69. H.R. 417, to remove a 140-acre parcel of land in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge in California known as “Walter’s Camp” and operated as a concession and direct the Interior Department to resurvey and publish new boundaries of the refuge. Yes. Passed 424-0, under suspension of rules. 3/19/03.

70. H.R. 699, to authorize the Interior Department in conjunction with the states of Idaho and Washington to conduct a comprehensive study of the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer as a ground water resource. Yes. Passed 414-6, under suspension of rules. 3/19/03.

84. H.R. 788, to revise the boundary of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the states of Utah and Arizona. Yes. Passed 423-0, under suspension of rules. 3/25/03.

85. H.R. 961, to authorize the U.S. Geological Survey to establish a sediment and nutrient monitoring network in the upper Mississippi River basin. Yes. Passed 411-13, under suspension of rules. 3/25/03.

113. H.R. 273, to authorize assistance to the states of Maryland and Louisiana for implementation of a program to eradicate nutria and restore damaged marshland. Yes. Passed 385-30, under suspension of rules. 4/8/03.

132. H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act. Amendment to require the Transportation Department to issue rules to ensure that beginning in 2010, the total amount of gas consumed annually by cars and light trucks be 5 percent less than allowed under average fuel economy standards for 2004. No. Failed 162-268. 4/10/03.

133. H.R. 6. Amendment to strike the bill’s electricity regulation provisions and instead give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) anti-fraud authority for electricity and natural gas markets and require reports on sales and transmission of electricity and gas, increase civil and criminal penalties and authorize FERC to refund retroactively electricity overcharges. No. Failed 193-237. 4/10/03.

134. H.R. 6. Amendment to limit to 2,000 acres the maximum surface area that could be used by oil production and support facilities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Yes. Passed 226-202. 4/10/03.

135. H.R. 6. Amendment to strike bill language authorizing the Interior Department to allow oil and gas drilling in ANWR. No. Failed 197-228. 4/10/03.

136. H.R. 6. Amendment to require reports relating to federal procurement and federal contracting policy to be submitted to all relevant congressional committees, including the House Government Reform and Senate Governmental Affairs committees, and require studies on the conservation benefits of widespread telecommuting by federal employees and on the merits of establishing performance measures to guide the reduction of petroleum consumption by federal fleets. Yes. Passed 415-10. 4/10/03.

137. H.R. 6. Amendment to authorize a Gasoline Availability Stabilization Reserve program similar to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve with a total capacity of 20 millions barrels with three reserves established within two years of enactment and two additional sites later. No. Failed 173-252. 4/10/03.

138. H.R. 6. Amendment to strike a section in the bill authorizing a $10 million, three-year demonstration project to improve leaching uranium mining techniques. No. Failed 193-231. 4/10/03.

142. H.R. 6. Amendment to strike provisions that reduce royalty payments on oil and gas leases. No. Failed 171-251. 4/11/03.

143. H.R. 6. Amendment to strike language that would repeal a 160-acre limit on coal leases. No. Failed 208-212. 4/11/03.

144. H.R. 6. Motion to recommit the bill to the Energy and Commerce Committee with instructions to add language limiting a provision that would allow an applicant for a license for a hydroelectric facility to propose alternatives to environmental restrictions and require new data collection procedures for hydroelectric licenses. No. Failed 171-250. 4/11/03.

145. H.R. 6. On passage of the bill to reform the nation’s energy policies through changes in production, conservation, taxes, research and other areas including the electricity system and oil and gas leasing. Yes. Passed 247-175. 4/11/03.

169. H.R. 866, to authorize Environmental Protection Agency grants to assess the threat of terrorist attacks to the nation’s wastewater treatment plants and to increase security at those facilities. Yes. Passed 413-2, under suspension of rules. 5/7/03.

230. S. 222, to approve a water rights settlement agreement between the Zuni Indian Tribe and non-Indian communities in Arizona, authorize $19 million for the tribe to purchase water rights from willing sellers and restore wetlands on the Zuni Heaven Reservation, and to provide that in exchange, the tribe would waive all water claims in the Little Colorado River basin. Yes. Failed 224-188, under suspension of rules (2/3 vote required). 6/3/03.

