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INGRAM, Texas - Dear Friend and Allies: You must keep the pressure on going into the election.  You must keep calling, faxing and e-mailing against the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill and HR 2421- S1870 Corps of Engineers EPA land grab. This letter is being written after Congress adjourned but before the election.  Congress will come back November 17th for a Lame Duck Session.
 
American Land Rights wanted you to receive the election information you need in time before the election.
 
Congress failed to pass the giant Omnibus Federal Lands bill so far. They are planning to come back for a Lame Duck Session on November 17th.  That is when the real trouble will start.  You must pound away at your Congressman and both Senators to get commitments before the election to oppose the giant Omnibus Federal Lands Bill (HR 5151), which at this time has over 150 bills added to it.
 
The Omnibus Federal Lands Bill could have a new number when considered in the Lame Duck Session.
 
Before the election is the time to get commitments from your Senators and Congressman to oppose these bills.  ALRA is in a race to get out hundreds of thousands of faxes, letters and e-mails about these bills, plus the vote records of Senators McCain and Obama as well as every other Member of Congress.
 
You can go to  www.landrights.org and look on the home page for the Private Property Congressional Vote Index.  You can go back several years to look at how your Congressman and Senators voted on issues important to you.
 
ALRA is still sending out massive amounts of election education mail, faxes and e-mail to inform potential voters about how their Congressman and Senators voted.
 
ALRA must raise $55,000 quickly.  Please send your 2009 membership to help educate voters before the election and support American Land Rights.
 
You can go to  www.landrights.org to join ALRA or make a contribution.
 
Thanks to your letters, calls and more, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the House failed to pass the giant Corps of Engineers and EPA Wetlands Land Grab (HR 2421 - S 1870).  That bill will certainly be back when the new Congress comes back. But you must push your Reps. now, before the election, to commit to oppose it.
 
When Congress comes back for the Lame Duck Session the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee could vote on HR 2421, the Clean Water Restoration Act (We call it the Corps of Engineers/EPA Land Grab bill).  It will have a new number in the new Congress if it fails to pass before 2009.
 
 The Clean Water Restoration Act is the Democrat effort to reverse two Supreme Court Wetlands decisions favorable to private property owners and seize control of all US watersheds for the Corps of Engineers and EPA.
 
That means all Federal and private lands. In other words, National Land Use Controls.  HR 2421 would give control over Wetlands and other lands back to the Corps of Engineers and EPA.  The Corps of Engineers and EPA would control your land.
 
-----Vote Records-----
 
The vote records of Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are in the Private Property Congressional Vote Index.   There are vast differences between their vote records on your issues. We've listed a few examples of key issues below and shown how each of them voted.  Senator Obama's record is very short but we do have three years worth of votes.  He generally votes with the green groups.
 
The Private Property Congressional Vote Index is a Congressional Scorecard published by the League of Private Property Voters.  The League is a coalition of several hundred organizations who help publish and distribute the scorecard.   Chuck Cushman, Executive Director of American Land Rights, is the Chairman of the League of Private Property Voters that has published the scorecard for over 20 years.
 
The most recent issues have been written by Chuck Cushman and Mike Hardiman who has represented American Land Rights in Washington off and on for many years.
 
American Land Rights is in a race to raise enough money quickly to send faxes, letters and e-mails to hundreds of thousands of your allies to give them the information about how to compare Senator Obama with Senator McCain as well as the vote record of each reader's own Senators and Congressman.
 
You can go back many years and examine Senate and House Votes on your issues by going to  www.landrights.org.  Senator Obama has only been in Congress for four years and his vote record is included in the 2007 Vote Index as well as the 2006 edition.  It includes 2005.  We will publish the 2008 scorecard but with Congress running so late, it may not be possible to get it to you before the election.
 
If you are unable to access the Internet to get a copy of the 2006 and 2007 Vote Index, as well as previous years, then call American Land Rights at (360) 687-3087 and we'll mail you a copy.
 
Here are some examples of the issues Senators Obama and McCain voted on in 2005, 2006 and 2007.  Both missed a lot of votes because they were running for President.  There were a limited number of votes where both McCain and Obama voted on the same bills affecting you.  None in 2007. Each vote is well described in the Vote Index.
 
