recommendations made by the 
Inspector General in his 1993 report on the Salinity Control 
Program. The Administration has requested $6 million in its 
fiscal year 1996 budget request for this new program and has 
also stated in the budget justification its support for a $75 
million increase in the present ceiling to fund activities 
under Title II. This new program is in addition to other 
activities by the Department, such as long-term contracts 
undertaken with operation and maintenance appropriations. This 
new program is directed at capital improvements not operations.
    Public Law 104-20, introduced by Senators Bennett, Brown, 
Campbell, Hatch, Kyl, Domenici, Simpson, and Thomas, makes 
changes in the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to 
authorize additional cost-effective control measures upstream 
from Imperial Dam. The measure was reported by the Committee 
with an amendment (S. Rept. 104-24).
    Public Law 104-158 (H.R. 2437, S. 985) Mr. McInnis: An Act 
to provide for the exchange of certain lands in Gilpin County, 
Colorado.
    Public Law 104-266, (H.R. 3660) Mr. Hansen, added 16 new 
projects to the authorization for the Department of the 
Interior to participate in wastewater reclamation and reuse 
projects and certain desalination and groundwater reclamation 
projects contained in title 16 of the Reclamation Projects 
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992. The legislation also 
included a desalination project in both California and Nevada 
and extended the period for the study of the San Francisco Area 
Water Reclamation Study. The Subcommittee had previously 
considered similar legislation (S. 901, introduced by Senators 
Bennett, Hatch, Domenici, and Bingaman and S. 1169, introduced 
by Senators Kempthorne and Craig) and conducted hearings on 
December 13, 1995 (S. Hrg. 104-380). S. 901 was favorably 
reported to the Senate with amendments (S. Rept. 104-322). No 
further action was necessary on S. 1169 which the Committee 
concluded was already eligible for funding as a demonstration 
project (cf. S. Rept. 104-322).
    Public Law 104-286, (H.R. 1823) Mr. Hansen, et.al. 
authorizes the prepayment of outstanding debt on the Central 
Utah Project. Similar legislation, S. 900, introduced by 
Senators Bennett and Hatch, had been considered and approved by 
the Committee for inclusion in the Reconciliation measure as 
described above.
    Public Law 104-300 (S. 1467), introduced by Senators Burns 
and Baucus, authorizes the construction of the Fort Peck Rural 
County Water Supply System. The Subcommittee conducted hearings 
on S. 1467 and a related measure, S. 1154, on December 13, 1995 
(S. Hrg. 104-380) and reported the measure favorably (S. Rept. 
104-242). The measure was amended by the House and the 
amendments were accepted by the Senate.
    Public Law 104-318 (H.R. 3910), Mr. Ortiz, provides 
emergency drought relief to the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, 
and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority. The 
Subcommittee considered this issue during hearings on S. 1719, 
introduced by Senator Hutchison, that would have directed the 
Secretary of the Interior to offer prepayment of the 
indebtedness of the Canadian River Project, the Palmetto Bend 
Project, and the Nueces Project, and reported S. 1719 amended 
to provide emergency drought relief (S. Rept. 104-383).
    Public Law 104-325 reauthorizes a program of applied 
research on marine mineral resources. It authorizes the 
Secretary of the Interior to foster partnerships among the 
industry, adademia, and the Government for research, 
identification, assessment, and exploration of marine mineral 
resources in an environmentally responsible manner. It further 
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to promote the 
development of domestic technologies needed for efficient and 
environmentally sound development of marine mineral resources. 
It authorizes, the Secretary of the Interior to implement this 
program through grants, contracts, and other cooperative 
arrangements and the designation of marine mineral research 
centers.
    Public Law 104-326 (S. 1649), introduced by Senators 
Kerrey, Dole, Exon, and Kassebaum, extends the water service 
contracts for eight irrigation districts in Kansas and Nebraska 
for an additional four years. The Subcommittee conducted a 
hearing on September 5, 1996 and the measure was favorably 
reported with amendments (S. Rept. 104-380).
    Public Law 104-333 will exchange 1,320 acres of Federal 
lands at the base of Snowbasin for over 4,100 acres of high 
priority private lands in and around the Cache National Forest. 
This is an equal value exchange that will add critical lands to 
the existing National Forest and will allow Snowbasin to host 
the Olympic events.