231. S. 273, to authorize the secretary of Interior to acquire 1,406 acres of state lands within the boundaries of the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming either through donation, purchase, or exchange with other federal land, and set up a process for appraising the value of state lands. Yes. Failed 217-198, under suspension of rules (2/3 vote required). 6/3/03.

247. S. 222, to approve a water rights settlement agreement between the Zuni Indian Tribe and non-Indian communities in Arizona, authorize $19 million for the tribe to purchase water rights from willing sellers and restore wetlands on the Zuni Heaven Reservation, and to provide that in exchange, the tribe would waive all water claims in the Little Colorado River basin. Yes. Passed 389-3. 6/5/03.

248. S. 273, to authorize the secretary of Interior to acquire 1,406 acres of state lands within the boundaries of the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming either through donation, purchase, or exchange with other federal land, and set up a process for appraising the value of state lands. Yes. Passed 375-4. 6/5/03.

376. H.R. 2691, FY 2004 interior appropriations. Amendment to increase funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, Challenge America Fund by $10 million and increase funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities, We the People program by $5 million. No. Passed 225-200. 7/17/03.

377. H.R. 2691. Amendment to limit the recreational fee demonstration program to National Park Service areas. No. Failed 184-241. 7/17/03.

378. H.R. 2691. Amendment to cut discretionary spending in the bill by 1 percent across-the-board. No. Failed 81-341. 7/17/03.

379. H.R. 2691. Amendment to provide an additional $57 million for the Forest Service Wildland Fire Management program and offset the cost with a reduction in funds for the National Endowment for the Arts. No. Failed 112-313. 7/17/03.

380. H.R. 2691. Amendment to prohibit funds from being used to enter into new agricultural leases that allow growing row crops or alfalfa in Oregon’s and California’s Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife refuges. No. Failed 197-228. 7/17/03.

381. H.R. 2691. Amendment to increase the Forest Service Wildland Fire Management program by $19 million and offset the cost with a reduction in funds for the Forest Service Land Acquisition account. No. Failed 128-298. 7/17/03.

382. H.R. 2691. Amendment to prohibit funds from being used to bait bears on federal land. Yes. Failed 163-255. 7/17/03.

383. H.R. 2691. Amendment to prohibit funds from being used to kill, or assist others in killing, bison in Yellowstone National Park. No. Failed 199-220. 7/17/03.

384. H.R. 2691. Amendment to prohibit funds from being used to finalize regulations that would change scientific and public input criteria related to developing forest management plans. No. Failed 198-222. 7/17/03.

385. H.R. 2691. Amendment to prohibit funds from being used to stop the phase out of the recreational use of snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National parks. No. Failed 210-210. 7/17/03.

386. H.R. 2691. Amendment to prohibit funds from being used to change the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. No. Failed 185-234. 7/17/03.

387. H.R. 2691. Amendment to prohibit funds from being used to implement a competitive sourcing study on hiring a private contractor to operate the Midwest Archaeological Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, or the Southeast Archaeological Center in Tallahassee, Florida. Yes. Passed 362-57. 7/17/03.

388. H.R. 2691. Amendment to an amendment to limit the ability of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to grant rights-of-way on public lands to non-federal entities without congressional approval rather than prohibit funds from being used to carry out a new regulation that would allow the BLM to grant such rights of way. Yes. Passed 226-194. 7/17/03.

389. H.R. 2691. On passage of the bill to provide $19.6 billion in FY 2004 appropriations for the Interior Department and related agencies. Yes. Passed 268-152. 7/17/03.

391. H.R. 2754, FY 2004 energy and water appropriations. Amendment to withdraw $7.7 million for the Delaware River Main Channel Deepening project. No. Failed 194-213. 7/18/03.

392. H.R. 2754. Amendment to provide an additional $30 million for renewable energy programs and offset the cost with a reduction to nuclear waste disposal funds. No. Failed 153-251. 7/18/03.

