MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES
Amendments
Antarctica Protection Act: enact (S. 2575), 29618, 29629 [16OC]
Analyses
GAO Report on 1872 Mining Law: BLM, 31848-31854 [22OC]
Articles and editorials
Acid Rain's Cost Cloudburst, 5841 [29MR]
Byrd's Killer Amendment, 4612 [20MR], 5368 [27MR]
Double Indemnity, 5637 [28MR]
Industry Working To Change Public Perceptions About Lead, 35970 [26OC]
Minerals in the Environmental Decade, 27253-27254 [3OC]
Old Ben 21 Closes—337 Left Jobless, 495 [25JA]
Pursuit of Team Excellence, 34466 [26OC]
Senate Rejects Plan to Ease Impact of Acid Rain Reduction, 5862 [29MR]
Stewart Udall's War of the West, 7774-7776 [20AP]
Bills and resolutions
Antarctica Protection Act: enact (see S. 2575)
Bezetta Township, OH: delay the lease sale of certain minerals (see H.R. 5929)
Black Lung Benefits Act: amend (see H.R. 4160, 5510)
Coal: Federal lease royalty rates (see S. 2693)
Consumer Coal Royalty Rate Act: amend (see S. 2495)
Dept. of the Interior: Presidential appointment of director of the Minerals Management Service (see S. 2791)
Health: use of assets in black lung benefit trusts for benefits for retired miners (see S. 2718; H.R. 5049)
Land use: remining of certain abandoned coal mine lands (see H.R. 4053)
Mineral Leasing Act: amend (see H.R. 5307, 5579)
Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act: amend (see H.R. 4111)
National Center for Mine Waste Technology Research, Development and Demonstration: establish (see S. 2976)
National Coal Institute: establish (see H.R. 4776)
Public lands: modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 3866)
Reclamation projects: usage of excess storage capacity (see S. 2716)
Safety: duties and powers of mine safety and health inspectors (see H.R. 4979)
Strategic materials: maintain a competitive, financially strong, and secure uranium enrichment capability (see H.R. 5304)
West Virginia: preservation of cultural and historical heritage of coal mining resources (see H.R. 4142)
Comments
GAO report on 1872 mining law: BLM, 31849-31854 [22OC]
Letters
Admiralty Island land exchange negotiations: Sierra Club, 13838 [13JN]
Byrd's amendment to the Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act relative to coal miners: AFL-CIO, 5832 [29MR]
———National Clean Air Coalition, 5844 [29MR]
———National Wildlife Federation, 5859 [29MR]
GAO report on 1872 mining law: Dept. of the Interior, 31849 [22OC]
Memorandums
Policy Precedents for Federal Involvement in Coal Health Matters: Library of Congress, 36532-36536 [27OC]
Memorials of legislature
California, 26908 [1OC]
Illinois, 38 [23JA]
Iowa, 7182 [18AP]
Virginia, 13262 [6JN], 14228 [14JN]
Messages
Alaska's Mineral Resources Report: President Bush, 1396 [6FE]
Mine Safety and Health Activities Report: President Bush, 2795 [27FE]
Proposals
Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act coal miners benefits, 5858 [29MR], 6396 [3AP]
Remarks in House
Black Lung Benefits Act: amend (H.R. 5510), 23102 [3AU]
Coal: management of Federal resources, 18136 [19JY]
———methane gas emissions, 12577 [24MY]
———unemployment of miners, 4261 [13MR]
Health: use of assets in black lung benefit trusts for benefits for retired miners (H.R. 5049), 14301 [14JN]
Indiana County, PA: United Mine Workers of America anniversary, 26663 [28SE]
Land use: remining of certain abandoned coal mine lands (H.R. 4053), 2256 [21FE], 16652-16655 [10JY]
Lead industry: safety and health inprovements, 35970 [26OC]
Mine Safety and Health Administration: relaxation of safety standards, 8343 [26AP]
Mineral Leasing Act: amend (H.R. 5307), 18136 [19JY]
———amend (H.R. 5579), 28437 [10OC]
Miners: early payment of benefit checks (H.R. 521), 4479 [15MR]
Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act: amend (H.R. 4111), 4465 [15MR], 16650 [10JY]
Occupational health and safety: standards, 10222 [14MY]
Public lands: modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, 33851 [25OC]
———modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (H.R. 3866), 260 [24JA]
