DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HEARINGS JUN 06.1996 BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE TRANSFER COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking DEBORAH WEATHERLY, LORETTA BEAUMONT, JOEL KAPLAN, and CHRISTOPHER TOPIK, United States. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking DEBORAH WEATHERLY, LORETTA BEAUMONT, JOEL KAPLAN, and CHRISTOPHER TOPIK, For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-052694-9 KF27 A6484 1996 P+.9 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois JIM KOLBE, Arizona BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa RON PACKARD, California CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JAY DICKEY, Arkansas JACK KINGSTON, Georgia FRANK RIGGS, California MIKE PARKER, Mississippi RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington JIM BUNN, Oregon MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington VIC FAZIO, California W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina STENY H. HOYER, Maryland RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois RONALD D. COLEMAN, Texas ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director (II) 96-151549 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELAT ED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1997 TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1996. HOMESTEAD NATIONAL MONUMENT OF AMERICA FISH AND WILDLIFE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH WITNESS HON. DOUG BEREUTER, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEBRASKA Mr. REGULA [presiding]. The lead-off is my friend, Doug Bereuter. Mr. BEREUTER. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. It's my understanding that you proceed on a first-come, first-served basis on appropriations. Mr. REGULA. That's right. Early bird gets the worm, as they say. Maybe no money, but a worm. [Laughter.] Mr. BEREUTER. That's what I'm afraid of. Mr. Chairman, I have a two-page summary about three specific requests, and I ask unanimous consent that my entire statement and summary be made a part of the record. Mr. REGULA. Without objection. Mr. BEREUTER. And I'll summarize it. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank you and members of this subcommittee for past successes and for requests that you have acceded to that I've made in years previous. The first area that I wanted to mention is the National AgroForestry Center which is located in Lincoln, Nebraska. I support the administration's request of a quarter million from State and private forestry funds for the Center. I'm also requesting the restoration of research funding to the Center at the previous level, $1.1 million. This funding is necessary to help ensure the continuation of vital research being conducted at the Center. The Center is a key element in the agroforestry research and technology transfer for the Forest Service. The Center's mission is to accelerate the development and application of agroforestry techniques to obtain more economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable ecosystems. (1) |