393. H.R. 2754. Amendment to reduce discretionary spending in the bill by $272.11 million. No. Failed 82-327. 7/18/03.

394. H.R. 2754. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Appropriations Committee. No. Failed 99-310. 7/18/03.

395. H.R. 2754. On passage of the bill to provide $27.1 billion in FY 2004 appropriations for the Energy Department, the Army Corps of Engineers, water projects, selected areas of the Interior Department and other independent agencies. Yes. Passed 377-26. 7/18/03.

476. H.R. 6, energy policy act. Motion to instruct House conferees on the bill to resolve differences with the Senate by September 12 on provisions in the bill dealing with electricity reliability. No. Failed 176-211. 9/5/03.

512. H.R. 1409, to provide for a land exchange between the National Park Service and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in western North Carolina with the land acquired by the tribe under this exchange to be used for the construction of a new educational campus for its youth. Yes. Passed 288-127. 9/23/03.

518. H.R. 2557, Water Resources Development Act. Amendment to permit ports to collect fees for local harbor purposes with the fees collected on a per container basis and used for security purposes or infrastructure projects. No. Failed 65-359. 9/24/03.

519. H.R. 2557. On passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2003 to authorize and direct the Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Program to carry out various studies, projects, and programs relating to navigation, flood damage reduction, shoreline protection, dam safety, water supply, recreation, environmental restoration and protection. Yes. Passed 412-8. 9/24/03.

527. H.R. 2691. Motion to instruct House conferees to accept a provision in the Senate bill to appropriate an additional $400 million in emergency funds for forest fire suppression. No. Passed 259-165. 10/1/03.

540. H.R. 6. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist on a provision of the House-passed bill relating to consistency determinations under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 and to maintain moratoriums on offshore oil pre-leasing, leasing or development. No. Failed 229-182. 10/15/03.

571. H.R. 6. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist on provisions in the House bill relating to the secure transfer of nuclear materials, and provisions requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to issue regulations to ensure that nuclear facilities licensed by the NRC address the threat of a terrorist attack against such facilities. Yes. Passed 346-59. 10/28/03.

594. H.R. 2691, FY 2004 Interior appropriations conference report. Motion to recommit the conference report on the bill back to the conference committee. No. Failed 190-229. 10/30/03.

595. H.R. 2691. To adopt the conference report on the bill to provide $19.7 billion in FY 2004 appropriations for the Interior Department and related agencies. Yes. Passed 216-205. 10/30/03.

598. H.R. 6. Motion to instruct House conferees to drop any provisions from the conference report that weakens the Clean Air Act’s anti-smog requirements by extending deadlines for certain cities that missed deadlines to clean up unhealthy air. No. Failed 182-232. 10/30/03.

618. H.R. 6. Motion to instruct House conferees to delete House provisions relating to the definition of oil and gas exploration and production in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. No. Failed 188-210. 11/7/03.

630. H.R. 6. To adopt the conference report to the Energy Policy Act of 2003 to implement a comprehensive national policy for energy conservation, research and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply. No. Passed 246-180. 11/18/03.

631. H.R. 2754. To adopt the conference report to the bill to provide $27.3 billion in FY 2004 appropriations for energy and water development projects. Yes. Passed 387-36. 11/18/03.

634. H.R. 1006, Captive Wildlife Safety Act to make it illegal to import, export, sell, buy, or possess any lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, cougar or any hybrid of those animals and provide an exemption for federally and state-licensed facilities including zoos, circuses, research facilities, aquariums, universities and sanctuaries. Yes. Passed 419-0, under suspension of rules. 11/19/03.

656. H.R. 1904. To adopt the conference report to the Healthy Forests Restoration Act to reduce and expedite environmental and judicial reviews of forest-thinning projects, limit forest thinning to land that is within 1.5 miles of at-risk communities and certain other high-risk land, and provide that all forest-thinning projects would have to come after public meetings. Yes. Passed 286-140. 11/21/03.