[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Pages 19138-19139]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following reports of committees were submitted:
       By Mr. BIDEN, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
     without amendment:
       S. 3168. A bill to authorize United States participation in 
     the replenishment of resources of the International 
     Development Association, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 
     110-464).
       By Mr. LIEBERMAN, from the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs, with an amendment:
       S. 2321. A bill to amend the E-Government Act of 2002 
     (Public Law 107-347) to reauthorize appropriations, and for 
     other purposes (Rept. No. 110-465).
       By Mr. LIEBERMAN, from the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs, without amendment:
       S. 2816. A bill to provide for the appointment of the Chief 
     Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security 
     by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Rept. No. 110-466).
       By Mr. BAUCUS, from the Committee on Finance, with an 
     amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       S. 3038. A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to extend the adoption incentives program, to 
     authorize States to establish a relative guardianship 
     program, to promote the adoption of children with special 
     needs, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 110-467).
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       H.R. 29. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, 
     municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa 
     Margarita River, California, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, without amendment:
       H.R. 31. A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Elsinore 
     Valley Municipal Water District Wildomar Service Area 
     Recycled Water Distribution Facilities and Alberhill 
     Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Facility Projects.
       H.R. 236. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to create a Bureau of Reclamation partnership with the North 
     Bay Water Reuse Authority and other regional partners to 
     achieve objectives relating to water supply, water quality, 
     and environmental restoration.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       H.R. 813. A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin 
     Natural Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary 
     to carry out a program to assist agencies in projects to 
     construct regional brine lines in California, to authorize 
     the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy Area 
     desalination demonstration and reclamation project, and for 
     other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment and an amendment to the title:
       H.R. 816. A bill to provide for the release of certain land 
     from the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area in the State of 
     Nevada and to grant a right-of-way across the released land 
     for the construction and maintenance of a flood control 
     project.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment:
       H.R. 838. A bill to provide for the conveyance of the 
     Bureau of Land Management parcels known as the White Acre and 
     Gambel Oak properties and related real property to Park City, 
     Utah, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       H.R. 903. A bill to provide for a study of options for 
     protecting the open space characteristics of certain lands in 
     and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in 
     Colorado, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1139. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to plan, design and construct facilities to provide 
     water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, and other uses 
     from the Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin, Santa Ana River, 
     California, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, without amendment:
       H.R. 1737. A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, 
     planning, and construction of permanent facilities for the 
     GREAT project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired waters in 
     the area of Oxnard, California.
       H.R. 1803. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a feasibility study to design and construct a four 
     reservoir intertie system for the purposes of improving the 
     water storage opportunities, water supply reliability, and 
     water yield of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland 
     Reservoirs in San Diego County, California in consultation 
     and cooperation with the City of San Diego and the Sweetwater 
     Authority, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2246. A bill to provide for the release of any 
     reversionary interest of the United States in and to certain 
     lands in Reno, Nevada.
       H.R. 2614. A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in certain water 
     projects in California.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       H.R. 2632. A bill to establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area 
     in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment:
       H.R. 3022. A bill to designate the John Krebs Wilderness in 
     the State of California, to add certain land to the Sequoia-
     Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness, and for other 
     purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, without amendment:
       H.R. 3323. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to convey a water distribution system to the Goleta 
     Water District, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       H.R. 3473. A bill to provide for a land exchange with the 
     City of Bountiful, Utah, involving National Forest System 
     land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest and to further land 
     ownership consolidation in that national forest, and for 
     other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with amendments:
       H.R. 3490. A bill to transfer administrative jurisdiction 
     of certain Federal lands from the Bureau of Land Management 
     to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into 
     trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 
     Rancheria, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3682. A bill to designate certain Federal lands in 
     Riverside County, California, as wilderness, to designate 
     certain river segments in Riverside County as a wild, scenic, 
     or recreational river, to adjust the boundary of the Santa 
     Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, and for 
     other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, without amendment:
       H.R. 5137. A bill to ensure that hunting remains a purpose 
     of the New River Gorge National River.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       S. 390. A bill to direct the exchange of certain land in 
     Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 1477. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to carry out the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in the 
     State of Colorado.
       S. 1680. A bill to provide for the inclusion of certain 
     non-Federal land in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and 
     the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge in the State of 
     Alaska, and for other purposes.
