Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007
Latest action · Jun 29, 2006 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 507.
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- IntroducedMay 15, 2006
- Passed HouseMay 18, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies for FY2007.
Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY2007 to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: (1) land and resource management; (2) wildland fire management (including transfer of funds); (3) construction; (4) land acquisition; (5) Oregon and California grant lands; (6) range improvements; (7) service charges, deposits, and forfeitures with respect to public lands; and (8) miscellaneous trust funds.
Appropriates funds for FY2007 to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for: (1) resource management; (2) construction; (3) land acquisition; (4) the Landowner Incentive Program that provides assistance to private landowners for private conservation efforts; (5) the Private Stewardship Grants Program; (6) expenses related to carrying out the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (7) the National Wildlife Refuge Fund; (8) expenses related to carrying out the North American Wetlands Conservation Act; (9) financial assistance for projects to promote the conservation of neotropical migratory birds; (10) expenses related to carrying out, through the Multinational Species Conservation Fund, the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000, and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004; and (11) wildlife conservation grants to states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and Indian tribes.
Makes appropriations for FY2007 to the National Park Service (NPS) for: (1) the National Park System; (2) U.S. Park Police; (3) expenses for national recreation and preservation programs; (4) expenses related to carrying out the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996; (5) construction; and (6) 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 FY2007.
Makes appropriations for FY2007 to: (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, Indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians (including transfer of funds), and Indian guaranteed loans; (5) assistance to U.S. territories and to carry out the Compacts of Free Association with respect to the Marshall Islands, Palau, and Micronesia; (6) the Department of the Interior for departmental management; (7) make payments in lieu of taxes to units of local government containing certain federally owned lands; (8) the Central Hazardous Materials Fund for expenses of the Department of the Interior and its component offices and bureaus for the remedial action of hazardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; (9) the Office of the Solicitor; (10) the Office of the Inspector General; (11) trust programs for Indians; (12) a program for consolidation of fractional interests in Indian lands by direct expenditure or cooperative agreement; and (13) the Department of the Interior for natural resource damage assessment and restoration.
Sets forth authorized and prohibited uses of specified funds.
(Sec. 117) Prohibits a provision of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 concerning the determination of whether land is a "reservation" from affecting the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Sac and Fox Nation v. Norton (2001).
Prohibits the conduct of gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act on certain lands described in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, or land that is contiguous to such land, whether or not such land has been taken into trust by the Secretary of the Interior.
(Sec. 118) Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated for the Department of the Interior to study or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or reduce the water level of the lake below the range of water levels required for the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
(Sec. 119) Limits the total amount of all fees imposed by the National Indian Gaming Commission for FY2008 to $13 million.
(Sec. 120) Makes funds appropriated for FY2007 under this Act available to the tribes within the California Tribal Trust Reform Consortium, the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community, the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, and the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boys Reservation through the same methodology used to distribute funds in FY2003.
Requires this Demonstration Project (sic), under specified conditions, to continue to operate separately and apart from the Department of the Interior's trust reform and reorganization. Prohibits the Department from imposing its trust management infrastructure upon or altering existing trust resource management systems of such tribes which have a self-governance compact and operate in accordance with the Tribal Self-Governance Program.
(Sec. 121) Provides for: (1) the renewal of nonrenewable grazing permits authorized by the Jarbidge Field Office of the BLM within the past nine years; and (2) the Animal Unit Months contained in the most recently expired nonrenewable grazing permit, authorized between March 1, 1997, and February 28, 2005, to continue in effect under the renewed permit. Prohibits anything in this section from being deemed to extend such nonrenewable permits beyond the standard one-year term.
(Sec. 122) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land, waters, or interests therein for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands.
(Sec. 123) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon request by the permittee for the Clark Mountain Allotment lands adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve, to also issue a special use permit for that portion of the grazing allotment located within the Preserve. Instructs the Secretary to consider the permit to be one transferred in accordance with a specified section of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 concerning grazing permits.
(Sec. 124) Declares that the NPS final winter use rules for managing winter visitation and recreational use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway for up to three winter seasons shall be in force and effect for the winter use season of 2006-2007 that commences on or about December 15, 2006.
(Sec. 125) Prohibits the use of funds to set up Centers for Excellence and Partnership Skills Bank training without prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Title II: Environmental Protection Agency - Makes appropriations for FY2007 to EPA for: (1) science and technology; (2) environmental programs and management; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) buildings and facilities; (5) the Hazardous Substance Superfund (including transfers of funds); (6) the Leaking underground Storage Tank Program; (7) expenses to carry out EPA responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 concerning oil spill response; and (8) state and tribal assistance grants for environmental programs and infrastructure assistance.
