Series I. Pre-Congressional Career 1973-1992 (bulk 1981-1992)

Series II. Congressional Career 1984-2001 (bulk 1995-2000)

Subseries 1. Washington D.C. Office Files 1984-2001

Subseries 2. District Office Files 1995-2000

Series I. Pre-Congressional Records 1973-1992 (bulk 1981-1992)

Pre-congressional records document Metcalf’s activities and concerns as a member of the Washington State Senate between 1981 and 1993, including his role as head of the Senate Environmental and Natural Resources Committee. The bulk of materials pertain to Metcalf’s dealings with the Washington State Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Washington Wildlife Commission regarding hunting rights and restrictions. The series also documents Metcalf’s active opposition to the United States Federal Reserve.

Box 1
Legislative Issues (A-Z)

1/1 Campaign Materials - 1992 Washington State Governor 1991-1992
1/2 Campaign Materials - Congressional Campaign 1992
Constituency newsletters and reports

1/3 Constituency newsletters In Touch: Legislative News and Comments 1986-1992
1/4 Metcalf reports 1982-1991

1/5 Federal Reserve - Correspondence to Legislators and constituents 1982-1986
1/6 Federal Reserve Update Newsletters 1983-1989
1/7 Federal Reserve - Newspaper articles 1981-1982
Federal Reserve - Papers and publications

1/8 Kettering, Lynne. A Harvest of Violence. Olympia, Washington: An Honest Money for America Publication, 1987.
1/9 Metcalf, Jack United States Economic Policies and the Federal Reserve System. October 1982, revised March 1985.
1/10 Metcalf, Jack. The 200 Year Debate: Who Shall Issue The Nation’s Money? Olympia, Washington: An Honest Money for American Publication, 1986.
1/11 Metcalf, Jack (compiler). Who Should Issue The Nation’s Money? Relevant Quotes on the Money Issue. Undated.
1/12 Popp, Edward. The U.S. Government Can Be Paid Off! Olympia, Washington: An Honest Money For America Publication, 1986.
1/13 Popp, Edward. There is no need for the US Government to incur interest-bearing debts. Port Washington, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Education Fund, 1990
1/14 Referendum 41, 1987

Washington State Department of Fisheries

1/15 Correspondence 1985-1987
1/16 Transcripts of hearing re: Senate Bill 5050 1987
1/17 Injury to Marine Mammals ca. 1989

Washington State Department of Wildlife

1/18 – 1/19 Curt Smitch appointment 1987-1991
1/20 Correspondence 1987-1992
1/21 Newspaper Clippings ca. 1988-1992
1/22 – 1/23 Employee Surveys December 1991
1/24 Employee Anonymous letters ca. 1989
1/25 Overtime / Holland Case 1991
1/26 Tribal Hunting and Nooksack Elk Herd 1988-1992
1/27 Washington State Tribal Hunting Agreements 1987-1989

Washington Wildlife Commission

1/28 Correspondence 1988-1990
1/29 License Fee Marketing Analysis Report 1989

 

Awards and Certificates

1/30 Outstanding Senator (Young Americans for Freedom) 1973
1/31 Certificates of Appreciation 1987-1989

Oversize Folder 1

Institutional Industries (Board of Directors) certificate 1981
Seattle Times Brian Bassett Cartoon 1987

Series II. Congressional Career 1984-2001 (bulk 1995-2000)
 

Subseries 1. Washington D.C. Office files 1984-2001 (bulk 1995-2000)
 

Legislative Issues 1984-2001

Agriculture and Food Industry 1996-2000

Records reflect industry responses to legislation including federal milk pricing, food contamination and labeling, and alien worker programs. In 1999, Metcalf co-sponsored the Genetically Engineered Right To Know Act (H.R. 3377) with Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and other members of Congress.

Box 2
2/1 Agricultural Research 1997-1998
2/2 Agricultural Trade (International) 1998-1999
2/3 Agricultural Workers - H-2A Guest Worker Program 2000
2/4 Canadian Cattle Imports 1999
2/5 Conservation Reserve Program 1996
2/6 Dairy Producers and Federal Milk Pricing System (H.R. 1402) 1999
2/7 Farm Bureau Crisis Relief 1999
2/8 Farmland Preservation 1997-1998
2/9 Food Quality Protection Act 1996
2/10 Food Quality Protection Act 1998-1999
2/11 Genetically Engineered Foods 1999-2000
2/12 Grazing - Forage Improvement Act (H.R. 2493) 1997
2/13 Legislation re: Farming and Agricultural Workers 1996-1998
2/14 Meat Labeling 1999
2/15 Methyl Bromide 1998
2/16 Precision Agriculture 1996-1997
2/17 Quincy Fertilizer Issue 1997
2/18 Sheep and Lambs – Washington Production and Income 1999
2/19 Total Maximum Daily Load Rule (Clean Water Act) 2000
2/20 United States-Russia Maritime Boundary Agreement 1997
2/21 USDA- Food Aid to Russia 1998
2/22 USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service – Labeling Review for meat, poultry & egg products (“Schenk Packing Co.”) 1998
2/23 Washington State University- Mount Vernon Research Station Land Security Project 1999-2000

Appropriations ca. 1997-2000

Copies of budget proposals, resolutions, notes, correspondence and reports pertaining to budget appropriations and related issues.

2/24 FY 1998 - Agricultural Appropriations ca. 1997
2/25 FY 1998 - Energy and Water Appropriations ca. 1997
2/26 FY 1998 - Interior Appropriations ca. 1997
2/27 FY 1998 - State Hatcheries ca.1997
2/28 FY 1999 – Agricultural Appropriations ca. 1998
2/29 FY 1999 - Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization (H.R. 1872) ca.1998
2/30 FY 1999 – Departments of Commerce, Justice and State ca. 1998
2/31 FY 1999 - Energy and Water Appropriations 1998
2/32 FY 1999 - Interior Appropriations 1998
2/33 FY 1999 - 1999 Omnibus Appropriations 1998
2/34 FY 1999 - Treasury/Postal Appropriations 1998
2/35 FY 1999 - Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations (Kyoto Protocol) 1998

Box 3

3/1 FY 2000 - Agricultural Appropriations ca. 1999
3/2 FY 2000 – Budget Resolution ca. 1999
3/3 FY 2000 – Committee for a Resposible Federal Budget ca.1999
3/4 FY 2000 - Emergency Supplemental Appropriations (Defense) ca. 1999
3/5 FY 2000 - Energy and Water Appropriations ca. 1999
3/6 FY 2000 - Interior Appropriations ca. 1999
3/7 FY 2000 - Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations ca. 1999

Aviation Files 1995-2000

Aviation files reflect Metcalf’s interests as member of the House Aviation Subcommittee. Researchers should note that Defense and US Military files contain additional information regarding Boeing and McDonnell Douglas bids and contracts.

