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      "title": "Appropriations for FY1998: Interior and Related Agencies",
      "summary": "The Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations bill includes funding for agencies and programs\nin four separate federal departments as well as numerous smaller agencies and diverse programs. \n  On February 6, 1997, the President submitted his FY1998 budget to Congress. The FY1998\nrequest totals $13.09 billion compared to the $13.14 billion enacted by Congress for FY1997 ( P.L.\n104-208 ). It should be noted that the FY1997 amount included $715 million in nonrecurring\nemergency appropriations. An additional $386 million was appropriated in the recently enacted\nEmergency Supplemental Appropriations bill ( P.L. 105-18 ), bringing total FY1997 appropriations\nto $13.5 billion. \n  The House Appropriations Committee reported the FY1998 Interior and Related Agencies\nAppropriations bill ( H.R. 2107 ) on June 26, 1997. On July 15, 1997 the House passed\nthe bill by a vote of 238-192 and approved $12.952 billion for FY1998. On July 22, 1997, the Senate\nAppropriations Committee reported the spending bill by a vote of 28-0. On September 18, 1997, the\nSenate approved $13.756 billion for FY1998 by a vote of 93-3, an increase of $803 million over the\nHouse allowance. A House-Senate Conference met on September 30, 1997, and reached agreement\nexcept for the issue of $700 million of funding for land acquisitions provided in the Congressional-\nWhite House budget agreement. After extensive negotiations with the Administration on this issue,\nthe Conference Report ( H.Rept. 105-337 ) was filed on October 22, 1997.\n  The Conference agreement provides a total of $13.79 billion for FY1998. Significant increases\nabove the FY1997 enacted level include: $1.65 billion for the National Park Service (+ $211.1\nmillion), $1.7 billion for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (+ $83.7 million), $745.4 million for the Fish\nand Wildlife Service (+ 74.8 million), $759.2 million for the U.S. Geological Survey (+ $19.1 million),\n$1.06 billion for the Department of Energy (+ $56 million), $2.1 billion for the Indian Health Service\n(+ $44.6 million), and $402.3 for the Smithsonian Institution (+ $30.9 million). Significant decreases\ninclude: $1.14 billion for the Bureau of Land Management (- $59.7 million) and $143 million for the\nMinerals Management Service (- $19.8 million). The Conference also provided $98 million for the\nNational Endowment for the Arts (NEA), $1.5 million less than FY1997, and adopted major new\noversight reforms. The Conference also provided $699 million for a special appropriation from the\nLand and Water Conservation Fund for land acquisitions to include $315 million for two projects\n($250 million for the Headwaters Forest and $65 million for the Crown Butte/New World Mine),\nwhich would be subject to appraisals and compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. \n  The House passed the Conference Report on October 24 by a vote of 233-171, and the Senate\npassed it on October 28 by a vote of 84-14. President Clinton signed  H.R. 2107  into\nlaw ( P.L. 105-83 ) on November 14, 1998.",
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    "Appropriations",
    "Energy Policy",
    "Environmental Policy",
    "Health Policy",
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