(Sec. 201) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to contravene or delay the implementation of Executive Order No. 12898 of February 11, 1994 (relating to federal actions to address environmental justice in minority populations and low-income populations).
(Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to contravene or delay the implementation of requirements regarding certification determination with respect to contractors who are engaged in renovation or remodeling activities in target housing, public buildings constructed before 1978, and commercial buildings that create lead-based paint hazards.
Title III: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2007 to 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 (including transfers of funds); (5) capital improvement and maintenance (including transfer of funds); (6) land acquisitions, including specified National Forest areas in Utah, Nevada, and California; (7) range rehabilitation, protection, and improvement; (8) gifts, donations, and bequests for forest and rangeland research; and (9) federal land management in Alaska.
Makes appropriations for FY2007 to the Department of Health and Human Services for: (1) the Indian Health Service and Indian health facilities; and (2) the National Institutes of Health for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Makes appropriations in specified amounts for various purposes to the: (1) Executive Office of the President; (2) the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; (3) the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; (4) the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (5) the Smithsonian Institution (earmarking certain funds for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, and other specified programs); (6) the National Gallery of Art; (7) the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (8) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; (9) the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, including the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities; (10) the Commission of Fine Arts, including expenses for National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs; (11) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (12) the National Capital Planning Commission; (13) the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; (14) the Presidio Trust; and (15) the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance.
Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth limitations on the use of funds under this Act.
(Sec. 405) Requires: (1) estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks from programs, projects, activities, and subactivities to support governmentwide, departmental, agency or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional or central operations to be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to approval by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; and (2) changes to such estimates to be presented to such Committees for approval.
(Sec. 415) Permits the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior (Secretaries) to make reciprocal agreements in which the individuals furnished by an agreement to provide fire management services are considered, for tort liability, employees of the foreign country receiving the services when the individuals are fighting fires. Prohibits the Secretaries from making any agreement in which a foreign country does not assume any and all responsibility for acts or omissions of American firefighters who are firefighting in such foreign country.
(Sec. 416) Allows the Secretaries, in awarding a federal contract for any of specified purposes with funds made available by this Act, to give consideration to local contractors who are from economically disadvantaged rural communities and who provide employment and training for dislocated and displaced workers. Allows the Secretaries to award contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements in certain areas to various entities, including local non-profits and the Youth Conservation Corps. Includes in such areas habitat restoration or management and forest hazardous fuels reduction.
(Sec. 418) Limits the amounts of funds made available by this Act or any other Act to the Department of the Interior to initiate or continue competitive sourcing studies in FY2007 for programs, projects, and activities for which funds are appropriated by this Act until such time as the appropriate Secretary submits a reprogramming proposal to the Committees on Appropriations and it has been processed consistent with the reprogramming guidelines included in the report accompanying this Act.
Limits funds appropriated by this Act to $2.5 million in FY2007 for use by the Forest Service for competitive sourcing studies and related activities.
Exempts the Forest Service from implementing the Letter of Obligation and post-competitive accountability guidelines where a competitive sourcing study involved 65 or fewer full-time equivalents, the performance decision was made in favor of the agency provider, no net savings were achieved by conducting the study, and such study was completed prior to the date of this Act.
Directs agencies funded in this Act, in preparing any reports to the Committees on Appropriations on competitive sourcing activities, to include all costs attributable to conducting the competitive sourcing competitions and staff work to prepare for competitions or to determine the feasibility of starting competitions, including costs attributable to paying outside consultants and contractors and, in accordance with full cost accounting principles, all costs attributable to developing, implementing, supporting, managing, monitoring, and reporting on competitive sourcing, including personnel, consultant, travel, and training costs associated with program management.
Instructs the Secretary of Agriculture, in carrying out any competitive sourcing study involving Forest Service employees, to: (1) determine whether any of the employees concerned are also qualified to participate in wildland fire management activities; and (2) take into consideration the effect that contracting with a private sector source would have on the ability of the Forest Service to effectively and efficiently fight and manage wildfires.
(Sec. 419) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies from being provided to the managing partners or their agents for the SAFECOM or Disaster Management projects.