In 2006 McCain scored 100% when compared to the American Land Rights position when he voted.  Obama scored 40% in 2006.  In 2007 McCain again scored 100% on ALRA votes while Obama again scored 40%.  For the record, Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) scored 29% in 2007.
 
 
 
ALRA Position     McCain Vote    Obama Vote
 
June 8, 2005  Confirm Property Rights Judge:
Yes...... Yes...... No
 
June 20, 2005  Confirm Pro-US Sovereignty UN Rep (Bolton):
Yes ......Yes...... No
 
June 22, 2005  Shut Down Off Shore To Energy Exploration:
No....... Yes...... Yes
 
June 22, 2005  Open ANWR To Oil Exploration:
Yes....... Yes...... No
 
June 22, 2005  Hand Over US Economic Policy To UN:
No....... Yes...... Yes
 
Dec. 21, 2005  Open Public Lands To Energy Exploration:
Yes....... Yes...... No
 
March 16, 2006  Limit Land Acquisition Spending:
Yes....... Yes...... No
 
June 8, 2006  Repeal The Death Tax:
 
Yes....... Yes...... No
 
July 19, 2006  Delay Water Development Projects:
No....... No...... Yes
 
Even with Congress home you need to call both your Senators and your Representative at their office regarding the Lame Duck Session and how they will vote on the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill and the Corps of Engineers EPA Land Grab.
 
I cannot overstate how critical the NLCS is to you.  The NLCS (National Landscape Conservation System) is just one bill of over 150 bills included in the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill.
 
The NLCS was created in 2000 by Bruce Babbitt and the approximately 154 other bills in the Omnibus Federal Lands bill will vastly affect your access and use of BLM lands including National Monuments, W & S Rivers and much
more.   It threatens access and use by property owners, ranchers, miners,
forestry advocates, recreationists and many other Federal land users.
 
If the Corps of Engineers EPA Land Grab passes, every landowner will be impacted by a huge new layer of bureaucracy and regulations.
 
 
Why you and American Land Rights (ALRA) should be on the same team.
 
-----ALRA is your political insurance policy; -----ALRA has a powerful record of accomplishment in Congress; -----Through ALRA, your voice is loudly heard in Washington, DC; -----ALRA is known for its aggressive protection of members' rights; -----You have access to our full time office and staff in Washington, DC; -----You have a full time Headquarters in Battle Ground, Washington to help you; -----Hundreds of thousands of allies in ALRA e-mail, fax and mail lists to help you win; -----ALRA offers crisis management services to members and allies; -----Day-to-day consulting on land use and environmental issues is available; and -----Grassroots organizing and coalition building to help you save your property or interest.
 
Please support American Land Rights by sending your $35 2009 Membership to help ALRA educate hundreds of thousands of voters.  Actually, with e-mail forwarding, we may reach millions.
 
Please send your special contribution for $1000, $500, $200, $100, $50, $30 or whatever you can afford to help fund American Land Rights ability to send tens of thousands of letters, e-mails and faxes to stop the Omnibus bill and HR 2421.  You can join American Land Rights or make a contribution at  www.landrights.org or mail your support to American Land Rights, PO Box 400, Battle Ground, WA  98604.
 
Sincerely,
 
Chuck Cushman
(360) 687-3087
ccushman@pacifier.com
 
 
P.S.  Your $35 2009 Membership will help ALRA educate hundreds of thousands of landowners about the vote records of Senators McCain and Obama as well as every other Congressman and Senator.
 
Your extra contribution will help pay for all the faxes, e-mails and letters we're sending across America in the next few weeks.   Please send your Membership or Contribution by Thursday, October 30th.
 
You can send it by mail to American Land Rights Association, PO Box 400, Battle Ground, WA  98604.  This Membership for one year is $35 unless you are a new member.  You can try out Membership as a new member for the special reduced rate of $25, $10 off the regular rate.
 
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-----Omnibus Federal Lands Bill
 
-----Congress Back Nov 17, Here Are 150 Bills In Omnibus Bill For Senate Vote.
 
-----Congress returns for Lame Duck Session November 17th.
 
-----Senate will vote after Nov. 17th on Omnibus Federal Lands bill.
(For Now called HR 5151.  The number could change.)
 
 
-----Here is a complete list of the over 150 bills included in the Omnibus package. Other bills could be added.
 