3/8 Aerospace Industries 1997, 2000
3/9 Air-21 (Aviation trust) undated
3/10 Air-21 Aviation Investment and Reform Act 1999
3/11 Airbus Superjumbo undated
3/12 Aircraft, Stage 2 (FAA Reauthorization) 1999
3/13 Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association 1998-1999
3/14 Airline Passenger Bill of Rights (H.R. 700) 1999
3/15 Airport Privatization 1999
3/16 Alaska Airlines – Crew/Passenger Illness 1999
3/17 Arlington Airport 1995-1997
3/18 Aviation Subcommittee Hearings re: airline funding and safety 1999
3/19 B-2 Bomber program 1995
3/20 B-2 GATS/GAM 16-Drop: October 1996 - General Hawley Comments (Video cassette) 1997
3/21 Boeing – Aircraft Exports 1995-1996
3/22 Boeing – Annual Reports 1994-1995
3/23 Boeing - Defense and Space Group / International Trade Briefing 1995
3/24 Boeing – IL 96TM Aircraft 1996
3/25 Boeing – Joint Strike Fighter undated
3/26 Boeing – V-22 Osprey undated
3/27 C-17 Background Information File ca. 1996
3/28 C-17 Fact Sheet and Information ca. 1995
3/29 C-17 Program ca. 1996
3/30 Federal Aviation Authority “Age 60 Rule” for pilots 1999
3/31 Federal Aviation Authority Management - Professional Airways Systems Specialists Report 1999
3/32 Foreign Repair Station restrictions (H.R. 145) 1997
3/33 Hushkit regulation – European Union strategy 1999
3/34 Industry Customer Service Plans 1999
3/35 National Air Transportation Association – Aircraft Repair Stations 1999
3/36 On-time Flight Performance Reporting 1999
3/37 Port of Seattle ca. 2000
3/38 Prowler Day 1999
3/39 Prowler (EA-6B) funding 1999
3/40 Reagan National Airport 1999
3/41 San Juan Islands - Canadian Airspace Proposal 1995-1996

Box 4

4/1 – 4/2 SEA-TAC Airport – 3rd Runway Project 1995-1997
4/3 Transportation Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2084) 1999
4/4 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century undated.
4/5 US – China Air Service 1999-2000
4/6 US – China Aviation Agreement (Northwest Airlines) 1999

Banking and Investment 1990-2000 (bulk 1997-2000)

A member of the House Banking Committee, Metcalf supported and introduced legislation that would enable businesses to earn interest on demand deposit accounts.

4/7 Alaska Community Development Quota Program (publicity at Seattle Fish Exposition) 1999
4/8 Bank Reserves Modernization (H.R. 4209) 2000
Business finance

4/9 Business Checking Modernization Act (H.R. 4067) 1997-2000
4/10 House Committee on Small Business – recess packet 1997
4/11 House Committee on Small Business – recess packet 1999
4/12 National Federation of Independent Business- member ballot 1999
4/13 National Federation of Independent Business – recess packet 1999
4/14 National Federation of Independent Business – tax relief campaign 1999
4/15 Regulatory Right-to-Know Act (H.R. 1074) 1999
4/16 – 4/17 Small Business Banking Act 1996-2000 undated
4/18 – 4/19 Small Business Banking Act – community bank survey 1998
4/20 Small Business Development Center – information packet 1998
4/21 Small Businesses and Health Care 1999
4/22 Small Business Innovation Research program ca. 2000
4/23 Small Business reports 1994

4/24 China – Permanent Normal Trade Relations 2000
4/25 Conference: Rethinking Banking Regulation 1996
4/26 Consumer Mortgage Protection Act 2000
4/27 Currency Circulation (H.R. 5510) 2000
4/28 Debt 2000
4/29 Electronic Signature Bill 2000
4/30 Fair Debt Bill 1999-2000
4/31 Federal and State/Local Fiscal Data ca. 1998-2000
Federal Reserve System

4/32 Committee reports and hearings ca. 1995-1998
4/33 Federal Reserve Board of Governors’ Annual Report 1999
4/34 Federal Reserve Bill (draft) 2000
4/35 Federal Reserve Publications 1998
4/36 Reports 1994-2000
4/37 Speech to House undated

4/38 Financial Investments Institute 1996

Box 5

5/1 International Financial Institutions (reports to Banking Committee) 2000
5/2 Levy Institute / Infrastructure Financing 1994, 1999
5/3 Levy Plan (State and local capital projects) 1995-1999
5/4 Multilateral Development Banks: World Bank 1995-1997
5/5 Multilateral Agreement on Investment 1998
5/6 National Security Transportation Emergency Investment ca. 2000
5/7 Newspaper Clippings re: Banking issues 2000

Taxation

5/8 Balanced Budget Act and Tax Relief 1997
5/9 Death Tax Elimination Act 1999
5/10 Marriage Penalty Elimination Act 1999
5/11 Tax Relief: Talking Points 1999
5/12 Top Ten Tax Changes 1999

5/13 Trade Adjustment Assistance Program 2000
5/14 U.S. Census: Department of Commerce reports 1997-2000
5/15 U.S. Chamber of Commerce “Spirit of Enterprise” award 2000
U.S. Mint

5/16 One Dollar Coin proposals 1990-1997
5/17 Sacagawea Golden Dollar Coin – Distribution 1999
5/18 Sacagawea Golden Dollar Coin – Background Information & Opposition Response 1999-2000

Campaigns and elections 1998-1999

An advocate of campaign finance reform and Congressional term limits, Metcalf supported the Shays-Meehan Campaign Finance Reform bill, passed by the House of Representatives in 1998.

5/19 – 5/20 Campaign Finance Reform 1998-1999
5/21 US Term Limits – press clippings 1999
5/22 US Term Limits – press releases 1999
5/23 US Term Limits – reports and background 1998-1999


Defense and US Military 1991-2001 (bulk 1995-2001)

Defense and US military files reflect Metcalf’s active interest in local and national military affairs. Subject files document his opposition to Clinton’s use of executive authority to deploy troops in Kosovo (culminating in his introduction of a War Powers Bill in 1999), support for Boeing’s 1995 bid to supply a ‘mixed fleet’ of C-17 and Boeing 747 aircraft to the US Air Force, and a small amount of material regarding his investigations into causes of Gulf War Illnesses. In 1997, Metcalf introduced House Resolution 191, condemning European Union opposition to the merger of Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas. Files also include brochures and press kits from US Navy vessels and stations visited by Jeff Markey, Metcalf’s military liaison assistant.

5/24 Arlington National Cemetery 1997
5/25 Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger (House Resolution 191) undated
5/26 Boeing – B-52H program ca. 1997
5/27 Boeing - F-22 program ca. 1997
5/28 Boeing - V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor 1994
5/29 Boeing – Washington State Delegation Staff Briefing 1997
5/30 Bosnia – Floor speech 1995
5/31 Bosnia – Floor speech background material 1995
5/32 Bosnia – motion to instruct (clerk) ca. 1995
5/33 Bosnia – motion to withhold funding (Metcalf) 1995
5/34 Bosnia – motion to withhold funding 1995
5/35 Bosnia – Rules Committee 1995
5/36 Bosnia – White House policy 1995
5/37 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 1999
5/38 Defense Budget FY 2001 ca. 2000
5/39 Discovery Institute 1999
5/40 – 3/41 EA-6B Prowler 1996-2000
5/42 Heritage Foundation Candidate Briefings (Defense) ca. 2000
5/43 House Armed Services Committee Defense Report 1999
5/44 Intermec Technologies Corporation FY 1999 Programs ca. 1998
5/45 Intermec Technologies Corporation FY 2000 Programs ca. 1999

Box 6

6/1 Intermec Technologies Corporation FY 2001 Programs ca. 2000
6/2 International Space Station ca. 1997
6/3 Iran Non-proliferation Act / Space Stations 1999
6/4 Kinetic Energy Anti-Satellite Program 1997
6/5 Kosovo Strategy 1999
6/6 – 6/10 Military Case files 1995-1997
6/11 Missile Defense (H.R. 4) 1999
6/12 Mobility Requirements Study 1992
6/13 Mukilteo Tank Farm 1996-1997
6/14 National Guard Association – Legislative Priorities 2001
6/15 National Guard (Washington) – Activities and funding 1995-1997
6/16 National Guard (Washington) – proposed restructuring 1998
6/17 National Guard (Washington) – Sedro Woolley Armory 1997
6/18 – 6/19 National Guard (Washington) – Yakima Training Center 1996-1997
6/20 National Security Agency 2000
Non-Developmental Airlift Aircraft (NDAA) program