Pyro Mining Co.: anniversary of mining accident, 24319 [13SE]
Reclamation: reauthorize fees, 35244 [26OC]
Safety: duties and powers of mine safety and health inspectors (H.R. 4979), 13273-13274 [7JN]
Utah: exchange of certain Federal coal leases from the Alton Coal Field (H.R. 3058), 15440-15443 [25JN]
West Virginia: preservation of cultural and historical heritage of coal mining resources (H.R. 4142), 3051 [28FE]
Wheatcroft, KY: William Station Mine explosion, 24209 [13SE]
Remarks in Senate
Admiralty Island: Greens Creek land exchange amendment, 13720 [12JN]
Antarctica Protection Act: enact (S. 2575), 9393 [3MY], 28146 [9OC], 29629-29631 [16OC], 30255 [17OC], 34033 [25OC]
Appropriations: emergency fund for efforts to extinguish the Mathies Coal Co.'s mine fire, 33493 [24OC]
BLM: tribute to Preserving America's Heritage project, 968 [31JA]
Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act: assistance to coal miners affected by legislation, 5828-5860 [29MR]
Coal: benefits for terminated mine workers, 3895-3912, 3948-3964 [8MR]
———Federal lease royalty rates (S. 2693), 12411 [24MY]
Consumer Coal Royalty Rate Act: amend (S. 2495), 7891 [23AP]
Dept. of the Interior: Presidential appointment of director of the Minerals Management Service (S. 2791), 15613 [26JN]
Health: benefits of the black lung program, 4100 [9MR]
———use of assets in black lung benefit trusts for benefits for retired miners (S. 2718), 13484, 13485 [8JN]
Indians: Navajo uranium miners, 7773 [20AP]
Industry: regulation, 27252 [3OC]
Mineral Leasing Act: amend (H.R. 5579), 29117 [15OC]
Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act: amend (H.R. 4111), 29636 [16OC]
Patents: moratorium on claims on public lands, 31828-31848, 31854-31858 [22OC]
Reclamation: reauthorize fees (H.R. 2095), 36261 [27OC]
Reclamation projects: use of excess storage capacity (S. 2716), 13409 [7JN]
States: deduction of Federal mineral receipts, 36520 [27OC]
Reports
Importance of the Mineral Industry of Utah in 1989: Bureau of Mines, 6187 [2AP]
Reports filed
Alton Coal Field, UT, Federal Leases: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3058) (H. 101-469), 9091 [1MY]
Antarctica Protection Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. 2575), 25759 [25SE]
Mineral Leasing Act Amendment: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 5579) (H. Rept. 101-833), 28448 [10OC]
Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act Amendment: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 4111) (S. Rept. 101-496), 27247 [3OC]
Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act Amendments: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4111) (H. Rept. 101-465), 8402 [26AP]
Oil Shale Mining Claims: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 2392) (S. Rept. 101-260), 5903 [29MR]
———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 30) (S. Rept. 101-259), 5903 [29MR]
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendment: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4053) (H. Rept. 101-527), 13261 [6JN]
Statements
Byrd's Amendment to the Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act Relative to Coal Miners: AFL-CIO, 5832 [29MR]
———Senator Byrd, 5857 [29MR]
Summaries
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act (H.R. 2095), 35245 [26OC]
National Acid Rain Precipitation Assessment Program, 11383-11722 [23MY]
Testimonies
Hardrock Mining on Public Lands: James Duffus III, GAO, 33852 [25OC]
Texts of
H.R. 3058, exchange of certain Federal coal leases from the Alton Coal Field, UT, 15440 [25JN]
H.R. 4053, remining of certain abandoned coal mine lands, 16652-16653 [10JY]
H.R. 4111, Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act amendment, 16650 [10JY]
H.R. 5579, Mineral Leasing Act amendments, 28437 [10OC]
S. 2495, Consumer Coal Royalty Rate Act amendment, 7892 [23AP]
S. 2575, Antarctica Protection Act, 9394 [3MY]
S. 2716, use of excess storage capacity in reclamation projects, 13409 [7JN]
S. 2791, Presidential appointment of director of the Minerals Management Service, 15614 [26JN]