Appropriations and Budget Process

Education Policy Issues

• Geotimes Political Scene: Education Policy Begins at Home (10/98)
• Education Policy Update (11-6-98)
• Review of Geoscience Education Programs in the Federal Government (8-7-98)
• Career Preparation Education Reform
• Department of Education Elimination
• Eisenhower Professional Development Program
• National Environmental Education Act
• Repeal of Goals 2000 and National Skill Standards Act
• Technology for Teachers
• Tsongas Energy and Environmental Science Fellowships

• DOE Comprehensive Energy Strategy (9-9-98)
• Energy Secretary Confirmation Process for Bill Richardson (8-20-98)
• Special Update: Energy Policy Heats Up (Posted: 5-13-98)
• PCAST Report on Federal Energy R&D Challenges of the 21st Century (1-5-98)
• Agriculture
• Electricity Deregulation
• Energy Department Abolition/Corporate Welfare
• Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
• Helium Privatization (104th Congress)
• Minerals Management Service Organic Act (104th Congress)
• Mining Law of 1872 Reform
• National Geologic Mapping Act Enacted Into Law: 8-5-97
• Nuclear Waste Disposal
• Oil and Gas Issues
• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge/National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
• Methane Hydrate R&D
• Oil and Gas Tax Incentives
• Oil Pollution Act
• Royalty Fairness/Royalty In Kind
• Strategic Petroleum Reserve
• Outer Continental Shelf
• Public Land Sovereignty
• Water Resources
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996

• Clean Air Act
• Clean Water Act/Wetlands
• Climate Change
• Endangered Species Act
• Environmental Policy
• Nuclear Waste Disposal
• National Institute for the Environment
• Safe Drinking Water Act (104th Congress)
• Solid Waste Disposal
• Superfund (CERCLA) Reauthorization
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996

• Geotimes Political Scene: The Case for a Natural Hazards Caucus (8/98)
• Geotimes News Note: Disaster Warnings in Real Time (9/98)
• Hazard Mitigation and Insurance
• NEHRP Reauthorization Enacted Into Law: 10-1-97
• National Geologic Mapping Act Enacted Into Law: 8-5-97
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996

• Special Update: House Science Policy Study Released (Posted: 9-29-98)
• Report on National Science Board Meeting (8-13-98)
• Cave and Karst Institute Authorization
• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
• Database/Publication Issues
• Energy Department Abolition/Corporate Welfare
• Fossils on Public Lands
• Government Performance and Results Act
• NASA Programs
• Ocean Policy
• Remote Sensing
• Science Policy
• Science R&D Funding
• Sea Grant
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Women and Minorities in Science Enacted Into Law: 10-16-98
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996