                   OTHER MEASURES ACTIVELY CONSIDERED

    S. 45, Mr. Feingold, et. al.: a bill to amend the Helium 
Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to sell Federal 
real and personal property held in connection with activities 
carried out under the Helium Act. (Hearing held S. Hrg. 104-
276).
    S. 103, Mr. Baucus: Lost Creek Land Exchange Act of 1995. 
(Discharged from Committee) (Passed Senate).
    S. 197, Mr. Bumpers: a bill to establish the Carl Garner 
Federal Lands Cleanup Day. (Reported to Senate with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 104-34).
    S. 363, Mr. Bingaman: a bill to improve water quality 
within the Rio Puerco watershed, New Mexico, and to help 
restore the ecological health of the Rio Grande through the 
cooperative identification and implementation of best 
management practices that are consistent with the ecological, 
geological, cultural, sociological, and economic conditions in 
the region. (Reported to the Senate. S. Rept. 104-37).
    S. 378, Mr. Gorton: a bill to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to exchange certain lands of the Columbia Basin 
Federal reclamation project. (Reported to the Senate. S. Rept. 
104-38).
    S. 391, Mr. Craig: a bill to authorize and direct the 
Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to undertake 
activities to halt and reverse the decline in forest health on 
Federal lands. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-54) (Reported to 
Senate in the nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 104-321).
    S. 393, Mrs. Boxer: a bill to prohibit the Secretary of 
Agriculture from transferring any national forest system lands 
in the Angeles National Forest in California out of Federal 
ownership for use as a solid waste landfill. (Hearing held. S. 
Hrg. 104-468).
    S. 590, Mr. Craig: a bill for the relief of Matt Clawson. 
(Oversight hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-288).
    S. 620, Mr. Craig: a bill to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey, upon request, certain property in Federal 
reclamation projects to beneficiaries of the projects and to 
set forth a distribution scheme for revenues from reclamation 
project lands. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-194).
    S. 738, Mr. Thomas: a bill to amend the Helium Act to 
prohibit the Bureau of Mines from refining helium and selling 
refined helium, to dispose of the United States helium reserve. 
(Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-276).
    S. 884, Mr. Hatch: a bill to designate certain public lands 
in the State of Utah as wilderness. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-
196) (Reported to Senate with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute S. Rept. 104-192).
    S. 898, Mr. Murkowski: (by request), a bill to amend the 
Helium act to cease operation of the Government helium 
refinery, authorize facility and crude helium disposal. 
(Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-276).
    S. 901, Mr. Bennett: a bill to amend the Reclamation 
Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, 
planning, and construction of certain water reclamation 
projects. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-380) (Reported to Senate 
with amendments S. Rept. 104-322).
    S. 907, Mr. Murkowski, et. al.: a bill to amend the 
National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the 
authorities and duties of the Secretary of Agriculture in 
issuing ski area permits on National Forest System lands and to 
withdraw lands within ski area permit boundaries from the 
operation of the mining and mineral leasing laws. (Hearing 
held. S. Hrg. 104-469) (Reported to Senate with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. S. 
Rept. 104-183).
    S. 985, Mr. Campbell: a bill to provide for the exchange of 
certain lands in Gilpin County, Colorado. (Hearing held. S. 
Hrg. 104-288) (See H.R. 2437, P.L. 104-158).
    S. 987, Mr. Helms: a bill to provide for the full 
settlement of all claims of Swain County, North Carolina, 
against the United States under the agreement dated July 30, 
1943. (Hearing held).
    S. 1013, Mr. Conrad: a bill to amend the Act of August 5, 
1965, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire 
land for the purpose of exchange for privately-held land for 
use as wildlife and wetland protection areas, in connection 
with the Garrison Diversion Unit Project. (Hearing held. S. 
Hrg. 104-380).
    S. 1025, Mr. Bumpers: a bill to provide for the exchange of 
certain federally owned lands and minerals interests therein. 
(Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-412) (Reported to the Senate with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute S. Rept. 104-268).
    S. 1154, Mr. Burns: a bill to authorize the construction of 
the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System. (Hearing held. 
S. Hrg. 104-380) (See S. 1464, P.L. 104-300).
    S. 1169, Mr. Kempthorne: a bill to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize construction of facilities for the reclamation and 
reuse of wastewater at McCall, Idaho. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 
104-380).
    S. 1186, Mr. Burns: a bill to provide for the transfer of 
operation and maintenance of the Flathead Irrigation and Power 
Project. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-380).
    S. 1187, Mr. Murkowski: a bill to convey certain real 
property located in the Tongas National Forest to Daniel J. 
Gross and Douglas K. Gross. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-688).
    S. 1196, Mr. Craig: a bill to transfer certain National 
Forest System lands adjacent to the Townsite of Cuprum, Idaho. 
(Hearing held. 104-288) (Reported to Senate S. Rept. 104-189).
    S. 1564, Mr. Craig: a bill to amend the Small Reclamation 
Projects Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide loan guarantees for water supply, conservation, 
quality, and transmission projects. (Hearing held).
    S. 1565, Mr. Craig: a bill to supplement the Small 
Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 and to supplement the Federal 
Reclamation Laws by providing for Federal cooperation in non-
Federal projects and for participation by non-Federal agencies 
in Federal projects. (Hearing held).
    S. 1662, Mr. Hatfield: a bill to establish areas of 
wilderness and recreation on the State of Oregon. (Hearing 
held. S. Hrg. 104-653) (Reported to Senate with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 104-314) (Passed Senate 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute no. 5150).
    S. 1719, Mrs. Hutchison: a bill to require the Secretary of 
the Interior to offer to sell to certain public agencies the 
indebtedness representing the remaining repayment balance of 
certain Bureau of Reclamation projects in Texas. (Hearing 
held.) (Reported to Senate with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute and an amendment to the title. S. Rept. 104-383).
    S. 1738, Mr. Grams: a bill to provide for improved access 
to and use of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. 
(Hearing held).
    S. 1921, Mr. Craig: a bill to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to transfer certain facilities at the Mindoka 
project to the Burley Irrigation District. (Hearing held.) 
(Reported to Senate with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. S. Rept. 104-386).
    S. 1986, Mr. Hatfield: a bill to provide for the completion 
of the Umitilla Basin Project. (Reported to Senate with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 104-387).
    S. 2015, Mr. Domenici: a bill to convey certain real 
property located within the Carlsbad Project in New Mexico to 
the Carlsbad Irrigation District. (Hearing held.) (Reported to 
the Senate. S. Rept. 104-388).
    H.R. 101, Mr. Richardson: a bill to transfer a parcel of 
land to the Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. (Reported to 
Senate S. Rept. 104-85) (See S. 166).
    H.R. 440, Mr. Herger: a bill to provide for the conveyance 
of lands to certain individuals in Butte, County, California. 
(Reported to Senate S. Rept. 104-45) (See S. 99).
    H.R. 529, Mr. Crapo: a bill to authorize the exchange of 
National Forest System lands in the Targhee Forest in Idaho for 
non-Federal lands within the forest in Wyoming. (Hearing held.) 
(Reported to Senate S. Rept. 104-175).
    H.R. 924, Mr. McKeon, et. al.: a bill to prohibit the 
Secretary of Agriculture from transferring any national forest 
system lands in the Angeles National Forest in California out 
of Federal ownership for use as solid waste landfill. (Reported 
to Senate S. Rept. 104-244).
    H.R. 3008, Mr. Cox: a bill to amend the Helium Act to 
authorize the Secretary to enter into agreements with private 
parties for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal 
lands. (Reported to the Senate with an amendment. S. Rept. 104-
302) (See H.R. 4168).
    H.R. 3198, Mr. Calvert, et. al.: a bill to reauthorize and 
amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992. (Reported to 
the Senate. S. Rept. 104-395).

Mining Law Reform

    The Subcommittee on Forest and Public Land Management held 
a one-day hearing on S. 504 (Mineral Exploration and 
Development Act of 1995) and S. 506 (The Mining Law Reform Act 
of 1995) (S. Hrg. 104-132).

Coal Surface Mining

    The Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management held 
a one-day hearing on S. 1401, a bill to amend the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to minimize 
duplication in regulatory programs and to give States exclusive 
responsibility under approved State programs for permitting and 
enforcement of the provisions of that Act with respect to 
surface coal mining operations (S. Hrg. 104-528).

Lewis and Clark Rural Water System

    The Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management held 
one day of hearings on S. 931, a bill to authorize construction 
of the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System and to authorize 
assistance to the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., a 
nonprofit corporation, for the planning and construction of the 
water supply system on September 5, 1996 (S. Hrg. 104-774).

Small Reclamation Projects

    The Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management held 
one day of hearings on S. 1564, a bill to amend the Small 
Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to provide loan guarantees for water supply, 
conservation, quality, and transmission projects. The 
Subcommittee also held a hearing on S. 1565, a bill to amend 
the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 and to supplement 
the Federal Reclamation Laws by providing for Federal 
cooperation in non-Federal projects and for participation by 
non-Federal agencies in Federal projects. The hearing was held 
on September 5, 1996 (S. Hrg. 104-774).

Livestock Grazing Act

    The Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management held 
one day of hearings on S. 852, a bill to provide for uniform 
management of livestock grazing on federal land (S. Hrg. 104-
389). The bill was reported to the Senate with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 104-123).