(Sec. 420) Extends the authority for: (1) the pilot program for enhancing Forest Service administration of rights-of-way and other land uses; and (2) the deposit of all 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 certain Acts.
(Sec. 421) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire a parcel of real property, including improvements, of the Inland Valley Development Agency of San Bernardino, California, or its successors and assigns, generally comprising Building No. 3 and Building No. 4 of the former Defense Finance and Accounting Services complex located at the southwest corner of Tippecanoe Avenue and Mill Street in San Bernardino adjacent to the former Norton Air Force Base.
Allows the Secretary, as full consideration for such property, to terminate certain leasehold rights of the United States received pursuant the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005. Permits the acquisition of the property to be carried out without appraisals, environmental or administrative surveys, consultations, analyses, or other considerations of the condition of such property.
(Sec. 422) Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available in this Act to study, without specific authorization from Congress, a competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary or Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, including support personnel of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior, relating to wildfire management or wildfire suppression programs.
(Sec. 423) Prohibits any of the funds made available in this Act from being used to work on, or enter into a contract to carry out, the Fire Program Analysis system, unless both the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior certify to the Comptroller General that this funding will accomplish the existing work plan, as determined by the Wildland Fire Leadership Council, and that state wildfire agencies will be full participants in the use and development of such system.
(Sec. 424) Bars any officer or employee of the Smithsonian Institution or any of its subsidiary organizations from being compensated directly or indirectly at an annual rate of pay in excess of the statutorily established rate of pay of the President.
(Sec. 425) Prohibits the use of any funds made available in this Act for the sale or slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (all unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros on U.S. public lands).
Title V: Additional General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available by this Act to contravene the federal buildings performance and reporting requirements of Executive Order No. 13123 ("Greening the Government Through Efficient Energy Management"), part 3 of title V of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (relating to federal energy management), or subtitle A of title I of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (relating to energy efficiency with respect to federal programs).
(Sec. 502) Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available in this Act to issue any new lease that authorizes production of oil or natural gas under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to any lessee under an existing lease issued by the Department of the Interior pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act, where such existing lease is not subject to limitations on royalty relief based on market price.
(Sec. 503) Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available in this Act to plan, design, study, or construct, for the purpose of harvesting timber by private entities or individuals, a forest development road in the Tongass National Forest.
(Sec. 504) Prohibits the use of any funds made available in this Act to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees from a federal department or agency at any single conference occurring outside the United States.
(Sec. 505) Prohibits any funds made available by this Act from being obligated or spent to conduct the San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains Special Resource Study in the cities of Diamond Bar, La Habra, Industry, Chino Hills, and the community of Rowland Heights in Los Angeles County, California (as defined by specified boundaries).
(Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available in this Act to eliminate or restrict programs that are for the reforestation of urban areas.
(Sec. 507) Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available in this Act to limit outreach programs administered by the Smithsonian Institution.
(Sec. 508) Prohibits the use of any of the funds in this Act by the Administrator of the EPA to implement or enforce the Joint Memorandum published in the Federal Register on January 15, 2003, under Appendix A of the advance notice of proposed rulemaking on the Clean Water Act regulatory definition of "waters of the United States."
(Sec. 509) Prohibits any funds provided in title I of this Act from being spent by the Department of the Interior: (1) for the conduct of offshore natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities placed under restriction in the President's moratorium statement of June 12, 1998, in the areas of northern, central, and southern California, the North Atlantic, Washington and Oregon, and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude; (2) to conduct offshore natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997-2002; or (3) to conduct natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
Recorded votes 10
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| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 172 | On Passage | Passed293–128 | May 18, 2006 |
| House 171 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed109–312 | May 18, 2006 |
| House 170 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to217–203 | May 18, 2006 |
| House 169 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to222–198 | May 18, 2006 |
| House 168 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to237–181 | May 18, 2006 |
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Appropriations Committee | Reported as an original measure May 15, 2006 |
| Senate | Appropriations Committee | Referred May 19, 2006Markup Jun 29, 2006Reported Jun 29, 2006 |
| Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee | Markup Jun 27, 2006Reported Jun 27, 2006 |
Actions 66
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2006Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 29, 2006Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Burns with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-275.
- Jun 29, 2006Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 507.
- Jun 27, 2006Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 22, 2006Star Print ordered on the bill.
- May 19, 2006Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
- May 18, 2006Rule H. Res. 818 passed House.