Alphabetical Listing of Legislation By Topic

• Agriculture
• NRC Report "Precision Agriculture in the 21st Century: Geospatial and Information Technologies in Crop Management" (9-15-97)
• Appropriations and Budget Process (Fiscal Year 1999)
• FY 1999 Science Appropriations and Budget Process Update (11-23-98)
• Special Update: Congress Heads Home After Passing Omnibus Spending Bill, Nominations (Posted: 10-22-98)
• Department of Defense Fiscal Year 1999 R&D Funding for the Geosciences: Special Report (7-21-98)
• Special Update: House and Senate Appropriations Bills Take Shape (Posted: 7-18-98)
• House Basic Research Subcommittee Hearing on NSF Budget Request (5-4-98)
• Geotimes Political Scene (4/98):A Smoking Gun for Science? The President's Budget Request
• House Appropriations Hearing on USGS Budget Request (3-18-98)
• Senate Appropriations Hearing on DOE Energy Research, Energy Efficiency, and Renewable Energy Programs Budgets (3-17-98)
• Senate Hearing on Department of Energy FY 1999 Budget Request (3-4-98)
• Special Update: President's FY 1999 Budget: Large Increases for Most Science Agencies, But Others Left Behind (Posted: 2-4-98)
• Geotimes Political Scene (12/97): Where Are The Declining Science Budgets?
• Political Scene (3/96): Following the Budget Process
• Appropriations and Budget Process (Fiscal Year 1998)
• Update on FY 1998 Science Appropriations and Budget Process (12-1-97)
• Action Alert: Senate Seeks to Eliminate Eisenhower Science Education Program (Posted: 9-22-97; Last updated: 12-11-97)
• Special Update: Status of Geoscience-Related Fiscal Year 1998 Appropriations (Posted: 10-13-97)
• Special Update: News on Mapping, Hazards, Taxes, and Research Funding (Posted: 8-16-97)
• Update on Balanced Budget and Tax Cut Legislation (8-14-97)
• Special Update: Senate Passes Geologic Mapping Bill (Posted: 7-25-97)
• Special Update: Appropriations Action Moves to Senate: USGS Comes Up A Winner (Posted: 7-18-97)
• Special Update: Mars Rocks; Back On Earth, Seismic Funding Under Siege (Posted: 7-11-97)
• Special Update: USGS and NSF Appropriations, Tax Cut Legislation Advance (Posted 6-27-97)
• Special Update: Interior Appropriations, Tax Cut Legislation Making Progress (Posted 6-20-97)
• House Interior Appropriations Markup of FY98 Spending Bill (6-17-97)
• Update on Congressional Budget Resolution (6-6-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of Congressional Budget Resolution
• AGI Testimony on NSF FY1998 Appropriations (5-1-97)
• Geotimes Political Scene (4/97): Geoscience in the President's Budget Request
• Senate Hearing on Federal Research and Development Funding and Trends (4-16-97)
• House Appropriations Hearing on USGS Budget Request (3-18-97)
• House Appropriations Hearing on DOE Fossil Energy Request (3-18-97)
• Senate Hearing on Agriculture Research Funding (3-18-96)
• House Hearing on DOE Cleanup and Nuclear Waste Program Budgets (3-12-97)
• Senate Hearing on DOE Fossil Energy Budget Request (3-10-97)
• Special Update: AGI, Geoscience Societies Sign Letter Urging Research Funding Increases (3-9-97)
• AGI Testimony on USGS and DOE Fossil Energy FY1998 Appropriations (3-5-97)
• Update on President's Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1998 (2-7-97)
• Update on FY 1997 Appropriations (10-9-96)
• Political Scene (3/96): Following the Budget Process
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge/National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
• Contradictions Reign Over Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve (reprinted from The Professional Geologist 10/98)
• National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Update (10-8-98)
• Agency Action Alert: Comment Period for National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (Posted: 8-21-98; Action Complete: 9-8-98)
• Another Legislative Drive to Open ANWR?(8-10-98)
• Geotimes Political Scene: Anticipating the Issue Cycle: Oil estimates and ANWR (7/98)
• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)-New Petroleum Estimates (6-2-98)
• Cave and Karst Research Institute Authorization
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 231
• Clean Air Act
• Update and Hearing Summary on Clean Air Act Ozone and Particulate Matter Regulations (6-12-98)
• NRC Report on Health Effects of Exposure to Radon (4-27-98)
• House Hearing on the Implementation of Title VI of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (7-30-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1863 (Rep. Ney, R-OH)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1984 (Rep. Klink, D-PA)
• Clean Water Act/Wetlands
• Clean Water Act Issues Update and Hearing Summary (12-10-98)
• Mitigation Banking and the Clean Water Act (reprinted from The Professional Geologist 10/98)
• Wetlands Restoration and Improvement Act Update (12-9-98)
• Western Water Policy Report Summary (7-16-98)
• Science at EPA: Ozone, Superfund and Wetlands (9-24-97)
• NRC Report on Watershed Research in the U.S. Geological Survey (8-28-97)
• NRC Report on Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup (6-27-97)
• House Transportation Hearing on Wetlands (4-29-97)
• House Transportation Hearing on Clean Water Act (4-23-97)
• Report on Wetlands Workshop (3-11-97)