                          RELATED PUBLIC LAWS

National Recreation Lakes Study Act of 1996

    The Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management 
considered S. 1844, a bill to amend the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act to direct a study of the opportunities 
for enhanced water based recreation (S. Hrg. 104-569). The bill 
ultimately was enacted as part of H.R. 4236, the Omnibus Parks 
and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, and signed into law 
(Public Law 104-333).
      Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation

              BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado, Chairman

                  ROD GRAMS, Minnesota, Vice Chairman

DON NICKLES, Oklahoma                DALE BUMPERS, Arkansas
CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming                BILL BRADLEY, New Jersey
JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont           PAUL WELLSTONE, Minnesota
                                     HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama

                              Jurisdiction

    Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and 
legislative responsibilities for: National Park System; Wild 
and Scenic Rivers System; National Trails System; national 
recreation areas; national monuments; historic sites; military 
parks and battlefields; Land and Water Conservation Fund; 
historic preservation; outdoor recreation resources; and 
preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on 
the public domain.

                          OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

    The Subcommittee held 1 oversight hearing, 2 oversight 
field hearings, 1 joint oversight hearing, and 1 joint 
oversight field hearing during the 104th Congress. The 
Subcommittee conducted an oversight hearing on May 23, 1996, to 
review the Department of the Interior's programs, policies and 
budget implications on the reintroduction of wolves in and 
around Yellowstone National Park. The Subcommittee held an 
oversight field hearing on August 28, 1995, at Grand Canyon 
National Park to receive testimony to review the priority needs 
of Grand Canyon National Park and identify ways to address 
these needs in the context of the General Management Plan as 
well as alternative plans or solutions. The Subcommittee also 
held an oversight field hearing on July 29, 1995, in Helena, 
Montana to receive testimony to review S. 745, a bill to 
require the National Park Service to eradicate brucellosis 
afflicting the bison in Yellowstone National Park. The 
Subcommittee held a joint oversight hearing with the House 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands on March 7, 
1995, to receive testimony from officials of the General 
Accounting Office regarding their ongoing study on the health 
of the National Park System. The Subcommittee held a joint 
oversight field hearing with the House Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests and Lands August 18, 1995, in International 
Falls, Minnesota, to receive testimony on management of 
recreational use and public access at Voyageurs National Park.

                         LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

    During the 104th Congress, 92 Senate bills, 2 Senate Joint 
Resolutions, 20 House bills, and 1 House Joint Resolution were 
referred to the Subcommittee. The Subcommittee conducted 17 
days of legislative hearings, including 2 days of legislative 
field hearings. The Congress passed 4 public laws (comprising 
120 separate bills) within the jurisdiction of the 
Subcommittee. All bills were signed by the President and 
enacted into law.
    As discussed below, those bills include many of the 
provisions of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Act of 1996, 
the Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 1995, the Mollie Beattie 
Wilderness Area Act, and the Cache La Poudre River National 
Water Heritage Area Act.

                       MEASURES ENACTED INTO LAW

    Public Law No. 104-333 (H.R. 4236, Mr. Young: An Act to 
provide for the administration of certain Presidio properties 
at minimal cost to the Federal tax payer (Omnibus Parks and 
Public Lands Act of 1996). The law contained the following 
measures.

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Reauthorization

    Division I, Title V of the Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which re-authorizes the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation for four more years. The Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation is an independent Federal agency with 
legal responsibility to ensure that historic preservation needs 
are balanced with Federal project requirements.

AIDS Memorial Grove National Memorial

    Division I, Section V of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which directs the Secretary of the Interior to 
designate the AIDS Memorial Grove, located in Golden Gate Park 
in San Francisco, California, as a national memorial.

Aleutian World War II National Historic Site

    Division I, Title V of Public Law 104-333 includes the 
``Aleutian World War II National Historic Areas Act of 1996,'' 
which designates the Aleutian World War II National Historic 
Area within lands owned by the Ounalashka Corporation on the 
island of Amaknak, Alaska. Resources within the Historic Area 
include over two dozen ammunition magazines; a short airstrip 
and hangar;
    Ulatka Head, the highest coastal defense battery ever 
constructed in the United States; and several significant World 
War II era structures which were part of the Naval Operating 
Base and the Iliuliuk Submarine Base. The Aleutian Islands were 
the northern military theater of the Pacific campaign during 
World War II. The history and role of the Aleut people and the 
Aleutian Islands in the defense of the United States during 
World War II will be interpreted within the Historic Area.

American Battlefield Protection Program

    Division I, Title VI of Public Law 104-333 includes the 
``American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996''. The purpose of 
the Act is to assist citizens, public and private institutions, 
and governments at all levels in planning, interpreting and 
protecting sites where historic battles were fought in the 
United States. The American Battlefield Protection Program will 
be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.

Appropriations for the Transportation of Children

    Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which authorizes the National Park Service to use 
appropriated funds for the transportation of children in nearby 
communities to and from any unit of the National Park System, 
if used in connection with organized recreation and 
interpretive programs of the National Park Service.

Authorities of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to Museums

    Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
transfer museum objects and collections that are no longer 
needed for museum purposes to qualified Federal agencies, 
including the Smithsonian Institution; to convey museum objects 
and collections to private institutions; and to destroy objects 
and collections determined to have no scientific, cultural, 
historic, educational, esthetic or monetary value.

Black Patriots' Memorial Extension

    Division I, Title V of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which authorizes the addition of two years to the 
legislative authority for the Black Revolutionary War Patriots 
Foundation to establish a commemorative work within an area 
defined in the Commemorative Works Act.

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

    Division I, Title X of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which designates the Boston Harbor Islands Recreation 
Area as a Unit of the National Park System. The Boston Harbor 
Islands consist of thirty-one islands, ranging in size from 
less than one acre to 214 acres. Together, the Boston Harbor 
Islands encompass 1,200 land acres over a land and water area 
of fifty square miles. The Islands are a designated 
Archeological District on the National Register of Historic 
Places and feature resources related to harbor protection, 
coastal defense, agriculture, commercial fishing, year-round 
and summer habitation, resort life, industry, public health, 
and social welfare. Deer Island, the second largest of the 
harbor islands, was used as an internment camp for native 
American prisoners during King Philip's War (1675-76). There 
are two National Historic Landmarks on the islands: Boston 
Light, the oldest existing lighthouse site in the country; and 
Fort Warren, which served as a training camp for Union soldiers 
and a prison camp for Confederate Troops during the Civil War. 
Fort Independence, another harbor island fortification, was 
built in 1634 and is believed to be the oldest continuously 
occupied fortification in the country.

Boston National Historical Park Amendment

    Division I, Section V of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which amends the Boston National Historical Park Act 
of 1974, allowing the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a 
cooperative agreement with the Boston Public Library. The 
cooperative agreement will provide for the distribution of 
informational and interpretive materials relating to the 
Historical Park and to the Freedom Trail, a walking route 
connecting the historical sites in downtown Boston.

