1. Markup held on:
   H.R. 608, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Marion National Fish Hatchery and the Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Center to the State of Alabama. Ordered reported favorably by voice vote to Full Committee.
   H.R. 796, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System. Reported favorably with a Saxton Amendment in the nature of a substitute by voice vote to Full Committee.
   H.R. 1278, to authorize appropriations for the activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.Reported favorably with Saxton amendment in the nature of a substitute (with unanimous consent to include Abercrombie amendment) by voice vote to Full Committee.
   H.R. 1658, to reauthorize and amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act and related laws. Reported favorably by voice vote to Full Committee.
   H. Res. 87, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States and the United Nations should condemn coral reef fisheries that are harmful to coral reef ecosystems and promote the development of sustainable coral reef fishing practices worldwide. Reported favorably by voice vote to Full Committee.
   
   
2. Joint hearing with Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Installations & Facilities, held on:
   H.R.374, to amend the Act popularly known as the "Sikes Act" to enhance fish and wildlife conservation and natural resources management programs.
   
   

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The Honorable William D. Delahunt (D-MA)

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