51. H.R. 412, Oroville-Tonasket Claim Settlement Act. Amendment to require the Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District in the state of Washington to pay the federal government fair market value, determined by an independent appraisal panel, to obtain title to the irrigation system. No. Failed 195-232. 3/18/97.

75. H.R. 1003, to prohibit the use of federal funds for assisted suicide, euthanasia and mercy killing. Yes. Passed 398-16. 4/10/97.

94. H.R. 363, to authorize $46 million in FY 1998 for the Department of Energy’s Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program. Yes. Passed 387-35, under suspension of rules. 4/29/97.

107. H.Res. 142, rule to consider H.R. 478, Flood Prevention and Family Protection Act. Yes. Passed 415-8. 5/7/97.

108. H.R. 478, Flood Prevention and Family Protection Act. Substitute amendment to

provide waivers of the Endangered Species Act consultation regulations for repair or replacement of flood control facilities in counties declared federal disaster areas through 1998 and waive the requirements for any project to repair a flood control facility that presents a substantial threat to human lives and property. Yes. Passed 227-196. 5/7/97.

149. H.Res. 153, rule to consider H.R. 408, International Dolphin Conservation Program Act. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 226-203. 5/21/97.

151. H.R. 408, on passage of the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act to end the existing tuna import embargo against Latin America and to permit tuna caught with purse seine nets to be labeled as dolphin-safe as long as no dolphins were observed being killed when the tuna was caught. Yes. Passed 262-166. 5/21/97.

156. H.R. 1420, National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act to establish a mission of conservation for the National Wildlife Refuge System and allow public recreational use of a refuge only when the use is compatible with the conservation and established purpose of an individual refuge. Yes. Passed 407-1, under suspension of rules. 6/3/97.

206. H.R. 985, to authorize the addition of a 160-acre tract of land to the Eagles Nest Wilderness in Colorado if the tract is acquired by the U.S. Forest Service before Dec. 31, 2000. Yes. Passed 412-4, under suspension of rules. 6/17/97.

208. H.R. 437, to authorize $166.2 million through FY 2000 for the National Sea Grant College program and to modify the program to streamline the grant process and require peer review of proposed projects. Yes. Passed 422-3. 6/18/97.

247. S.J.Res. 29, to direct the Department of the Interior to design and construct a statue or similar structure at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington that depicts Roosevelt in a wheelchair in order to show his disability. Yes. Passed 363-39, under suspension of rules. 7/8/97.

248. H.R. 1658, to reauthorize the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act through FY 2000 and authorize $1.05 million each year to conduct annual studies and assessments of Atlantic striped bass populations. Yes. Passed 399-8, under suspension of rules. 7/8/97.

251. H.R. 858, to authorize a five-year land management pilot project on federal land in the Plumas, Lassen and Tahoe national forests in California to demonstrate the effectiveness of the resource management activities proposed by the Quincy Library Group to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires in the region, and require the project to comply fully with existing federal environmental laws and California spotted owl guidelines. Yes. Passed 429-1. 7/9/97.

259. H.Res. 181, rule to consider H.R. 2107, FY 1998 interior appropriations. Yes. Passed 217-216. 7/10/97.

260. H.R. 2107, FY 1998 interior appropriations. Amendment to increase funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program, which provides federal payments to make up for the taxes localities might otherwise collect if federal lands were not federally owned, by $19 million to $132.5 million; offset the increase by reducing funding for the Department of Energy’s fossil energy research and development program by $47.5 million, and apply the remaining $28.5 million to deficit reduction. No. Failed 199-230. 7/10/97.

261. H.R. 2107. Amendment to increase funding for National Park Service construction by $500,000 to repair the Susan B. Anthony House in New York, and offset the increase by a $500,000 reduction in National Wildlife Refuge funding. No. Failed 77-351. 7/10/97.

262. H.R. 2107. Amendment to amendment to reduce funding for the Forest Service to support construction of new timber logging roads by $5.6 million and reduce funding for the Purchaser Credit Program, which gives timber credits to companies as payment for building new forest roads, from $50 million to $25 million, rather than reduce road funding for $41.5 million and cut funding for the Purchaser Credit Program to $1. No. Passed 211-209. 7/10/97.

