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H.R.2466
Sponsor: Rep Regula, Ralph(introduced 7/2/1999)
Related
Bills: H.CON.RES.234, H.RES.243, H.RES.337, S.1292
Latest
Major Action: 10/21/1999 Cleared for White House. (See H.R. 3194 for
further action.) (On November 18, 1999, pursuant to H.Con.Res.
234, the enrolled copy of H.R. 2466 was
not presented to the President and was laid on the table.) (CR 11/18/1999 D1317)
Title: Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
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TITLE(S): (italics indicate a title for a
portion of a bill)
- POPULAR TITLE(S):
Appropriations bill FY2000,
Interior (identified by CRS)
Interior Department FY2000 Appropriations
bill (identified by CRS)
- SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED:
Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
- SHORT TITLE(S) AS PASSED HOUSE:
Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
- SHORT TITLE(S) AS PASSED SENATE:
Battle of Midway National Memorial
Study Act
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2000
- OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
Making appropriations for the Department
of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2000, and for other purposes.
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
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Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
- 7/2/1999 4:19pm:
- The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H.
Rept. 106-222,
by Mr. Regula.
- 7/2/1999 4:20pm:
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 128.
- 7/12/1999 8:11pm:
- Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 243
Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2466
with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as
ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without
instructions. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments. The
amendment printed in H. Rept. 106-228
may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall not be subject
to amendment. All points of order against the amendment are waived.
- 7/13/1999 11:40am:
- Rule H.
Res. 243 passed House.
- 7/13/1999 3:16pm:
- Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res.
243.
- 7/13/1999 3:18pm:
- House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state
of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 243
and Rule XXIII.
- 7/13/1999 3:18pm:
- The Speaker designated the Honorable Steven C. LaTourette to act as
Chairman of the Committee.
- 7/13/1999 4:03pm:
- H.AMDT.257
Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. McGovern.
Amendment provides $30 million
to the State-side program of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
- 7/13/1999 5:20pm:
- H.AMDT.258
Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Sanders.
Amendment increases Payment In
Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding by $20 million; provides $30 million for deficit
reduction; and reduces fossil energy research and development funding by $50
million.
- 7/13/1999 5:44pm:
- H.AMDT.259
Amendment (A003) offered by Mr. Coburn.
An amendment to reduce funding for
the Fish and Wildlife Service funding by $5.1 million.
- 7/13/1999 5:53pm:
- H.AMDT.259 By
unanimous consent, the Coburn amendment was withdrawn.
- 7/13/1999 6:01pm:
- H.AMDT.260
Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Coburn.
Amendment sought to reduce funding
for the Fish and Wildlife Service by $2 million.
- 7/13/1999 6:12pm:
- H.AMDT.261
Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Ehlers.
An amendment to make available
$422,000 for Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife restoration activities.
- 7/13/1999 6:18pm:
- H.AMDT.261 By
unanimous consent, the Ehlers amendment was withdrawn.
- 7/13/1999 6:20pm:
- H.AMDT.262
Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Gutknecht.
Amendment sought to provide
$250,000 for an indoor American Bald Eagle viewing and teaching facility.
- 7/13/1999 6:29pm:
- H.AMDT.262 On
agreeing to the Gutknecht amendment (A006) Failed by voice vote.
- 7/13/1999 6:36pm:
- H.AMDT.263
Amendment (A007) offered by Mr. George Miller.
Amendment increases funding
for urban parks and recreation grant programs by $4 million and reduces
funding for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands accordingly.
- 7/13/1999 6:42pm:
- H.AMDT.263 On
agreeing to the Miller, George amendment (A007) Agreed to by voice vote.
- 7/13/1999 6:43pm:
- H.AMDT.264
Amendment (A008) offered by Mr. Regula.
Amendment strikes language that
amends the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
- 7/13/1999 6:43pm:
- H.AMDT.264 On
agreeing to the Regula amendment (A008) Agreed to by voice vote.
- 7/13/1999 6:45pm:
- H.AMDT.265
Amendment (A009) offered by Mr. Mica.
An amendment no. 7 and printed in
the Congressional Record to make available $9 million for acquisition of land
along the St. Johns River in Central Florida.
- 7/13/1999 6:47pm:
- H.AMDT.265 By
unanimous consent, the Mica amendment was withdrawn.
- 7/13/1999 7:12pm:
- H.AMDT.257 On
agreeing to the McGovern amendment (A001) Agreed to by recorded vote: 213 -
202 (Roll
no. 281).
- 7/13/1999 7:24pm:
- H.AMDT.258 On
agreeing to the Sanders amendment (A002) Agreed to by recorded vote: 248 - 169
(Roll
no. 282).
- 7/13/1999 7:34pm:
- H.AMDT.260 On
agreeing to the Coburn amendment (A004) Failed by recorded vote: 131 - 287 (Roll
no. 283).
- 7/13/1999 7:34pm:
- Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2466 as
unfinished business.
- 7/13/1999 7:36pm:
- Considered as unfinished business.
- 7/13/1999 7:36pm:
- The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the
Union for further consideration.
- 7/13/1999 7:36pm:
- H.AMDT.266
Amendment (A010) offered by Mr. George Miller.
An amendment to prohibit
any funding to be used to directly construct timber access roads in the
National Forest System.
- 7/13/1999 7:43pm:
- H.AMDT.266 On
agreeing to the Miller, George amendment (A010) Agreed to by voice vote.
- 7/13/1999 7:44pm:
- H.AMDT.267
Amendment (A011) offered by Mr. Ney.
Amendment sought to reduce funding
for departmental management in the Department of the Interior by $5 million.
- 7/13/1999 7:49pm:
- H.AMDT.267 On
agreeing to the Ney amendment (A011) Failed by voice vote.
- 7/13/1999 7:49pm:
- H.AMDT.268
Amendment (A012) offered by Mr. Faleomavaega.
Amendment establishes a
procedure for the payment of existing debt owed by the government of American
Samoa.
- 7/13/1999 7:53pm:
- H.AMDT.268 On
agreeing to the Faleomavaega amendment (A012) Agreed to by voice vote.
- 7/13/1999 7:53pm:
- H.AMDT.269
Amendment (A013) offered by Mr. Crowley.
Amendment specifies that urban
minorities shall be included in the list of entities that are eligible to
receive assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts.
- 7/13/1999 8:02pm:
- H.AMDT.269 On
agreeing to the Crowley amendment (A013) Agreed to by voice vote.
- 7/13/1999 8:02pm:
- Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2466 as
unfinished business.
- 7/13/1999 8:02pm:
- The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the
Union to report H.R. 2466.
- 7/14/1999 10:38am:
- Considered as unfinished business.
- 7/14/1999 10:39am:
- The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the
Union for further consideration.
- 7/14/1999 10:43am:
- Mr. Young (AK) raised a point of order against the content of the measure.
Mr. Young of Alaska stated that language on page 37 line 23 through page 38
line 13 constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained
the point of order.
- 7/14/1999 10:58am:
- H.AMDT.270
Amendment (A014) offered by Mr. Sanders.
Amendment increases funding for
the Weatherization Assistance Program by $13 million and reduces Strategic
Petroleum Reserve funding accordingly.
- 7/14/1999 11:44am:
- H.AMDT.271
Amendment (A015) offered by Mr. Sanders.
Amendment sought to strike the
requirement for a 25 percent match by States for weatherization assistance
grants.
- 7/14/1999 12:34pm:
- H.AMDT.270 On
agreeing to the Sanders amendment (A014) Agreed to by recorded vote: 243 - 180
(Roll
no. 284).
- 7/14/1999 12:43pm:
- H.AMDT.271 On
agreeing to the Sanders amendment (A015) Failed by recorded vote: 198 - 225
(Roll
no. 285).
- 7/14/1999 12:44pm:
- H.AMDT.272
Amendment (A016) offered by Ms. Slaughter.
Amendment sought to increase
funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the
Humanities, each by $10 million and decrease Strategic Petroleum Reserve
funding by $20 million.
- 7/14/1999 2:10pm:
- Mr. Kildee raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr.
Kildee stated that language on page 76 line 16 through line 22 constituted
legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
- 7/14/1999 2:11pm:
- Mr. Simpson raised a point of order against the content of the measure.
Mr. Simpson stated that language on page 80 line 11 through line 23
constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the
point of order.
- 7/14/1999 2:18pm:
- H.AMDT.273
Amendment (A017) offered by Mr. Stearns.
Amendment sought to reduce
funding for the National Endowment for the Arts by $2 million.
- 7/14/1999 3:09pm:
- H.AMDT.274
Amendment (A018) offered by Mr. Stearns.
An amendment no. 18 and printed
in the Congressional Record to allocate National Endowment for the Arts grants
to the States on the basis of population.
- 7/14/1999 3:17pm:
- H.AMDT.274 By
unanimous consent, the Stearns amendment was withdrawn.
- 7/14/1999 3:39pm:
- H.AMDT.272 On
agreeing to the Slaughter amendment (A016) Failed by recorded vote: 207 - 217
(Roll
no. 286).
- 7/14/1999 3:51pm:
- H.AMDT.273 On
agreeing to the Stearns amendment (A017) Failed by recorded vote: 124 - 300
(Roll
no. 287).
- 7/14/1999 3:55pm:
- H.AMDT.275
Amendment (A019) offered by Mr. Young (FL).
Amendment reduces land
acquisition funding by $5 million, increases the clean coal technology
deferral by $66 million, and imposes a 0.48 percent across-the-board reduction
to domestic discretionary programs in the bill for a total reduction of $140
million.
- 7/14/1999 4:15pm:
- H.AMDT.275 On
agreeing to the Young (FL) amendment (A019) Agreed to by voice vote.
- 7/14/1999 4:16pm:
- H.AMDT.276
Amendment (A020) offered by Mr. Rahall.