Some of these bills are controversial.  Others are not.  But by lumping them together in the Omnibus Bill, Sen. Harry Reid tries to buy the votes of all the Senators.
 
Pay special attention to the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS).
This one bill is 26,000,000 acres of land grab.
 
Also hidden in the bill is land acquisition for national trails.  This is just the first step toward eminent domain.
 
Majority Leader Harry Reid (R-NV) plans on moving the giant Omnibus Federal Lands Bill during Lame Duck Session.
 
Other Senators can stop it by putting holds on the bill or otherwise delaying it so it cannot be voted on in the Lame Duck Session.  Put your Senators on the spot.
 
The Omnibus Federal Lands Bill is one of the largest and most expensive land grabs in history.  Over 150 separate bills included including the dreaded National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS).
 
The danger in an Omnibus Federal Lands Bill is that since a Senator may have a bill in the package, he or she will not look at the other bills in the package.  That is how a lot of bad bills pass Congress.  It is a bad system and you need to let your Senators know you are watching their actions on this bill.
 
Harry Reid deliberately adds bills from Republicans and others so they won't oppose the overall bill.  You need to make sure your Senators oppose the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill anyway.  No bill is worth the enormous damage the Omnibus Bill will cause.
 
This will be one of the most important votes in years.
 
 
-----Action Items-----
 
-----1.  Forward this message as widely as possible.
 
-----2.  Call, fax and e-mail both your Senators opposing the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill.  It may go under the number HR 5151.  They could change the number.   When you call, ask for the staff person who handles this issue and get his or her e-mail address.  Keep calling and following up.  You must maintain the pressure.
 
Any Senator may be called at (202) 224-3121. Tell them to vote on each bill separately.  Bills should not be packaged together where nobody has read all the bills.  We will send you a report from the League of Private Property Voters about which Senators voted for and against the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill.  Make sure your Senator knows this.  You have extra power if you act quickly and put pressure on your Senator before the election.
 
-----3.  Go visit with your Senator if they are running for election this year.
 
-----4.  Call your friends and neighbors to urge them to contact your Senators.
 
-----5.  Get organizations to call both your Senators.
 
-----6.  Call, fax and e-mail your Congressman opposing the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill and the NLCS.  After the Senate vote, the Omnibus Bill will have to go back to the House for approval.  All Congressmen may be called at
(202) 225-3121.
 
Omnibus Bill May Be HR 5151 or Some Other Bill Number.
 
-----All The bills listed below are in the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill.
 
You need to look through this bill list and deluge any Senators listed with bills in the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill.  You may call any senator at (202) 224-3121.
 
All Senators must be called, faxed or e-mailed because they will all vote.
 
Description of the bill:  Senate Bill - Senate Bill Sponsor - House Bill - House Sponsor
 
Wild Monongahela Wilderness:  S 2851-Byrd (D-WV) - HR 5151 - Rahall (D-WV) VA Ridge & Valley Wilderness: S 570 - Warner (R-VA) - HR 1011 - Boucher
(D-VA) Mt. Hood Wilderness, OR:  S 647 - Wyden (D-OR) - HR 6290 - Blumenauer (D-OR) Copper Salmon Wilderness, OR:  S 2034 - Wyden (D-OR) - HR 3513 - DeFazio (D-OR) Cascade-Siskiyou Natl Monument, OR: S 2379 - Smith (R-OR)
 
Owyhee Public Land Management: S 2833 - Crapo (R-ID) Sabinoso Wilderness, NM: HR 2632 - T. Udall (D-NM) Pictured Rocks Natl Lakeshore Wilderness: S 3017 - Levin (D-MI) OR Badlands Wilderness: S 3088 - Wyden (D-OR) Spring Basin Wilderness, OR: S 3089 - Wyden (D-OR) E. Sierra & Northern San Gabriel Wilderness, CA: S 3069 - Boxer (D-CA) - HR 6156 - McKeon (R-CA)
 
