Committee on Resources
Don Young,
Chairman
Full Committee Meetings
1996 Meetings and Hearings
Joint oversight field hearing in Anchorage, AK, with the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on:
the proposed draft legislation on the Joint Federal-State Alaska Native Commission report.
Markup held on:
H.R.
2392 (Cooley) - to amend the Umatilla Basin Project Act to establish boundaries for
irrigation districts within the Umatilla Basin, and for other purposes.
H.R.
3258 (Skeen) - to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain real property
located within the Carlsbad Project in New Mexico to Carlsbad Irrigation District.
H.R.
2561 (Young, AK) - to provide for an exchange of lands located near
Gustavus,
Alaska. "Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act
of
1995"
H.R.
3973 (Young, AK) - to provide for a study of the recommendations of the
Joint Federal-State Commission on Policies and Programs Affecting Alaska
Natives.
H.R.
3819 (Hansen) - to amend the Act establishing the National Park Foundation.
(Subject to discharge from Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and
Lands)
H.R.
3155 (McCollum) - to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating
the Wekiva River, Seminole Creek, and Rock Springs Run in the State of Florida
for study and potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system.
(Subject to discharge from Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and
Lands)
H.R.
3568 (Clinger) - to designate 51.7 miles of the Clarion River, located in
Pennsylvania as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
(Subject to discharge from Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and
Lands)
H.R.
3497 (Dunn) - to expand the boundary of the Snoqualmie National
Forest,
and for other purposes. "Snoqualmie National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act
of 1996". (Subject to discharge from Subcommittee on National Parks,
Forests,
and Lands)
H.R.
2028 (Hansen) - to provide for a uniform concessions policy for
the Federal
land management agencies, and for other purposes. "Federal Land Management
Agency Concession Reform Act of 1995"
H.R.
2466 (Hansen) - to improve the process for land exchanges with
the Forest
Service and the Bureau of Land Management. "Federal Land Exchange
Improvement Act of 1995"
H.R.
4067 (Gallegly) - a bill to provide for representation of the Northern Mariana
Islands by a nonvoting Delegate in the House of Representatives.
H.R.
2041 (Underwood) - to amend the Organic Act of Guam to provide
restitution to the people of Guam who suffered atrocities such as personal
injury,
forced labor, forced marches, internment, and death during the occupation
of
Guam in World War II, and for other purposes. "Guam War Restitution Act" (Subject
to discharge from Subcommittee on Native Americans and Insular
Affairs)
H.R.
3752 (Young, AK) - to preserve the sovereignty of the United States
over
public lands and acquired lands owned by the United States, and to
preserve State
sovereignty and private rights in non-Federal lands surrounding those
public lands
and acquired lands. "American Land Sovereignty Protection Act of 1996"
H.R.
3862 (Chenoweth) - to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973
to clarify
the intent of Congress and ensure that any person having any economic
interest
that is directly or indirectly harmed by a designation of critical
habitat may bring a
citizen's suit under that Act. "Citizen's Fair Hearing Act of 1996"
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-100.
equal access to the courts under the Endangered Species Act.
H.R.3862 (Chenoweth,
ID), to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to clarify the intent of Congress and ensure
that any person having any economic interest that is directly or indirectly harmed by a
designation
of critical habitat may bring a citizen's suit under that Act.
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-98.
Hearing on:
H.R.3752 (Young,
AK), to preserve the sovereignty of the United States over public lands and acquired lands
owned by the United States, and to preserve State sovereignty and private property rights
in non-Federal lands surrounding those public lands and acquired lands.
Markup held on:
H.R.3828, to amend
the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. Ordered reported to House as introduced by voice
vote.
S.811, Water Desalinization Research and Development Act of 1996. Ordered
reported to House as amended by voice vote.
Markup held on
H.R.3640, to provide for the settlement issues and claims related to the trust lands of
the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians. Ordered reported to House as amended by
voice vote.
H.R.
3642, to provide for the transfer of public lands to certain California Indian Tribes. Ordered
reported to House as introduced by voice vote.
Consideration began on
H.R.2997, to establish certain criteria for administrative procedures to extend Federal
recognition to certain Indian groups, but withdrew measure by unanimous consent.
Consideration began on
H.R.2591, Indian Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act of 1995, but withdrew
measure by unanimous consent.
H.R.
2512, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Act of 1995. Ordered reported
to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.
3879, to provide for representation of the Northern Mariana Islands by a non-voting
Delegate in the House of Representatives. Failed to report by vote of 12-13.
H.R.
2710, Hoopa Valley Reservation South Boundary Correction Act. Ordered reported to
House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.
3547, to provide for the conveyance of a parcel of real property in the Apache National
Forest in the State of Arizona to the Alpine Elementary School District 7 to be used for the
construction of school facilities and related playing fields. Ordered reported to House as
amended by voice vote.