Amendment prohibits any funds from
being used to process applications for approval of patents, plans of
operations, or amendments to plans in contravention of the opinion dated
November 7, 1997, by the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior that
limits the disposal of mining waste to five acres.
- 7/14/1999 5:47pm:
- H.AMDT.277
Amendment (A021) offered by Mr. Weldon (FL).
Amendment sought to prohibit
any funding to approve class III gaming on Indian lands by any means other
than a Tribal-State compact entered into between a State and a tribe.
- 7/14/1999 7:23pm:
- H.AMDT.278
Amendment (A022) offered by Mr. Klink.
Amendment prohibits the Park
Service from implementing certain plans related to construction of a visitors
center at Gettysburg National Military Park.
- 7/14/1999 7:50pm:
- H.AMDT.279
Amendment (A023) offered by Mr. DeFazio.
Amendment sought to prohibit the
Forest Service from implementing the recreational fee demonstration program.
- 7/14/1999 8:38pm:
- H.AMDT.279 On
agreeing to the DeFazio amendment (A023) Failed by voice vote.
- 7/14/1999 8:39pm:
- H.AMDT.280
Amendment (A024) offered by Mr. Farr.
An amendment no. 3 and printed in
the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of any jawed leghold trap or neck
snare in any unit of the National Wildlife Refuge except for research,
subsistence, conservation, or facilities protection.
- 7/14/1999 8:57pm:
- H.AMDT.281
Amendment (A025) offered by Mr. Tancredo.
An amendment to reduce Forest
and Rangeland Research funding by $16.9 million.
- 7/14/1999 9:35pm:
- H.AMDT.282
Amendment (A026) offered by Mr. Wu.
Amendment sought to reduce forest
timber sales management funding by $24 million.
- 7/14/1999 10:56pm:
- H.AMDT.276 On
agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A020) Agreed to by recorded vote: 273 - 151
(Roll
no. 288).
- 7/14/1999 11:06pm:
- H.AMDT.277 On
agreeing to the Weldon (FL) amendment (A021) Failed by recorded vote: 205 -
217 (Roll
no. 289).
- 7/14/1999 11:14pm:
- H.AMDT.278 On
agreeing to the Klink amendment (A022) Agreed to by recorded vote: 227 - 199
(Roll
no. 290).
- 7/14/1999 11:20pm:
- H.AMDT.280 On
agreeing to the Farr amendment (A024) Agreed to by recorded vote: 259 - 166
(Roll
no. 291).
- 7/14/1999 11:28pm:
- H.AMDT.281 On
agreeing to the Tancredo amendment (A025) Failed by recorded vote: 135 - 291
(Roll
no. 292).
- 7/14/1999 11:36pm:
- H.AMDT.282 On
agreeing to the Wu amendment (A026) Failed by recorded vote: 174 - 250 (Roll
no. 293).
- 7/14/1999 11:36pm:
- The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the
Union to report H.R. 2466.
- 7/14/1999 11:36pm:
- The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- 7/14/1999 11:37pm:
- The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole
House on the state of the Union.
- 7/14/1999 11:39pm:
- H.AMDT.278
Mr. Goodling demanded a separate vote on the Klink amendment (A022).
- 7/14/1999 11:55pm:
- H.AMDT.278 On
agreeing to the Klink amendment (A022) Agreed to by recorded vote: 220 - 206
(Roll
no. 294).
- 7/14/1999 11:57pm:
- Mr. Obey moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations.
- 7/15/1999 12:10am:
- On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 187 - 239
(Roll
no. 295).
- 7/15/1999 12:15am:
- On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 377 - 47 (Roll
no. 296).
- 7/15/1999 12:15am:
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 7/16/1999:
- Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar
under General Orders. Calendar No. 210.
- 7/27/1999:
- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- 7/27/1999:
- Amendment SP 1357 proposed by Senator Gorton.
- 7/27/1999:
- S.AMDT.1357
Proposed by Senator Gorton.
In the nature of a substitute.
- 7/27/1999:
- Amendment SP 1357 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 7/27/1999:
- S.AMDT.1357
Amendment SP 1357 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 7/27/1999:
- Amendment SP 1359 proposed by Senator Gorton.
- 7/27/1999:
- S.AMDT.1359
Proposed by Senator Gorton.
Of a technical nature.
- 7/27/1999:
- Amendment SP 1360 proposed by Senator Murray.
- 7/27/1999:
- S.AMDT.1360
Proposed by Senator Murray.
To strike the provision relating to millsite
limitations.
- 7/27/1999:
- Amendment SP 1361 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SP 1360.
- 7/27/1999:
- S.AMDT.1361
Proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SP 1360.
To provide for a
prohibition on millsite limitations.
- 7/27/1999:
- Motion to table SP 1360 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-41. Record Vote
No: 223.
- 7/27/1999:
- S.AMDT.1360
Motion to table SP 1360 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-41. Record Vote
No: 223.
- 7/27/1999:
- SP 1361 fell when SP 1360 tabled.
- 7/27/1999:
- S.AMDT.1361
SP 1361 fell when SP 1360 tabled.
- 8/5/1999:
- Considered by Senate.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1359
Considered by Senate.
- 8/5/1999:
- Amendment SP 1563 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Burns.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1563
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Burns.
To increase funds in the
Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal College account by $700,000 with offset from
Forest Service land acquisition on the San Juan National Forest.
- 8/5/1999:
- Amendment SP 1564 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Campbell.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1564
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Campbell.
To provide additional
funding to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for activities relating
to the Preble's meadow jumping mouse, with an offset from Forest Service Land
Acquisition in Colorado.
- 8/5/1999:
- Amendment SP 1565 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Dewine.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1565
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Dewine.
To make unobligated funds
available for the acquisition of land in the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge,
for the Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission, and for the preservation and
restoration of the birthplace, boyhood home, and schoolhouse of Ulysses S.
Grant, Ohio.
- 8/5/1999:
- Amendment SP 1566 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Lugar.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1566
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Lugar.
To transfer $700,000 in land
acquisition funds from the San Juan National Forest (Silver Mountain) CO to
the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge, IN.
- 8/5/1999:
- Amendment SP 1567 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Mack.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1567
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Mack.
To provide funding for
construction of the Seminole Rest Facility at the Canaveral National Seashore,
Florida, with an offset from the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge,
Florida.
- 8/5/1999:
- Amendment SP 1568 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Reid.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1568
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Reid.
To provide $150,000 for the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program within the
Habitat Conservation Program.
- 8/5/1999:
- Amendment SP 1563 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1563
Amendment SP 1563 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 8/5/1999:
- Amendment SP 1564 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1564
Amendment SP 1564 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 8/5/1999:
- Amendment SP 1565 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1565
Amendment SP 1565 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 8/5/1999:
- Amendment SP 1566 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1566
Amendment SP 1566 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 8/5/1999:
- Amendment SP 1567 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1567
Amendment SP 1567 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 8/5/1999:
- Amendment SP 1568 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1568
Amendment SP 1568 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 8/5/1999:
- Amendment SP 1569 proposed by Senator Smith, of NH.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1569
Proposed by Senator Smith, of NH.
To eliminate funding for the National
Endowment for the Arts.
- 8/5/1999:
- Motion to table SP 1569 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 80-16. Record Vote
No: 260.
- 8/5/1999:
- S.AMDT.1569
Motion to table SP 1569 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 80-16. Record Vote
No: 260.
- 9/8/1999:
- Considered by Senate.
- 9/8/1999:
- S.AMDT.1359
Considered by Senate.
- 9/8/1999:
- Amendment SP 1577 proposed by Senator Graham.
- 9/8/1999:
- Amendment SP 1621 proposed by Senator Bond for Senator Lott.
- 9/8/1999:
- S.AMDT.1621
Proposed by Senator Bond for Senator Lott.
To provide funds to assess the
potential hydrologic and biological impact of lead and zinc mining in the Mark
Twain National Forest of Southern Missouri.
- 9/8/1999:
- S.AMDT.1577
Proposed by Senator Graham.
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from
implementing class III gaming procedures without State approval.
- 9/8/1999:
- Amendment SP 1577 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 9/8/1999:
- S.AMDT.1577
Amendment SP 1577 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- 9/8/1999:
- Amendment SP 1603 proposed by Senator Hutchison.
- 9/8/1999:
- S.AMDT.1603
Proposed by Senator Hutchison.
To prohibit the use of funds for the
purpose of issuing a notice of rulemaking with respect to the valuation of
crude oil for royalty purposes until September 30, 2000.
- 9/8/1999:
- Amendment SP 1583 proposed by Senator Robb.
- 9/8/1999:
- S.AMDT.1583
Proposed by Senator Robb.
To strike Section 329 from a bill making
appropriations for the Department of Interior and related agencies for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000.
- 9/9/1999:
- Considered by Senate.
- 9/9/1999:
- S.AMDT.1359
Considered by Senate.
- 9/9/1999:
- S.AMDT.1583
Considered by Senate.
- 9/9/1999:
- S.AMDT.1603
Considered by Senate.
- 9/9/1999:
- S.AMDT.1621
Considered by Senate.
- 9/9/1999:
- Amendment SP 1621 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-44. Record Vote
No: 265.
- 9/9/1999:
- S.AMDT.1621
Amendment SP 1621 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-44. Record Vote
No: 265.
- 9/9/1999:
- Amendment SP 1583 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45-52. Record Vote
No: 266.
- 9/9/1999:
- S.AMDT.1583
Amendment SP 1583 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45-52. Record Vote
No: 266.
- 9/9/1999:
- Motion to table SP 1603 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 2-96. Record Vote
No: 267.
- 9/9/1999:
- S.AMDT.1603
Motion to table SP 1603 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 2-96. Record Vote
No: 267.