Riverside Cnty Wilderness, CA: S 2109 - Boxer (D-CA) - HR 3682 - Bono Mack (R-CA)Sequoia & Kings Canyon Natl Parks Wilderness, CA:  S 1774 - Boxer (D-CA) - HR 3022 - Costa (D-CA) Rocky Mountain Natl Park Wilderness, CO:  S 1380 - Salazar (D-CO) - HR 2334 - M Udall (D-CO) Natl Landscape Conservation System:  S 1139 - Bingaman (D-NM) - HR 2016 - Grijalva (D-AZ) Prehistoric Trackways Natl Monument:  S 275 - Bingaman (D-NM) Ft Stanton-Snowy River Cave Natl Conservation Area:  S 260 - Domenici (R-NM) - HR 1989 - Pearce (R-NM) Snake River Birds of Prey Natl Conservation Area:  S 262 - Craig (R-ID) - HR 3734 - Simpson (R-ID) Dominguez-Escalante Natl Conservation Area:  S 3065 - Salazar (D-CO) - HR 6162 - Salazar (D-CO) Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program:  S 1940 - Bingaman (D-NM)
 
Land Conveyances & Exchanges
 
Carson City, NV land conveyances:  S 3606 - Reid (D-NV) Southern NV limited transition area conveyance:  S 1377 - Reid (D-NV) - HR
2299 - Heller (R-NV)
NV Cancer Institute land conveyance: S 758 -Ensign (D-NV) -HR 1311 - Berkley
(D-NV)
Turnabout Ranch land conveyance, UT: S 832-Hatch (R-UT)-HR 3575-Matheson (D-
UT)
Boy Scouts land exchange, UT:  S 900 - Hatch (R-UT) - HR 6097 - Matheson
(D-UT)
 
Douglas Cnty, WA, land conveyance:  HR 523 - Hastings (R-WA) Twin Falls, ID, land conveyance:  S 2354 - Crapo (R-ID) - HR 4184 - Simpson
(R-ID)
Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area release, NV:  S 2898 - Reid (D-NV) - HR
816 - Porter (R-NV)
Park City, UT, land conveyance:  S 532 - Hatch (R-UT) - HR 828 - Bishop
(R-UT)
Release of revisionary interest in certain lands in Reno, NV:  S 2443 - Ensign (D-NV) - HR 2246 - Heller (R-NV)
 
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria:  HR 3490 - Radanovich (R-CA) Watershed Restoration & Enhancement:  S 232 - Wyden (D-OR) Wildland Firefighter Safety:  S 1152 - Cantwell (D-WA) - HR 4832 - M Udall
(D-CO)
WY Range:  S 2229 - Barrasso (R-WY)
 
Land Conveyances & Exchanges:
 
Land conveyance to City of Coffman Cove, AK:  S 202 - Murkowski (R-AK) - HR
831- D Young (R-AK)
Beaverhead-Deerlodge Natl Forest land conveyance, MT:  S 2124 - Baucus
(D-MT) - HR 3702 - Rehberg (R-MT)
Sante Fe Natl Forest; Pecos NHP Land exchange:  S 216 - Bingaman (D-NM) Sante Fe Natl Forest Land Conveyance, NM:  S 1939 - Bingaman Kittitas Cnty, WA, land conveyance:  S 2601 - Cantwell (D-WA) - HR 1285 - Hastings (R-WA) Mammoth Community Water District use restrictions:  HR 356 - McKeon (R-CA)
 
Land conveyance, Wasatch-Cache Natl Forest, UT:  HR 3473 - Bishop (R-UT) Boundary adj, Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness:  S 1802 - Craig
(R-ID)
Sandia Pueblo land exchange technical amendment:  Bingaman (D-NM) CO Northern Front Range Study:  S 2508 - Salazar (D-CO) - HR 903 - M Udall
(D-CO)
Forest Landscape Restoration:  S 2593 - Bingaman (D-NM) - HR 5263 - Grijalva
(D-AZ)
 
Additions to the Natl & Wild Scenic Rivers System
 
Fossil Creek, AZ NWSR:  S 86 - McCain (R-AZ) - HR 199 - Renzi (R-AZ) Snake River Headwaters, WY NWSR:  S 1281 - Thomas (R-WY) Taunton River, MA NWSR:  S 868 - Kennedy (D-MA) - HR 415
 
Wild & Scenic Rivers Studies
 
Missisquoi & Trout Rivers Study NWSR:  S 2093 - Leahy (D-VT) - HR 3667 - Welch (D-VT)
 
