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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1999

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HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION

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SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

RALPH REGULA, , Chairman JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois JIM KOLBE, Arizona JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania JOE SKEEN, New Mexico NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia Washington DAN MILLER, Florida ZACH WAMP, Tennessee

NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.

Deborah Weatherly, Loretta Beaumont, Joel Kaplan, and Christopher Topik, Staff Assistants

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman

JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin C. W. , Florida SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois RALPH REGULA, Ohio , Ohio JERRY LEWIS, California JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota JOE SKEEN, New Mexico JULIAN C. DIXON, California FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia VIC FAZIO, California TOM DeLAY, Texas W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina JIM KOLBE, Arizona STENY H. HOYER, Maryland RON PACKARD, California ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama , Ohio JAMES T. WALSH, New York DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina NANCY PELOSI, California DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California HENRY BONILLA, Texas NITA M. LOWEY, New York JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JOSE E. SERRANO, New York DAN MILLER, Florida ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut JAY DICKEY, Arkansas JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia JACK KINGSTON, Georgia JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts MIKE PARKER, Mississippi ED PASTOR, Arizona RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York CHET EDWARDS, Texas GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, Jr., Alabama Washington MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, California TODD TIAHRT, Kansas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama

James W. Dyer, Clerk and Staff Director

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