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• Climate Change: Long Term and El Nino
• Summary of Post-Kyoto Hearings on Global Climate Change(1-19-99)
• Global Climate Change Update (12-29-98)
• The Many Facets of Global Climate Change (reprinted from The Professional Geologist 12/98)
• Reports on Potential Economic Impacts of Binding Emissions Reduction Standards (11-20-98)
• House Committee Examines the Science Behind the Global Climate Warming Debate (8-21-98)
• Report on NRC Climate Change Studies (8-5-98)
• Global Change Research Seminar (8-5-98)
• Summary of Pre-Kyoto Hearings on Global Climate Change(6-5-98)
• Geotimes News Note: Blame It On El Nino (6/98)
• Congressional Research Service Global Climate Change Briefing Book (5/98)
• Geotimes News Note: Agreement Reached in Kyoto (3/98)
• Geotimes Political Scene (2/98): Scientific Consensus and Political Controversy
• Geotimes Political Scene (1/98): The Great Global El Nino Ozone Warming Debate
• Report on "Kyoto and Beyond" Climate Change Policy Forum (12-11-97)
• Summary of NRC Report "Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales" (12-4-97)
• Summary of U.S. Climate Forum on the Consequences of Global Change for the Nation (12-3-97)
• Update and Hearing Summary on Preparing for El Niño (11-7-97)
• Geotimes News Note: The Road to Kyoto (10/97)
• Legislative History and Digest of Senate Resolution 98
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 2617 (Sen. Chafee, R-RI)
• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
• Update and Hearing Summary on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (5-22-98)
• Geotimes Political Scene: ASTEROID IMPACT! NUCLEAR TEST! Why We Need Open Discourse and Data Access (5/98)
• AIP FYI: Senator Domenici on a New "Nuclear Paradigm" (12-12-97)
• Review of the Global Seismographic Network (7-30-97)
• Database/Publication Issues
• Update on Database Protection (10-23-98)
• Geotimes Political Scene: ASTEROID IMPACT! NUCLEAR TEST! Why We Need Open Discourse and Data Access (5/98)
• Geotimes Political Scene: Scientific Databases Caught In Copyright Web (6/97)
• Action Alert: Action Needed on Draft Bill Affecting Scientific Publications (Posted 5-14-97; Last updated 8-26-98)
• Action Alert: International Database Treaty Causes Concern in Scientific Community (Action suspended; Last updated 1-2-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 2281 (Non-database WIPO Treaties; Rep. Coble, R-NC)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 2652 (Database protection bill; Rep. Coble, R-NC)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 2291 (Database protection bill; Sen. Grams, R-MN)
• Education Policy Issues
• National Environmental Education Act Update (3-8-99)
• Eisenhower Professional Development Program Update (12-31-98)
• Update on Legislation to Repeal Goals 2000 and the National Skill Standards Act of 1994 (12-2-98)
• Education Policy Update (11-6-98)
• Geotimes Political Scene: Education Policy Begins at Home (10/98)
• Update on National Science Foundation's Systemic Initiatives (8-7-98)
• Congressional Action Alert: Support Letter for Eisenhower Education Program (Posted: 6-10-98)
• Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology Education Update and Hearing Summary (5-4-98)
• Report on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (3-13-98)
• Maintaining the Interest of Young Kids in Science (3-13-98)
• PCAST Report on the Use of Technology to Strengthen K-12 Education (1-5-98)
• Action Alert: Senate Eliminates Eisenhower Science Education Program (Posted: 9-22-97; Action Complete: 12-11-97)
• Tsongas Energy and Environmental Science Fellowships Legislation Update (12-10-97)
• NSTA Launches Science Program in DC Schools (9-26-97)
• Classroom Technology Issues Update (9-15-97)
• Report on NRC Workshop on a Digital National Library for SME&T Education (8-6-97)
• NRC Report on Improving Student Learning in Mathematics and Science: The Role of National Standards in State Policy (8-1-97)
• Update on Department of Energy's STEM Education Initiative (7-31-97)
• Special Update: Joint Statement on Science Education Program Sent to Congress, President (6-5-97)
• House Hearing on Technology in the Classroom (5-6-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 839 (Sen. Kerrey, D-NE)
• Update on Department of Education Elimination Proposal (6-18-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1812 (Rep. Hefley, R-CO)
• Career Preparation Education Reform Update (6-16-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1803 (Rep. Clay, D-MO)
• Electricity Deregulation
• Update on Electricity Deregulation (11-30-98)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 655 (Rep. Schaefer, R-CO)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1230
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 237 (Sen. Bumpers, D-AR)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 687 (Sen. Jeffords, R-VT)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 722 (Sen. Thomas, R-WY)
• Endangered Species Act
• The Endangered Species Act: A Double-Edged Sword (reprinted from The Professional Geologist 6/98)
• Endangered Species Act Briefing (3-26-98)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 1180 (Sen. Kempthorne, R-ID)
• Energy Department Abolition/Corporate Welfare