Boundary Adjustments and Conveyances

    Division I, Title II of Public Law 104-333 contains 
provisions which authorize a variety of minor boundary 
adjustments and conveyances. Those within the Subcommittee's 
jurisdiction include: an approximately 25 acre boundary 
adjustment at Yucca House National Monument in Colorado; an 
approximately 5.5 acre exchange and boundary adjustment at Zion 
National Park in Utah; modification of the boundary of Pictured 
Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan; a property exchange 
between the General Services Administration and the National 
Park Service at the Customs House and Independence National 
Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; an exchange of 
315 acres of land at Craters of the Moon National Monument in 
Idaho for 210 acres of Bureau of Land Management property; an 
approximately 65 acre boundary adjustment at Hagerman Fossil 
Beds National Monument in Idaho; the transfer of approximately 
170 acres of land from the Bureau of Land Management to the 
National Park Service at Wupatki National Monument in Arizona; 
the modification of the boundaries of Walnut Canyon National 
Monument in Arizona through a land exchange between the 
National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service; the transfer 
of management of approximately 764 acres within Wheeler Peak 
Wilderness in New Mexico from the Secretary of Agriculture to 
Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the Pueblo de 
Taos Indians; the conveyance of a sewage disposal system with 
Colonial National Historical Park to York County, Virginia; the 
acquisition certain lands in order to maintain access to 
existing trail heads at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park 
in Virginia; and the removal of specific parcels of land on 
islands in Florida from the Coastal Barrier Resources System.

Calumet Ecological Park

    Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which directs the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing an urban 
ecological park in the Lake Calumet area, between the Illinois 
and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor and the Indiana 
Dunes National Lakeshore.

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

    Division I, Title VI of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which increases the amount of a previously authorized 
appropriation, from 30 million dollars to 51.9 million dollars, 
in order to support an ongoing project to reroute a 3.7 mile 
section of U.S. Highway 27, which passes through the 
Chickamauga Battlefield in Georgia, by way of a 7-mile-long 
bypass around the Battlefield's western boundary. The rerouting 
of the highway will protect the natural and historical 
resources within the Park from damages caused by heavy traffic.

Corinth, Mississippi Battlefield Act

    Division I, Title VI of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide a center for the interpretation of the Civil War Siege 
and Battle of Corinth, Mississippi. The interpretive center 
will be administered as part of Shiloh National Military Park 
in Tennessee, which interprets related Civil War themes.

Delaware Water Gap

    Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to exclude 
commercial vehicles from using highway 209 at the Delaware 
Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania in the year 
2005. The provision also authorizes the Secretary to collect 
and utilize a commercial use fee prior to that time.

Exchanges

    Division I, Title III of Public Law 104-333 authorizes 
several land exchanges involving National Parks, Forests and 
public lands. Provisions which pertain to the Subcommittee 
include: a series of land exchanges which will allow the 
residents of Anaktuvuk, Alaska to pursue their subsistence life 
style; an exchange of lands with the Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation north of the Brooks Range in Alaska; an equal value 
exchange of Koniag, Alaska subsurface mineral interests for 
lands and interests owned by the federal government which are 
available for disposal; the equal value exchange of 1,320 
federally owned land within the Cache National Forest in the 
State of Utah for lands of approximately equal value owned by 
the Sun Valley Company in order to facilitate the development 
and construction of facilities for the 2002 Winter Olympics; 
and a three year extension of a previously authorized land 
exchange in Liberty County, Texas involving the Big Thicket 
National Preserve.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

    Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which eliminates use by the Army Corps of Engineers 
and the Treasury Department of National Park Service lands at 
Fort Pulaski National Monument in Georgia.

Glacier Bay National Park

    Division I, Title VII of Public Law 104-333 includes new 
provisions for vessels and small boat operators at Glacier Bay 
National Park, including a provision that 60% of the fees 
collected from boat operators will be deposited into an account 
to directly benefit the protection of Glacier Bay National Park 
resources. The fees are to be used for research and oil spill 
response and equipment as determined by the Secretary. The 
remaining 40% of the fees are to be set aside for other park 
purposes.

Grand Lake Cemetery

    Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which directs the Secretary of the Interior to 
execute an agreement with the Town of Grand Lake, Colorado, 
which authorizes the town to maintain a five acre cemetery 
within the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park.

Great Falls Historic District

    Division I, Title V of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision designating the Great Falls National Historic 
District in the City of Paterson, New Jersey.

Great Western Scenic Trail

    Division I, Title IV of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision directing the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
study of the Great Western Scenic Trail for potential inclusion 
in the National Trails System. The Great Western Trail is 
approximately 3,100 miles in length and runs from the Mexican 
boarder in Arizona to the Canadian boarder in Montana.

Heritage Areas

    Division I, Title IX of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which directs the Secretary of the Interior to revise 
the boundaries of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage 
Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island by adding an 
additional 150,000 acres to the existing Heritage Corridor. The 
provision also extends the term of the Blackstone River Valley 
Corridor Commission for an additional ten years.
    Division I, Title IX of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a study of potential additions to the Illinois and 
Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor. The Illinois and 
Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor, established in 1984, runs for 
approximately 120-miles from Chicago to La Salle/Peru, 
Illinois.
    Division II of Public Law 104-333 establishes nine new 
Heritage Areas. The Provisions establishing the new Heritage 
Areas require the completion of a management plan for each 
area, contain a sunset clause for each area, and require a 
match of Federal funds with funds from non-Federal sources. The 
new Heritage Areas designated are: the National Coal Heritage 
Area, West Virginia; the Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area, 
Tennessee; the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area, Georgia; 
the Steel Industry Heritage Area, Pennsylvania; the Essex 
National Heritage Area, Massachusetts; the South Carolina 
Heritage Corridor, South Carolina; America's Agricultural 
Partnership, Iowa; the Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage 
Corridor, Ohio; and the Hudson River Valley Heritage Area, New 
York.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Building 
        Restoration and Preservation

    Division I, Title V of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
make 29 million dollars available to support the preservation 
of historic buildings and structures at nine historically black 
colleges and universities. Institutions named in the 
legislation are Fisk University, Knoxville College, Miles 
College, Talladega College, Selma University, Stillman College, 
Concordia College, Allen University, Claflin College, Voorhees 
College, Rust College and Tougaloo College.

Japanese American Patriotism Memorial

    Division I, Title V of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which authorizes an exchange of land between the 
Architect of the Capitol and the Secretary of the Interior to 
locate and establish a memorial to Japanese American patriotism 
during World War II near the Capitol grounds. A total of 33,000 
Japanese Americans from the U.S. mainland and Hawaii either 
volunteered or were drafted for U.S. military service during 
World War II, and the Japanese American 100th/44nd Regimental 
Combat Team is considered one of the most highly decorated 
military units in American history. The Japanese American 
Memorial Foundation will be responsible for the Memorial's 
construction, maintenance and preservation.

Kaloko-Honokohau Advisory Commission

    Division I, Section V of Public Law 104-333 re-establishes 
the Na Hoa Pili O Kaloko-Honokohau, the Advisory Commission for 
the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park in the State of 
Hawaii. Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park is the site 
of important Hawaiian settlements prior to the arrival of 
European explorers.

Lamprey Wild and Scenic River

    Division I, Title IV of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
measure designating an 11.5-mile segment of the Lamprey River 
in New Hampshire as a National Recreational River. The Lamprey 
River is situated in coastal New Hampshire and is the largest 
of the rivers that discharge into Great Bay, a designated 
National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Laura C. Hudson Visitor Center

    Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which designates the visitor center at Jean Lafitte 
National Historical Park in Louisiana as the Laura C. Hudson 
Visitor Center.

