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]