- May 18, 2006Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 818. (consideration: CR H2774-2831; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H2792, H2794-2796, H2797, H2801-2802, H2805, H2805-2807, H2807-2808, H2810-2811, H2813-2814; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H2814-2815, H2816, H2818; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H2818-2819, H2820-2824; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H2824-2826; text of Title V as reported in House: CR H2829, H2830)
- May 18, 2006Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5386 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 paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.
- May 18, 2006House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 818 and Rule XVIII.
- May 18, 2006The Speaker designated the Honorable Steven C. LaTourette to act as Chairman of the Committee.
- May 18, 2006GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 5386.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Slaughter amendment under the five-minute rule.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Weiner amendment under the five-minute rule.
- May 18, 2006POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Weiner amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Weiner demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Tancredo amendment under the five-minute rule.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Cannon amendment.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Sanders amendment under the five-minute rule.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Conaway amendment under the five-minute rule.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Poe amendments.
- May 18, 2006POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Poe amendments, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendments and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Poe demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
- May 18, 2006Mr. Duncan raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Duncan stated that the paragraph beginning on page 73, line 3 and ending on page 73, line 8 constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Pallone amendment under the five-minute rule.
- May 18, 2006POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Pallone amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Pence demanded a recoreded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
- May 18, 2006Mr. Taylor (NC) moved that the Committee rise.
- May 18, 2006On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
- May 18, 2006Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5386 as unfinished business.
- May 18, 2006Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR 5/19/2006 H2835-2873)
- May 18, 2006The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minuntes of debate on the Beauprez amendment.
- May 18, 2006POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Beauprez amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Beauprez demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
- May 18, 2006Mr. Young (AK) raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Young (AK) raised a point of order against section 425, page 125, lines 3-25 stating that it constituted legislation in an appropriations bill in violation of clause 2 of rule XXI. The Chair sustained the point of order.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Obey amendment.
- May 18, 2006Mr. Pearce raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Pearce raised a point of order against section 501 stating that it violated clause 2b of rule XXI. The Chair sustained the point of order.
- May 18, 2006Mr. Pearce raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Pearce raised a point of order against section 502 of the bill stating that it violated clause 2b of rule XXI and constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Hinchey amendment.
- May 18, 2006POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hinchey amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hinchey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rahall amendment.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gordon amendment.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded witn 20 minutes of debate on the Chabot amendment.
- May 18, 2006POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Chabot amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Chabot demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
- May 18, 2006UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of specified amendments which were debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Tiahrt amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Garrett amendment.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gary Miller amendment.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Oberstar amendment.
- May 18, 2006POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Oberstar amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Oberstar demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Conaway amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 1 hour of debate on the Putnam amendment.
- May 18, 2006POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Putnam amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Peterson (PA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Commitee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hefley amendment.
- May 18, 2006POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hefley amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hefley demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Obey amendment, pending a reservation of a point of order.
- May 18, 2006DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Dent amendment.
- May 18, 2006UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
- May 18, 2006The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5386.
- May 18, 2006The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- May 18, 2006The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
- May 18, 2006Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 293 - 128 (Roll no. 172).
- May 18, 2006Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 17, 2006Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 818 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5386 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 paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.
- May 15, 2006Introduced in House
- May 15, 2006The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-465, by Mr. Taylor (NC).
- May 15, 2006Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 257.