- 9/9/1999:
- Amendment SP 1571 proposed by Senator Torricelli.
- 9/9/1999:
- S.AMDT.1571
Proposed by Senator Torricelli.
To prohibit the use of funds made
available by this Act to authorize, permit, administer, or promote the use of
any jawed leghold trap or neck snare in any unit of the National Wildlife
Refuge System.
- 9/9/1999:
- S.AMDT.1571
Motion to table SP 1571 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 64-32. Record Vote
No: 268.
- 9/9/1999:
- Motion to table SP 1571 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 64-32. Record Vote
No: 268.
- 9/9/1999:
- Amendment SP 1591 proposed by Senator Durbin.
- 9/9/1999:
- S.AMDT.1591
Proposed by Senator Durbin.
To require the Bureau of Land Management to
establish a schedule for completion of processing of expiring grazing permits
and leases.
- 9/9/1999:
- S.AMDT.1591
Motion to table SP 1591 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58-37. Record Vote
No: 269.
- 9/9/1999:
- Motion to table SP 1591 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58-37. Record Vote
No: 269.
- 9/10/1999:
- Considered by Senate.
- 9/10/1999:
- S.AMDT.1359
Considered by Senate.
- 9/10/1999:
- S.AMDT.1603
Considered by Senate.
- 9/10/1999:
- Cloture motion on amendment SP1603 presented in Senate.
- 9/10/1999:
- S.AMDT.1603
Cloture motion on amendment SP1603 presented in Senate.
- 9/13/1999:
- Considered by Senate.
- 9/13/1999:
- S.AMDT.1359
Considered by Senate.
- 9/13/1999:
- S.AMDT.1603
Considered by Senate.
- 9/13/1999:
- Amendment SP 1588 proposed by Senator Bryan.
- 9/13/1999:
- S.AMDT.1588
Proposed by Senator Bryan.
To make available certain funds, by reducing
the subsidy for the below-cost timber program administered by the Forest
Service and for the construction of logging roads in national forests, for
other Forest Service programs including road maintenance, wildlife and fish
habitat management, and for threatened, endangered, and sensitive species
habitat management.
- 9/13/1999:
- Amendment SP 1623 proposed by Senator Bryan to Amendment SP 1588.
- 9/13/1999:
- S.AMDT.1623
Proposed by Senator Bryan to Amendment SP 1588.
To make available funds
for the survey and manage requirements of the Northwest Forest Plan Record of
Decision.
- 9/13/1999:
- Cloture on Amendment SP 1603 not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-40.
Record
Vote No: 271.
- 9/13/1999:
- S.AMDT.1603
Cloture on Amendment SP 1603 not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-40. Record Vote
No: 271.
- 9/13/1999:
- Motion by Senator Lott to reconsider the vote by which cloture on
amendment SA 1603 (Roll Call Vote No. 271) entered in Senate.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1359
Considered by Senate.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1588
Considered by Senate.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1603
Considered by Senate.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1623
Considered by Senate.
- 9/14/1999:
- Considered by Senate.
- 9/14/1999:
- Motion to table SP 1588 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-43. Record Vote
No: 272.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1588
Motion to table SP 1588 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-43. Record Vote
No: 272.
- 9/14/1999:
- SP 1623 fell when SP 1588 tabled.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1623
SP 1623 fell when SP 1588 tabled.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1628 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Dorgan.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1628
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Dorgan.
To make technical corrections
to the National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification
Act of 1990.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1629 proposed by Senator Gorton.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1629
Proposed by Senator Gorton.
To make a technical correction to a U.S. Code
cite.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1630 proposed by Senator Gorton.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1630
Proposed by Senator Gorton.
To provide for the Interstate 90 Land
Exchange.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1631 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Kyl.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1631
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Kyl.
To clarify that a
Bureau-funded school may share a campus with a school that offers expanded
grades and that is not a Bureau-funded school.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1632 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Reid.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1632
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Reid.
To direct the Secretary of the
Interior to convey certain land to Nye County, Nevada, and for other purposes.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1633 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Reid.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1633
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Reid.
To give the city of Mesquite,
Nevada, the right to purchase at fair market value certain parcels of public
land in the city.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1634 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Lugar.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1634
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Lugar.
To provide for certain
forest and rangeland renewable resources.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1635 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Murkowski.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1635
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Murkowski.
To prevent expenditure
of funds that may be used to circumvent or contradict existing law and policy
regarding the Federal government's energy efficiency programs.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1636 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Breaux.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1636
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Breaux.
To authorize the Fish and
Wildlife Service to retain and use fees collected for certain damages caused
to national wildlife refuge lands in Louisiana and Texas to assess and
mitigate or restore the damaged resources, and monitor and study the recovery
of such damaged resources.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1628
Amendment SP 1628 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1628 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1629
Amendment SP 1629 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1629 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1630 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1630
Amendment SP 1630 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1631 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1631
Amendment SP 1631 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1632 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1632
Amendment SP 1632 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1633 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1633
Amendment SP 1633 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1634 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1634
Amendment SP 1634 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1635 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1635
Amendment SP 1635 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1636 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1613 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Collins.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1610 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Hatch.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1601 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Murkowski.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1600 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Murkowski.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1595 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Campbell.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1595
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Campbell.
To require the Forest
Service to use appropriated or other funds to improve the control or
eradication of pine beetles in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1600
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Murkowski.
Making contingent
funding plans.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1601
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Murkowski.
To assist small
exporters of certain animal products.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1610
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Hatch.
To ban the use of public
funds for the study of decommissioning the Glen Canyon Dam or the draining of
Lake Powell.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1613
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Collins.
Expressing the sense of
the Senate that the National Park Service should begin planning for the
quadricentennial commemoration of the Saint Croix Island International
Historic Site.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1636
Amendment SP 1636 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1587 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Bryan.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1408 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Burns.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1593 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Stevens.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1371 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Durbin.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1371
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Durbin.
To place a requirement on the
use of funds for development of a resource management plan and for timber
sales in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1408
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Burns.
To prevenet physical
reintroduction of grizzly bears into the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness of Idaho
and Montana in FY2000 and to allow for greater public involvement in the
project.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1587
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Bryan.
To establish the scientific
basis for noise standards applied to the Grand Canyon National Park.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1593
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Stevens.
To provide for increased
funding of certain programs of the Smithsonian Institution and the Indian
Health Service.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1613 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1610 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1601 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1600 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1595 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1587 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1408 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1593 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1371 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1371
Amendment SP 1371 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1408
Amendment SP 1408 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1587
Amendment SP 1587 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1593
Amendment SP 1593 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1595
Amendment SP 1595 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1600
Amendment SP 1600 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1601
Amendment SP 1601 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1610
Amendment SP 1610 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1613
Amendment SP 1613 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1637 proposed by Senator Gorton.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1637
Proposed by Senator Gorton.
To provide funds to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Resource Management account for grants under the Great Lakes Fish and
Wildlife Restoration Program and for spartina grass research.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1597 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Cochran.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1597
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Cochran.
To provide an additional
$4,000,000 for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1493 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Bennett.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1493
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Bennett.
To provide additional
funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1362 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Lieberman.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1362
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Lieberman.
To provide funding for the
acquisition of the Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut, with an
offset.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1367 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Abraham.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1367
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Abraham.
To provide funding for
facilities maintenance at Isle Royale National Park.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1638 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Jeffords.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1638
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Jeffords.
To increase funding for
weatherization assistance grants and state energy conservation grants, with an
offset.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1639 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Crapo.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1639
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Crapo.
To set aside funding for
development of a habitat conservation plan for cold water fish in the States
of Idaho and Montana.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1573 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Torricelli.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1573
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Torricelli.
To provide funding for
the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, with an offset.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1575 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Johnson.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1575
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Johnson.
To provide funding for
tribally controlled colleges and universities.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1578 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Shelby.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1578
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Shelby.
To make funds available to
the Secretary of the Interior to develop a pilot wildlife data system for the
State of Alabama.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1582 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Inouye.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1582
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Inouye.
To provide funding for
modifications to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, with an offset.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1640 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Bingaman.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1640
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Bingaman.
To increase funding for
Post Secondary Schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other
purposes.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1641 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Bingaman.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1641
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Bingaman.
To direct the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to increase the number of youth
employed during the summer to accomplish conservation projects.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1590 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Kohl.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1590
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Kohl.
To provide funding for the
acquisition of new properties in Kenweenaw National Historic Park, Michigan,
with an offset.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1592 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Edwards.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1592
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Edwards.
To provide funds for the
Forest Service to acquire lands at Lake Logan, NC.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1642 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Abraham.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1642
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Abraham.
To increase funding for
payments in lieu of taxes, with offsets.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1643 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Murkowski.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1643
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Murkowski.
To provide funds for the
land and water conservation fund stateside program, with offsets.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1644 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Stevens.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1644
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Stevens.
To provide for increased
funding of certain programs of the Smithsonian Institution and the Indian
Health Service.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1606 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Levin.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1606
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Levin.
To provide funding for the
acquisition of new properties in Kenweenaw National Historic Park, Michigan,
with an offset.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1612 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Collins.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1612
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Collins.
To make funds available
for planning and development of interpretive sites for the quadricentennial
commemoration of the Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, with an
offset.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1615 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Feinstein.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1615
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Feinstein.
To authorize the Forest
Service to reimburse Harry Fray for the cost of his home, $143,406 (1997
dollars) destroyed by arson on June 21, 1990 in retaliation for his work with
the Forest Service.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1645 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Bingaman.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1645
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Bingaman.
To make available funds for
grants to municipal governments for cost-shared research projects in
buildings, municipal processes, transportation and sustainable urban energy
systems.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1646 proposed by Senator Byrd.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1646
Proposed by Senator Byrd.