6/21 Affordable Airlift Act 1996
6/22 Background articles 1995-1996
6/23 Boeing Bid 1995
6/24 C-17 Aircraft 1994-1996
6/25 Correspondence 1995
6/26 Impact on Civil Reserve Air Fleet 1995
6/27 Language 1995
6/28 Press clippings 1995
6/29 Talking Points 1995

6/30 Quadrenniel Defense Review 1997
6/31 Seawulf Submarine 1995
6/32 Smithway Co. (steam piping systems) 1991, 1996
US Air Force

6/33 Air Force Association 1995, 2000
6/34 Air Force Reserve 1995
6/35 – 6/36 Brochures and Profiles 1994-1998

6/37 US Army – profiles 1994-1996

Box 7

US Navy bases and vessels

7/1 Everett Naval Station - reductions and base closures 1995-1997
7/2 Everett Naval Station / Whidbey Island - Military Construction Appropriations, ca. 1997-1999
7/3 San Diego Naval Base undated
7/4 Seattle Naval Base 1995
7/5 Submarine base Bangor undated
7/6 Submarine program undated
7/7 USS America 1995
7/8 USS Essex undated
7/9 USS Gettysburg 1995
7/10 USS Henry M. Jackson undated
7/11 USS Pennsylvania 1995
7/12 USS Wilber Curtis undated
7/13 - 7/14 Whidbey Island Naval Air Station 1995 – 1996
7/15 Whidbey Island Naval Air Station – Family Service Center 1996
7/16 Whidbey Island Navy Search and Rescue Unit 1996
7/17 Whidbey Island “V.R.” Squadrons 1996

7/18 US Navy carrier aviation undated
7/19 US Navy condolence letters 1996
7/20 US Navy conference 1997
7/21 US Navy guides and strategic reports 1994-2001
7/22 US Navy Special Warfare undated
7/23 US Navy suppliers – Lister Chain and Forge Inc. 1995-1997
Veterans Issues

7/24 Clipping re: deceased veteran files 2000
7/25 Gulf War Illnesses - briefings and legislative proposals 1997
7/26 Gulf War Illnesses – General Accounting Office report 1999
7/27 Gulf War Illnesses – Newspaper clipping 2000
7/28 HMT Rohna 2000
7/29 Homeless Veterans Assistance Act (H.R. 1008) 1999-2000
7/30 Robert Stodola Homeless Veterans Assistance Act (H.R. 1754) 1997
7/31 Tricare (Military Health Care) 1999
7/32 Veterans Affairs, correspondence 1999
7/33 Veterans Affairs/Housing and Urban Development - funding 2000
7/34 Veteran Appraisal Process 2000

7/35 War Powers resolution 1994-1996
7/36 - 7/37 War Powers Act 1999


Education ca. 1996-2000

Education files document Metcalf’s interest in securing federal and state funds for schools in naval home ports in Washington State, including Marysville and Everett. Correspondence and statements regarding Higher Education Amendments reflect conflict over attempts to limit affirmative action and equal opportunity programs in colleges and universities. A small amount of material pertains to the Lummi Indian Nation’s efforts to gain funding for a new tribal school.

Box 8

8/1 Academic Achievement for All (Straight A’s Act) 1999
8/2 Agenda for the American Learner 1998
8/3 Bilingual Eduation 1998
8/4 Child Care 1998
8/5 Community Services Block Grant 1997
8/6 Congressional Research Service – Impact Aid Program 1991
8/7 Congressional Research Service – Impact Aid Program/Marysville 1996
8/8 Dollars to the Classroom (H.R. 3248) 1998
8/9 Education Briefing 8 March 1999
8/10 Education Flexibility Partnership Act (H.R. 800) 1999
8/11 Education Loans 1999
8/12 Education Talking Points 1999
8/13 Everett – Navy Home Port Funding (SHB 611) 1997
8/14 – 8/15 Everett – Navy Station Housing Environmental Assessment 1996

8/16 – 8/18 Higher Education Amendments (H.R. 6) 1998
8/19 Impact Aid Bill 1998
8/20 Impact Aid Letters 1996-1997
8/21 Kaptur Amendment 1997
8/22 Labor- Health and Human Services – Education appropriations bill 1997
8/23 Lakewood Post Office 1996-1997
8/24 Lummi Tribal School 1997-1998, 2000
8/25 Lummi Tribal School/American Indian Higher Education Consortium 1998-1999
8/26 Marysville School District 1995-1996, 1999
8/27 Military Dependent Children (Oak Harbor) 1992-1997
8/28 Military Housing – Public/Private Partnership 1996-1998
8/29 National Testing 1997-1998
8/30 School Choice 1997-1998
8/31 Seattle Schools 1997-1998
8/32 Teacher Empowerment Act (H.R. 1995) 1999
8/33 University of Washington 1999-2000
8/34 Washington State Legislature – proposed legislation 1996-1997
8/35 Western Washington University – Education Grant 2000


Energy 1996-2000

Energy files document disputes between Puget Sound power providers Bonneville Power Administration and Puget Sound Energy, and local customers including ARCO. A small amount of material pertains to restoration projects and treatment of radioactive waste at Hanford in southeastern Washington.

Box 9

9/1 ARCO-Puget Sound Energy Dispute 1998-1999
9/2 Bonneville Power Administration – Corporate Citizenship Clause 1999-2000
9/3 Bonneville Power Administration – Customer relations 1998
9/4 Bonneville Power Administration – power sales contract signing suspension 2000
9/5 Bonneville Power Administration – Subscription proposal 1998-1999
9/6 Bonneville Power Administration – Transmission / Generator separation 1997
9/7 Department of Energy policy 1997
9/8 Department of Energy restructuring 1999
9/9 Electricity Deregulation 1997
9/10 Electricity Industry Restructuring Survey 1997
9/11 Federal/Statewide Electricity Activities 1997-1998
9/12 Grant County WA Public Utilities District 1996
9/13 Hanford Plutonium Disposition 1997-1998
9/14 Hanford Reach Restoration 1996
9/15 Hydro Energy Development Company 1999
9/16 Northwest Energy Delegation 1997
9/17 - 9/18 Northwest Power Planning 1996-1998
9/19 Nuclear Waste Policy 1998-2000
9/20 Orcas Power and Light Company 1997
9/21 “Private Use” restrictions on public power bonds 1998-1999
9/22 Snohomish County WA Public Utilities District 2000
9/23 Whatcom County WA Public Utilities District / Puget Sound Energy Dispute 2000


Executive Branch 1994-2000

9/24 Executive Orders - articles and reports 1999
9/25 Executive Orders - Clinton history 2000
9/26 Executive Orders – Executive Order Limitation Act (H.R. 3131) 1999
9/27 Executive Orders – Hearing materials 2000
9/28 - 9/29 Executive Orders – House Congressional Resolution 30 1999
9/30 Executive Orders - House Congressional Resolution 236 1998-1999
9/31 Executive Orders – Metcalf resolution (untitled) 1999
9/32 Executive Orders – Presidential Decision Directive 25 ca. 1994-1998
9/33 Executive Orders –Separation of Powers Restoration Act (H.R. 2655) 1999
 

Fishing and Salmon 1984-2000 (bulk 1996-2000)

Fishing and Salmon files document both the down-turn in the region’s fishing industry at the end of the twentieth century, and ongoing debates and conflicts regarding the conservation of salmon and other fish in the Pacific Northwest, notably in the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Records reflect Metcalf’s support for fish and crab license buy-back programs, and his later attempts to secure federal emergency aid for Washington fishers adversely affected by the collapse of the sockeye fishing season in 1999.

