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February 6 - REGULATION: Judge Blocks Internet Smut Law, Reopening Child-Access Debate

February 13 - Clinton Plan To Ban Road Work In Forests Renews Debate

February 13 - COMMERCE: With Oil and Gas Prices Low, Passions Run High Over Fee Increase

February 27 - COMMERCE: States, Localities Say Internet Tax Panel Is Stacked Against Them

March 6 - Panel Votes To Require Fees For Filming in National Parks

March 13 - ENVIRONMENT: Suburban Sprawl And Government Turf

March 13 - In Land Development Decisions, States Say Quality Counts

March 20 - Air Quality Ruling May Force Cities To Halt Transportation Projects, Lobby for Legislative Solution

March 20 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: How Will Congress Navigate The New Media Maelstrom?

March 27 - ENVIRONMENT: Domenici Offers Plan To Cope With Commercial Nuclear Waste; New Mexico Storage Site Opens

April 17 - COMMERCE: Bipartisan Pact Reached on Y2K Liability

April 17 - House Votes To Charge Filmmakers for Use of Parks

April 24 - APPROPRIATIONS: Californians' Long-Running Dispute May Prevent Expeditious Completion Of Overdue Water Projects Bill

April 24 - ENVIRONMENT: Interim Nuclear Waste Bill Not Ready for House Floor Despite Commerce Panel's Assent

April 24 - House Votes To Set Standards For Quality of Coastal Waters

May 1 - COMMERCE: Cloture Vote on Y2K Liability Is a Win for Bill Opponents, But No One Is About To Yield

May 1 - House Breaks Logjam On Flood Control Measure, Drops Doolittle's Diversion Plan

May 1 - Route 66 Preservation Bill Approved by House Committee

May 8 - New EPA Air Quality Proposals Viewed Warily by Many on Hill

May 8 - Sequel With a High-Tech Twist: Customs Service Hearings Ahead

May 15 - ENVIRONMENT: Court Voids EPA's Rules On Air Quality

May 22 - Hearing Allows Doubters To Question Climate Programs

May 29 - COMMERCE: Internet Copyright Bill Advances But Faces Sudden Challenge From Less Punitive Measure

May 29 - McCain Offers Compromise On Encryption Exports

June 12 - Superfund Compromise Wins Subcommittee Approval

June 19 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Passes Energy-Water Bill Tilted Toward Defense Programs; House May Take Different Tack

June 19 - Chart: Comparison of Senate, House Versions Of Y2K Legislation

June 19 - ENVIRONMENT: Bills To Conserve Open Land Take Tentative Root on Hill

June 26 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate's Interior Spending Bill Easily Adheres to Budget Limits, Blocks Clinton's Clean Air Order

June 26 - DEFENSE: Lawmakers Urge Armed Forces To Focus on High-Tech Future

June 26 - Senate Votes To Delay Release Of Chemical Accident Scenarios

July 3 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Panel Approves Interior Bill; Democrats Hold Out Slim Hope Of More for Arts, 'Lands' Initiative

July 3 - Panel Backs Narrow Change In Endangered Species Act

July 17 - APPROPRIATIONS: Fiscally Cautious Interior Bill Passes House as Senate Prepares For Fights on Mining, Oil, Logging

July 17 - ENVIRONMENT: Archer's Plan for Superfund Would End Tax on Industry But Leave Liability Issue Open

July 17 - ENVIRONMENT: Deconstructing Dams: A Watershed for Congress?

July 17 - Logjam Over Water Projects

July 24 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Appropriators Approve Energy-Water Bill As Opposition Broadens

July 24 - COMMERCE: Intended To Protect Minors, Bill on Internet Alcohol Sales Is Stage for Industry Showdown

July 24 - House Panel Votes To Keep 4 Dams

July 31 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Drops Policy Riders From Interior Spending Bill, But Rewrites Might Pass Muster

July 31 - Route 66 Preservation Measure Is Cleared to President

July 31 - THE WASTELAND: As Superfund Bill Awaits Markup, The Only Constant Is Change

August 7 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Takes Little Action On Interior Spending Bill Laden With Environmental Riders

August 7 - COMMERCE: Curb on Sale Of Alcohol On-Line Passes

August 7 - Electric Utility Deregulation Won'T See Action Before Fall

August 7 - ENVIRONMENT: House Panel Moves Superfund Bill, But More Conflict Lies Ahead Over Industry Tax, Other Issues

August 7 - ENVIRONMENT: Water Projects Bill Cleared To President

August 7 - House Panel Approves Screens To Save Salmon In Northwest

August 7 - Oil, Steel Loan Guarantees Cleared

August 7 - Panel Approves Class-Action Bill That Would Benefit Defendants

August 7 - Senate Clears Limits On Access To Chemical Spill Scenarios

August 7 - Senate Panel Holds Hearings On Two Ex-Im Bank Nominees

August 7 - Senate Passes Bill To Clarify Rules On Sweepstakes Mailings

September 4 - BANKING: Clamor Over Consumer Privacy Has Banks on the Defensive

September 11 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate's Work on Interior Bill Delayed by Oil Royalty Filibuster; Logging Restrictions Defeated

September 11 - Interior Lawyer's Opinion Becomes Focus of Debate

September 18 - APPROPRIATIONS: Royalty Debate Has Final Hold On Interior Bill

September 25 - APPROPRIATIONS: Interior Conferees Face Wide Gaps Over Mining, Grazing, Drilling While Veto Threat Hovers

September 25 - Bill Would Require President To Consult On Monuments

September 25 - ENVIRONMENT: High-Level Acrimony In Nuclear Storage Standoff

September 25 - TRADE: 'Dual Use' Reauthorization Proposes Much Shorter List Of Export-Controlled Items

October 2 - ENVIRONMENT: Republicans Move Ahead With Limited Superfund Plan Including Small-Business Relief

October 9 - Panel Votes To Reauthorize Coastal Management Grants

October 16 - APPROPRIATIONS: Clinton Condemns Interior Bill For Environmental Riders, Freeze on Spending for Arts

October 16 - ENVIRONMENT: House Panel Moves Modest Superfund Bill

October 23 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Clears Interior Bill, Setting Stage for Post-Veto Talks On Policy Riders, Funding Levels

October 23 - Panel Votes To Curb President's Ability To Designate Monuments

October 30 - Bill To Restore Estuary Habitats Approved by House Resources

October 30 - House Votes To Oppose Tariffs On International On-Line Sales

November 6 - ENVIRONMENT: Land Purchase Compromise Reached

November 6 - House Passes Payment Guarantee For Untaxable Timber Land

November 13 - APPROPRIATIONS: Fragile Interior Deal Near

November 13 - ENVIRONMENT: Land Purchase Compromise Wins House Panel Approval But Draws Criticism All Around

November 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conferees Agree on Interior Bill After Knocking Off Policy Riders Opposed by the White House

November 20 - Lott Adds Superfund Exemption To Omnibus Package

November 20 - Senate Passes E-Signature Bill, Setting Up Tough Conference

November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Appropriations - Interior

November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Environment - Flood Control

November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Environment - Lands

November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Environment - Nuclear Waste

November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Environment - Superfund

December 31 - POLITICS: The Future of Fundraising