INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

OVERSIGHT ON REPEAL OF SECTION 2 (c) OF THE MINERAL

LEASING ACT (PROHIBITION OF RAILROAD LEASING OF

FEDERAL COAL LANDS)

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JAMES A. HALEY, Florida, Chairman

NOTE.-The first listed minority member is counterpart to the subcommittee chairman.

Bagge, Carl E., president, National Coal Association---

McCormack, John L., Washington Representative, Environmental

Policy Center

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Stafford, George M., Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission...
Thomas, Starr, vice president-Law, Santa Fe Industries, Inc. (plus
appendices)..

Thurlow, Ernest E., assistant vice president, Burlington Northern,

Inc...

Turcott, George L., Associate Director, Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior

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Weiman, David M., legislative assistant, National Farmers Union. 107, 111

Wilson, Bruce B., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust

Division, Department of Justice.........

Letters:

2,7

Mink, Hon. Patsy T., Chairperson, House Subcommittee on Mines

and Mining, to Hon. Edward H. Levi, Attorney General, dated

November 18, 1975.

Mink, Hon. Patsy T., to Hon. Thomas Kleppe, Secretary of the
Interior, dated December 9, 1975....

Mink, Hon. Patsy T., Chairperson, Subcommittee on Mines_and
Mining, to Richard N. Little, vice president, Union Pacific Rail-
road, dated December 15, 1975.

O'Neal, Daniel A., Vice Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission,
to David M. Weiman, dated October 16, 1975..
Robison, Roland G., Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to
Hon. Patsy T. Mink..

Schmidt, John J., executive vice president, Santa Fe Industries, Inc.,
to Hon. Patsy T. Mink, response to request for certain information
from Mr. Starr Thomas..

Soller, Charles M., Associate Solicitor, Division of Public Lands, to
Regional Solicitor, Denver, Colo., dated December 16, 1958--
Uhlmann, Michael M., to Hon. Patsy T. Mink, Chairperson, House
Subcommittee on Mines and Mining, answer to Mrs. Mink's
letter of November 18, 1975 to Attorney General Edward H.
Levi..

Wilson, James C., to Hon. Patsy T. Mink, Chairperson, House
Subcommittee on Mines and Mining, dated February 23, 1975----
Additional information:

Administration's proposal for new legislation dealing with exchanges
of land and mineral interests, H.R. 5224, 94th Congress-
Exchange authority proposal prepared by Hon. George L. Turcott.
Exchange authority provisions of proposed Public Land Management
Policy Act of 1975, subcommittee print No. 2, Subcommittee on
Public Lands, August 13, 1975-

Exchange provisions of existing law as contained in relevant portion

of section 8 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315g)--

Responses by Dr. Heather Ross to questions submitted by the

subcommittee.

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