9/34 Bonneville Power Administration 1999
9/35 Canadian Salmon 1998-1999
9/36 Columbia Basin Fish – 4H Recovery Plan 1999
9/37 Columbia River – John Day Dam Drawdown 1997
9/38 Commerce Subcommittee on Justice 1998
9/39 Crab Buyback Program - Senate appropriations 1997
9/40 Crab/Shellfish Buyback Program 1996-1998
9/41 Dam Removal 1999
9/42 Endangered Species Act (ESA) – Section 4(d) rules 2000
9/43 ESA compliance – agriculture 1999

Box 10

10/1 ESA compliance – Washington Forests and Fish agreement 1999
10/2 ESA general information 1990
10/3 ESA language – NW salmon as Evolutionary Significant Units 1999
10/4 Fisheries – Halibut and Sablefish 1996-1997
10/5 Fishing Buyback Program 1997
10/6 Fishing Vessel Atlantic Star 1997-1999
10/7 Fishing Vessel Fierce Contender 1997-1998
10/8 Fish Passage/Washington State Department of Transportation 1997
10/9 Gilcrest Fisheries Recovery Bill 2000
10/10 Haskell Slough, Monroe WA 1999
10/11 Icicle Seafood - Hoard nomination 1997
10/12 Illegal Driftnetting 1999
10/13 Individual Fishing Quotas 2000
10/14 Initiative 456 (Washington State) 1984
10/15 Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act 1996-1997
10/16 Mitchell Act Funding 1999
10/17 Mitchell Act – Hatcheries 1999-2000
10/18 National Marine Fisheries Service – Funding 1999
10/19 National Sea Grant College Program 1997-1998
10/20 North Pacific Fisheries Management Council appointments 1999
10/21 Pacific Northwest Commercial Fisheries 1997
10/22 Pacific Salmon lawsuits 1999
10/23 – 10/24 Pacific Salmon Treaty 1996-1999
10/25 Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission – FY 1998 appropriations proposal 1997
10/26 Predation on Salmon (aviation) – Lower Columbia River 1998
10/27 Predation on Salmon (pinniped) – Marine Mammal Removal 1999-2000
10/28 Puget Sound Ecosystem Recovery Initiative 1999-2000
10/29 Salmon Conservation – ESA listings 1996-1997
10/30 Salmon Recovery – Local and State Government response 1999
10/31 Salmon Recovery Funding Board 2000
10/32 – 10/33 Salmon Restoration 1995-1999
10/34 Salmon Restoration appropriations FY 2001 2000
10/35 Salmon Restoration proposals – Tribal response 1999
10/36 Salmon Volunteer project 1999
10/37 Sierra Club Pacific Northwest Wild Salmon Campaign 1998
10/38 Skagit Agricultural Buffer ca. 1999
10/39 Stellar Sea Lions / Alaska Pollock Fisheries 1999-2000
10/40 Tanner Fishable Waters Act 2000
10/41 Washington Farmed Salmon Commission 1997
10/42 Washington State Governor’s Disaster Declaration 1999-2000
10/43 Washington State Legislature 1999
10/44 Washington State Tri-County ESA response 1998
10/45 Western Wood Preservers’ Institute – ESA Regulations 1999


Ground Transportation 1995-2001

Ground Transportation files include background information and funding proposals for a variety of transportation improvement and development projects in the Puget Sound region of Washington. As a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Ground Transportation subcommittee, Metcalf was actively involved in securing funds to develop and improve regional roads, bridges, transportation centers, port access, border crossings, and rail and bus mass transit systems. The majority of these projects sought funding from grants available under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, renewed by Congress in 1998.

Box 11

11/1 Amtrak Cascades – Fast Facts/Funding undated
11/2 Amtrak Cascades – Vancouver BC to Seattle (second roundtrip) 2000
11/3 Amtrak Reform Council – Preliminary Assessment 2000
11/4 Budget Appropriations (Puget Sound Transportation) 2000-2001
11/5 Burlington Northern Santa Fe – Everett Bayside operation noise 1997
11/6 Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad – Stampede Pass 1997
11/7 Canadian National/Burlington Northern Santa Fe merger 2000
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit)

11/8 Citizen Oversight Panel 1997
11/9 Light Rail Project 1999-2000
11/10 Lobbyist material 1998-2000
11/11 - 11/12 Sound Move Plan 1997

11/13 Coalition for TRUST 1999
11/14 Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure – subcommittee jurisdictions undated
11/15 Community Transit (Snohomish County) 1998-1999
11/16 Deception Pass Bridge 2000
11/17 Department of Transportation FY 2000 Budget 1999
11/18 Everett Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Project Outline 1999
11/19 Everett I-5 Corridor Design Report and Environmental Impact Study 1997
11/20 Everett I-5 Corridor projects 1997-1998
11/21 Everett Transportation Center 1996-2000
11/22 Fare Card (Central Puget Sound) undated
11/23 Federal Railroad Administration – Rail Safety 1999-2000
11/24 High Speed Rail 1999-2000
11/25 Hours of Service rules (truckers) 2000
11/26 Initiative 695 – Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1999
11/27 Innovative Bridge Research & Construction - funding 1999
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA)

11/28 Everett/Tacoma FAST Corridor 1997-1998, 2000
11/29 - 11/30 FAST Corridor 1998
11/31 – 11/32 Washington State project requests 1997

11/33 Metcalf – Priority Projects 1998-1999
11/34 Mount Vernon Multi-Modal Facility 1999
11/35 North Sound Connecting Communities Project 2000
11/36 Pacific Northwest Transportation Hearing (“Cascadia Project”) 1999
11/37 Rail Passenger Family Assistance Act 1999
11/38 - 11/39 Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act (H.R. 2784) 1999
11/40 Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act (S. 621) 1999
11/41 Seattle Light Rail 1999
11/42 State Route 529 – Steamboat and Ebey Slough Bridge ca.1999
11/43 Subcommittee hearings – Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Move Plan) 1997
11/44 Subcommittee hearings re: Trends in Ground Transportation 1999
11/45 Tacoma Narrows Bridge Project 1999- 2000

Box 12

12/1 Talgo Inc. 1997-2000
12/2 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 1999
12/3 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century / Washington Trade Corridor 1998
12/4 Transportation Equity Act: Obligations re: Indian Reservation Roads (Squaxin Island Tribe Briefing Packet) 2000
12/5 Transportation Labor Issues 1999
12/6 Transportation Lobbyist Materials ca. 1996-2000
12/7 Transportation Safety ca. 1999-2000
12/8 Union Pacific / Southern Pacific Railroad merger undated
12/9 US Border – Blaine and Peace Arch Crossing Entry program 1995 - 1999
12/10 US Border – Cascade Gateway Funding Applications 1999

Health and Social Security 1997-2000

Records reflect legislative conflicts surrounding issues such as Medicare and access to prescription drugs, Drug Abuse Prevention Laws, and Patient Privacy.