263. H.R. 2107. Amendment as amended to reduce funding for the Forest Service to support construction of new timber logging roads by $5.6 million and reduce funding for the Purchaser Credit Program from $50 million to $25 million. Yes. Passed 246-179. 7/10/97.

264. H.R. 2107. Amendment to increase the bill’s rescission of the Department of Energy’s Clean Coal Technology program, which researches and develops advanced coal-based technologies, by $292 million, for a total reduction of $392 million. No. Failed 173-243. 7/11/97.

265. H.R. 2107. Amendment to reduce the bill’s funding for the Department of Energy’s fossil energy research and development program by $21 million, to $291.1 million. No. Failed 175-246. 7/11/97.

266. H.R. 2107. Amendment to terminate the National Endowment for the Arts and provide $80 million in block grants to states for arts funding, directing 37 percent of the funding to state arts commissions, 60 percent to local school boards to fund school-based art activities and 3 percent for administrative costs, and prohibit the use of funds to support obscene or pornographic art. Yes. Failed 155-271. 7/11/97.

270. H.R. 2107. Amendment to eliminate the bill’s $110 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities. No. Failed 96-328. 7/15/97.

271. H.R. 2107. Amendment to establish a “lock-box” mechanism that would take Hal the net savings made by floor amendments when any appropriations bill passes the House or Senate and preserve the money for deficit reduction by reducing overall spending caps and prohibiting reallocation of those savings to other spending programs. Yes. Passed 314-109. 7/15/97.

272. H.R. 2107. Amendment to prohibit the Bureau of Indian Affairs from placing any federal land into tribal trust. Yes. Failed 208-216. 7/15/97.

273. H.R. 2107. Amendment to prohibit funding for the U.S. Man and Biosphere Program or the World Heritage Program administered by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Yes. Passed 222-203. 7/15/97.

274. H.R. 2107. Amendment to prohibit the National Park Service from designating any portion of the Canaveral National Seashore in Florida as a “clothing optional” or “nude beach” area if the designation would be contrary to local county ordinance. Yes. Passed 396-25. 7/15/97.

275. H.R. 2107. On passage of the bill to provide $13 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies. Yes. Passed 238-192. 7/15/97.

290. H.R. 765, to direct the National Park Service to maintain a herd of 100 to 110 wild horses at the Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina. Yes. Passed 416-6, under suspension of rules. 7/22/97.

291. H.R. 1944, to authorize the Forest Service to transfer approximately 295 acres of national forest comprising the Warner Canyon Ski Hill to Lake County, Oregon, in exchange for 320 acres of land owned by the county within the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge. Yes. Passed 423-0, under suspension of rules. 7/22/97.

292. H.R. 1663, to require the Forest Service to allow a private organization to operate and maintain 18 dams and concrete weirs in the Emigrant Wilderness Area in California and require the private organization to pay the expenses to maintain and operate the dams. Yes. Passed 424-2, under suspension of rules. 722/97.

326. H.R. 2203, FY 1998 energy and water appropriations. Amendment to reduce by $90 million funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission, which funds economic development programs and road projects for the 13 states in the Appalachian region. Yes. Failed 97-328. 7/25/97.

327. H.R. 2203. Amendment to eliminate the bill’s $45 million for research and development programs related to pyroprocessing, an experimental process designed to transform unstable nuclear waste into a form that could be placed safely into long-term storage and reduce the bill’s overall appropriation for energy supply by $33 million and atomic energy defense activities by $12 million. No. Failed 134-290. 7/25/97.

328. H.R. 2203. Substitute amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to pay the salaries of federal employees to work on the Animas-La Plata irrigation project in Colorado and New Mexico, except for activities that are required under current law or related to the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights settlement. Yes. Passed 223-201. 7/25/97.

329. H.R. 2203. On passage of the bill to provide $20.4 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for energy and water development programs at the Department of Energy and related agencies. Yes. Passed 418-7. 7/25/97.

395. S. 910, to authorize $212 million over the next two years for the 1997 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act, which develops emergency responses to earthquakes, performs geological research and develops building standards to minimize the impact of earthquakes. Yes. Passed 421-0, under suspension of rules. 9/16/97.

