[House Hearing, 106 Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




 
                 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED
                    AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2000

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                                HEARINGS

                                BEFORE A

                           SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                       ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS
                              FIRST SESSION

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   SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES
                      RALPH REGULA, Ohio, Chairman
 JIM KOLBE, Arizona                     NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
 JOE SKEEN, New Mexico                  JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
 CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina      JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
 GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr.,             ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr.,
Washington                                Alabama
 ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                   MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
 JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
 JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania     
                                    

 NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, 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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                                 PART 3
                  Justification of the Budget Estimates
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                        COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                   C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman

 RALPH REGULA, Ohio                   DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
 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              STENY H. HOYER, Maryland
 TOM DeLAY, Texas                     ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
 JIM KOLBE, Arizona                   MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
 RON PACKARD, California              NANCY PELOSI, California
 SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama              PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
 JAMES T. WALSH, New York             NITA M. LOWEY, New York
 CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina    JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
 DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio                ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
 ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma      JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
 HENRY BONILLA, Texas                 JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
 JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan            ED PASTOR, Arizona
 DAN MILLER, Florida                  CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida
 JAY DICKEY, Arkansas                 DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
 JACK KINGSTON, Georgia               CHET EDWARDS, Texas
 RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey  ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr.,
 ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi           Alabama
 MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York          JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina
 GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr.,           MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
Washington                            LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
 RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM,           SAM FARR, California
California                            JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
 TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                  CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
 ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                 ALLEN BOYD, Florida
 TOM LATHAM, Iowa
 ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
 ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
 JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
 JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire
 KAY GRANGER, Texas
 JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania     
                                    

                 James W. Dyer, Clerk and Staff Director

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