12/11 American Association of Health Plans information (“uninsured”) 2000
12/12 Ambulatory Payment Classification 1998-1999
12/13 - 12/14 Anti-Trust Legislation – Quality Health-Care Coalition Act 1999-2000
12/15 Breaux-Thomas Proposal (Medicare) 1999
12/16 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments program 1999
12/17 Clinton Medicare Reform 1999
12/18 Cost of Living Adjustments 1999
12/19 Federal Lethal Drug Abuse Prevention Law (H.R. 4006) 1998
12/20 Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund – Trustees Report 1997
12/21 Graduate Medical Education 1999
12/22 Health Letters – general 1999
12/23 Home Health Care 1999
12/24 Medical Privacy Regulations 2000
12/25 Medically Underserved Areas / Health Professional Shortage Areas 1998-1999
12/26 Medicare Adjusted Average Per Capita Cost 1999
12/27 Medicare Patient Choice and Access Act 1997
12/28 Medicare Private Contracting 1997-1998
12/29 Medicare Reform and Spending 1997
12/30 Needle Exchange Programs 1998
12/31 Older Americans Act 1995-1996
12/32 Pap Screening (Medicare Reimbursement) 1999

Box 13

13/1 - 13/2 Patient Access to Responsible Care Act 1997-1998
13/3 Patient Protection Act (H.R. 4250) – Republican Health Plan 1998
13/4 Patient Rights - Bilirakis Patient Protection Act (H.R. 448) 1999
13/5 Patient Rights – Employment Retirement Income Security Act 1999
13/6 Patient Rights – Ganske Patient Right To Know Act 1997
13/7 Patient Rights – Norwood-Dingell-Ganske Bipartisan bill 1999
13/8 Social Security Facts 1997-1998
13/9 Social Security Guarantee Plan (Archer/Shaw reform) 1999
13/10 Social Security Proposals undated
13/11 Social Security Revenue and Tax Code Reform 1998
13/12 State Children’s Health Insurance Program 1998
13/13 Teenage Detention 2000
13/14 Welfare Reform Law 1996-1997

Housing 1994-1999

Records document legislative responses to homelessness, and reflect Metcalf’s activities as a member and chair of the Republican Housing Opportunity Caucus (RHOC). In 1997, Metcalf introduced the Robert Stodola Homeless Veterans’ Assistance Act, requiring that McKinney Homeless Assistance Act programs devote 20% of funding to homeless veterans. He also sought to amendments to the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and co-sponsored the Affordable Housing Barrier Removal bill of 1998. Metcalf’s activities as head of the RHOC included support of the low income housing tax credit to encourage private investment in affordable housing.

13/15 Affordable Housing Barrier Removal bill 1998
13/16 Affordable Housing Improvement Act (H.R. 3290) 1998
13/17 Affordable Housing Tax Credit Award ca. 1997
13/18 Cascade Inter-Tribal Housing Authority 1998
13/19 Derivatives 1994-1995
13/20 Fair Housing Act amendment 1997-1998
13/21 Federal Housing Authority – adjustable rate mortgages 1998
13/22 Federal Housing Authority – loan limits 1998
13/23 Homeless – Continuum of Care 1998
Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act (H.R. 217)

13/24 Lazio Letter 1998
13/25 Report language 1997
13/26 Subcommittee Report 1997
13/27 Testimonies to Subcommittee 1997

13/28 - 13/29 Homeless Veterans Symposium, Everett Naval Station April 17, 1998
13/30 Homeowners’ Disaster Insurance 1997, 1999
13/31 Homeowners’ Insurance Availability Act (H.R. 21) 2000
13/32 Homeownership legislation 1999-2000
13/33 Homeownership Symposium [June 24, 1997] 1997
13/34 Housing Appropriations 2000
13/35 Housing Co-operatives 1998
13/36 Housing letters 1999-2000
13/37 Housing program funding FY 2000 ca. 1999
13/38 Limited Partnership for Housing (Naval Station Everett, Washington) 1995-1997

Box 14

14/1 Low Income Housing Tax Credit – correspondence 1995-1996
14/2 Low Income Housing Tax Credit – housing credit data 1997-1998
14/3 - 14/4 Low Income Housing Tax Credit – General Accounting Office report 1997
14/5 Low Income Housing Tax Credit – letters of support 1997
14/6 Low Income Housing Tax Credit – press conference program May 7, 1998
14/7 Low Income Housing Tax Credit – supporting materials ca. 1995-1996
14/8 Manufactured Housing Program ca. 1997-1998
14/9 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act 1997
14/10 McKinney Homeless Assistance grants – Lazio Amendments 1999
14/11 Mortgage Interest Deductions 1995, 1997
14/12 - 14/14 Native American Housing Assistance & Self-Determination Act amendments 1996-1998
14/15 Private Mortgage Insurance 1997
14/16 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act 1997
14/17 Republican Housing Opportunity Caucus (RHOC), Caucus Information 1996, 1999
14/18 RHOC - Homeownership Task Force 1996-1997
14/19 RHOC – Housing Organizations 1997
14/20 RHOC – Housing Resolution (H.Con.Res. 208) 1998
14/21 - 14/22 RHOC – Low Income Housing Tax Credit 1997-1999
14/23 RHOC - Meeting materials, February 11 Meeting, 1997
14/24 RHOC - Meeting materials, April 4th Meeting 1997
14/25 RHOC - Meeting materials, April 8th Meeting 1997
14/26 - 14/27 RHOC - Meeting materials, April 29th Meeting 1997
14/28 RHOC - Meeting materials, March 17th Meeting, 1998
14/29 RHOC – Metcalf Statement to Committee on Oversight May 1, 1997
14/30 RHOC - Photographs undated
14/31 RHOC - Press statement September 26, 1996
14/32 Rural Housing 1997
14/33 Section 8 Housing 1998-1999
14/34 Senior Citizens’ Housing 1999
14/35 Stodola Homeless Veterans Assistance Act (H.R. 1754) – bill drafts 1997
14/36 Stodola Homeless Veterans Assistance Act (H.R. 1754) – correspondence 1997
14/37 Stodola Homeless Veterans Assistance Act (H.R. 1754) – talking points 1997
14/38 Stodola Homeless Veterans Assistance Act (H.R. 1754) – veterans’ support 1997
14/39 Washington Housing Finance Commission 1998


Immigration and Border Issues 1995-2000

A founder of the Northern Border Caucus, Metcalf supported increased staffing along the northern US Border and attempts to restrict legal immigration. He meanwhile opposed automated border entry and exit systems and the proposed introduction of border fees that might threaten the influx of trade and tourism to Washington State. Immigration and Border files reflect the tension between interests seeking to reduce the number of immigrants entering the US, and the desire of agricultural lobbyists including Washington farmers to protect access to temporary and seasonal alien workers.