Additions to the Natl Trails System
 
AZ Natl Scenic Trail:  S 1304 - McCain  (R-AZ) - HR 2297 - Giffords (D-AZ) New England Natl Scenic Trail:  S 923 - Kerry (D-MA) - HR 1528 - Olver
(D-MA)
Ice Age Floods Natl Geologic Trail:  S 268 - Cantwell (D-WA) - HR 450 - Hastings (R-WA) WA-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route NHT:  S 686 - Lieberman (ID-CT) - HR 1286
- Hinchey (D-NY)
Pacific Northwest Natl Scenic Trail:  S 2943 - Cantwell (D-WA) - HR 5926 - Dicks (D-WA) Trail of Tears Natl Historic Trail:  HR 5335 - Wamp (R-TN)
 
Natl Trail System Amendments
 
Natl Trails System willing seller authority:  S 169 - Allard (R-CO) Revision of feasibility & suitability studies of existing NHT:  S 580 - Hatch (R-UT) - HR 1336 - Blumenauer (D-OR) Chisholm Trail & Great Western Trails Studies:  S 2255 - Hutchison (R-TX) - HR 2849 - Cole (R-OK) Cooperative Watershed Management Program:  S 3085 - Tester (D-MT) Competitive Status for Federal Employees in AK:  S 1433 - Murkowski (R-AK)
 
Management of the Baca Natl Wildlife Refuge:  S 127 - Allard (R-CO) - HR
1658 - Salazar (D-CO)
Paleontological Resources Preservation:  S 320 - Akaka (D-HI) - HR 554 - McGovern (D-MA) Izembek Natl Wildlife Refuge Land Exchange:  S 1680 - Murkowski (R-AK) - HR
2801 - D Young (R-AK)
Wolf Livestock Loss Demonstration Project:  S 2875 - Tester (D-MT)
 
Additions to the Natl Park System
 
Paterson Great Falls Natl Historical Park, NJ:  S 148 - Lautenberg (D-NJ) - HR 189 - Pascrell (D-NJ) William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home Natl Historic Site:  S 245 - Pryor
(D-AR) - HR 5504 - Ross (D-AR)
River Raisin Natl Battlefield Park:  S 3247 - Levin (D-MI) - Hr 6470 - Dingell (D-MI)
 
Amendments to Existing Units of the Natl Park System
 
Funding for Keweenaw Natl Historical Park:  S 189 - Levin (D-MI) - HR 3704 - Stupak (D-MI) Location of visitor & admin facilities for Weir Farm NHS:  S 1247 - Lieberman (ID-CT) - HR 1836 - Shays (R-CT) Little River Canyon Natl Preserve boundary expansion:  S 1961 - Sessions
(R-AL) - HR 5486 - Rogers (R-AL)
Hopewell Culture Natl Historical Park boundary expansion:  S 1993 - Brown
(D-OH) - HR 2197 - Space (D-OH)
 
Jean LaFitte Natl Historical Park & Preserve boundary adj:  S 783 - Landrieu
(D-LA) - HR 1387 - Melancon (D-LA)
Minute Man Natl Historical Park:  S 2513 - Kennedy (D-MA) - HR 5853 - Tsongas (D-MA) / HR 2815 - Meehan (D-MA) Everglades Natl Park:  S 2804 - Nelson (D-FL) / S 3340 - Martinez (R-FL) - HR 5708 - Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) Kalaupapa Natl Historical Park:  S 2502 - Akaka (D-HI) - HR 3332 - Hirono
(D- HI)
Boston Harbor Islands Natl Recreation Area:  S 1365 - Kerry (D-MA)
 
Thomas Edison Natl Historical Park, New Jersey:  S 2329 - Menendez (D-NJ) - HR 2627 - Payne (D-NJ) Women's Rights Natl Historical Park:  S 1816 - Clinton (D-NY) - HR 3114 - Slaughter (D-NY) Martin Van Buren Natl Historical Site:  S 2535 - Clinton (D-NY) - HR 3063 - Gillibrand (D-NY) Palo Alto Battlefield Natl Historical Park:  S 3011 - Cornyn (R-TX) - HR
4828 - Ortiz (D-TX)
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Natl Historical Park:  S 3226 - Bunning (R-KY)
 
New River Gorge Natl River:  HR 5137 - Rahall (D-WV) Technical Corrections Wright Brothers-Dunbar Natl Historical Park, OH:  HR 4199 - Turner (R-OH) Fort Davis Natl Historic Site:  HR 6176 - Rodriguez (D-TX)
 
