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Encourages contacting Representatives and/or Senators to seek commitments on specific pending proposals, including Alaska lands measures, Superfund cleanup funding and victim compensation, the Pacific Northwest power planning act, and other environmental, wildlife, firearms, wilderness, and transportation-related bills. 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In the Senate,however,the Finance Committee has yetto report out S.1480 for floor consideration.Urge your Senators to support astrong superfund bil1 that:(1)keeps the fund at the $4.1 billion level,witha high industrial contribution percentage,and(2)allows victims to seek com-pensation for damages from the fund,as well as providing them with an increasedability to sue in federal court.  \n。Pacific Northvest Power Planning and Conservation Act(S.885,H,R.8157):Thswest utilities.  While the bill mandates that fisheries resources begiven equal consideration with power production,it also contains provisionswhich wil1 discourage conservation,promote power plant construction,andencourage higher electricity usage.The bill has passed the Senate and beengiven a high priority for consideration in the House's post-election sessfon.In particular,urge your Representatives to support Rep.Weaver's amendmentrequiring that wholesale prices for electricity be maintained at levels re-flecting the actual cost of producing new expensive power rather than at anaverage cost of producing both expensive coal or nuclear power and cheap hydropower.This would reinforce the economic incentive for utilities to invest in energyconservation measures that are less expensive than new power development.  \nbe made to revve allor part of this 54 b1llion authorization bi11 for ArmyCorps of Engineers water projects.The bil1 was passed in Feburary by theHouse as H,R.4788,and is loaded with traditional pork barrel water projects,The Senate Public Works Committee is now considering the bil1.Urge yourSenators to oppose this bil1 if it gets to the Senate floor.  \nWhile these are the most critical pending proposals,several others are also ofconcern:  \nO  \no Wild1ife:Consideration of the House-passed H.R.5604,which would increasepenalties for illegal trade in fish and wildlife(Lacey Act amendments),isbeing held up in the Senate Committee on Envlronment and Public Works by Sen.James McClure(Idaho),but may yet see the light of day.H.R,4685,the House-passed \"Elephant Protection and International W11d11fe Conservation Act\",1sstalled in that same committee.  \no Firearms:If revislons to the Criminal Code are considered on the floor ofeither body,a rider for the \"Federal Firearms Law Reform Act\"(McClure-Volkmerbill)may be attached.  \no Wilderness:The House-passed H.R.5487,a compromise Colorado wllderness bi11,i8 in conference and may emerge,while the House-passed H.R.7702,establishingCalifornia wilderness areas,may be given Senate hearings.  \no Barrier Islands:  The Senate soon may consider S.2686,a bil1 to eliminate  \ndevelopment incentives on 250,000 of 1.6 m11lion acres on barrier islands.If tt'spassed,the House may expedite consideratfon of either its own barrler 1slandsversion or that of the Senate.  The stronger House bill provides for acqufstfonof areas on undeveloped islands.  \n0Mass Transit:  Ho","cbCaiicipRCD60PI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiicipRCD60PI","pdf",1318917,"English","# CRITICAL LEGISLATION FOR \"LAME DUCK\" SESSION\n## Action on Bills","[{\"question\":\"Why does the document stress acting as soon as possible during the “lame duck” session?\",\"answer\":\"It notes that no one can accurately predict how long the session will run, so effective conservation input must be made early.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the document ask supporters to do regarding Alaska lands legislation (H.R. 8311)?\",\"answer\":\"It urges contacting House members to support H.R. 8311 (or other Rep. 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