[House Hearing, 106 Congress] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2000 _______________________________________________________________________ HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ________ 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 ________ PART 3 Justification of the Budget Estimates Page United States Forest Service..................................... 1 Department of Energy............................................. 523 ________ Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations ________ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 55-319 WASHINGTON : 1999 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 (ii) ?