• Appropriations and Budget Process
  • Appropriations
  • Budget Reconciliation
• Environmental Issues
  • Clean Water Act
  • Coastal Zone Management Act (enacted into law 6-3-96)
  • National Institute for the Environment
  • Nuclear Waste Disposal
  • Risk Assessment/Regulatory Reform
  • Safe Drinking Water Act (enacted into law 8-6-96)
  • Superfund (CERCLA) Reauthorization
  • Sustainable Fisheries -- Magnuson Act Reauthorization (enacted into law 10-11-96)
• Energy and Natural Resources Issues
  • Alaska Oil Export/Deep-Water Royalty Relief (enacted into law 11-28-95)
  • Energy Department Abolition
  • Fossils On Public Lands
  • Helium Privatization (enacted into law 10-9-96)
  • Minerals Management Service Organic Act
  • Mining Law of 1872 Reform
  • National Geologic Mapping Act
  • Nuclear Waste Disposal
  • Oil Pollution Act Amendments (enacted into law 10-19-96)
  • Royalty Fairness (for Federal and OCS Leases) (enacted into law 8-13-96)
  • Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) Reauthorization
• Natural Hazards Issues
  • Coastal Zone Management Act (enacted into law 6-3-96)
  • Earthquake Hazards
• Science Policy Issues
  • Intersociety Workshop Report on the Integration of the National Biological Service Into the U.S. Geological Survey (June 1996)
  • Fossils On Public Lands
  • Energy Department Abolition
  • Helium Privatization (enacted into law 10-9-96)
  • National Geologic Mapping Act
  • Omnibus Science Authorization
  • Risk Assessment/Regulatory Reform

Alphabetical Listing of Legislation By Topic

• Alaska Oil Export/Deep-Water Royalty Relief (Enacted into law 11-28-95)
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 395
  • Text of S. 395
  • Update on Legislation (12-15-95)
• Appropriations (Fiscal Year 1997)
  • Update on FY 1997 Appropriations (10-9-96)
  • FY 1997 Omnibus Appropriations Bill: H.R. 3610 (enacted into law 9-30-96)
  • FY 1997 Interior and Related Agencies: H.R. 3662 (folded into omnibus bill)
  • FY 1997 VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies: H.R. 3666 (enacted into law 9-26-96)
  • FY 1997 Commerce, State, Judiciary: H.R. 3814 (folded into omnibus bill)
  • FY 1997 Energy and Water: H.R. 3816 (enacted into law 9-18-96)
  • Political Scene (5/96): FY 1997 Budget Plan Unveiled
  • Political Scene (3/96): Following the Budget Process
• Appropriations (Fiscal Year 1996)
  • What Happened in FY1996 Appropriations (4-29-96)
  • FY 1996 Omnibus Appropriations Bill: H.R. 3019 (enacted into law 4-26-96)
  • FY1996 Interior and Related Agencies: H.R. 1977 (vetoed)
  • FY1996 Energy and Water: H.R. 1905 (enacted into law 11-13-95)
  • FY1996 Commerce, State, Judiciary: H.R. 2076 (vetoed)
  • FY1996 VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies: H.R. 2099 (vetoed)
• Budget Reconciliation (Fiscal Year 1996)
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 2491
  • Update on FY1996 Budget Legislation (2-4-96)
  • Political Scene (3/96): Following the Budget Process
• Clean Water Act
  • Update on Clean Water Act (8-7-96)
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 961
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 851
  • Geotimes Political Scene (9/96): Reauthorization of Environmental Legislation Stalls
• Coastal Zone Management Act (enacted into law 6-3-96)
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1965
• Earthquake Hazards
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1731
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1856
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 1043
  • Geotimes Political Scene (2/96): White House, Congress Rethink National Earthquake Strategy
  • Geotimes Political Scene (11/96): Geoscience and Natural Hazards Policy: Bridging the Gap
• Energy Department Abolition
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1993
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 1678
  • Update on Efforts to Abolish DOE (12-26-96)
• Fossils On Public Lands
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 2943
  • Text of H.R. 2943
  • Update on Fossil Legislation (12-5-96)
  • Geotimes Political Scene (8/96): Public Lands, Public Fossils
• Helium Privatization (enacted into law 10-9-96)
  • Update on Helium Legislation (1-2-97)
  • CRS Report on Helium Legislation
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 4168 (enrolled bill)
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 738
• Minerals Management Service Organic Act
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1813
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 921
  • Text of S. 921
  • Update on Legislation (12-5-96)
• Mining Law of 1872 Reform
  • Update on Mining Law Reform (8-7-96)
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1580
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 504
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 506
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 639
• National Geologic Mapping Act
  • Update on Geologic Mapping Act Reauthorization (10-19-96)
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 3198
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 1731
  • Geotimes Political Scene: Progress on Geologic Mapping Act (6/96)
  • Geotimes Political Scene: Reauthorizing the National Geologic Mapping Act (12/95)
• National Institute for the Environment
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 2827
  • Text of H.R. 2827
  • Geotimes Political Scene: Establishing a National Institute for the Environment (4/96)
  • AGI Issues Paper: The Role of the Earth Sciences in the NIE
• Nuclear Waste Disposal
  • Update on High-Level Nuclear Waste (12-26-96)
  • Update on Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (11-6-96)
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 1936
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 1271
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1020
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 496
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 167
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 544
  • Text of S. 544
  • Hearing on Nuclear Waste Policy Act Revisions (12-14-95)
• Oil Pollution Act Amendments
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 1004
  • Update on OPA 90 Amendments (12-5-96)
• Omnibus Science Authorization
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 3322
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 2405
  • Update on Omnibus Science Bill (7-5-96)
• Risk Assessment/Regulatory Reform
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1022
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 123
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 343
• Royalty Fairness (for Federal and OCS Leases) (enacted into law 8-13-96)
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1975
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 1014
  • Update on Royalty Fairness (12-5-96)
• Safe Drinking Water Act (enacted into law 8-6-96)
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 226
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 1316
  • Update on Legislation (12-19-96)
  • Geotimes Political Scene (9/96): Reauthorization of Environmental Legislation Stalls
• Superfund (CERCLA) Reauthorization
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 228
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 2500
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 1285
  • Text of S. 1285
  • Geotimes Political Scene (9/96): Reauthorization of Environmental Legislation Stalls
• Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) Reauthorization
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 2372
  • Hearing: SMCRA Reauthorization (11-7-95)
• Sustainable Fisheries -- Magnuson Act Reauthorization (enacted into law 10-11-96)
  • Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 39
  • Legislative History and Digest of S. 39
  • Update on Legislation (1-3-97)

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Last updated January 25, 1997 (Design changes: June 19, 1997; Technical Corrections: December 30, 1998)

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