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         ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1998

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                                HEARINGS

                                BEFORE A

                           SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                       ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS
                              FIRST SESSION
                                ________

              SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
                JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania, Chairman
 HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky              VIC FAZIO, California
 JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan            PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
 RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey  CHET EDWARDS, Texas
 MIKE PARKER, Mississippi             ED PASTOR, Arizona
 SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama
 JAY DICKEY, Arkansas

NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full 
   Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
   Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.

 James D. Ogsbury, Bob Schmidt, Jeanne Wilson, and Donald M. McKinnon, 
                            Staff Assistants
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                                 PART 4

              Department of Energy Fiscal Year 1998 Budget
                             Justifications
                                                                   Page
 Atomic Energy Defense Activities.................................    1
 Energy Supply Research and Development...........................  646
 General Science and Research..................................... 1256
 Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund...................................... 1367
 Power Marketing Administration................................... 1443
 Inspector General................................................ 1673
 Departmental Administration...................................... 1691
 Working Capital Fund............................................. 1809
 Environmental Restoration and Waste Management................... 1823
 Uranium Enrichment Decontamination Fund.......................... 2653
 Defense Environmental Management Privatization................... 2675
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                      ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                        APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1998

_______________________________________________________________________

                                HEARINGS

                                BEFORE A

                           SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                       ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS

                              FIRST SESSION
                                ________

              SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania, Chairman

HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky               VIC FAZIO, California
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan             PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey   CHET EDWARDS, Texas
MIKE PARKER, Mississippi              ED PASTOR, Arizona
SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama
JAY DICKEY, Arkansas

NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full 
   Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
   Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.

 James D. Ogsbury, Bob Schmidt, Jeanne Wilson, and Donald M. McKinnon, 
                            Staff Assistants
                                ________

                                 PART 4

              Department of Energy Fiscal Year 1998 Budget
                             Justifications
                                                                   Page
 Atomic Energy Defense Activities.................................    1
 Energy Supply Research and Development...........................  646
 General Science and Research..................................... 1256
 Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund...................................... 1367
 Power Marketing Administration................................... 1443
 Inspector General................................................ 1673
 Departmental Administration...................................... 1691
 Working Capital Fund............................................. 1809
 Environmental Restoration and Waste Management................... 1823
 Uranium Enrichment Decontamination Fund.......................... 2653
 Defense Environmental Management Privatization................... 2675
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                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                   BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman

JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania         DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida              SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois
RALPH REGULA, Ohio                     LOUIS STOKES, Ohio
JERRY LEWIS, California                JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois           NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky                MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota
JOE SKEEN, New Mexico                  JULIAN C. DIXON, California
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia                VIC FAZIO, California
TOM DeLAY, Texas                       W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina
JIM KOLBE, Arizona                     STENY H. HOYER, Maryland
RON PACKARD, California                ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama                MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
JAMES T. WALSH, New York               DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado
CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina      NANCY PELOSI, California
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio                  PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma        THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania
HENRY BONILLA, Texas                   ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan              NITA M. LOWEY, New York
DAN MILLER, Florida                    JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
JAY DICKEY, Arkansas                   ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia                 JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
MIKE PARKER, Mississippi               JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey    ED PASTOR, Arizona
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi           CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida
MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York            DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., Washington  CHET EDWARDS, Texas                 
MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin              
RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, California   
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                     
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                    
TOM LATHAM, Iowa                        
ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky               
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama

                 James W. Dyer, Clerk and Staff Director

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