Special Resource Studies
 
Walnut Canyon study:  S 722 - McCain (R-AZ) - HR 1558 - Renzi (R-AZ) / HR
5751 - Pastor (D-AZ)
Tule Lake Segregation Center, CA:  S 1476 - Feinstein (D-CA) - HR 2506 - Doolittle (R-CA) Estate Grange, St. Croix:  S 1969 - Hatch (R-UT) Harriet Beecher Stowe House, ME:  S 662 - Snowe (R-ME) Shepherdstown Battlefield, West VA:  S 1633 - Byrd (D-WV)
 
Green McAdoo School, TN:  S 2207 - Alexander (R-TN) - HR 2695 - Wamp (R-TN) Harry S. Truman Birthplace, MO:  HR 3998 - Grijalva (D-AZ) Battle of Matewan special resource study:  HR 3998 - Grijalva (D-AZ) Butterfield Overland Trail:  HR 3998 - Grijalva (D-AZ) Cold War sites theme study:  S 2561 - Reid (D-NV) - HR 5139 - Berkley (D-NV) Battle of Camden, SC:  S 3051 - Graham (R-SC) - HR 1674 - Spratt (D-SC) Fort San Geronimo, Puerto Rico:  S 3051 - Graham (R-SC) - HR 1545 - Fortuno
(R-PR)
 
Program Authorizations
 
American Battlefield Protection Program:  S 1921 - Webb (D-VA) - HR 2933 - Miller (R-CA) Preserve America Program:  S 2262 - Domenici (R-NM) - HR 3981 - Miller
(D-NC)
Save America's Treasures Program:  S 2262 - Domenici (R-NM) - HR 3981 - Miller (D-NC) Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program:  S 3010 - Domenici (R-NM) - HR 6046
- Wilson (R-NM)
Natl Cave & Karst Research Institute:  S 3096 - Bingaman (D-NM)
 
Advisory Commissions
 
Na Hoa Pili O Kaloko-Honokohau Advisory Commission:  S 1728 - Akaka (D-HI) Cape Cod Natl Seashore Advisory Commission:  S 3158 - Kennedy (D-MA) - HR
6336 - Delahunt (D-MA)
Natl Park System Advisory Board:  S 3158 - Kennedy (D-MA) - HR 6336 - Delahunt (D-MA) Concessions Management Advisory Board:  S 3158 - Kennedy (D-MA) - HR 6336 - Delahunt (D-MA) St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission:  S 2359 - Martinez (R-FL) - HR
4258 - Mica (R-FL)
Memorials - Reauthorization of memorial to M L K, Jr.:  S 3607 - Burr (R-NC)
 
Designation of Natl Heritage Areas
 
Sangre de Cristo Natl Heritage Area, CO:  S 443 - Salazar (D-CO) - HR 859 - Salazar (D-CO) Cache La Poudre River Natl Heritage Area, CO:  S 128 - Allard (R-CO) - HR
591 - Musgrave (R-CO)
South Park Natl Heritage Area, CO:  S 444 - Salazar (D-CO) - HR 3335 - Lamborn (R-CO) Northern Plains Natl Heritage Area, ND:  S 2098 - Dorgan (D-ND) - HR 6678 - Pomeroy (D-ND) Baltimore Natl Heritage Area, MD:  S 2604 - Mikulski (D-MD) - HR 5279 - Cummings (D-MD)
 
Freedom's Way Natl Heritage Area, MA & NH:  S 827 - Kerry (D-MA) - HR 1297 - Olver (D-MA) MS Hills Natl Heritage Area:  S 2254 - Cochran (R-MS) - HR 4457 - B Thompson
(D-MS)
MS Delta Natl Heritage Area:  S 2512 - Cochran (R-MS) - HR 4457 - B Thompson
(D-MS)
Muscle Shoals Natl Heritage Area, AL:  HR 1483 - Regula (R-OH) Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm Natl Heritage Area, AK:  S 3045 - Murkowski
(R-AK)
 
Studies
 
Chattahoochee Trace, AL & GA:  S 637 - Sessions (R-AL) - HR 1408 - Everett
(R-AL)
Northern Neck, VA:  S 3039 - Webb (D-VA) - HR 1483 - Regula (R-OH) Amendments Relating to Natl Heritage Corridors Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley NHC:  S 1182 - Dodd (D-CT) - HR 1949 - Courtney (D-CT) DE & Lehigh NHC:  S 817 - Voinovich - HR 3809 - Kanjorski (D-PA)
 