To provide funding for Wheeling National
Heritage Area.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1647 proposed by Senator Gorton.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1647
Proposed by Senator Gorton.
Provide funding for an environmental impact
statement to be prepared by the Forest Service, as mandated by the 9th Circuit
Court of Appeals.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1648 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Reid.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1648
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Reid.
To strike section 129 in its
entirety and replace with language that directs a review of possible
alternatives to the Weber Dam on the Walker River Paiute Reservation in Nevada
without requiring completion of an Environmental Impact Statement.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1649 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Stevens.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1649
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Stevens.
To provide funds for
timber pipeline supply on the Tongass National Forest.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1650 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Lott.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1650
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Lott.
To set aside funding for a
feasibility study on the preservation of certain Civil War battlefields along
the Vicksburg Campaign Trail.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1651 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Grams.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1651
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Grams.
To provide for the
conveyance of the Twin Cities Research Center.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1652 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Kerrey.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1652
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Kerrey.
To provide for the Boyer
Chute National Wildlife Refuge land acquisition.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1653 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Bond.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1653
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Bond.
To make funds available for
the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1654 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Hollings.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1654
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Hollings.
To make funds available for
the acquisition of lands at Fort Sumter National Monument.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1655 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Abraham.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1655
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Abraham.
To make funds available
for the creation of a community development database at the Michigan State
University.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1656 proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Warner.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1656
Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Warner.
To make funds available for
certain water resources development programs.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1572 proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Torricelli.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1572
Proposed by Senator Byrd for Senator Torricelli.
To provide funding to
carry out the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978, with an offset.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1657 proposed by Senator Gorton.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1657
Proposed by Senator Gorton.
To provide funding to carry out the Urban Park
and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978, with an offset.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1637 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1637
Amendment SP 1637 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1597 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1597
Amendment SP 1597 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1493 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1493
Amendment SP 1493 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1362 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1362
Amendment SP 1362 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1367 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1367
Amendment SP 1367 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1638 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1638
Amendment SP 1638 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1639 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1639
Amendment SP 1639 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1573 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1573
Amendment SP 1573 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1575 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1575
Amendment SP 1575 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1578 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1578
Amendment SP 1578 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1582 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1582
Amendment SP 1582 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1640 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1640
Amendment SP 1640 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1641
Amendment SP 1641 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1641 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1590 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1590
Amendment SP 1590 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1592 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1592
Amendment SP 1592 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1642 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1642
Amendment SP 1642 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1643 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1643
Amendment SP 1643 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1644 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1644
Amendment SP 1644 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1606 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1606
Amendment SP 1606 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1612 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1612
Amendment SP 1612 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1615 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1615
Amendment SP 1615 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1645
Amendment SP 1645 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1645 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1646 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1646
Amendment SP 1646 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1647 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1647
Amendment SP 1647 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1648 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1648
Amendment SP 1648 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1649 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1649
Amendment SP 1649 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1650 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1650
Amendment SP 1650 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1651 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1651
Amendment SP 1651 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1652 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1652
Amendment SP 1652 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1653
Amendment SP 1653 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1653 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1654 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1654
Amendment SP 1654 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1655 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1655
Amendment SP 1655 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1656 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1656
Amendment SP 1656 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1572 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1572
Amendment SP 1572 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1657 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1657
Amendment SP 1657 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- Amendment SP 1359 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/14/1999:
- S.AMDT.1359
Amendment SP 1359 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- 9/23/1999:
- Considered by Senate.
- 9/23/1999:
- S.AMDT.1603
Considered by Senate.
- 9/23/1999:
- S.AMDT.1603
Motion to proceed to motion by Senator Lott to reconsider the vote by which
cloture on amendment SA 1603 was not invoked agreed to by Yea-Nay Vote. 60 -
39. Record Vote
Number: 287.
- 9/23/1999:
- Motion by Senator Lott to reconsider SP 1603 agreed to in Senate by
Yea-Nay Vote. 60-39. Record Vote
No: 288.
- 9/23/1999:
- S.AMDT.1603
Motion by Senator Lott to reconsider agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote.
60-39. Record Vote
No: 288.
- 9/23/1999:
- Cloture on amendment SP 1603 invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 60-39. Record Vote
No: 289.
- 9/23/1999:
- S.AMDT.1603
Cloture on amendment SP 1603 invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 60-39. Record Vote
No: 289.
- 9/23/1999:
- Amendment SP 1603 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-47. Record Vote
No: 290.
- 9/23/1999:
- S.AMDT.1603
Amendment SP 1603 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-47. Record Vote
No: 290.
- 9/23/1999:
- Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 89-10. Record Vote
No: 291.
- 9/23/1999:
- Senate insists on its amendment asks for a conference, appoints conferees
Gorton; Stevens; Cochran; Domenici; Burns; Bennett; Gregg; Campbell; Byrd;
Leahy; Hollings; Reid; Dorgan; Kohl; Feinstein.
- 9/24/1999:
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 10/4/1999 5:03pm:
- Mr. Regula asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate
amendment, and agree to a conference.
- 10/4/1999 5:03pm:
- On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a
conference Agreed to without objection.
- 10/4/1999 5:03pm:
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 10/4/1999 5:04pm:
- Mr. Dicks moved that the House instruct conferees.
- 10/4/1999 5:05pm:
- DEBATE - The House is debating the motion to instruct conferees for one
hour. The motion instructs the managers on the part of the House to (1) insist
on disagreement with the provisions of Section 335 of the Senate amendment and
insist on the provisions of Section 334 of the House bill; (2) to agree with
the higher funding levels recommended in the Senate amendment for the National
Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities; and (3)
to disagree with the provisions in the Senate amendment which will undermine
efforts to protect and restore our cultural and natural resources.
- 10/4/1999 6:49pm:
- On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and
Nays: 218 - 199 (Roll
no. 473).
- 10/4/1999 6:49pm:
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 10/4/1999 8:15pm:
- The Speaker appointed conferees: Regula, Kolbe, Skeen, Taylor (NC),
Nethercutt, Wamp, Kingston, Peterson (PA), Young (FL), Dicks, Murtha, Moran
(VA), Cramer, Hinchey, and Obey.
- 10/14/1999 6:09pm:
- Mr. Regula asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House
have until midnight on Oct. 15 to file a conference report on H.R. 2466.
Agreed to without objection.
- 10/20/1999:
- Conferees agreed to file conference report.
- 10/20/1999 8:04pm:
- Conference report H. Rept. 106-406
filed.
- 10/20/1999 9:37pm:
- Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 337
Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to
H.R. 2466
with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as
ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without
instructions.
- 10/21/1999 5:17pm:
- Rule H.
Res. 337 passed House.
- 10/21/1999 5:19pm:
- Mr. Regula brought up conference report H. Rept. 106-406
for consideration under the provisions of H. Res.
337.
- 10/21/1999 6:07pm:
- The previous question was ordered without objection.
- 10/21/1999 6:31pm:
- On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 225 -
200 (Roll
no. 528).
- 10/21/1999 6:31pm:
- Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 10/21/1999:
- Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and official
papers held at the desk in Senate.
- 10/21/1999:
- Senate agreed to conference report by Unanimous Consent.
- 10/21/1999:
- Cleared for White House. (See H.R. 3194
for further action.) (On November 18, 1999, pursuant to H.Con.Res.
234, the enrolled copy of H.R. 2466
was not presented to the President and was laid on the table.) (CR 11/18/1999
D1317)
- 10/22/1999:
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS: (additional
related bills may be indentified in Status)
Bill: |
Relationship: |
H.CON.RES.234 |
Related bill as identified by the House Clerk's office |
H.RES.243 |
Rule related to H.R.2466 in House |
H.RES.337 |
Rule related to H.R.2466 in House |
S.1292 |
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AMENDMENT(S):
1. H.AMDT.257 to
H.R.2466
Amendment provides $30 million to the State-side program of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund.
Sponsor: Rep McGovern, James P.- Latest Major
Action: 7/13/1999 House amendment agreed to
2. H.AMDT.258 to
H.R.2466
Amendment increases Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding by $20 million;
provides $30 million for deficit reduction; and reduces fossil energy research
and development funding by $50 million.
Sponsor: Rep Sanders,
Bernard- Latest Major Action: 7/13/1999 House amendment agreed to
3. H.AMDT.259 to
H.R.2466
An amendment to reduce funding for the Fish and Wildlife Service funding by
$5.1 million.
Sponsor: Rep Coburn, Tom A.- Latest Major
Action: 7/13/1999 By unanimous consent, the Coburn amendment was
withdrawn.
4. H.AMDT.260 to
H.R.2466
Amendment sought to reduce funding for the Fish and Wildlife Service by $2
million.
Sponsor: Rep Coburn, Tom A.- Latest Major Action:
7/13/1999 House amendment not agreed to
5. H.AMDT.261 to
H.R.2466
An amendment to make available $422,000 for Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife
restoration activities.
Sponsor: Rep Ehlers, Vernon J.- Latest
Major Action: 7/13/1999 By unanimous consent, the Ehlers amendment was
withdrawn.
6. H.AMDT.262 to
H.R.2466
Amendment sought to provide $250,000 for an indoor American Bald Eagle viewing
and teaching facility.
Sponsor: Rep Gutknecht, Gil- Latest Major
Action: 7/13/1999 House amendment not agreed to
7. H.AMDT.263 to
H.R.2466
Amendment increases funding for urban parks and recreation grant programs by
$4 million and reduces funding for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands accordingly.
Sponsor: Rep Miller, George- Latest Major
Action: 7/13/1999 House amendment agreed to
8. H.AMDT.264 to
H.R.2466
Amendment strikes language that amends the National Historic Preservation Act
of 1966.
