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January 4 - Compromises Tempered Key 1985 Decisions

January 18 - Reagan Vetoes Wildlife Refuge Legislation

January 18 - Veto Message on Wildlife Refuge -- Jan.14, 1986

January 25 - Water Project Critic: Rep. Miller Poised to Assume Udall's Interior Chairmanship

February 1 - Conferees Begin Work on Safe Drinking-Water Bill

February 1 - House Panel OKs Revised Hydropower Bill

February 1 - House-Senate Deadlock to Blame: EPA's Thomas Warns Congress 'Superfund' Shutdown Is Near

February 1 - Other Spaceflight Related Deaths

February 1 - State of the Union Put Off; Nation Mourns

February 15 - EPA to Seek Short-Term 'Superfund' Extension

February 15 - No Relicensing Edge for Public Utilities: Hydropower Measures Ready for Floor Action

February 15 - Panel OKs Revival of Energy Audits

March 1 - 'Superfund' Conference Gets Off to Slow Start

March 1 - Rodino Prods Justice on EPA Probe

March 8 - April 1 Deadline Approaching: Conferees Move on 'Superfund,' but Slowly

March 8 - Congress and Justice Department Clash: Panel Asks Special Prosecutor To Probe Document Dispute

March 8 - Ethics in Government Act Deadlines

March 8 - Nuclear Liability Markup Continues

March 15 - But Farmers Object: Industry and Environmentalists Agree on Pesticide Legislation

March 15 - Includes Historic Cost-Sharing Reforms: Senate Debates $12 Billion Water Projects Bill

March 15 - Supplemental Funding Bill for Disaster Relief

March 22 - But No Progress on Substance: Congress Saves 'Superfund,' Grants Two-Month Extension

March 22 - But Will It Get Action? Acid Rain to Get Attention As Reagan Changes Course

March 22 - Confrontation Looms on Safe Water

March 22 - Modified Irrigation Plan Approved

March 22 - Senate Postpones Action on Water Projects

March 29 - Water Projects Would Benefit All Regions (chart)

April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Energy and Environment

April 12 - Bipartisan House Group Offers Acid Rain Bill

April 12 - House Passes Bill Expanding Scenic River Protection

April 19 - Justice Department Seeks Special Prosecutor

April 26 - Garrison Irrigation Plan Revived Once Again

April 26 - Senate Committee Completes Markup: Nuclear Liability Measure Moving Forward

April 26 - Special Prosecutor Named for EPA Probe

May 3 - Dissension Splits House 'Superfund' Conferees

May 3 - House Approves Nevada Wilderness Measure

May 3 - Opposition Expressed at Hearings: House Acid Rain Legislation Criticized From Several Sides

May 10 - Both Houses Work to Overhaul Pesticide Law

May 10 - Comfortable Margin on Third Try: House Approves $1.7 Billion Supplemental Spending Bill

May 10 - Conferees Agree on $8.5 Billion for 'Superfund'

May 10 - Major Provisions of House-Passed Supplemental

May 10 - The Federal Pesticide Law: How It Works

May 17 - House Passes Safe Drinking Water Legislation

May 17 - Major Interest Groups in Agreement: Panel Approves Compromise, Moving Pesticide Bill Forward

May 17 - Tactical Duel Marks Acid Rain Fight

May 17 - Time Running Out: 'Nothing Accomplished' in 'Superfund' Talks

May 24 - But Next Step Will Be Tougher: Marathon Markup Succeeds, Acid Rain Bill Moves Forward

May 24 - Missed Deadline Will Suspend 'Superfund'

May 24 - Senate Clears Safe Drinking Water Bill

June 14 - Coalition Remains Intact: Panel Slogs Through Markup Of New Pesticide Legislation

June 14 - Major Provisions of Senate-Passed Supplemental

June 14 - Rogers Commission Recommendations

June 14 - Supplemental Conferees Fail to Reach Pact

June 21 - Panel OKs Major Overhaul of Pesticide Law

June 21 - Superfund Conferees Make Progress

June 21 - Veto Possible for Supplemental Spending Bill

June 28 - More Work Needed on 'Superfund'

June 28 - Subcommittee Approves School Asbestos Bill

June 28 - Supplemental Funding Bill Sent to President

July 5 - Highlights of HR4515 (cleared by Congress June 27) (chart)

July 5 - House Passes Science Authorization

July 5 - Summary of FY 1986 Supplemental Appropriations

July 12 - Perspective: 'Superfund' Moves With Super-Slow Pace

July 19 - Interior Spending Bill Approved: Panel Votes to Ban Drilling Off California Coast

July 19 - Panel Approves Civilian DOE Authorization

July 26 - 'Superfund' Conferees Inch Forward

July 26 - Coal Leasing Bill Approved

July 26 - Interior Spending Bill Approved: Panel Accepts Offshore Drilling Compromise

August 2 - Conferees Reach Agreement on 'Superfund': Still Must Decide How to Pay for It

August 2 - Reagan Cuts Restored Again: House Within Budget on Interior Spending

August 9 - Agriculture Panels Differ on Pesticide Control

August 16 - Congress Provides Stopgap Funds for 'Superfund'

August 16 - Critics of Acid Rain Bill Delay Committee Action

August 16 - House, Senate Ready to Act: Panel Approves Pesticide Bill; Enactment Now Seems Likely

August 16 - Interior Spending Bill Approved: Panel Would Sell Oil Reserve To Meet 1987 Budget Targets

August 23 - CONGRESS AT MIDYEAR: Environment

August 30 - Acid Rain Measure Faces Very Cloudy Future Passage This Year Extremely Unlikely

September 13 - Interior Appropriations Bill Pulled From Floor

September 20 - Cost Threatens Compromise: House Passes Pesticide Bill; White House Threatens Veto

September 20 - Salvage Work Begun on 'Superfund' Measure

September 27 - Last-Ditch Effort to Rescue 'Superfund' Bill

October 4 - Oil Spill Liability Legislation Stalled

October 4 - Politics Help Fuel Drive to Aid Oil Industry

October 4 - Senate Moves Quickly to Adopt 'Superfund'

October 11 - Agreement Seems Likely Before Adjournment House, Senate Move to Wrap Up Pesticide Bill

October 11 - From Georgia to Nevada: House, Senate Move to Protect Environment

October 11 - Major Provisions of 'Superfund' Authorization Bill

October 11 - Reagan Urged to Sign: Congress Clears 'Superfund,' Awaits President's Decision

October 18 - Cites Need to Accelerate Cleanup: President Signs 'Superfund' After Pleas From Capitol Hill

October 18 - Grants, Loans for Sewage Treatment: Congress Votes Unanimously For $20 Billion Water Cleanup

October 18 - House Agrees to Revised Bill: New Compromise Advanced on Pesticide Law

October 18 - Water Projects Bill Advances

October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Environment

November 1 - But Congress Yields on Key Items: Fiscal '87 Spending for Interior Will Exceed Reagan's Request

November 1 - Fiscal 1987 Interior Appropriations

November 1 - Major Provisions of Omnibus Water Projects Bill

November 1 - Pocket Veto Possible for Clean Water Bill

November 8 - Objects to Cost: Reagan Vetoes Clean Water Bill; Members Vow to Pass It Again

November 8 - Senate Environment Committee: Change at Top to Have Limited Effect

November 22 - Congress Tames Development to Keep Rivers Wide

December 20 - Special Report: Legislative Outlook ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT

December 27 - Acid Rain: Both Sides Ready to Resume Battle