H.R.
2693, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make a minor adjustment in the exterior
boundary of the Hells Canyon Wilderness in the States of Oregon and Idaho to exclude as
established Forest Service road inadvertently included in the wilderness. Ordered reported to
House as introduced by vote of 14-10.
S. 1467,
Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System Act of 1995. Ordered reported to House as
amended by voice vote.
H.R.
3903, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir. Ordered
reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.
3910, Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1996. Ordered reported to House as amended by
voice vote.
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-97.
Oversight hearing held on:
Implementation of the Endangered Species Act with regard to
Section 10(a) permits (Habitat Conservation Plan) and other incentives.
Hearing held on:
H.R.
3061, to resolve certain conveyances under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act related
to Cape Fox Corporation.
Markup held on:
H.R.
2505, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make certain clarifications to
the land bank protection provisions. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.
2122, to designated the Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest in the States of California and
Nevada to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Ordered reported to House as
amended by voice vote.
H.R.
2438, to provide for the conveyances of lands to certain individuals in Gunnison County,
Colorado. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.
2518, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain lands in the Wenatachee
National Forest, Washington, for certain lands owned by Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan
County, Washington. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.2709, to provide
for the conveyances of certain land to the Del Norte County unified School District of Del Norte
County, California. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.
3147, to provide for the exchange of certain Federal lands in the State of California managed
by the Bureau of Land Management of certain non-federal lands. Ordered reported to House as
amended by voice vote.
H.R.
2135, to provide for the correction of boundaries of certain lands in Clark County, Nevada,
acquired by persons who purchase such lands in good faith reliance on existing private land
surveys. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.
2711, to provide for the substitution of timber for the canceled Elkhorn Ridge Timber Sale.
Ordered reported to House as introduced by voice vote.
H.R.
3534, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to renew certain permits for mineral King
Addition of the Sequoia National Park, and to protect historic and cultural resources in that
National Park. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.
3537, to improve coordination of Federal Oceanographic programs. Ordered reported to
House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.3579, to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain property containing a fish and wildlife facility to the
State of Wyoming. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.
3287, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Crawford National Fish Hatchery
to the city of Crawford, Nebraska. Ordered reported to House as amended by Subcommittee by
voice vote.
H.R.3546, to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to convey the Walhalla National Fish Hatchery to the State of South
Carolina. Ordered reported to House as amended by Subcommittee by voice vote.
H.R.3557, to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to convey the Marion National Fish Hatchery to the State of Alabama.
Ordered reported to House as amended by Subcommittee by voice vote.
H.R.
3487, to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act. Ordered reported to House as
amended by voice vote. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
Joint hearing with Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Resource Conservation,
Research and Forestry on:
H.R.3659, the Environmental Timber Contract Extension Act.
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-91.
Field hearing held in Thorne Bay, Alaska, on:
H.R.2413, Tongass
Transfer and Transition Act.
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-91.
Field hearing held in Sitka, Alaska, on:
H.R.2413, Tongass
Transfer and Transition Act.
Committee Resolution introduced on:
the Sense of Congress' Strong Opposition to the
Administration's Decision to Support Whale Hunting. Agreed to by voice vote.
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-89.
Oversight hearing on:
Lifting of the moratorium on listings of species under the Endangered Species Act.
Markup held on:
H.R.3378, to amend the
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to extend the demonstration
program for direct billing of Medicare, Medicaid and no other third party providers. Ordered
reported to House as introduced by voice vote.
H.R.401, Kenai Natives
Association Equity Act. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.2941, to improve
the quantity and quality of the quarters of land management agency field employees. Ordered
reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.3290, to authorize
appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management for each of the fiscal years 1997 through
2002. Ordered reported as introduced by voice vote.
H.R.
3660, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to
authorize additional projects. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.3198, to
reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992. Ordered reported to House
as introduced by voice vote.
H.R.3249, to authorize
appropriations for a mining institute to develop domestic technological capabilities for the
recovery of minerals from the nation's seabed. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice
vote.
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-85.
Oversight hearing held on:
Citizen's Perspectives on Federal Land Use Policies.
Hearing held on:
H.R.401,
entitled the "Kenai Natives Association Equity Act."
H.R.2505, to amend the
Alaska natives Claims Settlement Act to make certain clarifications to the land bank protection
provisions.
Markup held on:
H.R.70, authorizing the
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. in the District of
Columbia or its environs. Ordered reported to House as introduced by voice vote.
H.R.3068, to accept
the
request of the Prairie Island Indian Community to revoke their charter of incorporation issued
under the Indian Reorganization Act. Ordered reported to House as introduced by voice vote.