423. S. 871, to authorize $5 million for the construction of an Oklahoma City National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System and to establish a trust to administer the memorial. Yes. Passed 414-7, under suspension of rules. 9/23/97.

424. H.R. 1420, to approve the Senate amendments to the bill to establish a mission of conservation for the National Wildlife Refuge System and allow public recreational use of a refuge only when the use is compatible with the conservation and established purpose of an individual refuge. Yes. Passed 419-1, under suspension of rules. 9/23/97.

425. H.R. 1948, to provide for a transfer of land on Admiralty Island National Monument in Alaska from the Alaska Pulp Corp. to the U.S. Forest Service in exchange for the government’s reversionary interest on land the company owns near Sitka, Alaska. Yes. Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 9/23/97.

464. H.R. 2472, to extend through FY 1998 authorization for the operation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and U.S. participation in the International Energy Program, both of which are provisions under the 1975 Energy and Policy Conservation Act. Yes. Passed 405-8, under suspension of rules. 9/29/97.

467. H.Res. 254, rule to consider the conference report to H.R. 2203, FY 1998 energy and water development appropriations. Yes. Passed 415-3. 9/30/97.

468. H.R. 2203, to adopt the conference report to provide $21.2 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the Department of Energy and energy and water development programs. Yes. Passed 404-17. 9/30/97.

484. H.Con.Res. 131, sense of Congress to acknowledge the paramount importance of the oceans to the economy, environment and national security of the U.S. and to promote greater knowledge of the oceans. Yes. Failed 237-175, under suspension of rules. 10/1/97. [Note: 2/3 vote required for passage.]

485. H.R. 2233, to direct the Commerce Department to spend $1 million annually during the next five years to provide financial assistance in coral reef conservation. Yes. Failed 230-181, under suspension of rules. 10/1/97. [Note: 2/3 vote required for passage.]

487. H.R. 2007, to direct the Interior Department to allow use of the distribution system for the Texas-based Canadian River reclamation project to transport water from other sources to areas that receive project water. Yes. Failed 226-176, under suspension of rules. 10/1/97. [Note: 2/3 vote required for passage.]

488. H.R. 1476, to direct the Interior Department to assist in land exchange between the Florida Department of Transportation and the federal government trust that will hold certain lands for the Miccosukee Tribe. Yes. Failed 229-176, under suspension of rules. 10/1/97. [Note: 2/3 vote required for passage.]

489. H.R. 1262, to reauthorize through FY 1999 the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yes. Failed 230-170, under suspension of rules. 10/1/97. [Note: 2/3 vote required for passage.]

493. H.R. 1127, National Monument Fairness Act. Amendment to strike the bill’s provision to require the president to obtain congressional approval for proposed national monuments in excess of 50,000 acres and instead establish a one-year delay from the time the president announces a monument designation to when the designation actually would take effect. No. Failed 201-224. 10/7/97.

494. H.R. 1127. Substitute amendment to allow the president to designate national monuments in excess of 50,000 acres but require termination of the monument within two years unless Congress adopts a joint resolution approving the monument and also require the president to notify the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located and seek the governor’s written comments at least 30 days prior to the monument declaration. Yes. Passed 222-202. 10/7/97.

495. H.R. 1127. On passage of the bill to allow the president to unilaterally designate national monuments but require termination of a monument in excess of 50,000 acres within two years unless Congress adopts a joint resolution approving the monument and also require the president to notify the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located and seek the governor’s written comments at least 30 days prior to the monument declaration. Yes. Passed 229-197. 10/7/97.

497. H.R. 629, to give congressional approval to a compact between Texas, Maine and Vermont that allows them to dispose of their low-level radioactive waste at a proposed site in Sierra Blanca, Texas. Yes. Passed 309-107. 10/7/97.

498. H.R. 901, American Land Sovereignty Protection Act. Amendment to exempt from the bill’s requirements all sites nominated for international designation under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitats, commonly known as the Ramsar Convention. No. Failed 195-220. 10/7/97.

501. H.R. 901. Amendment to exempt the California Coast Ranges Biosphere Reserves from the bill’s provisions, which terminate existing biosphere reserves in the U.S. unless explicitly authorized by Congress. No. Failed 200-226. 10/8/97.