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 236 Abolition of DOE
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 207 Corporate Welfare
• Senate Hearing on Corporate Subsidies (2-13-97)
• Update on Efforts to Abolish DOE in the 104th Congress (12-26-96)
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• Environmental Policy Issues
• Western Water Policy Report Summary (7-16-98)
• Hearings on Enforcement of Environmental Laws (6-29-98)
• President's Council on Sustainable Development Meeting Update (6-19-98)
• NAPA Report on Improving the Environmental Protection System (9-19-97)
• NSTC Report on Integrating Nation's Environmental Monitoring and Research Networks (8-26-97)
• NRC Report on Building Effective Environmental Management Science Programs (7-15-97)
• NRC Report on Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions (6-20-97)
• Fossils On Public Lands
  • Fossils on Public Lands Update (10-6-98)
  • Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• Government Performance and Results Act
• Update on Government Performance and Results Act (4-24-98)
• NAS Workshop on Research and GPRA: Evaluation of Agency Strategic and Performance Plans (4-24-98)
• House Science Committee Report on GPRA: How To Track Your Taxpayer Dollars (7/97)
• GPRA: Congress Expands Control Over the Executive Branch (reprinted from The Professional Geologist 4/97)
• Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
• Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Update (12-10-98)
• Congress Accuses the Administration of Huge Missteps on the Grand Staircase (reprinted from The Professional Geologist 6/97)
• Senate Energy Committee Hearing on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (5-1-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1127
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 357
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 477 (general revision of Antiquities Act of 1906)
• Hazard Mitigation and Insurance
• Hearing Summary on Mitigating Natural Disasters (8-20-98)
• Summary of Public Private Partnership 2000 Forums on Natural Disaster Reduction (1-23-98)
• Summary of UCAR Briefing "Extreme Weather and the Insurance Industry" (12/5/97)
• Review of the Global Seismographic Network (7-30-97)
• House Hearing on Homeowners Insurance Availability in Disaster-Prone Areas (6-24-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 230 (Rep. McCollum, R-FL)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 579 (Rep. Mink, D-HI)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 2227 (Rep. Lazio, R-NY)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 3869 (Disaster Mitigation Act of 1998; Rep. Boehlert, R-NY)
• Geotimes Political Scene (11/96): Geoscience and Natural Hazards Policy: Bridging the Gap
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• Methane Hydrate R&D
• Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act Update (11-24-98)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 1418 (Sen. Akaka, D-HI)
• Mining Law Reform
• Hardrock Mining Regulations Update and Hearing Summary (12-8-98)
• Mining Law Reform Update (5-5-98)
• NMA Report on Mining and the American Economy (7-18-97)
• Report on Mining Issues (1-26-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 253
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 778
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 779
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 780
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 325
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 326
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 327
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• NASA Programs
• AIP FYI: NASA's Earth Science Programs Come Under Scrutiny
• NASA FY1999 Budget Request: House Science Committee Hearing Summary (6-1-98)
• Update and Hearing Summary on Mir Safety (9-30-97)
• Geotimes Political Scene: NASA's Geology Lesson on Mars (9/97)
• Review of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth Program (7-31-97)
• Review of NASA's International Space Station (8-13-97)
• House Science Hearing on NASA Mission to Planet Earth (3-19-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1275 (NASA Authorization)
• NEHRP Reauthorization Enacted Into Law: 10-1-97
• Update on NEHRP (10-30-97)
• Review of the Global Seismographic Network (7-30-97)
• Hearings on National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (4-24-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 2249 (NEHRP Reauthorization; Rep. Sensenbrenner, R-WI)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 910 (NEHRP Reauthorization; Sen. Frist, R-TN)
• Geotimes Political Scene (11/96): Geoscience and Natural Hazards Policy: Bridging the Gap
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• National Geologic Mapping Act Enacted Into Law: 8-5-97
• TPG Government Affairs Report (10/97): Revival of the National Geologic Mapping Act
• Update on Geologic Mapping Act Reauthorization (8-16-97)
• Special Update: Senate Passes Geologic Mapping Bill (Posted: 7-25-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 317
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 709
• Text of House Floor Debate on Geologic Mapping Bill (3-11-97)