Box 15

15/1 Bipartisan Congressional Immigration Caucus 1996-1997
15/2 Border Trade Alliance 1999-2000
15/3 Chain Migration 1999
15/4 Federation for American Immigration Reform (general information) undated
15/5 H1-B “Quick Reference 2000
15/6 H1-B legislation - American Business for Legal Immigration 1998
15/7 H1-B program – opposition 1999
15/8 H2-A Agricultural Guest Worker Program 1998
15/9 H2-A Agricultural Guest Worker Program ca. 2000
15/10 - 15/12 Immigration Case Files 1995-1996
15/13 Immigration Moratorium bill 1995
15/14 Immigration Reorganization and Improvement Act 1999
15/15 Immigration Review 1995-1996
15/16 - 15/18 INS Border Patrol 1997-2000
15/19 INS Immigration Information 1995-1996
15/20 INS Travel Documents – Form I-68 1995
15/21 Legal Immigration Report (Jordan Commission on Immigration Reform) 1995
15/22 National Tour Association – Immigration Reforms 1999
15/23 Negative Population Growth 1996-1999
15/24 Northern Border Agent Allocation 1997-1998
15/25 Northern Border Caucus undated 1999
15/26 Population Resource Center ca. 1999
15/27 Private Immigration Bills 1999
15/28 - 15/30 Section 110 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 1997-2000
15/31 Section 245(i) Immigration and Nationality Act 1997
15/32 – 15/33 Smith Immigration Bill (H.R. 2202) 1995-1996


International Trade and Foreign Affairs 1994-2000

International Trade and Foreign Affairs records reflect Metcalf’s interests as a member of the House Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary policy. Materials reflect some significant developments in international relations during the late twentieth century, including the impact of U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization, and debates regarding establishment of Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the Peoples’ Republic of China.

15/34 Africa - trade legislation 1999
15/35 American International Automobile Dealers Association 1999
15/36 Columbia 2000
15/37 Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 1998-1999
15/38 Cuba 1999
15/39 Debt Relief for Poverty Reduction Act (H.R. 1095) 1999
15/40 Egypt – religious persecution 1999
15/41 El Salvador – Medical Supplies 1999
15/42 Foreign Trade Zones Board 1999
15/43 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) – Uruguay agreement 1994 undated
15/44 Heritage Foundation – Executive Memorandum 1996
15/45 Import and Export statistics 1995-1997

Box 16

16/1 -16/2 International Monetary Fund 1997-1999
16/3 Iran 1999
16/4 Kazakhstan 1999, undated
16/5 Korea 1999
16/6 Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) 1999-2000
16/7 OPIC / Foreign Operations Appropriations FY2000 1999
16/8 -16/9 Panama Canal / National Security Center 1995-2000
16/10 Panama – Drug Trafficking 2000
16/11 Puerto Rico ca.1998
16/12 Sanctions Reform Bill 1999
16/13 Sierra Leone 1999
16/14 Small Business and International Trade – report 1999
16/15 Steel – Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duty Laws 1999
16/16 Trade Deficit Review Commission 1999
16/17 Trade Protectionism 1996
16/18 United Nations dues 1999
16/19 - 16/20 US Army School of the Americas 1997-1999
16/21 - 16/23 US-China Relations 1996 - 2000
16/24 Vietnam Jackson-Vanik Waiver (H.J. Res 58) 1999
16/25 Washington State economy and foreign trade 1998-1999
16/26 World Trade Organization – Carousel Retaliation Act 1999
16/27 World Trade Organization – China 2000
16/28 World Trade Organization – Electronic Commerce 1999
16/29 World Trade Organization – Ministerial Congressional Advisory Group 1999
16/30 World Trade Organization – US Participation 1999
16/31 World Trade Organization - US Sovereignty 2000
16/32 World Trade Organization – US Withdrawal (H.J.Res.90) 2000
 

Judiciary 1997-1999

Box 17

17/1 Census 1999
17/2 Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (H.R. 1658) 1999
17/3 Civil Rights Act 1997
17/4 Office of Justice Programs - Grants 1999
17/5 Independent Counsel Reform 1999
17/6 Information Collections - Access and Anti-Piracy measures 1999
17/7 Legal Services Corporation 1999
17/8 Lowey/Canady .08 Blood Alcohol Content Bill 1999
17/9 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 1999
17/10 Office of Justice Programs – Grants 1999
17/11 Office of Special Counsel 1999
17/12 “Partial Birth Abortion” 1997
17/13 Religious Freedom Amendment (H.J. Res. 78) 1998
17/14 Religious Liberty Protection Act (H.R. 1691) 1999
17/15 Seattle Court House 1999
17/16 Twenty-first Amendment Enforcement Act (H.R. 2031) 1999
 

Labor 1993-2000

17/17 American Worker Project – Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation Report undated
17/18 Davis-Bacon Act (prevailing wage law) 1993, 1995
17/19 Minimum Wage 2000
 

Pipeline Files 1998-2000

Records comprise press clippings, correspondence, statements, hearings transcripts and reports documenting the aftermath of the June 10, 1999 gas pipeline explosion at Whatcom Creek in Bellingham, Washington. Materials include testimony heard by the House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation in October 1999, and by a Senate Field Hearing in March 2000. Files reflect subsequent attempts by community organizations such as SAFE Bellingham and Washington politicians including Metcalf to enact pipeline safety legislation.

17/20 House Subcommittee Hearings [October 27, 1999] 1999-2000
17/21 Hydrostatic Testing 1999-2000
17/22 Industry approach to safety issues 2000
17/23 Office of Inspector General report 2000
17/24 Office of Pipeline Safety Corrective Action Order 1999
17/25 - 17/27 Olympic Pipeline/Whatcom Creek Explosion 1999-2000
17/28 Olympic Pipeline/Whatcom Creek Explosion – press clippings 1998-2000
17/29 Olympic Pipeline/Whatcom Creek Explosion – press releases 1999-2000
17/30 Pipeline Safety and Community Protection Act (Administration bill) 2000
17/31 Pipeline Safety bill (H.R. 3558) 2000
17/32 Pipeline Safety bill (Murray) 2000
17/33 Pipeline Safety bill (S. 2004)– Bricklin recommendations 2000
17/34 Pipeline Safety legislation – Bill comparisons 2000
17/35 Pipeline Safety legislation – Clean Water Act Model 1999
17/36 Pipeline Safety legislation – McCain proposals 2000
17/37 Pipeline Safety legislation - Oberstar bill 2000
17/38 Senate Field Hearing, Bellingham City Hall March 13, 2000
17/39 State and Federal Jurisdiction over Natural Gas Pipelines 1998
17/40 Washington State recommendations 1999-2000


Resources 1992-2000 (bulk 1995-2000)

Resources Files document ongoing conflicts regarding the management of national and regional resources including use of National Park and National Forest land, fish and water conservation, Army Corps of Engineers development projects, and the proposed environmental clean-up of “Superfund” sites. A significant amount of material pertains to the use of resources in Alaska and Washington State, with clean-up information pertaining to Washington locations including Bellingham Bay, the Tulalip Landfill in Marysville, and Hanford nuclear site. These records also contain general information regarding the provisions and implementation of Environmental Protection Agency programs, including allegations of the misuse of Superfund and proposals for the program’s reform. A member of the Committee on Science’s Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, Metcalf supported a ban on Alaska North Slope Oil, co-sponsored the Puget Sound Ecosystem Restoration Initiative to conserve regional salmon stocks, and introduced a National Organic Program Clarification bill in 1998.