       S. 1756. A bill to provide supplemental ex gratia 
     compensation to the Republic of the

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     Marshall Islands for impacts of the nuclear testing program 
     of the United States, and for other purposes.
       S. 1816. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to establish a commemorative trail in connection with the 
     Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties 
     that are historically and thematically associated with the 
     struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes.
       S. 2093. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
     designate a segment of the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in the 
     State of Vermont for study for potential addition to the 
     National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
       S. 2156. A bill to authorize and facilitate the improvement 
     of water management by the Bureau of Reclamation, to require 
     the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy to 
     increase the acquisition and analysis of water resources for 
     irrigation, hydroelectric power, municipal, and environmental 
     uses, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment:
       S. 2255. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     provide for studies of the Chisholm Trail and Great Western 
     Trail to determine whether to add the trails to the National 
     Trails System, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with amendments:
       S. 2354. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey 4 parcels of land from the Bureau of Land Management 
     to the city of Twin Falls, Idaho.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       S. 2359. A bill to establish the St. Augustine 450th 
     Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, without amendment:
       S. 2448. A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977 to make certain technical 
     corrections.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with amendments:
       S. 2535. A bill to revise the boundary of the Martin Van 
     Buren National Historic Site, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, without amendment:
       S. 2561. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     conduct a theme study to identify sites and resources to 
     commemorate and interpret the Cold War.
       S. 2779. A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States 
     and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments 
     for certain noncoal reclamation projects.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       S. 2805. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior, 
     acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to assess the 
     irrigation infrastructure of the Rio Grande Pueblos in the 
     State of New Mexico and provide grants to, and enter into 
     cooperative agreements with, the Rio Grande Pueblos to 
     repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct existing infrastructure, 
     and for other purposes.
       From the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with an 
     amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       S. 2842. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     carry out annual inspections of canals, levees, tunnels, 
     dikes, pumping plants, dams, and reservoirs under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       S. 2875. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to provide grants to designated States and tribes to carry 
     out programs to reduce the risk of livestock loss due to 
     predation by gray wolves and other predator species or to 
     compensate landowners for livestock loss due to predation.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with amendments:
       S. 2943. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       S. 2974. A bill to provide for the construction of the 
     Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, without amendment:
       S. 3010. A bill to reauthorize the Route 66 Corridor 
     Preservation Program.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       S. 3011. A bill to amend the Palo Alto Battlefield National 
     Historic Site Act of 1991 to expand the boundaries of the 
     historic site, and for other purposes.
       S. 3017. A bill to designate the Beaver Basin Wilderness at 
     Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan.
       S. 3045. A bill to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain 
     Arm National Forest Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, and 
     for other purposes.
       S. 3051. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
     site of the Battle of Camden in South Carolina, as a unit of 
     the National Park System, and for other purposes.
       S. 3065. A bill to establish the Dominguez-Escalante 
     National Conservation Area and the Dominguez Canyon 
     Wilderness Area.
       S. 3069. A bill to designate certain land as wilderness in 
     the State of California, and for other purposes.
       S. 3085. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     establish a cooperative watershed management program, and for 
     other purposes.
       S. 3088. A bill to designate certain land in the State of 
     Oregon as wilderness, and for other purposes.
       S. 3089. A bill to designate certain land in the State of 
     Oregon as wilderness, to provide for the exchange of certain 
     Federal land and non-Federal land, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, without amendment:
       S. 3096. A bill to amend the National Cave and Karst 
     Research Institute Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations 
     for the National Cave and Karst Research Institute.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment and an amendment to the title:
       S. 3158. A bill to extend the authority for the Cape Cod 
     National Seashore Advisory Commission.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment:
       S. 3179. A bill to authorize the conveyance of certain 
     public land in the State of New Mexico owned or leased by the 
     Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       S. 3189. A bill to amend Public Law 106-392 to require the 
     Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration and 
     the Commissioner of Reclamation to maintain sufficient 
     revenues in the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund, and for 
     other purposes.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with an amendment:
       S. 3226. A bill to rename the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace 
     National Historic Site in the State of Kentucky as the 
     ``Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park''.
       By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, without amendment:
       S. 3499. An original bill to protect innocent Americans 
     from violent crime in national parks.

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