• House Hearing on National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act (2-27-97)
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• National Institute for the Environment
• Update on the National Institute for the Environment (10-22-98)
• Geotimes Political Scene (6/98): NSF Says No to Institute for the Environment
• Special Update: House Tells NSF to Study National Institute for the Environment (Posted: 7-15-97)
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• AGI Issues Paper: The Role of the Earth Sciences in the NIE
• Nuclear Waste Disposal
• High-Level Nuclear Waste Update (12-23-98)
• Low-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal Update and Hearing Summary (10-23-98)
• Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Update (6-23-98)
• Department of Energy's Pit 9 Contract (9-24-97)
• Geotimes Political Scene (7/97): Yucca Mountain: No Light At Tunnel's End?
• House Hearing on DOE Cleanup and Nuclear Waste Program Budgets (3-12-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1270 (Rep. Upton, R-MI)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 104 (Sen. Murkowski, R-AK on Yucca Mtn.)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 296 (Sen. Bryan, D-NV)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 297 (Sen. Bryan, D-NV)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 694 (Sen. Murkowski, R-AK on Ward Valley)
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• Ocean Policy
• Congressional Action Alert: Lone Senator Holds up Law of the Sea Treaty Ratification
• Update on the Year of the Ocean (11-2-98)
• Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Update (12-9-98)
• Oversight Hearing on the Status of Oceanographic Monitoring and Assessment Efforts (8-7-98)
• Geotimes News Note: National Ocean Conference (8/98)
• Geotimes News Note: Safeguarding America's Oceans (11/97)
• Outer Continental Shelf Issues Update (11-8-97)
• Geotimes News Note: Report on Oceans and Security Conference (8/97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 2547 (Oceans Act of 1997; Farr, D-CA)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 1213 (Oceans Act of 1997; Hollings, D-SC)
• Oil and Gas Issues (General)
• Caspian Sea Oil and Gas Exploration Hearing Summary (9-8-98)
• PCAST Report on Federal Energy R&D Challenges of the 21st Century (1-5-98)
• Summary of NRC Report "Double-Hull Tanker Legislation: An Assessment of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990" (12-12-97)
• Update on MMS Rule for Reporting of Geological and Geophysical Data (10-11-97)
• Extending the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (9-16-97)
• IOGCC Report on National Geoscience and Engineering Manpower Issues for the Petroleum Industry (9-3-97)
• IOGCC Report on American Petroleum: A Crisis Worth Managing (9-3-97)
• Update on Hydraulic Fracturing Court Ruling (9-2-97)
• Senate Hearing on the Natural Gas Industry (7-23-97)
• Senate Hearing on Energy Security and Agricultural Energy Issues (7-16-97)
• Report on Oil & Gas Issues (1-25-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1989 (Rep. Scarborough, R-FL)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 937 (Sen. Mack, R-FL)
• Oil and Gas Tax Incentives
• Domestic Oil and Gas Incentives Legislation Update (11-6-98)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1648 (Rep. Watkins, R-OK)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 770 (Sen. Nickles, R-OK)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 3688 (Rep. Watkins, R-OK)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 1929 (Sen. Hutchison, R-TX)
• Oil Pollution Act Amendments
• Summary of NRC Report "Double-Hull Tanker Legislation: An Assessment of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990" (12-12-97)
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996 (12-5-96)
• Outer Continental Shelf
• Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Update (8-7-98)
• TPG Government Affairs Report (2/98): New Rules for Activities on the Outer Continental Shelf
• Outer Continental Shelf Issues Update (11-8-97)
• Public Land Sovereignty Issues
• Public Land Sovereignty Issues Update and Hearing Summary (12-10-98)
• American Heritage Rivers Initiative Update and Hearing Summary (7-28-98)
• Hearing Summary on Review of Antiquities Act (2-12-98)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 901 (Rep. Young, R-AK)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1801 (Rep. Brown, D-CA)
• Legislative History and Digest S. 691 (Sen. Murkowski, R-AK)
• Remote Sensing
• Update on Remote Sensing Issues (6-18-97)
• House Science Hearing on Commercial Remote Sensing (6-4-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1702 (Rep. Sensenbrenner, R-WI)
• Risk Assessment/Regulatory Reform
• Regulatory Reform Update (12-10-98)
• Legislative History and Digest S. 981 (Sen. Levin, D-MI)
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• Royalty Fairness/Royalty In Kind
• Royalty Valuation: A Royal Pain for All (reprinted from The Professional Geologist 10/98)
• Oil and Gas Royalty-In-Kind Update and Hearing Summary (11-6-98)
• Royalty Fairness Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 3334 (Rep. Thornberry, R-TX)
• Science Policy Issues