Limitation on Park Buildings

    Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which repeals the 3 million dollar appropriation 
limit on the construction of buildings in Units of the National 
Park System.

Manzanar National Historic Site

    Division I, Title V of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to add 
additional acreage to Manzanar National Historic Site in 
California. Manzanar National Historic Site was established in 
1992 (Public Law 102-248) to protect and interpret the 
historical, cultural and natural resources associated with the 
relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Division I, Title V of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
permit the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial 
in the District of Columbia to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., 
pursuant to the Commemorative Works Act.

Natchez National Historical Park

    Division I, Title X of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to enter 
into an agreement with the City of Natchez, Mississippi in 
order to contribute to the planning and construction of an 
intermodal transportation center. The transportation center 
will be leased by the National Park Service from the city of 
Natchez and will serve as the administrative headquarters and 
visitor center for Natchez National Historic Site.

National Park Service Cooperative Agreements for Research Purposes

    Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision granting the Secretary of the Interior the authority 
to enter into cooperative agreements with public or private 
education institutions for the purpose of developing adequate, 
coordinated, cooperative research and training programs 
concerning the resources of the National Park System.

National Park Service Management and Administrative Reform

    Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes 
measures pertaining to administrative and management reform in 
the National Park System. These reforms include a provision 
intended to help the National Park Service develop an adequate 
supply of housing for their field employees by expanding the 
alternatives available for the construction and repair of 
essential government housing, and by authorizing private sector 
involvement in the finance or supply of employee housing. The 
reforms also eliminate several unnecessary Congressional 
reporting requirements, provide for Senate confirmation of the 
National Park Service Director, reauthorize and amend the 
National Park Service Advisory Board, provide the Secretary 
with challenge cost share agreement authority, and provide a 
mechanism for cost recovery for damages to National Park 
Service natural resources.

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park

    Division I, Title V of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
measure which designates the New Bedford Whaling National 
Historical Park in Massachusetts as a Unit of the National Park 
System. The measure also includes a cooperative agreement 
authority between the National Park Service and the North Slope 
Borough Cultural Center in Barrow, Alaska, in order to 
recognize the contribution of Alaska Natives to the history of 
whaling. The City of New Bedford was the 19th century capital 
of the world's whaling industry and retains significant 
architectural features, archival materials, and museum 
collections illustrative of that period. During the 19th 
century, over two thousand whaling voyages sailed out of New 
Bedford to the Arctic Region of Alaska, and joined Alaska 
Natives in the Arctic Region in subsistence whaling activities.

Nicodemus National Historic Site

    Division I, Title V of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision designating the Nicodemus National Historic Site in 
the State of Kansas as a Unit of the National Park System. The 
Town of Nicodemus has national significance as the only 
remaining western town established by African-Americans during 
the reconstruction period following the Civil War.

North St. Vrain Creek and Adjacent Lands

    Division I, Section IV of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which prohibits the construction of new dams, 
reservoirs and impoundments along the North St. Vrain Creek 
within the boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park in 
Colorado.

Old Spanish Trail

    Division I, Title IV of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
measure designating the Old Spanish Trail in New Mexico, 
Colorado, Utah and California as part of the National Trail 
System. The Old Spanish Trail begins in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 
proceeds through Colorado and Utah, and ends in Los Angeles, 
California. The Trail also has a northern branch which begins 
near Espanola, New Mexico, proceeds through Colorado, and ends 
near Crescent Junction, Utah.

Ozark Wild Horses

     Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from 
removing wild horses at the Ozark National Scenic Riverway. The 
provision directs the Secretary to issue permits for adequate 
pastures to accommodate the historic population of the free 
roaming horse herd at the Riverway and limits the population of 
horses to no less than the number existing on the date of 
enactment, and no more than fifty.

The Presidio of San Francisco

    Division I, Title I of Public Law 104-333 establishes the 
Presidio Trust, a public benefit corporation, to manage 
leasing, maintenance, rehabilitation, repair, and improvement 
of property within the Presidio of San Francisco. The Presidio 
of San Francisco was included in the 1972 legislation which 
created Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Public Law 92-
589). The law stated that the post was to be transferred to the 
National Recreation Area when the Army determined it to be 
excess to its needs. In 1989, as a result of the Base 
Realignment and Closure Act, the Army announced that the post 
would be closed and began plans to vacate by 1995. The Presidio 
is the oldest continuously operated military post in the 
Nation, dating from 1776, and was designated a National 
Historic Landmark in 1962.

Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Study Act

    Division I, Title VI of Public Law 104-333 includes ``The 
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Historic Preservation Study 
Act of 1996.'' The Act directs the Secretary of the Interior to 
prepare a study of battlefields of the Revolutionary War and 
War of 1812. The study will identify threats to the integrity 
of, and alternatives for the preservation and interpretation of 
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 sites, many of which are 
located in regions that are undergoing rapid urban or suburban 
development.

Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center

    Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which designates the visitor center at Channel 
Islands National Park in California as the Robert J. 
Lagomarsino Visitor Center.

Rocky Mountain National Park--Fall River Visitor Center

    Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which authorizes the National Park Service at Rocky 
Mountain National Park to participate with private entities in 
an agreement to operate and maintain a visitor center at the 
Fall River entrance to the park.

Santa Cruz Island

    Division I, Title VIII includes a provision which 
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the 
remaining private properties on Santa Cruz Island in Santa 
Barbara County, California, and to add these properties to 
existing Federal lands.

Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail

    Division I, Title V of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision designating the route taken by voting rights 
advocates in 1965 to demonstrate the need for voting rights 
legislation as a National Historical Trail. The Selma to 
Montgomery National Historic Trail consists of 54-miles of city 
streets and U.S. Highway 80 from Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in 
Selma to the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District and 
        Commission

    Division I, Title VI of Public Law 104-333 includes the 
``Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District and 
Commission Act of 1996,'' which establishes the Shenandoah 
Valley Battlefields National Historic District and Commission 
in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Shenandoah Valley is the 
location of several key Civil War battles.

Ski Area Permit Rental Charges

    Division I, Title VII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which authorizes a new fee system for Forest Service 
Ski Areas. The new fee system will establish a Forest Service 
ski area permit rental charge that returns fair value for the 
United States, and provide ski area permittees and the Forest 
Service with a simplified, consistent, and equitable rental 
charge formula. The provision also withdraws lands within ski 
area permit boundaries from mining, and mineral and geothermal 
leasing laws.

Sterling Forest

    Division I, Title X of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
17.5 million dollars in Federal funds for the Palisades 
Interstate Park Commission.

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

    Division I, Title X of Public Law 104-333 includes the 
``Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Act of 1996,'' which 
designates the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the State 
of Kansas as a Unit of the National Park System.

United States Civil War Center

    Division I, Title VI of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which designates the Civil War Center at Louisiana 
State University as the ``United States Civil War Center.'' The 
provision states that the Center, and the Civil War Institute 
of Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, shall be the flagship 
institutions for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of 
the Civil War.

