With a unanimous voice vote, the committee reported the following nominations:

---      Gregory H. Woods to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy;

---      LaDoris G. Harris to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy;

---      David T. Danielson to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), and

---      Charles D. McConnell to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy).

The Committee ordered reported the following 27 bills:

S. 114  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement for  a park headquarters at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park in Texas, to expand the boundary of the park, to conduct a study of potential land acquisitions.  Ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote. 

S. 140  To designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 247  To establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot counties, Maryland.  Ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote. 

S. 264  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Mississippi two parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway.  Ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote. 

S. 302  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue right-of-way permits for a natural gas transmission pipeline in nonwilderness areas within the boundary of Denali National Park in Alaska.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 322  To expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the state of Washington, to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic rivers.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 323  To establish the First State National Historical Park in Delaware.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 499  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 500  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal features of the electric distribution system of the South Utah Valley Electric Service District.  Ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote. 

S. 526  To provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land in Mohave County, Ariz., to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, for use as a public shooting range.  Ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote. 

S. 667  To establish the Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area in New Mexico.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 765  To modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument in Oregon.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 766  To provide for the designation of the Devil’s Staircase Wilderness Area in the State of Oregon, and to designate segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks in Oregon as wild rivers.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 779  To authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 802  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the storage and conveyance of nonproject water at the Norman project in Oklahoma.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 883  To authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor free persons and slaves who fought during the American Revolution.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 888  To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Wash., as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 896  To amend the Public Land Corps Act of 1993 to provide service opportunities for young Americans; help restore the nation’s natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational and scenic resources; train a new generation of public land managers and enthusiasts; and promote the value of public service.  Ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote. 

S. 970  To designate additional segments and tributaries of White Clay Creek, in Delaware and Pennsylvania, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 1047 To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment of 1992 to require improvements in environmental conditions in the vicinity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in Lake County, Colo.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 1090 To designate as wilderness certain public land in the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 1134 To authorize the St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river values.  Ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote. 

S. 1325 To study the suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System.  Ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote. 

S. 1344 To conduct an evaluation of the area burned by the Wallow Fire in Arizona, and to identify actions to support the ecological and economic recovery of the area and its surrounding communities.  Ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote. 

S. 1421 To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs.  Ordered reported by voice vote. 

S. 1478 To modify the boundary of the Minutemen Missile National Historic Site in South Dakota.   Ordered reported by voice vote. 

H.R. 441 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for a microhydro project in nonwilderness areas within the boundaries of Denali National Park and Preserve and to acquire land for Denali National Park and Preserve from Doyon Tourism, Inc.  Ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote. 

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