• American Geophysical Union ASLA: Ehlers Science Policy Report Draws Support, Disdain From AAAS Panel (12-30-98)
• House Science Policy Study Update (12-9-98)
• Geotimes Political Scene: A Science Policy for the Next 50 Years? (11/98)
• Special Update: House Science Policy Study Released (Posted: 9-29-98; Revised: 12-9-98)
• Report on National Science Board Meeting (8-13-98)
• NRC Study on the Future Role of the U.S. Geological Survey (8-12-98)
• Senate Science and Technology Caucus Update (6-29-98)
• Committee for Economic Development (CED) Report on New Strategies for Basic Research (6-19-98)
• AAAS Colloquium on Science & Technology Policy Summary (5-14-98)
• Geotimes News Note: Report on AGI/NRC International Geociences Forum (2/98)
• Update on National Academy of Science Supreme Court Ruling (1-7-98)
• President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology Meeting Report (9-29-97)
• White House OSTP Report on Science and Technology (6-5-97)
• Report on Meeting of President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (3-6-97)
• Science R&D Funding
• Update on Congressional Efforts to Double Science Funding (10-20-98)
• Geotimes News Note: More Efforts To Boost Funding (10/98)
• Science Authorization Bills Update (8-3-98)
• Department of Defense Fiscal Year 1999 R&D Funding for the Geosciences: Special Report (7-21-98)
• Geotimes News Note: Efforts Underway to Double Federal Science Investment (1/98)
• Action Alert: Co-Sponsors Needed for Bill Doubling Federal R&D Investment (Posted: 1-26-98)
• Senate Hearing on Federal Research and Development Funding and Trends (4-16-97)
• Special Update: AGI, Geoscience Societies Sign Letter Urging Research Funding Increases (3-9-97)
• NAS Report on Federal Science & Technology Funding (2-11-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1273 (NSF Authorization)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1275 (NASA Authorization)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1276 (EPA Authorization)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1277 (DOE Authorization)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1278 (NOAA Authorization)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 124 (Gramm R&D Bill)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 1305 (Gramm/Lieberman R&D Bill)
• AIP FYI Updates on S. 124 (1-31-97)
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• Sea Grant Program Reauthorization Enacted into Law: 3-9-98
• Update on Sea Grant Reauthorization (11-6-98)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 437 (Sea Grant Program Reauthorization; Saxton, R-NJ)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 927 (Sea Grant Program Reauthorization; Snowe, R-ME)
• Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments
• Solid Waste Disposal Update (12-9-98)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 384
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 443
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 448
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 942
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 943
• Strategic Petroleum Reserve
• Update on Strategic Petroleum Reserve (11-6-98)
• TPG Government Affairs Report (12/97): Drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
• Hearing Summary on Extending the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (9-16-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 417
• Superfund (CERCLA) Reauthorization
• Update on Superfund Legislation (11-11-98)
• The Professional Geologist Government Affairs Report (4/98): The Continuing Saga of Superfund
• Science at EPA: Ozone, Superfund and Wetlands (9-24-97)
• GAO Report on Superfund (7-9-97)
• NRC Report on Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup (6-27-97)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 990
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1120
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1157
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1158
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 1195
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 8
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 18
• Legislative History and Digest of S. 235
• Geotimes Political Scene (9/96): Reauthorization of Environmental Legislation Stalls
• Legislation in the 104th Congress, 1995-1996
• U.S. Geological Survey
• NRC Study on the Future Role of the U.S. Geological Survey (8-12-98)
• Intersociety Workshop Report on the Integration of the National Biological Service Into the U.S. Geological Survey (June 1996)
• Water Resources
• Commission Recommends Shift in Western Water Policy (reprinted from The Professional Geologist 10/98)
• Western Water Policy Report Summary (7-21-98)
• Women and Minorities in Science Enacted Into Law: 10-16-98
• Women and Minorities in Science Legislative Update (12-15-98)
• Geotimes News Note: Diversity in the Science Work Force (12/98)
• Legislative History and Digest of H.R. 3007 (Rep. Morella, R-MD)
• NSF Report on Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science & Engineering (2-10-97)

(Catalog Maintained by David Applegate, AGI Government Affairs)

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Last revised on March 12, 1999

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