Vancouver National Historic Reserve

    Division I, Title V of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which establishes the Vancouver National Historic 
Reserve in the State of Washington. The Reserve will preserve 
and protect a particularly rich collection of cultural 
resources adjacent to the Columbia River. These resources 
include Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver 
Barracks, Pearson Airpark, the Colombia Riverfront, and the 
site of the original Kaiser Shipyards.

Volunteers in Parks Increase

    Division I, Title VIII of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which permits an increase in the amount authorized 
for the operation of the Volunteers in the Parks program of the 
National Park Service to $3,500,000 per year.

Washita Battlefield National Historic Site

    Division I, Title VI of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which designates the Washita Battlefield National 
Historic Site in the State of Oklahoma as a Unit of the 
National Park System. The Battle of Washita, November 27, 1868, 
was one of the largest engagements between Plains tribes and 
the United States Army on the Southern Great Plains.

West Virginia National Rivers Amendments

    Division I, Title IV of Public Law 104-333 includes 
provisions which amend the public laws pertaining to the New 
River Gorge, Gauley, and Bluestone Rivers in West Virginia. The 
provisions authorize the Secretary of the Interior to: permit 
the State of West Virginia to undertake fish stocking 
activities at New River Gorge National River; construct a 
visitor center either inside or outside the boundaries of the 
New River Gorge National River or the Gauley River National 
Recreation River, and enter into a cooperative agreement for 
the purpose of providing visitor access to the Bluestone River.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

    Division I, Title V of Public Law 104-333 includes a 
provision which authorizes the addition of certain historic 
properties to the Women's Rights National Historical Park in 
the State of New York. Women's Rights National Historical Park, 
which was established in 1980, is located in Seneca Falls, New 
York and commemorates women's struggle for equal rights. The 
Historical Park includes the site of the first Women's Rights 
Convention in 1848 and other sites related to early women's 
rights activists.
    Public Law No. 104-11 (S. 226/H.R. 517), Mr. Domenici and 
Mr. Bingaman: An Act to designate additional land as within the 
Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites, and for other 
purposes.
    Public Law No. 104-167 (S. 1899), Mr. Stevens, et. al.: The 
Mollie Beattie Wilderness Area Act.
    Public Law 104-323 (S. 342), Mr. Brown: An Act to establish 
the Cache LaPoudre River National Water Heritage Area in the 
State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

