Project Vote Smart

Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) - Oct. 21, 1999 (Key vote)

Title: Interior Department FY2000 Appropriations bill

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report on a bill that appropriates $14.5 billion for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for fiscal year 2000.

Highlight: Department of the Interior - $1.87 billion for the Bureau of Indian Affairs - $1.81 billion for the National Park Service - $1.21 billion for the Bureau of Land Management, including $634.32 million for management of lands and resources and $283.81 million for wildland fire management - $871.12 million for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - $823.83 million for the U.S. Geological Survey Other Departments and Agencies - $2.64 billion for the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service - $2.37 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services' Indian Health Service - $1.52 billion for the Department of Energy - $115.7 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities - $98 million for the National Endowment for the Arts

Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) - Oct. 21, 1999

Note:

NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.

Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) - Sept. 23, 1999 (Key vote)

Title: Interior Department FY2000 Appropriations bill

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates $14.1 billion for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for fiscal year 2000.

Highlight: Department of the Interior - $1.87 billion for the Bureau of Indian Affairs - $1.76 billion for the National Park Service - $1.19 billion for the Bureau of Land Management, including $634.32 million for management of lands and resources and $283.81 million for wildland fire management - $831.13 million for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - $813.09 million for the U.S. Geological Survey Other Departments and Agencies - $2.58 billion for the Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service - $2.33 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service - $1.46 billion for the Department of Energy - $115.7 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities - $103 million for the National Endowment for the Arts

Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - July 15, 1999 (Key vote)

Title: Interior Department FY2000 Appropriations bill

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates $14.1 billion for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for fiscal year 2000.

Highlight: Department of the Interior - $1.84 billion for the Bureau of Indian Affairs - $1.75 billion for the National Park Service - $1.18 billion for the Bureau of Land Management, including $632.07 million for management of lands and resources and $292.40 million for wildland fire management - $930.53 million for the U.S. Geological Survey - $840.21 million for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Other Departments and Agencies - $2.60 billion for the Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service - $2.40 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service - $1.60 billion for the Department of Energy - $110.70 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities - $98 million for the National Endowment for the Arts

Legislation - Introduced (House) - July 2, 1999

Title: Interior Department FY2000 Appropriations bill

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report on a bill that appropriates $14.5 billion for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for fiscal year 2000.