Mike Doyle: “Basically what my substitute amendment does is basically what the chairman does in his amendment; we raise the fossil…”

“Basically what my substitute amendment does is basically what the chairman does in his amendment; we raise the fossil energy and energy conservation levels up to the level in the Interior appropriations conference report. The only difference is for the year 1997, since we are doing a 2-year authorization, that we in 1997 authorize 10 percent less basically in accordance to the language of the House conference report which calls for a 10 percent reduction over the next 4 years. We just do that in 1997. It is basically the same as what the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Walker] does, with the exception being we are authorizing a 10 percent reduction in 1997 versus a reduction from $380 million to $220 million.”