                   OTHER MEASURES ACTIVELY CONSIDERED

    S. 115, Mr. Warner and Mr. Robb: A bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to acquire and to convey certain 
lands or interests in lands to improve the management, 
protection and administration of Colonial National Historical 
Park, and for other purposes. (Reported to the Senate with an 
amendment. S. Rept. 104-30). (Major portions of the text were 
included in H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 127, Mr. Moynihan: A bill to improve the administration 
of the Women's Rights National Historical Park in the State of 
New York, and for other purposes. (Reported to the Senate with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 104-31). 
(Major portions of the text were included in H.R. 4236, which 
became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 134, Mr. Moynihan: A bill to provide for the acquisition 
of certain lands formerly occupied by the Franklin D. Roosevelt 
family, and for other purposes. (Reported to the Senate with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 104-32). 
(Major portions of the text were included in H.R. 4236, which 
became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 188, Mr. Lautenberg and Mr. Bradley: A bill to establish 
the Great Falls Historic District in the State of New Jersey, 
and for other purposes. (Reported to the Senate without 
amendment S. Rept. 104-33). (Major portions of the text were 
included in H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 223, Mr. Bradley and Mr. Lautenberg: A bill to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds to the Palisades 
Interstate Park Commission for acquisition of land in the 
Sterling Forest area of the New York/New Jersey Highlands 
Region, and for other purposes. (Reported to the Senate without 
amendment. S. Rept. 104-35). (Major portions of the House 
version of this bill were included in H.R. 4236, which became 
Public Law 104-333).
    S. 231, Mr. Kyl and Mr. McCain: A bill to modify the 
boundaries of Walnut Canyon National Monument in the State of 
Arizona. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-375). (See H.R. 562).
    S. 305, Mr. Warner and Mr. Robb: A bill to establish the 
Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields and Commission in the 
Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes. (Hearing 
held. S. Hrg. 104-580).
    S. 309, Mr. Bennett, et. al.: A bill to reform the 
concession policies of the National Park Service, and for other 
purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-469).
    S. 357, Mr. Akaka and Mr. Inouye: A bill to amend the 
National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to establish the 
Friends of Kaloko-Honokohau, an Advisory Commission for the 
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, and for other 
purposes. (Reported to the Senate without amendment. S. Rept. 
104-36). (Major portions of the text were included in H.R. 
2436, which became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 364, Mr. Brown and Mr. Campbell: A bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the operation of 
certain visitor facilities associated with, but outside the 
boundaries of, Rocky Mountain National Park in the State of 
Colorado. (Hearing Held. S. Hrg. 104-367). (See H.R. 629).
    S. 392, Mr. Glenn and Mr. DeWine: A bill to amend the 
Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 with regard 
to appointment of members of the Dayton Aviation Heritage 
Commission, and for other purposes. (Reported to the Senate 
without an amendment. S. Rept. 104-39). (See H.R. 606).
    S. 489, Mr. Campbell and Mr. Brown: A bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to enter into an appropriate form of 
Agreement with the Town of Grand Lake, Colorado, authorizing 
the town to maintain permanently a cemetery in the Rocky 
Mountain National Park. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-375).
    S. 509, Mr. Campbell and Mr. Brown: A bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to enter into an appropriate form of 
agreement with the Town of Grand Lake, Colorado, authorizing 
the town to maintain permanently a cemetery in the Rocky 
Mountain National Park. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-198). (Major 
portions of the text were included in H.R. 4236, which became 
Public Law 104-333).
    S. 551, Mr. Craig and Mr. Kempthorne: A bill to revise the 
boundaries of the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument and 
the Craters of the Moon National Monument, and for other 
purposes. (Reported to the Senate without amendment. S. Rept. 
104-40). (Major portions of the text were included in H.R. 
4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 587, Mr. Campbell, et. al.: A bill to amend the National 
Trails System Act to designate the Old Spanish Trail and the 
Northern Branch of the Old Spanish Trail for potential 
inclusion into the National Trails System, and for other 
purposes. (Reported to the Senate without amendment. S. Rept. 
104-41). (Major portions of the text were included in H.R. 
4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 601, Mr. Chaffee, et. al.: A bill to revise the 
boundaries of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage 
Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and for other 
purposes. (Reported to the Senate without amendment. S. Rept. 
104-42). (Major portions of the text were included in H.R. 
4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 608, Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Kerry: A bill to establish the 
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in New Bedford, 
Massachusetts, and for other purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 
104-375). (Reported to the Senate with amendments. S. Rept. 
104-375). (Major portions of the text were included in S. 1720, 
which passed the Senate, and H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 
104-333).
    S. 610, Mr. Lott: A bill to provide an interpretive center 
at the Civil War Battlefield of Corinth, Mississippi, and for 
other purposes. (Reported to the Senate without amendment. S. 
Rept. 104-43). (Major portions of the text were included in 
H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 621, Mr. Bennett, et. al.: A bill to amend the National 
Trails System Act to designate the Great Western Trail for 
potential addition to the National Trails System, and for other 
purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-566). (See H.R. 531).
    S. 695, Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. Dole and Mr. Bond: A bill to 
provide for the establishment of the Tallgrass Prairie National 
Preserve in Kansas, and for other purposes. (Hearing held. S. 
Hrg. 104-541). (Reported to the Senate with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 104-376). (Major portions of 
the text were included in H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 
104-333).
    S. 745, Mr. Burns, Mr. Craig, Mr. Simpson and Mr. Thomas: A 
bill to require the National Park Service to eradicate 
brucellosis afflicting the bison in Yellowstone National Park, 
and for other purposes. (Hearings held. S. Hrg. 104-211. S. 
Hrg. 104-561).
    S. 796, Mr. Bond and Mr. Ashcroft: A bill to provide for 
the protection of wild horses within the Ozark National Scenic 
Riverways, Missouri, and prohibit the removal of such horses, 
and for other purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-561).
    S. 879, Mr. Daschle: A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act to limit acquisition of land on the 39-mile 
headwaters segment of the Missouri River, Nebraska and South 
Dakota, designated as a recreational river, to acquisition from 
willing sellers. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-555).
    S. 902, Mr. Cochran: A bill to amend Public Law 100-479 to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in the 
construction of a building to be used jointly by the Secretary 
for park purposes and by the City of Natchez as an intermodal 
transportation center, and for other purposes. (Hearing held. 
S. Hrg. 104-554). (Reported to the Senate with amendments. S. 
Rept. 104-377). (Major portions of the text were included in 
H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 944, Mr. Simon, Ms. Mosely-Braun, and Mr. Coats: A bill 
to provide for the establishment of the Ohio River Corridor 
Study Commission, and for other purposes. (Hearing held. S. 
Hrg. 104-432). (Major portions of the text were included in 
H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 945, Mr. Simon and Ms. Mosely-Braun: A bill to amend the 
Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 to 
modify the boundaries of the corridor, and for other purposes. 
(Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-432).
    S. 951, Mrs. Hutchison: A bill to commemorate the service 
of First Ladies Jacqueline Kennedy and Patricia Nixon to 
improving and maintaining the Executive Residence of the 
President and to authorize grants to the White House Endowment 
fund in their memory to continue their work. (Hearing held. S. 
Hrg. 104-554). (Reported to the Senate with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 104-378).
    S. 964, Mr. Johnston: A bill to amend the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 with respect to fees for 
admission into units of the National Park System, and for other 
purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-469).
    S. 988, Mr. Helms: A bill to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain 
land to the Secretary of the Army to facilitate construction of 
a jetty and sand transfer system, and for other purposes. 
(Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-589).
    S. 1020, Mr. Coverdell: A bill to establish the Augusta 
Canal National Heritage Area in the State of Georgia, and for 
other purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-432). (Major 
portions of the text were included in H.R. 4236, which became 
Public Law 104-333).
    S. 1049, Mr. Heflin and Mr. Shelby: A bill to amend the 
National Trails Systems Act to designate the route from Selma 
to Montgomery as a National Historic Trail, and for other 
purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-566). (Major portions of 
the text were included in H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 
104-333).
    S. 1098, Mr. Helms, Mr. Dole and Mr. Lott: A bill to 
establish the Midway Islands National Memorial, and for other 
purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-554).
    S. 1110, Mr. Campbell: A bill to establish guidelines for 
the designation of National Heritage Areas, and for other 
purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-432).
    S. 1168, Mr. Pressler: A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act to exclude any private lands from the segment of the 
Missouri River designated as a recreational river, and for 
other purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-380).
    S. 1174, Mr. Gregg and Mr. Smith: A bill to amend the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the 
Lamprey River in New Hampshire as components of the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. (Hearing 
held. S. Hrg. 104-555). (Reported to the Senate without 
amendment. S. Rept. 104-309). (Major portions of the text were 
included in H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 1190, Mr. DeWine and Mr. Glenn: A bill to establish the 
Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor in the State of 
Ohio, and for other purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-432). 
(Major portions of the text were included in H.R. 4236, which 
became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 1225, Mr. Jeffords: A bill to require the Secretary of 
the Interior to conduct an inventory of historic sites, 
buildings and artifacts in the Champlain Valley and the Upper 
Hudson River Valley, including the Lake George area, and for 
other purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-580). (Reported to 
the Senate with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. 
Rept. 104-297). (Major portions of the text were included in 
H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 1226, Mr. Jeffords: A bill to require the Secretary of 
the Interior to prepare a study of battlefields of the 
Revolutionary War and War of 1812, to establish the American 
Battlefield Protection Program, and for other purposes. 
(Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-580). (Reported to the Senate with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 104-310). 
(Major portions of the text were included in H.R. 4236, which 
became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 1374, Mr. Craig and Mr. Kempthorne: A bill to require 
the adoption of a management plan for Hells Canyon National 
Recreation Area that allows appropriate use of motorized and 
nonmotorized river craft in the recreation area, and for other 
purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-555).
    S. 1424, Mr. Campbell: A bill to redesignate the Black 
Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument as a national park, to 
establish the Gunnison Gorge National Recreation Area, to 
establish the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park 
Complex, and for other purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-
605).
    S. 1451, Mr. McCain, Mr. Kyl and Mr. Pressler: A bill to 
authorize an agreement between the Secretary of the Interior 
and a State providing for the continued operation by State 
employees of national parks in the State during any period in 
which the National Park Service is unable to maintain the 
normal level of operations, and for other purposes. (Hearing 
held. S. Hrg. 104-561).
    S. 1476, Mr. Kerry and Mr. Kennedy: A bill to establish the 
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, and for other 
purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-451). (Major portions of 
the text were included in H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 
104-333).
    S. 1627, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Breaux and Mr. Inouye: A bill to 
designate the visitor center at Jean Lafitte National 
Historical Park in New Orleans, Louisiana as the ``Laura C. 
Hudson Visitor Center''. (Reported to the Senate without 
amendment. S. Rept. 104-262). (Major portions of the text were 
included in H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    S. 1695, Mr. McCain: A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to assess up to $2 per person visiting the Grand 
Canyon or other national park to secure bonds for capital 
improvements to the park, and for other purposes. (Hearing held 
on September 12, 1996).
    S. 1699, Mr. Bingaman: A bill to establish the National 
Cave and Karst Research Institute in the State of New Mexico, 
and for other purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-551). 
(Reported to the Senate without amendment. S. Rept. 104-381).
    S. 1703, Mr. Murkowski, et. al.: A bill to amend the Act 
establishing the National Park Foundation. (Hearing held. S. 
Hrg. 104-647). (Reported to the Senate with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 104-299).
    S. 1706, Mr. Nunn and Mr. Coverdell: A bill to increase the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for assistance for highway 
relocation with respect to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga 
National Military Park in Georgia, and for other purposes. 
(Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-566). (Reported to the Senate 
without amendment. S. Rept. 104-382). (Major portions of the 
text were included in H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-
333).
    S. 1725, Mr. Brown, et. al.: A bill to amend the National 
Trails System Act to create a third category of long-distance 
trails to be known as national discovery trails and to 
authorize the American Discovery Trail as the first national 
discovery trail, and for other purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 
104-566).
    S. 1805, Mr. Grams: A bill to provide for the management of 
Voyageurs National Park, and for other purposes. (Hearing held. 
S. Hrg. 104-589).
    S. 1809, Mr. Murkowski and Mr. Stevens: A bill entitle 
``The Aleutian World War II National Historic Sites Act of 
1996''. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-551). (Reported to the 
Senate without amendment. S. Rept. 104-384). (Major portions of 
the text were included in H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 
104-333).
    S.J. Res. 42, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Specter and Mr. 
Santorum: A bill designating the Civil War Center at Louisiana 
State University as the United States Civil War Center, making 
the center the flagship institution for planning the 
sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War, and for other 
purposes. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-580). (Reported to the 
Senate with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. 
Rept. 104-263). (Major portions of the text were included in 
H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    H.R. 238, Mr. Emerson, et. al.: A bill to provide for the 
protection of wild horses within the Ozark National Scenic 
Riverways and prohibit the removal of such horses. (Hearing 
held. S. Hrg. 104-561). (Reported to the Senate with an 
amendment. S. Rept. 104-312). (Major portions of the text were 
included in H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    H.R. 400, Mr. Young: A bill to provide for the exchange of 
lands within Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, 
and for other purposes. (Reported to the Senate with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 104-44).
    H.R. 531, Mr. Hansen, et. al.: A bill to designate the 
Great Western Scenic Trail as a study trail under the National 
Trails System Act, and for other purposes. (Hearing held. S. 
Hrg. 104-566). (Reported to the Senate without amendment. S. 
Rept. 104-374). (Major portions of the text were included in 
H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    H.R. 536, Mr. McDade: A bill to prohibit the use of Highway 
209 within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area by 
certain commercial vehicles, and for other purposes. (Reported 
to the Senate without amendment. S. Rept. 104-46). (Major 
portions of the text were included in H.R. 4236, which became 
Public Law 104-333).
    H.R. 562, Mr. Hayworth, et. al.: A bill to modify the 
boundaries of Walnut Canyon National Monument in the State of 
Arizona. (Hearing held. S. Hrg. 104-375). (Reported to the 
Senate without amendment. S. Rept. 104-199). (Major portions of 
the text were included in H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 
104-333).
    H.R. 629, Mr. Allard: A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the operation of certain visitor 
facilities associated with, but outside the boundaries of, 
Rocky Mountain National Park in the State of Colorado. (Hearing 
held. S. Hrg. 104-375). (Reported to the Senate with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 104-203). 
(Major portions of the text were included in H.R. 4236, which 
became Public Law 104-333).
    H.R. 694, Mr. Hansen: A bill entitle the ``Minor Boundary 
Adjustments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1955''. 
(Reported to the Senate with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. S. Report. 104-50). (Major portions of the text 
were included in H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    H.R. 826, Mr. Wilson: A bill to extend the deadline for the 
completion of certain land exchanges involving the Big Thicket 
National Preserve in Texas, and for other purposes. (Hearing 
held. S. Hrg. 104-554). (Major portions of the text were 
included in H.R. 4236, which became Public Law 104-333).
    H.R. 1091, Mr. Bliley, et. al.: A bill to improve the 
National Park System in the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Hearing 
held. S. Hrg. 104-580). (Reported to the Senate with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 104-389). 
(Portions of the text were included in H.R. 4236, which became 
Public Law 104-333).
    H.R. 2636, Mr. Oberstar: A bill to transfer jurisdiction 
over certain parcels of Federal real property located in the 
District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (Reported to the 
Senate without amendment on September 16, 1996). (Major 
portions of the text were included in H.R. 4236, which became 
Public Law 104-333).
              Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