Erie Canalway NHC:  S 817 - Voinovich - HR 1483 - Regula (R-OH) John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley NHC:  HR 1483 - Regula (R-OH)
 
Feasibility Studies
 
Snake, Boise, & Payette River systems, ID:  S 542 - Craig (R-ID) Sierra Vista Subwatershed, AZ:  S 1929 - Kyl (R-AZ) - HR 3328 - Giffords
(D-AZ)
San Diego Intertie, CA:  HR 1803 - Hunter (R-CA)
 
Project Authorizations
 
Tumalo Irrigation District Water Conservation Project, OR:  S 1037 - Smith
(R-OR) - HR 496 - Walden (R-OR)
Madera Water Supply Enhancement Project, CA:  S 1473 - Feinstein (D-CA) - HR
1855 - Radanovich (R-CA)
Eastern NM Rural Water System Project, NM:  S 2814 - Bingaman (D-NM) - HR 5710 - T Udall (D-NM) Rancho CA Water District Project, CA:  HR 1725 - Bono Mack (R-CA) Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Project, CO:  S 1477 - Salazar (D-CO) - HR 3437
- Salazar (D-CO)
 
Rio Grande Pueblos, NM:  S 2805 - Bingaman (D-NM) - HR 6024 - T Udall (D-NM) Upper CO River Basin Fund:  S 3189 - Bingaman (D-NM) Santa Margarita River, CA:  HR 29 - Issa (R-CA) Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District:  HR 31 - Issa (R-CA) North Bay Water Reuse Authority:  S 1472 - Feinstein (D-CA) - HR 236 - M Thompson (D-CA)
 
Prado Basin Natural Treatment System Project, CA:  S 2259 - Feinstein (D-CA)
- HR 813 - Miller (R-CA)
Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin, CA:  S 1474 - Feinstein (D-CA) - HR 1139 - Calvert (R-CA) GREAT Project, CA:  HR 1737 - Capps (D-CA) Yucaipa Valley Water District, CA:  HR 2614 - Calvert (R-CA) Arkansas Valley Conduit, CO:  S 2974 - Allard (R-CO) - HR 6502 - Salazar
(D-CO)
 
Title Transfers & Clarifications
 
Transfer of McGee Creek pipeline & facilities:  S 177 - Inhofe (R-OK) - HR
2085 - Fallin (R-OK)
Albuquerque Biological Park, NM, title clarification:  S 2370 - Bingaman
(D-NM)
Goleta Water District Water Distribution System, CA:  HR 3323 - Capps (D-CA) San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund:  HR 123 - Dreier (R-CA) Lower CO River Multi-Species Conservation Program:  S 300 - Kyl (R-AZ) - HR
2515 - Heller (R-NV)
Secure Water:  S 2156 - Bingaman (D-NM)
 
Aging Infrastructure:  S 2842 - Reid (D-NV) San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act:  S 27 - Feinstein (D-CA) - HR
24 - Radanovich (R-CA) / HR 4074 - Costa (D-CA) Northwestern NM Rural Water Projects:  S 1171 - Bingaman (D-NM) - HR 1970 - T Udall (D-NM)
 
U.S. Geological Survey Authorizations
 
Reauthorization of the Natl Geologic Mapping Act of 1992:  S 240 - Craig
(R-ID) - HR 5171 - Costa (D-CA)
NM water resources study:  S 324 - Domenici (R-NM) - HR 2071 - Wilson (R-NM)
 
Miscellaneous
 
Management & distribution of ND Trust Funds:  S 1740 - Conrad (D-ND) Amdts to Fisheries Restoration & Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000:  S 1522
- Wyden (D-OR) - HR 3830 - DeFazio (D-OR) Amendments to the AK Natural Gas Pipeline Act:  S 1089 - Murkowski (R-AK) Additional Assistant Secretary for the Dept of Energy:  S 1203 - Bingaman
(D-NM)
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute:  S 3179 - Bingaman (D-NM) - HR 6592
- Wilson (R-NM)
Auth. of appropriations for Natl Tropical Botanical Garden:  S 2220 - Akaka
(D-HI) - HR 5999 - Hirono (D-HI)
 
 
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