H.R.848,
to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for assistance for highway relocation
regarding the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Georgia. Ordered
reported to House as amended by Subcommittee by voice vote.
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-69.
Oversight hearing held on:
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service activities and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Markup held on:
H.R.
2823, to amend the Marine mammal Protection Act of 1972 to support the International
Dolphin Conservation Program in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Ordered reported to House
as amended by voice vote.
H.R.2909, to amend the
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act to provide that the Secretary of the
Interior may acquire lands for purposes for that Act only by donation or exchange, or otherwise
with the consent of the owner of lands. Ordered reported to House as introduced by voice vote.
Markup held on:
H.R.3286, Adoption
Promotion and Stability Act of 1996. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
Motion to issue subpoena. Approved by voice vote.
H.R.2982, to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to convey the Carbon Hill National Fish Hatchery to the State of
Alabama. Ordered reported to House as introduced by voice vote.
H.R.2464, to amend
Public Law 103-93 to provide additional lands within the State of Utah for the Goshute Indian
Reservation. Ordered reported to House as introduced by voice vote.
H.R.2560, to provide
for the conveyances of certain lands in Alaska to Chichaloon-Moose Creek Native Association,
Inc., Ninilchik Native Association, Inc., Seldovia Native Association, Inc., Tyonek Native
Corporation and Knikatnu Inc. under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Ordered
reported
to House as amended by vote of 26-13.
S. 1459, to provide for
uniform management of livestock grazing on Federal land. Ordered reported to House as
amended by vote of 23-15.
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-93.
Oversight hearing held on:
a review of the Department of the Interior's Activities and Programs and the Department's FY 97
Budget.
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-70.
Oversight hearing held on:
Federal Management and Policies on Federal Lands: State Legislators' Perspectives.
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-65.
Oversight hearing held on:
Funding of Programs to Protect Endangered Species.
Markup held on:
H.R.2107, to amend the
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to improve the quality of visitor services
provided by Federal land management agencies through and incentive-based recreation fee
program. Ordered reported to House as amended by vote of 26-12.
H.R.1129, to amend the
National Trails Systems Act to designate the route from Selma Act to designate the route from
Selma to Montgomery as a National Historic Trial. Ordered reported as amended by voice vote.
H.R.1772, to authorize
the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain interests in the Waihee Marsh for inclusion in the
Oahu National Wildlife Complex. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.1836, to authorize
the Secretary of the Interior to acquire property in the town of East Hampton, Suffolk County,
New York, for inclusion in the Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge. Ordered reported to
House
as introduced by voice vote.
H.R.2660, to increase
the amount authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the Interior for the Tensas River
National Wildlife Refuge. Ordered reported to House as introduced by voice vote.
H.R.2679, to revise the
boundary of the North Plate National Wildlife Refuge. Ordered reported to House as introduced
by voice vote.
H.R.3034, to amend the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to extend for two months the authority
for promulgating regulations under the Act. Ordered reported to House as introduced by voice
vote.
H.R.1975, to improve
the management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases.
Ordered reported to House as amended by vote of 20-7.
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-59.
Oversight hearing held on:
the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Hearing held on:
H.R.2505, to amend the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make certain clarifications to the land bank protection
provisions.
H.R.1786, to regulate
fishing in certain water of Alaska.
Markup held on:
H.R.
1527, to amend the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the authorities
and duties of the Secretary of Agriculture in issuing ski area permits on National Forest System
lands and to withdraw lands within ski area permits boundaries from the operation of the mining
and mineral leasing laws. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.
1823, to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to direct the Secretary of the
Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the United States and the
Central Utah Water Conservancy District dated December 28, 1965, and November 26, 1985.
Ordered reported to House as amended by voice vote.
H.R.
1965, to reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. Ordered reported to House
as amended by voice vote.
H.R.
2107, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to improve the quality
of visitor services provided by Federal land management agencies through an incentive-based fee
program, but did not complete action.
H.R.
2160, to authorize appropriations to carry out the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986
and the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act. Ordered reported to House as amended by voice
vote.
H.R.
2824, to authorize an exchange of lands in the State of Utah as Snowbasin Ski area. Ordered
reported to House as introduced by vote of 26-15.
Hearing held on:
H.R.
497, to create the National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission (hearing limited to
consideration of Indian Gaming)
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-57.
Field hearing in Ketchikan, Alaska, on:
H.R.2413, Tongass
Timber Transfer and Transition Act and management issues associated with the Tongass
National
Forest.
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-57.
Field hearing in Wrangell, Alaska, on:
H.R.2413, Tongass
Timber Transfer and Transition Act and management issues associated with the Tongass
National
Forest.
Transcript - Printed Hearing
Serial No. 104-55.
Oversight field hearing held in Houston, Texas:
To examine the economic and employment implications of declining U.S. oil and gas
productions.