                    CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming, Chairman

                  CONRAD BURNS, Montana, Vice Chairman

PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico         DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii
LARRY E. CRAIG, Idaho
BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado

                              Jurisdiction

    Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee is oversight of Federal 
programs, policies, laws, regulations and administrative 
actions which affect matters within the jurisdiction of more 
than one Subcommittee of the Committee; investigations of the 
same at the direction of the Chairman after consultation with 
the Ranking Minority Member; and such other oversight matters 
as may be referred to the Subcommittee at the direction of the 
Chairman after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member.

                          OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

    The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held 
hearings in the 104th Congress. The Subcommittee also conducted 
investigations into lobbying activities by the Bureau of Land 
Management in connection with rangeland reform, the United 
States Geological Survey's estimates of oil and natural gas 
reserves in the Arctic Coastal Plain, and other matters on 
which no hearings were held.

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Application and the Role of 
        the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

    The Subcommittee held three hearings on June 7, 1995, 
October 19, 1995 and September 26, 1996 to examine the 
application of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by 
the public land management agencies and the Department of 
Energy and the role of the Council on Environmental Quality 
(CEQ). (S. Hrg. 104-81, 104-282, 104-775).

First Amendment Activities on Public Lands

    On July 18, 1995, the Subcommittee held a hearing to 
examine options for controlling and regulating activities 
allegedly protected by the First Amendment on public lands, 
including commercial activities in national parks. (S. Hrg. 
104-152).

Trends in Federal Land Ownership

    The Subcommittee held a hearing on February 6, 1996 to 
review the level and trends in acreage managed by the federal 
land management agencies (namely, the Department of the 
Interior and the United States Forest Service) and how the 
federal land management agencies acquire land, including the 
federal government use of land exchanges. (S. Hrg. 104-423).

Impacts of the Department of the Interior Regulatory Requirements and 
        Planning Processes in Southwestern Wyoming

    The Subcommittee held a hearing in Rock Springs, Wyoming on 
April 13, 1996 to examine the economic impacts, including job 
creation, of the Department of the Interior's regulatory 
requirements and planning processes for natural resource 
development on public lands in southwestern Wyoming. (S. Hrg. 
104-486).

Class Action Lawsuits at Department of Energy Facilities

    On May 14, 1996, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the 
management and costs of class action lawsuits at Department of 
Energy facilities, such as the former Rocky Flats nuclear 
weapons production facility near Denver, Colorado, including 
DOE's oversight of the private firm attorneys litigating these 
cases and DOE's compliance with court orders directing DOE to 
produce documents relevant to the litigation. (S. Hrg. 104-
524).

Commercial Lease at Lake Havasu, Arizona

    On August 1, 1996, the Subcommittee held a hearing to 
examine the legality of, and circumstances surrounding, a 
commercial lease entered into by Arizona BLM for property on 
Lake Havasu, Arizona. (S. Hrg. 104-736).

                               

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