Box 18

18/1 Air Pollution 1997-1998
18/2 Alaska North Slope oil 2000
18/3 American Heritage Rivers Initiative (AHRI) 1998
18/ 4 - 18/5 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Drilling 1995-1999
18/6 Arlecho Creek 1997-1998
18/7 Army Corps of Engineers- Dams and Funding 1998
18/8 Army Corps of Engineers – Mount St. Helens project 1999
18/9 Army Corps of Engineers- Nooksack Flood 1997
18/10 Army Corps of Engineers – Resources Investments Inc. Landfill Case 1998
18/11 Bear Protection Act 1997
18/12 Bellingham Bay Clean-up 1999
18/13 Bonanza Queen Mine (Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest) 1999
18/14 Brownfield Economic Revitalization Act (HR 1049) 1997
18/15 Bureau of Land Management 1998 Budget Proposal 1997
18/16 Canyon Lake Creek 1998
18/17 Cedar River Habitat Conservation Plan 1999
18/18 Children’s Environmental Protection and Right to Know Act (H.R. 1636) 1997
18/19 Chilean Salmon 1997
18/20 Clean Congress Act 1995
18/21 Clean Water legislation 1996-1998
18/22 Co-Sponsored Bills/Responses 1997
18/23 Commodities 1997-1998
18/24 Constituent Form Letters 1995-1996
18/25 Diesel Fuel Tax 1995
18/26 District Issues 1997
18/27 Ebey's Landing 1997-1998, 2000
18/28 Elwah River 1996-1997
18/29 Endangered Species Act – Background and implementation ca. 1997
18/30 Endangered Species Act – Private Property Rights 1998-1999
18/31 Endangered Species Act – reform proposals 1995-1997
18/32 Endangered Species Act – Tribal Rights 1997-1998
18/33 Estuary Restoration Partnership Act 1999
18/34 Fixed Anchors 1998
18/35 Green Scissors report 1997-1998
18/36 Hanford Reach Bill 1997
18/37 Hanford Trip 1997
18/38 Heritage Areas (HR 1280) 1996
18/39 High Production Volume Chemical Testing – EPA Program 1999
18/40 I-90 Land Exchange 1998
18/41 Illegal Aliens (Forest and Timber industry) 1998
18/42 Interior Columbia Basin Impact Statements ca. 1999
18/43 John Wayne Trail though Yakima Training Center 1998
18/44 King County Washington – Energy and Water requests 2000
18/45 Lake Clark National Park (HR 2560) ca. 1996
18/46 Land and Water Conservation Fund FY2000 requests 1999
18/47 Land and Water Conservation Fund / Conservation and Reinvestment Act 1999-2000

Box 19

19/1 League of Conservation Voters 1997
19/2 Legislative “Sign-ons” 1998
19/3 Lewis and Clark Trail 1997
19/4 Maxwelton Creek 1999
19/5 Mining 1996-1997
19/6 Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest ca. 1996
19/7 Mount St. Helens Land Exchange 1997
19/8 Mountain Loop Scenic Byway undated
19/9 Mukilteo Tank Farm 2000
19/10 National Institute for the Environment (H.R. 2914) 1998
19/11 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1994-1996
19/12 National Park / Outdoor activities reform 1995-1996
19/13 National Parks Concession Reform 1995
19/14 - 19/15 National Parks reform legislation 1996, 1998
19/16 National Wildlife Refuge legislation 1996-1997
19/17 - 19/18 Northwest Marine Straits Sanctuary 1992-2000
19/19 Nuclear Waste 1997
19/20 Oeser Company Superfund 1997
19/21 Oil Heat 1998-1999
19/22 Organic Foods – Draft Legislation 1998
19/23 Organic Foods – general information 1999
19/24 Organic Foods - The Law and Current Regulations 1997
19/25 Organic Foods - Letters and Responses 1998
19/26 Organic Foods – Press Clippings 1998
19/27 Organic Foods - Speeches and Press Releases 1998
19/28 Organic Foods – Standards and Labeling 1998
19/29 Pacific Crest Trail 1999
19/30 Pacific Northwest Trail Association – Swift Creek Trail 1999
19/31 Park Outfitters and Guides legislation ca. 1996
19/32 Pellet Fuels 1998-1999
19/33 Propane – EPA Risk Management rules 1999
19/34 Property Rights and Land Protection 1996-1997
19/35 Puget Sound Ecosystem Restoration Initiative 2000
19/36 Refridgerants – EPA Proposals 1998
19/37 Reiter Pond Hatchery 1999
19/38 Rural Water 1995-1997
19/39 Sector Facility Indexing Project (EPA) 1997
19/40 Skagit Plant Material Center (Bow, WA) 1997
19/41 Skagit Watershed Council 1997
19/42 Skagit Wild and Scenic River Corridor 1999-2000
19/43 Snake River Salmon 1997
19/44 Sportsman’s Caucus 1997
19/45 Sugar Subsidies / Everglades Restoration 1998
19/46 Superfund - natural resource damages 1997
19/47 Superfund – nuclear waste 1996-1997
19/48 Superfund reform legislation 1999-2000
19/49 Superfund sites 1998
19/50 Thunder Creek Mines (North Cascades National Park) 2000
19/51 Tulalip Landfill Superfund 1997
19/52 Utah Public Land Management (HR 1745) 1995-1996
19/53 Washington Conservation Districts 1997
19/54 Washington Tribes – zoning, fire and water resources 1996-1997
19/55 Water Quality 1997
19/56 Western Caucus 1998
19/57 World Heritage Areas 1996-1998

Science and Telecommunications 1996-2000

Science and Telecommunications files include materials pertaining to the anti-trust case against Microsoft between 1997 and 1999.

Box 20

20/1 Bonneville Power Administration Fiber Network 1999
20/2 Cell Tower Sitings (Lopez Island WA) 1999
20/3 Cell Towers (Friday Harbor) 1996
20/4 Committee on Science – Membership and Rules 1999
20/5 Communications Decency Act 1998
20/6 Copyright Law – Sensenbrenner Amendment 1997-1998
20/7 “E-rate” program 1998-1999
20/8 High Performance Computers 1998-1999
20/9 Home Page Tax 1999
20/10 Incumbent Local Exhange Carrier complaints 1999
20/11 Internet Tax (H.R. 4105) 1998
20/12 – 20/13 Microradio (low power FM / Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act) 1999-2000
20/14 Microsoft Anti-Trust Case 1999
20/15 – 20/16 Microsoft Decree Amendments (Windows 95 Operating System) 1997-1998
20/17 Public TV Authorization (Corporation for Public Broadcasting Act) 1999
20/18 Reciprocal Compensation (Dial-up Internet Access) 1999
20/19 Regional Bell Companies – Internet Entry 1999
20/20 Satellite Copyright, Competition and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 1554) 1999
20/21 Satellite Home Viewer Act 1999
20/22 Telecommunications Act of 1996, 1999
20/23 Voice Stream / Deutsche Telekom merger 2000
20/24 Washington Software Alliance Roundtable December 2, 1999


Timber Files 1995-2000

20/25 - 20/26 Below-Cost Timber Sales 1995-1997
20/27 - 20/28 Clinton Administration Roadless Area Policy 1998-2000
20/29 County Timber Payments (H.R. 2389) 1999
20/30 Forest Products Tariff initiative 1997
20/31 Forestry and Timber – general issues file 1996-1998
20/32 Forestry Training ca. 1996
20/33 I-90 Land Exchange 1997
20/34 Northwest Woodlands Owners’ Council 1997
20/35 Pulp and Paper Industry – EPA Cluster Rules 1997-1998
20/36 Salvage Timber 1995-1996
20/37 Shi Shi Beach 1998
20/38 Timber Exports 1997-1998
20/39 Tongass National Forest Timber (Alaska) 1995-1996
20/40 U.S. – Canada Softwood Agreement 1997, 1999-2000
20/41 United States Forest Service – Huckleberry Land Exchange 1998
20/42 United States Forest Service – Kennedy/Porter Amendment 1997
20/43 United States Forest Service – Trail User Fee 1997-1999

Tribal Issues 1995-2000

Tribal Issues files document Metcalf’s role in legislative attempts to limit sovereign immunity for tribes receiving federal funds and also to restrict the process for tribal determination. Materials also include correspondence and funding proposals regarding the Lummi Tribal School and requests for assistance to displaced Lummi Fishers after cancellation of the 1999 sockeye fishing season. Correspondence and permit applications reflect disputes between the Lummi Indian Nation and Sandy Point Improvement Company regarding water and tidelands rights.