In the Congressional Record 8
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1159 | Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH | Jun 15, 2006 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1091 | Betty McCollum D-MN | Jun 9, 2006 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E949 | Tom Udall D-NM | May 24, 2006 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E919, E920 | Barbara Lee D-CA, Chris Van Hollen D-MD | May 22, 2006 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E899, E900, E908, E909, E910, E911, E915 | Christopher Shays R-CT, Jerrold Nadler D-NY, Jim Nussle R-IA, Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL, Steve King R-IA, Todd Tiahrt R-KS | May 19, 2006 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee reports
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 109-315 | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007537 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 16, 2006–Apr 6, 2006 |
CRS reports 6
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Amendments 28
Amendments offered to this bill.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 818 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5386) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. | Procedurally related | May 18, 2006 |
Titles 8
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007
- Popular Titles
- Appropriations bill FY2007, Interior
- EPA FY2007 Appropriations bill
- Appropriations bill FY2007, EPA
- Interior Department FY2007 Appropriations bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative procedure
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution control
- Alaska
- American Samoa
- Animals
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Art
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Beaches
- Biological diversity
- Biological research
- Black history
- Boundaries
- Bridges
- Building construction
- California
- Cattle
- Charter schools
- Civil actions and liability
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Coal
- Colonias
- Colorado River development
- Commemorations
- Commerce
- Commission of Fine Arts
- Computer software
- Computers
- Concessions
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Conservation easements
- Construction industries
- Consultants
- Continental shelf
- Coral reefs
- Cultural centers
- Cultural property
- Dams
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of the Interior
- Disaster relief
- Dislocated workers
- Displaced persons
- District of Columbia
- Drainage
- Earthquakes
- Economic assistance
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecosystem management
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elephants
- Emergency Management
- Eminent domain
- Endangered species
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy efficiency
- Energy prices
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental justice
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental research
- Everglades
- Eviction
- Executive Office of the President
- Executive orders
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal aid to the arts and humanities
- Federal aid to water pollution control
- Federal employees
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Federal office buildings
- Federal officials
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fire fighters
- Fire prevention
- Fishery management
- Floods
- Florida
- Forest conservation
- Forest ecology
- Forest fires
- Forest management
- Forest roads
- Forestry
- Forestry research
- Foundations
- Gambling
- Gas in submerged lands
- Gas industry
- Gifts
- Government aircraft
- Government and the press
- Government contractors
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Government publications
- Government publicity
- Government travel
- Government trust funds
- Government vehicles
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Grazing
- Groundwater
- Guam
- Gulf of Mexico
- Habitat conservation
- Hazardous wastes
- Health
- Helicopters
- Historic sites
- History
- Horses
- Housing and Community Development
- Idaho
- Indian claims
- Indian education
- Indian lands
- Indian medical care
- Indian water rights
- Information technology
- Infrastructure
- Insect control
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- International education
- Irrigation
- Islands
- Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
- Job creation
- Judicial opinions
- Labor and Employment
- Lakes
- Land transfers
- Landowners
- Latin America
- Law
- Lead poisoning
- Leases
- Legal fees
- Liability for environmental damages
- Licenses
- Limited access highways
- Local laws
- Maintenance and repair
- Maps
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine pollution
- Marshall Islands
- Memorial Day
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Migratory bird conservation
- Military base closures
- Mine wastes
- Mining claims
- Mining leases
- Minnesota
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Montana
- Monuments and memorials
- Motor vehicles
- Museums
- National Capital Planning Commission
- National forests
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National parks
- Native Americans
- Natural areas
- Natural gas
- Nature conservation
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York City
- Non-native species
- North Atlantic Ocean
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Occupational health and safety
- Oil and gas leases
- Oil and gas royalties
- Oil pollution
- Oklahoma
- Old growth forests
- Oregon
- Overhead costs
- Pacific Ocean
- Paints and varnishes
- Palau Islands
- Payments in lieu of taxes
- Pedestrians
- Performing arts
- Pest control
- Pesticide regulation
- Pests
- Petroleum
- Petroleum in submerged lands
- Petroleum industry
- Petroleum storage
- Pollution measurement
- Potable water
- Primates
- Private forests
- Privatization
- Professional associations
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Railroad land grants
- Range management
- Real estate appraisal
- Real estate development
- Rebates
- Reclamation of land
- Recreation
- Relocation
- Reprogramming of appropriated funds
- Rescission of appropriated funds
- Research and development
- Research centers
- Restaurants
- Restoration ecology
- Revolving funds
- Rhinoceroses
- Road construction
- Rural economic development
- Salaries
- Salmon
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sewage disposal
- Small business
- Smithsonian Institution
- Smog
- Snakes
- Social Welfare
- Sports and Recreation
- Storms
- Strip mining
- Submarine oil well drilling
- Subsidies
- Surveying
- Telephone
- Texas
- Tigers
- Timber sales
- Tourism
- Trails
- Transportation and Public Works
- Travel costs
- Treaties
- Turtles
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
- Underground storage
- Unemployment insurance
- User charges
- Utah
- Valuation
- Virgin Islands
- Volcanoes
- War casualties
- Washington State
- Waste water treatment
- Water pollution control
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply
- Water treatment plants
- Watersheds
- Wetlands
- Wildlife conservation
- Wildlife refuges
- Workers' compensation
- Wyoming
- Youth employment
- Zoning and zoning law
- Zoos
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2006Reported to Senate
- May 19, 2006Referred in Senate
- May 18, 2006Engrossed in House
- May 15, 2006Reported in House
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