Sponsor: Rep Regula, Ralph- Latest Major Action:
7/13/1999 House amendment agreed to
9. H.AMDT.265 to
H.R.2466
An amendment no. 7 and printed in the Congressional Record to make available
$9 million for acquisition of land along the St. Johns River in Central
Florida.
Sponsor: Rep Mica, John L.- Latest Major Action:
7/13/1999 By unanimous consent, the Mica amendment was withdrawn.
10. H.AMDT.266 to
H.R.2466
An amendment to prohibit any funding to be used to directly construct timber
access roads in the National Forest System.
Sponsor: Rep Miller,
George- Latest Major Action: 7/13/1999 House amendment agreed to
11. H.AMDT.267 to
H.R.2466
Amendment sought to reduce funding for departmental management in the
Department of the Interior by $5 million.
Sponsor: Rep Ney, Robert
W.- Latest Major Action: 7/13/1999 House amendment not agreed to
12. H.AMDT.268 to
H.R.2466
Amendment establishes a procedure for the payment of existing debt owed by the
government of American Samoa.
Sponsor: Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F. H.-
Latest Major Action: 7/13/1999 House amendment agreed to
13. H.AMDT.269 to
H.R.2466
Amendment specifies that urban minorities shall be included in the list of
entities that are eligible to receive assistance from the National Endowment
for the Arts.
Sponsor: Rep Crowley, Joseph- Latest Major
Action: 7/13/1999 House amendment agreed to
14. H.AMDT.270 to
H.R.2466
Amendment increases funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program by $13
million and reduces Strategic Petroleum Reserve funding accordingly.
Sponsor: Rep Sanders, Bernard- Latest Major Action:
7/14/1999 House amendment agreed to
15. H.AMDT.271 to
H.R.2466
Amendment sought to strike the requirement for a 25 percent match by States
for weatherization assistance grants.
Sponsor: Rep Sanders,
Bernard- Latest Major Action: 7/14/1999 House amendment not agreed to
16. H.AMDT.272 to
H.R.2466
Amendment sought to increase funding for the National Endowment for the Arts
and National Endowment for the Humanities, each by $10 million and decrease
Strategic Petroleum Reserve funding by $20 million.
Sponsor: Rep
Slaughter, Louise McIntosh- Latest Major Action: 7/14/1999 House
amendment not agreed to
17. H.AMDT.273 to
H.R.2466
Amendment sought to reduce funding for the National Endowment for the Arts by
$2 million.
Sponsor: Rep Stearns, Cliff- Latest Major
Action: 7/14/1999 House amendment not agreed to
18. H.AMDT.274 to
H.R.2466
An amendment no. 18 and printed in the Congressional Record to allocate
National Endowment for the Arts grants to the States on the basis of
population.
Sponsor: Rep Stearns, Cliff- Latest Major
Action: 7/14/1999 By unanimous consent, the Stearns amendment was
withdrawn.
19. H.AMDT.275 to
H.R.2466
Amendment reduces land acquisition funding by $5 million, increases the clean
coal technology deferral by $66 million, and imposes a 0.48 percent
across-the-board reduction to domestic discretionary programs in the bill for
a total reduction of $140 million.
Sponsor: Rep Young, C. W. Bill-
Latest Major Action: 7/14/1999 House amendment agreed to
20. H.AMDT.276 to
H.R.2466
Amendment prohibits any funds from being used to process applications for
approval of patents, plans of operations, or amendments to plans in
contravention of the opinion dated November 7, 1997, by the Solicitor of the
Department of the Interior that limits the disposal of mining waste to five
acres.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II- Latest Major
Action: 7/14/1999 House amendment agreed to
21. H.AMDT.277 to
H.R.2466
Amendment sought to prohibit any funding to approve class III gaming on Indian
lands by any means other than a Tribal-State compact entered into between a
State and a tribe.
Sponsor: Rep Weldon, Dave- Latest Major
Action: 7/14/1999 House amendment not agreed to
22. H.AMDT.278 to
H.R.2466
Amendment prohibits the Park Service from implementing certain plans related
to construction of a visitors center at Gettysburg National Military Park.
Sponsor: Rep Klink, Ron- Latest Major Action: 7/14/1999
House amendment agreed to
23. H.AMDT.279 to
H.R.2466
Amendment sought to prohibit the Forest Service from implementing the
recreational fee demonstration program.
Sponsor: Rep DeFazio, Peter
A.- Latest Major Action: 7/14/1999 House amendment not agreed to
24. H.AMDT.280 to
H.R.2466
An amendment no. 3 and printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use
of any jawed leghold trap or neck snare in any unit of the National Wildlife
Refuge except for research, subsistence, conservation, or facilities
protection.
Sponsor: Rep Farr, Sam- Latest Major Action:
7/14/1999 House amendment agreed to
25. H.AMDT.281 to
H.R.2466
An amendment to reduce Forest and Rangeland Research funding by $16.9 million.
Sponsor: Rep Tancredo, Thomas G.- Latest Major Action:
7/14/1999 House amendment not agreed to
26. H.AMDT.282 to
H.R.2466
Amendment sought to reduce forest timber sales management funding by $24
million.
Sponsor: Rep Wu, David- Latest Major Action:
7/14/1999 House amendment not agreed to
27. S.AMDT.1356
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl-
Latest Major Action: 7/27/1999 Senate amendment submitted
28. S.AMDT.1357
to H.R.2466 In
the nature of a substitute.
Sponsor: Sen Gorton, Slade- Latest
Major Action: 7/27/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
29. S.AMDT.1358
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Reed, Jack-
Latest Major Action: 7/27/1999 Senate amendment submitted
30. S.AMDT.1359
to H.R.2466 Of a
technical nature.
Sponsor: Sen Gorton, Slade- Latest Major
Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
31. S.AMDT.1360
to H.R.2466 To
strike the provision relating to millsite limitations.
Sponsor: Sen
Murray, Patty- Latest Major Action: 7/27/1999 Motion to table SP 1360
agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-41. Record Vote No: 223.
32. S.AMDT.1361
to H.R.2466 To
provide for a prohibition on millsite limitations.
Sponsor: Sen
Reid, Harry M.- Latest Major Action: 7/27/1999 SP 1361 fell when SP
1360 tabled.
33. S.AMDT.1362
to H.R.2466 To
provide funding for the acquisition of the Weir Farm National Historic Site in
Connecticut, with an offset.
Sponsor: Sen Lieberman, Joseph I.-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
34. S.AMDT.1363
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Lieberman, Joseph
I.- Latest Major Action: 7/27/1999 Senate amendment submitted
35. S.AMDT.1364
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Lieberman, Joseph
I.- Latest Major Action: 7/27/1999 Senate amendment submitted
36. S.AMDT.1366
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Graham, Bob-
Latest Major Action: 7/27/1999 Senate amendment submitted
37. S.AMDT.1367
to H.R.2466 To
provide funding for facilities maintenance at Isle Royale National Park.
Sponsor: Sen Abraham, Spencer- Latest Major Action:
9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
38. S.AMDT.1371
to H.R.2466 To
place a requirement on the use of funds for development of a resource
management plan and for timber sales in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard J.- Latest Major Action:
9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
39. S.AMDT.1372
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Crapo, Michael D.-
Latest Major Action: 7/28/1999 Senate amendment submitted
40. S.AMDT.1389
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Thomas, Craig-
Latest Major Action: 7/28/1999 Senate amendment submitted
41. S.AMDT.1408
to H.R.2466 To
prevenet physical reintroduction of grizzly bears into the Selway-Bitterroot
Wilderness of Idaho and Montana in FY2000 and to allow for greater public
involvement in the project.
Sponsor: Sen Burns, Conrad R.-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
42. S.AMDT.1489
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Enzi, Michael B.-
Latest Major Action: 7/29/1999 Senate amendment submitted
43. S.AMDT.1490
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Mack, Connie-
Latest Major Action: 7/29/1999 Senate amendment submitted
44. S.AMDT.1492
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Moynihan, Daniel
Patrick- Latest Major Action: 7/29/1999 Senate amendment submitted
45. S.AMDT.1493
to H.R.2466 To
provide additional funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sponsor: Sen Bennett, Robert F.- Latest Major Action:
9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
46. S.AMDT.1494
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Jeffords, James M.-
Latest Major Action: 7/30/1999 Senate amendment submitted
47. S.AMDT.1498
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Moynihan, Daniel
Patrick- Latest Major Action: 8/2/1999 Senate amendment submitted
48. S.AMDT.1505
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Crapo, Michael D.-
Latest Major Action: 8/3/1999 Senate amendment submitted
49. S.AMDT.1563
to H.R.2466 To
increase funds in the Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal College account by
$700,000 with offset from Forest Service land acquisition on the San Juan
National Forest.
Sponsor: Sen Burns, Conrad R.- Latest Major
Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
50. S.AMDT.1564
to H.R.2466 To
provide additional funding to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for
activities relating to the Preble's meadow jumping mouse, with an offset from
Forest Service Land Acquisition in Colorado.
Sponsor: Sen Campbell,
Ben Nighthorse- Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment agreed
to
51. S.AMDT.1565
to H.R.2466 To
make unobligated funds available for the acquisition of land in the Ottawa
National Wildlife Refuge, for the Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission, and for
the preservation and restoration of the birthplace, boyhood home, and
schoolhouse of Ulysses S. Grant, Ohio.
Sponsor: Sen DeWine,
Michael- Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
52. S.AMDT.1566
to H.R.2466 To
transfer $700,000 in land acquisition funds from the San Juan National Forest
(Silver Mountain) CO to the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge, IN.
Sponsor: Sen Lugar, Richard G.- Latest Major Action:
8/5/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
53. S.AMDT.1567
to H.R.2466 To
provide funding for construction of the Seminole Rest Facility at the
Canaveral National Seashore, Florida, with an offset from the J.N. Ding
Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Florida.