502. H.R. 901. Amendment to require Congress to approve any lease or other agreement with foreign companies or their U.S. subsidiaries that involves the commercial use or development of U.S. lands. No. Passed 242-182. 10/8/97.

503. H.R. 901. Amendment to strike the bill’s provision that would terminate all existing biosphere reserves unless a reserve is explicitly authorized by Congress before Dec. 31, 2000. No. Failed 199-227. 10/8/97.

504. H.R. 901. On passage of the bill to prohibit federal officials from nominating U.S. lands for protection under U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization conservation programs without previous congressional approval and terminate all existing U.S. lands in the U.N. Biosphere Reserves program unless certain conditions are met, including congressional authorization for each reserve by Dec. 31, 2000. Yes. Passed 236-191. 10/8/97.

527. H.Res. 277, rule to consider the conference report to H.R. 2107, FY 1998 interior appropriations. Yes. Passed 247-166. 10/24/97.

531. H.R. 2107. To adopt the conference report to the bill to provide $13.8 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies. Yes. Passed 233-171. 10/24/97.

542. H.R. 1270, Nuclear Waste Policy Act. To agree to the question of whether the House should consider the bill to establish a temporary nuclear waste storage site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, in response to a point of order raised that the bill violated the unfunded mandates law. Yes. Passed 312-105. 10/29/97.

543. H.R. 1270. Amendment to allow Indian tribes whose reservation boundaries are contiguous with land used for the waste repositories to receive federal assistance and program-activity reviewing rights provided under the bill. Yes. Passed 408-10. 10/29/97.

544. H.R. 1270. Amendment to allow only nuclear waste produced in the U.S. to be stored in the repository established by the bill. Yes. Passed 407-11. 10/29/97.

550. H.R. 1270. Amendment to require the Department of Energy to complete a scientifically objective risk assessment prior to carrying out any provision in the bill. No. Failed 135-290. 10/30/97.

551. H.R. 1270. Amendment to require certification from the governor of each state through which nuclear waste will be transported that a prepared emergency response team exists to manage any accident that may occur during waste transport. Yes. Failed 112-312. 10/30/97.

552. H.R. 1270. Amendment to prohibit the Department of Energy from planning nuclear waste transportation routes unless sufficient funds have been appropriated during the fiscal year to support emergency response teams in states through which waste is being transported. Yes. Failed 118-305. 10/30/97.

553. H.R. 1270. Amendment to allow the Environmental Protection Agency to develop radiation exposure standards, eliminating the bill’s provision that establishes a statutory standard for annual radiation exposure. Yes. Failed 151-273. 10/30/97.

554. H.R. 1270. Amendment to eliminate the bill’s provision that caps the fees imposed upon electricity produced at nuclear facilities. No. Failed 67-357. 10/30/97.

555. H.R. 1270. Amendment to express the sense of Congress that all materials and services purchased under the bill should be made in the U.S. Yes. Passed 407-2. 10/30/97.

556. H.R. 1270. Motion to recommit the bill to the Commerce Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to ensure that trucking or railroad contractors transporting nuclear waste under the bill are not indemnified for any liability resulting from negligence, gross negligence or willful misconduct in a nuclear waste transportation accident. Yes. Failed 142-283. 10/30/97.

557. H.R. 1270. On passage of the bill to establish a temporary nuclear waste storage site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Yes. Passed 307-120. 10/30/97.

572. S. 587, to authorize the transfer of 560 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Hinsdale County, Colorado, to Lake City Ranches Ltd. in exchange for lands of equal value within the Handies Peak or Red Cloud Peak Wilderness study areas and the Alpine Loop Backcountry Bi-way. Yes. Passed 406-0, under suspension of rules. 11/4/97.

573. H.R. 1839, Salvage Motor Vehicle Consumer Protection Act to establish national uniform standards for the state titling, transferring or registration of salvage, non-repairable and rebuilt motor vehicles. Yes. Passed 336-72, under suspension of rules. 11/4/97.

574. H.R. 948, to reaffirm federal recognition of the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Michigan and allow its members to apply for services and benefits available to federally recognized Indian tribes. No. Failed 240-167, under suspension of rules. 11/4/97.