Sponsor: Sen Mack,
Connie- Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
54. S.AMDT.1568
to H.R.2466 To
provide $150,000 for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Partners for Fish and Wildlife
Program within the Habitat Conservation Program.
Sponsor: Sen Reid,
Harry M.- Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
55. S.AMDT.1569
to H.R.2466 To
eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sponsor:
Sen Smith, Bob- Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Motion to table SP 1569
agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 80-16. Record Vote No: 260.
56. S.AMDT.1571
to H.R.2466 To
prohibit the use of funds made available by this Act to authorize, permit,
administer, or promote the use of any jawed leghold trap or neck snare in any
unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Sponsor: Sen
Torricelli, Robert G.- Latest Major Action: 9/9/1999 Motion to table SP
1571 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 64-32. Record Vote No: 268.
57. S.AMDT.1572
to H.R.2466 To
provide funding to carry out the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of
1978, with an offset.
Sponsor: Sen Torricelli, Robert G.- Latest
Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
58. S.AMDT.1573
to H.R.2466 To
provide funding for the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military
Park, with an offset.
Sponsor: Sen Torricelli, Robert G.- Latest
Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
59. S.AMDT.1574
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Torricelli, Robert
G.- Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
60. S.AMDT.1575
to H.R.2466 To
provide funding for tribally controlled colleges and universities.
Sponsor: Sen Johnson, Tim- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999
Senate amendment agreed to
61. S.AMDT.1576
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen McCain, John-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
62. S.AMDT.1577
to H.R.2466 To
prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from implementing class III gaming
procedures without State approval.
Sponsor: Sen Graham, Bob-
Latest Major Action: 9/8/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
63. S.AMDT.1578
to H.R.2466 To
make funds available to the Secretary of the Interior to develop a pilot
wildlife data system for the State of Alabama.
Sponsor: Sen Shelby,
Richard C.- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
64. S.AMDT.1579
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen McCain, John-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
65. S.AMDT.1580
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard J.-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
66. S.AMDT.1581
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard J.-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
67. S.AMDT.1582
to H.R.2466 To
provide funding for modifications to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial,
with an offset.
Sponsor: Sen Inouye, Daniel K.- Latest Major
Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
68. S.AMDT.1583
to H.R.2466 To
strike Section 329 from a bill making appropriations for the Department of
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000.
Sponsor: Sen Robb, Charles S.- Latest Major Action: 9/9/1999
Senate amendment not agreed to
69. S.AMDT.1584
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
70. S.AMDT.1585
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
71. S.AMDT.1586
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Bryan, Richard H.-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
72. S.AMDT.1587
to H.R.2466 To
establish the scientific basis for noise standards applied to the Grand Canyon
National Park.
Sponsor: Sen Bryan, Richard H.- Latest Major
Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
73. S.AMDT.1588
to H.R.2466 To
make available certain funds, by reducing the subsidy for the below-cost
timber program administered by the Forest Service and for the construction of
logging roads in national forests, for other Forest Service programs including
road maintenance, wildlife and fish habitat management, and for threatened,
endangered, and sensitive species habitat management.
Sponsor: Sen
Bryan, Richard H.- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Motion to table SP
1588 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-43. Record Vote No: 272.
74. S.AMDT.1589
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry M.-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
75. S.AMDT.1590
to H.R.2466 To
provide funding for the acquisition of new properties in Kenweenaw National
Historic Park, Michigan, with an offset.
Sponsor: Sen Kohl, Herb-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
76. S.AMDT.1591
to H.R.2466 To
require the Bureau of Land Management to establish a schedule for completion
of processing of expiring grazing permits and leases.
Sponsor: Sen
Durbin, Richard J.- Latest Major Action: 9/9/1999 Motion to table SP
1591 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58-37. Record Vote No: 269.
77. S.AMDT.1592
to H.R.2466 To
provide funds for the Forest Service to acquire lands at Lake Logan, NC.
Sponsor: Sen Edwards, John- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999
Senate amendment agreed to
78. S.AMDT.1593
to H.R.2466 To
provide for increased funding of certain programs of the Smithsonian
Institution and the Indian Health Service.
Sponsor: Sen Stevens,
Ted- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
79. S.AMDT.1594
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Warner, John W.-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
80. S.AMDT.1595
to H.R.2466 To
require the Forest Service to use appropriated or other funds to improve the
control or eradication of pine beetles in the Rocky Mountain region of the
United States.
Sponsor: Sen Campbell, Ben Nighthorse- Latest
Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
81. S.AMDT.1596
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Abraham, Spencer-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
82. S.AMDT.1597
to H.R.2466 To
provide an additional $4,000,000 for the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Sponsor: Sen Cochran, Thad- Latest Major Action:
9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
83. S.AMDT.1598
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Murkowski, Frank
H.- Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
84. S.AMDT.1599
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Murkowski, Frank
H.- Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
85. S.AMDT.1600
to H.R.2466
Making contingent funding plans.
Sponsor: Sen Murkowski, Frank H.-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
86. S.AMDT.1601
to H.R.2466 To
assist small exporters of certain animal products.
Sponsor: Sen
Murkowski, Frank H.- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment
agreed to
87. S.AMDT.1602
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Stevens, Ted-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
88. S.AMDT.1603
to H.R.2466 To
prohibit the use of funds for the purpose of issuing a notice of rulemaking
with respect to the valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes until
September 30, 2000.
Sponsor: Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey- Latest
Major Action: 9/23/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
89. S.AMDT.1604
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Sessions, Jeff-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
90. S.AMDT.1605
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
91. S.AMDT.1606
to H.R.2466 To
provide funding for the acquisition of new properties in Kenweenaw National
Historic Park, Michigan, with an offset.
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
92. S.AMDT.1607
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Robb, Charles S.-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
93. S.AMDT.1610
to H.R.2466 To
ban the use of public funds for the study of decommissioning the Glen Canyon
Dam or the draining of Lake Powell.
Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G.-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
94. S.AMDT.1611
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G.-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
95. S.AMDT.1612
to H.R.2466 To
make funds available for planning and development of interpretive sites for
the quadricentennial commemoration of the Saint Croix Island International
Historic Site, with an offset.
Sponsor: Sen Collins, Susan M.-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
96. S.AMDT.1613
to H.R.2466
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the National Park Service should begin
planning for the quadricentennial commemoration of the Saint Croix Island
International Historic Site.
Sponsor: Sen Collins, Susan M.-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
97. S.AMDT.1614
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
98. S.AMDT.1615
to H.R.2466 To
authorize the Forest Service to reimburse Harry Fray for the cost of his home,
$143,406 (1997 dollars) destroyed by arson on June 21, 1990 in retaliation for
his work with the Forest Service.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
99. S.AMDT.1616
to H.R.2466
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration.
See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl-
Latest Major Action: 8/5/1999 Senate amendment submitted
100. S.AMDT.1621
to H.R.2466 To
provide funds to assess the potential hydrologic and biological impact of lead
and zinc mining in the Mark Twain National Forest of Southern Missouri.
Sponsor: Sen Lott, Trent- Latest Major Action: 9/9/1999
Senate amendment agreed to
101. S.AMDT.1623
to H.R.2466 To
make available funds for the survey and manage requirements of the Northwest
Forest Plan Record of Decision.
Sponsor: Sen Bryan, Richard H.-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 SP 1623 fell when SP 1588 tabled.
102. S.AMDT.1628
to H.R.2466 To
make technical corrections to the National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities
Economic Diversification Act of 1990.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron
L.- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
103. S.AMDT.1629
to H.R.2466 To
make a technical correction to a U.S. Code cite.
Sponsor: Sen
Gorton, Slade- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed
to
104. S.AMDT.1630
to H.R.2466 To
provide for the Interstate 90 Land Exchange.
Sponsor: Sen Gorton,
Slade- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
105. S.AMDT.1631
to H.R.2466 To
clarify that a Bureau-funded school may share a campus with a school that
offers expanded grades and that is not a Bureau-funded school.
Sponsor: Sen Kyl, Jon- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate
amendment agreed to
106. S.AMDT.1632
to H.R.2466 To
direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Nye County,
Nevada, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry M.-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
107. S.AMDT.1633
to H.R.2466 To
give the city of Mesquite, Nevada, the right to purchase at fair market value
certain parcels of public land in the city.
Sponsor: Sen Reid,
Harry M.- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
108. S.AMDT.1634
to H.R.2466 To
provide for certain forest and rangeland renewable resources.
Sponsor: Sen Lugar, Richard G.- Latest Major Action:
9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
109. S.AMDT.1635
to H.R.2466 To
prevent expenditure of funds that may be used to circumvent or contradict
existing law and policy regarding the Federal government's energy efficiency
programs.
Sponsor: Sen Murkowski, Frank H.- Latest Major
Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
110. S.AMDT.1636
to H.R.2466 To
authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service to retain and use fees collected for
certain damages caused to national wildlife refuge lands in Louisiana and
Texas to assess and mitigate or restore the damaged resources, and monitor and
study the recovery of such damaged resources.
Sponsor: Sen Breaux,
John B.- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
111. S.AMDT.1637
to H.R.2466 To
provide funds to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management
account for grants under the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program
and for spartina grass research.
Sponsor: Sen Gorton, Slade-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
112. S.AMDT.1638
to H.R.2466 To
increase funding for weatherization assistance grants and state energy
conservation grants, with an offset.
Sponsor: Sen Jeffords, James
M.- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
113. S.AMDT.1639
to H.R.2466 To
set aside funding for development of a habitat conservation plan for cold
water fish in the States of Idaho and Montana.
Sponsor: Sen Crapo,
Michael D.- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
114. S.AMDT.1640
to H.R.2466 To
increase funding for Post Secondary Schools funded by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
115. S.AMDT.1641
to H.R.2466 To
direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to
increase the number of youth employed during the summer to accomplish
conservation projects.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff- Latest Major
Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
116. S.AMDT.1642
to H.R.2466 To
increase funding for payments in lieu of taxes, with offsets.
Sponsor: Sen Abraham, Spencer- Latest Major Action:
9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
117. S.AMDT.1643
to H.R.2466 To
provide funds for the land and water conservation fund stateside program, with
offsets.
Sponsor: Sen Murkowski, Frank H.- Latest Major
Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
118. S.AMDT.1644
to H.R.2466 To
provide for increased funding of certain programs of the Smithsonian
Institution and the Indian Health Service.
Sponsor: Sen Stevens,
Ted- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
119. S.AMDT.1645
to H.R.2466 To
make available funds for grants to municipal governments for cost-shared
research projects in buildings, municipal processes, transportation and
sustainable urban energy systems.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
120. S.AMDT.1646
to H.R.2466 To
provide funding for Wheeling National Heritage Area.
Sponsor: Sen
Byrd, Robert C.- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed
to
121. S.AMDT.1647
to H.R.2466
Provide funding for an environmental impact statement to be prepared by the
Forest Service, as mandated by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Sponsor: Sen Gorton, Slade- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999
Senate amendment agreed to
122. S.AMDT.1648
to H.R.2466 To
strike section 129 in its entirety and replace with language that directs a
review of possible alternatives to the Weber Dam on the Walker River Paiute
Reservation in Nevada without requiring completion of an Environmental Impact
Statement.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry M.- Latest Major Action:
9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
123. S.AMDT.1649
to H.R.2466 To
provide funds for timber pipeline supply on the Tongass National Forest.
Sponsor: Sen Stevens, Ted- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999
Senate amendment agreed to
124. S.AMDT.1650
to H.R.2466 To
set aside funding for a feasibility study on the preservation of certain Civil
War battlefields along the Vicksburg Campaign Trail.
Sponsor: Sen
Lott, Trent- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
125. S.AMDT.1651
to H.R.2466 To
provide for the conveyance of the Twin Cities Research Center.
Sponsor: Sen Grams, Rod- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999
Senate amendment agreed to
126. S.AMDT.1652
to H.R.2466 To
provide for the Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge land acquisition.
Sponsor: Sen Kerrey, J. Robert- Latest Major Action:
9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
127. S.AMDT.1653
to H.R.2466 To
make funds available for the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.
Sponsor: Sen Bond, Christopher S.- Latest Major Action:
9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
128. S.AMDT.1654
to H.R.2466 To
make funds available for the acquisition of lands at Fort Sumter National
Monument.
Sponsor: Sen Hollings, Ernest F.- Latest Major
Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
129. S.AMDT.1655
to H.R.2466 To
make funds available for the creation of a community development database at
the Michigan State University.
Sponsor: Sen Abraham, Spencer-
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
130. S.AMDT.1656
to H.R.2466 To
make funds available for certain water resources development programs.
Sponsor: Sen Warner, John W.- Latest Major Action: 9/14/1999
Senate amendment agreed to
131. S.AMDT.1657
to H.R.2466 To
provide funding to carry out the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of
1978, with an offset.
Sponsor: Sen Gorton, Slade- Latest Major
Action: 9/14/1999 Senate amendment agreed to
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Title I: Department of the Interior
- Title II: Related Agencies
- Title III: General Provisions
- Title IV: Mississippi National Forest Improvement Act of 1999
- Title V: United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 -
Makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for
FY 2000.
Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: (1) land and resource management; (2)
wildland fire management; (3) remedial action of hazardous waste substances; (4)
construction; (5) payments in lieu of taxes to local governments; (6) land
acquisition; (7) Oregon and California grant lands; (8) range improvements; (9)
service charges, deposits, and forfeitures with respect to public lands; and
(10) miscellaneous trust funds.
Appropriates funds for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for: (1) resource
management; (2) construction; (3) land acquisition; (4) expenses related to
carrying out the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (5) the National Wildlife
Refuge Fund; (6) expenses related to carrying out the North American Wetlands
Conservation Act; (7) expenses related to carrying out the African Elephant
Conservation Act, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, and the
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994; and (8) commercial salmon fishery
capacity reduction with respect to Washington State Fraser River sockeye.
Makes appropriations for the National Park Service (NPS) for: (1) the
National Park System; (2) national recreation and preservation activities; (3)
expenses related to carrying out the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996; (4) construction; and (5)
land acquisition and State assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Rescinds specified contract authority to obligate funds from the Land and
Water Conservation Fund for FY 2000.
Makes appropriations for: (1) the U.S. Geological Survey for surveys,
investigations, and research; (2) the Minerals Management Service for royalty
and offshore minerals management and oil spill research; (3) the Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for regulation and technology and the
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; (4) the Bureau of Indian Affairs for operation
of Indian programs, construction, miscellaneous payments to Indians, and Indian
guaranteed loans; (5) assistance to U.S. territories and for carrying out the
Compacts of Free Association with respect to Micronesia, the Marshall Islands,
and Palau; (6) departmental management and the Offices of the Solicitor and the
Inspector General; (7) trust programs for Indians; (8) a pilot program for
consolidation of fractional interests in Indian lands by direct expenditure or
cooperative agreement; and (9) natural resource damage assessment.
Sets forth authorized and prohibited uses of specified funds.
(Sec. 107) Prohibits the use of funds provided in this title for specified
offshore leasing and related activities.
(Sec. 114) Bars the NPS from developing a reduced entrance fee program to
accommodate non-local travel through a unit. Authorizes the Secretary of the
Interior to provide for and regulate local non-recreational passage through
National Park System units, allowing each unit to develop guidelines and permits
for activity appropriate to such unit.
(Sec. 116) Renames the Steel Industry American Heritage Area the Rivers of
Steel National Heritage Area.
(Sec. 120) Exempts all properties administered by the NPS at Fort Baker,
Golden Gate National Recreation Area and other agreements associated with such
properties from all taxes and special assessments, except sales tax by the State
of California and its political subdivisions.
(Sec. 122) Authorizes persons utilizing Federal lands within the boundary of
Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Area for grazing purposes pursuant to NPS
permits to renew such permits.
(Sec. 123) Authorizes the renewal of grazing permits and leases which expire
or are transferred until the Secretary completes processing, at which time a
permit or lease may be canceled, suspended, or modified to meet requirements of
applicable laws and regulations.
(Sec. 124) Provides that for purposes of reducing the backlog of Indian
probate cases in the Department of the Interior, certain hearing requirements
under provisions regarding descent and distribution of Indian lands are deemed
satisfied by a proceeding conducted by an Indian probate judge appointed by the
Secretary without regard to provisions governing competitive service
appointments. Permits such appointments to be made only if the Secretary is
unable, by January 1, 2000, to secure the services of at least ten qualified
administrative law judges.
(Sec. 125) Requires the Secretary to make a specified amount available as a
loan to the Government of American Samoa. Provides for repayment of the loan
with funds payable to American Samoa from the Escrow Account established under
the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement entered into under American Samoa
Government v. Philip Morris Tobacco Co., et. al. Sets forth conditions on
availability of loan proceeds, including a requirement that American Samoa
provide the Secretary with a fiscal and managerial reform plan designed to bring
annual government operating expenses into balance with projected revenues for
the years 2003 and beyond. Establishes priorities for debt repayments by
American Samoa.
(Sec. 126) Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, to designate Midway Atoll as a national memorial to
the Battle of Midway.
(Sec. 127) Allows the Secretary to redistribute any Tribal Priority
Allocation funds to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to
address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas, or
inaccurate distribution methodologies. Bars any tribe from receiving a reduction
in such funds of more than ten percent in FY 2000. Makes such percentage
limitation inapplicable under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping
service areas, or inaccurate distribution methodologies.
(Sec. 128) Makes funds provided in this Act unavailable for transferring land
into trust status for the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Clark County,
Washington, until the tribe and county reach a legally enforceable agreement
that addresses the financial impact of new development on the county, school and
fire districts, and other local governments and the impact on zoning and
development.
(Sec. 129) Bars the use of funds provided in this Act to implement specified
provisions of the secretarial order entitled "American Indian Tribal Rights,
Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities, and the Endangered Species Act."
(Sec. 130) Requires the Secretary to provide a grant, from funds appropriated
in the Fiscal Year 1998 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, to the
Fairbanks North Star Borough for acquisition of undeveloped parcels along the
banks of the Chena River for purposes of establishing an urban greenbelt within
the Borough. Provides for a grant to the municipality of Anchorage for the
acquisition of wetlands adjacent to a municipal park (the Jewel Lake Wetlands).
(Sec. 132) Directs the Secretary, acting through the BLM Director, to convey
specified parcels of public land to Nye County, Nevada, for the construction and
operation of the Nevada Science and Technology Center as a nonprofit museum and
exposition center.
Grants the County the exclusive right to purchase other specified parcels of
public land for their fair market value for five years, with the proceeds to be
deposited into and made available to the Secretary from a special account
established under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998.
(Sec. 133) Amends Federal law to grant the city of Mesquite, Nevada, the
exclusive right to purchase specified parcels of public land for a limited time
period. Conveys such lands to the city upon notification of which lands it
intends to purchase. Provides for conveyance of additional lands to the city.
(Sec. 134) Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to planning for
historical exhibits about Saint Croix Island at Red Beach and the town of
Calais, Maine.
(Sec. 135) Bars the use of funds appropriated for the Department of the
Interior by any Act to study or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or to
reduce the water level of the Lake below the range of water levels required for
the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
(Sec. 136) Prohibits the use of funds made available in any Act by a Federal
employee or agency to impose or require payment of an inspection fee in
connection with the export of shipments of fur-bearing wildlife containing 1,000
or fewer raw, crusted, salted, or tanned hides or fur skins, or separate parts
thereof, including species listed under the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Makes this provision inapplicable,
for the duration of the calendar year in which the shipment occurs, to any
person who ships more than 2,500 of such hides, fur skins, or parts during the
course of such year.
(Sec. 137) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act to
implement sound thresholds or standards in the Grand Canyon National Park until
the NPS reports to Congress on the scientific basis for, and the peer review
process used to validate, such thresholds or standards.
(Sec. 141) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to issue a
notice of final rulemaking with respect to the valuation of crude oil for
royalty purposes until the Comptroller General reviews the issues presented by
the rulemaking and reports to Congress.
(Sec. 142) Amends Federal law to require the authority for the Thomas Paine
National Historical Association to establish a memorial to Thomas Paine in the
District of Columbia to expire on December 31, 2003.
(Sec. 145) Amends the National Park Omnibus Management Act of 1998 to
increase to 15 percent the maximum amount of revenues from the sale of national
park passports that may be used to administer and promote the passport program
and the National Park System.
Incorporates provisions similar to those contained in the Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-83)
concerning: (1) employees of BLM's Helium Operations; and (2) Huron Cemetery in
Kansas City, Kansas.
Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for the Department
of Agriculture for the Forest Service for: (1) forest and rangeland research;
(2) State and private forestry; (3) the National Forest System; (4) wildland
fire management; (5) construction and reconstruction; (6) land acquisition; (7)
range rehabilitation and improvement; and (8) forest and rangeland research.
Defers a certain amount of funds made available for obligation in prior years
for Department of Energy (DOE) clean coal technology projects until FY 2001.
Makes appropriations for DOE for: (1) fossil energy research and development
activities; (2) naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities; (3) payment to
the State of California for the State Teachers' Retirement Fund from the Elk
Hills School Lands Fund; (4) energy conservation; (5) economic regulation
activities of the Office of Hearings and Appeals; (6) the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve; and (7) the Energy Information Administration.
Makes appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services for the
Indian Health Service and Indian health facilities.
Makes appropriations for: (1) the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian
Relocation; (2) the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and
Arts Development; (3) the Smithsonian Institution, including amounts for repair
and rehabilitation of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian and
construction; (4) the National Gallery of Art, including an amount for repair
and restoration of facilities owned or occupied by the National Gallery; (5)
operations, maintenance, and construction expenses of the John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts; (6) carrying out the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of
1968; (7) the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA); (8) the National Endowment
for the Humanities; (9) the Institute of Museum and Library Services; (10) the
Commission of Fine Arts; (11) national capital arts and cultural affairs; (12)
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (13) the National Capital
Planning Commission; (14) the Holocaust Memorial Council; and (15) the Presidio
trust.
Sets forth provisions regarding uses of, and limitations on, funds
appropriated under this title.
Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth limitations on the use of
funds under this Act, including Buy American requirements.
Incorporates provisions similar to those contained in the Department of
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-83)
concerning: (1) the sale of timber from giant sequoias; (2) the underground
lunchroom at Carlsbad Caverns National Park; (3) funding for the Americorps
program; (4) the bridge between Jersey City, New Jersey, and Ellis Island; (5)
patents for mining or mill site claims; (6) competition for watershed
restoration project contracts in the Pacific Northwest; (7) designation of
Biosphere Reserves; and (8) restrictions on NEA grants.
(Sec. 317) Bars the use of funds made available in any Act to designate any
portion of Canaveral National Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as a
clothing-optional area or area in which public nudity is permitted if such
designation would be contrary to county ordinance.
(Sec. 331) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) implement a pilot
program for FY 2000 through 2004 for enhancing Forest Service administration of
rights-of-way and other land uses; and (2) report to specified congressional
committees on whether the use of funds for such program resulted in more
expeditious approval of rights-of-way and special use authorizations.
Directs the Secretary to deposit fees collected to recover the costs of
processing applications for, and monitoring compliance with, authorizations to
use and occupy National Forest System lands pursuant to specified Acts. Makes
such amounts available to cover costs incurred by the Forest Service for the
processing of applications for special use authorizations and monitoring
activities in connection with such authorizations.
(Sec. 332) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct technology transfer and
development, training, dissemination of information, and applied research in the
management, processing, and utilization of the hardwood forest resource.
Permits the Secretary of Agriculture to operate and utilize assets of the
Wood Education and Resource Center in West Virginia as part of a newly formed
Institute of Hardwood Technology Transfer and Applied Research. Requires
Institute revenues to be deposited in a special Treasury fund known as the
Hardwood Technology Transfer and Applied Research Fund.
Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 333) Sets forth requirements for the sale of timber in Region 10 of the
Forest Service, including those regarding the volume of western red cedar timber
available for processors.
(Sec. 336) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to propose or
issue rules or orders for implementing the Kyoto Protocol.
(Sec. 337) Prohibits the Departments of the Interior or Agriculture from
expending funds to limit the number or acreage of millsites based on the ratio
between the number or acreage of millsites and the number or acreage of
associated lode or placer claims with respect to specified grandfathered patent
applications and operations or property for which a plan of operations has been
approved or submitted to the BLM or Forest Service.
(Sec. 338) Requires the Forest Service to review Forest Service campground
concessions policy to determine if modifications can be made to Forest Service
contracts for campgrounds so that such concessions are exempted from the Service
Contract Act. Requires the Forest Service to offer such exemptions in FY 2000.
(Sec. 339) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a pilot program
to charge and collect at least the fair market value for forest botanical
products (vegetation, excluding trees, that grows on National Forest System
lands) harvested on such lands.
Requires the Secretary to conduct analyses to determine whether and how the
harvest of such products on such lands can be conducted on a sustainable basis.
Prohibits harvesting of such products at levels exceeding sustainable harvest
levels as defined in the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960.
(Sec. 341) Expands Forest Service authority to enter into stewardship
contracting demonstration pilot projects to authorize an additional nine
projects in Region One.
(Sec. 342) Authorizes increases in recreation residence fees, with a
specified ceiling.
(Sec. 343) Requires the use of monies appropriated for the purchase of land
by the Forest Service in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in
compliance with a specified acquisition protocol.
(Sec. 345) Amends the National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic
Diversification Act of 1990 to change references to "rural forestry and economic
diversification action teams" to "rural natural resources and economic
diversification action teams."
Requires action plans under such Act to identify opportunities to enhance
local economies dependent on National Forest System land resources (currently,
national forest resources).
Changes references in such Act to "forest resources" and "national forest
resources" to "natural resources" and "National Forest System land resources,"
respectively, in provisions regarding action plan implementation, training and
education, and loans to economically disadvantaged rural communities.
(Sec. 346) Amends the Interstate 90 Land Exchange Act of 1998 to require
title to certain lands offered to the United States by the Plum Creek Timber
Company to be placed in escrow by Plum Creek for a three-year period. Bars Plum
Creek from undertaking any activities on such lands, except for fire suppression
and road maintenance, during the escrow period without the approval of the
Secretary of Agriculture. Conditions conveyance of selected lands by the United
States to Plum Creek upon placement in escrow of the title of such lands.
Removes certain lands from the list of selected lands and provides measures for
equalizing values of offered and selected lands.
(Sec. 347) Adjusts the boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest in
Washington. Considers such boundary to be the boundary of the Forest as of
January 1, 1965, for purposes of allocation of Land and Water Conservation Fund
monies for Federal purposes under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of
1965.
(Sec. 348) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make certain provisions
regarding confidentiality of information applicable to a forest inventory and
analysis under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of
1978.
(Sec. 350) Bars the use of funds made available by this Act to relocate
grizzly bears into the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness of Idaho and Montana.
(Sec. 351) Makes BLM funds available for high priority projects carried out
by the Youth Conservation Corps or related partnerships in order to increase the
number of summer jobs available for youth on Federal lands.
(Sec. 352) Amends the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998 to remove a sunset provision regarding the
Environmental Improvement and Restoration Fund.
(Sec. 353) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act by the Secretary of the
Interior to issue a prospecting permit for hardrock mineral exploration on Mark
Twain National Forest land in the Current River-Jack's Fork River Eleven Point
Watershed.
(Sec. 357) Directs the Secretary, as part of the President's budget
submission for FY 2001, to include a plan for implementing the recommendations
of the National Academy of Science's-National Research Council's study entitled
"Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands."
Bars the use of funds in this Act by the Secretary to promulgate final rules
to revise regulations regarding surface management or to finalize the
accompanying draft environmental impact statement.
Title IV: Mississippi National Forest Improvement Act of 1999 -
Mississippi National Forest Improvement Act of 1999 - Authorizes the Secretary
of Agriculture to sell or exchange U.S. right, title, and interest in and to
specified lands in Mississippi. Makes proceeds from such sales or exchanges
available for: (1) the construction of a research laboratory and office at the
Forest Service administrative site at Mississippi State University at
Starkville, Mississippi; (2) the acquisition, construction, or improvement of
administrative facilities in connection with National Forest System units in the
State; and (3) the acquisition of lands and interests in land for such units in
the State.
(Sec. 404) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire all right, title, and interest
in land owned by the University of Mississippi within or near the boundaries of
the De Soto National Forest in Stone, George, and Jackson Counties, Mississippi.
(Sec. 405) Ratifies a 1999 agreement entered into between the Secretary, the
State of Mississippi, and the Franklin County School Board that provides for the
Federal acquisition of State-owned land for the construction of the Franklin
Lake Dam.
(Sec. 408) Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
Title V: United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund -
Transfers a specified amount of interest credited to the Abandoned Mine
Reclamation Fund to the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund to
pay the amount of any shortfall in any premium account for any plan year under
the Combined Fund.