Box 21

21/1 Acquisition of Indian Trust Land 1997
21/2 Appraisals of Certain Leasehold of Restricted Indian Lands 1997
21/3 Colorado Ute Tribes – Water Rights 1999
21/4 Gaming 1996-1997
21/5 Lummi Nation Tribal School 1998
21/6 Lummi Nation Tribal School – Construction 1998
21/7 Lummi Nation - Water Rights and Utilities 1995, 1998
21/8 Lummi Nation – Request for Assistance (Sockeye Fishing Collapse) 1999-2000
21/9 Lummi Shore Road 1996
21/10 Mukilteo Tank Farm 2000
21/11 Nooksack Tribe – Federal Funds 1996
21/12 Sandy Point Restoration Project Permits 1998
21/13 Sandy Point Tidelands 1998-2000
21/14 Statements and Articles re: Tribal Issues ca. 1995
21/15 Swinomish Utility Tax 1998
21/16 Tribal Sovereign Immunity – Senate Committee Hearing September 24, 1996
21/17 Tribal Sovereignty – Gorton Amendment 1997
21/18 Tribal Sovereignty – Metcalf Bill 1996
21/19 Tulalip Housing 1996-1997

Water and Shipping 1996-2000

Water and Shipping files document Metcalf’s interest in proposals to restore and develop waterways and port access at regional sites (including Bellingham Bay, Stillaguamish River, the Columbia lower basin and the Port of Seattle), and his establishment with U.S. Senator Patty Murray of the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative (1998).

Box 22

22/1 Albeni Falls Dam (Bonner ID) 1998
22/2 Blaine Waste Water Treatment Plant / Lummi Burial Grounds 1999-2000
22/3 Clean Water Act reauthorization 1999
22/4 Clean Water Act Infrastructure Financing 1999
22/5 Coast Guard Authorization Act – Coastal Venture 1999
22/6 Coastal Zone Management Act 2000
22/7 Columbia River Channel Improvement 1999-2000
22/8 Combined Sewer Overflow Control and Partnership Act 1998-2000
22/9 Dredging (Oak Harbor) 1997
22/10 Flood Control – Sacramento 1998
22/11 Flood Insurance – Island County 1998
22/12 Flood Protection legislation 1997-1998
22/13 Ground Water 1999
22/14 Ground Water/Private Wells 1998
22/15 Harbor Maintenance Funding 1998-1999
22/16 Intertanko v Governor of Washington 2000
22/17 Low Flow Toilets 1999
22/18 Maritime Administration Title XI Ship Loan Guarantee Program 2000
22/19 Maritime Administration Title XI Finance (Nichols Brothers Boat Builders) 2000
22/20 Marshland Dike program (Snohomish County) 1997
22/21 Mukilteo Tank Farm 1999
22/22 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1997
22/23 North American Conservation Wetlands Act 1997-1998
22/24 Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative 1998-2000
22/25 Oil Spills 1999
22/26 Pacific Northwest Waterways 1997-1998
22/27 Port of Everett Dry Dock proposals undated
22/28 Port of Seattle – New Solutions Cargo Control undated
22/29 Puget Sound Shipping Safety 1998-1999
22/30 Sacramento Levees and Folsom Dam 1998
22/31 Sail the San Juans/Coast Guard 1999
22/32 Stillaguamish Restoration project 2000
22/33 Swinomish Marina 1999-2000
22/34 Tug Escorts 1998-1999
22/35 “Tug of Opportunity” proposals 1997
22/36 Tulalip Chinook and Water Studies 2000
22/37 Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee funding request 1997-1998
22/38 Waste Flow Control 1996-1997
22/39 - 22/41 Water Resources Development Act 1999-2000
22/42 Water Resources Development Act (Bellingham Bay, Seattle and Stillaguamish) 1998-1999
22/43 Water Resources Development Act (Howard Hanson Dam) 1999
22/44 Whidbey Island Waste Water Plant 1998

Whales and Marine Mammals 1995-2000

Records include research materials, reports, petitions, correspondence and statements documenting Metcalf’s opposition to the resumption of whaling by the Makah Tribe in Neah Bay, Washington. Researchers should note that Metcalf’s Press and Publicity Files also contain a file of newspaper clippings about the Makah whaling.

Box 23

23/1 Family Pet Protection Act (HR 3393), June 1996-September 1996
23/2 First Assembly of the World Council of Whalers Resolution, June 11, 1998
23/3 Gray Whale Lawsuit, Jack Metcalf et al., vs. William Daley, et al., and the Makah Indian Tribe, 1998
23/4 Gray Whale Lawsuit Appeal, 1999-2000
23/5 International Dolphin Conservation Program Act, 1996-1997
23/6 International/Endangered Animal Protection, 1997-1998
23/7 International Whaling Commission (IWC) issues, 1997
23/8 International Whaling Commission Resolution (HR 425), 1998
23/9 Land-For-Whales Bill, 1999
23/10 Makah Police Chief, Lionel Adunko, 1998-1999
Makah Whaling Rights

23/11 Coast Guard Regulated Navigation Area (RNA), 1998
23/12 - 23/13 Correspondence opposing U.S. Governmental support of the Gray Whale Hunt 1997
23/14 “Environmental Assessment of Makah Tribe’s Harvest of up to Five Gray Whales Per Year for Cultural and Subsistence Use,” August 22, 1997
23/15 International Whaling Commission (IWC) member responses, 1997
23/16 Memos, Correspondence (outgoing), and Press Releases, 1997-2000
23/17 Petitions from members of Congress to the IWC, 1997-2000
23/18 Puyallup Tribe Involvement, 1999
23/19 - 23/20 Research on implications and repercussions, 1996-2000
23/21 Reports 1996-1997

23/22 Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and Daily Summary of Marine Mammal Issues, October 6, 1995
23/23 Marine Ecosystem and Coastal Management, 1988-1997
23/24 Marine Mammal Stranding Network, May 2000
23/25 Orca “Lolita,” 1997-1998
23/26 Other Marine Mammals, 1995-1999

Correspondence Files 1995-2000

Records from Metcalf’s D.C. Office include correspondence files documenting Metcalf’s bipartisan activities in Congress, and the range of legislative issues in which he was involved. The vast majority of correspondence is outgoing. Correspondents include the President and officials within the Clinton Administration, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, heads of House Committees, and key figures in the private/non-government sector. “Individual Letters” comprise letters composed and signed by Metcalf alone, while “Delegation Letters” and “Official Letters – Signed On” comprise letters signed by Metcalf in coalition with other legislators.

Box 24
24/1 Delegation Letters 1995-1996
24/2 - 24/3 Delegation Letters 1997-1998
24/4 Individual Letters 1995-1996
24/5 Individual Letters 1997-1998
24/6 - 24/7 Official Letters “Signed-On” 1995-1996
24/8 - 24/9 Official Letters Signed-On 1997-1998
24/10 - 24/11 Official Letters Signed-On 1999-2000
24/12 – 24/13 Official Letters Signed-On 2000
24/14 - 24/15 Read File- VIPs and Officials 1995-1996

Press and Publicity 1995-2000

Press and Publicity files include biographical information, photographs, press releases, and materials outlining Metcalf’s legislative activities and voting record. Press releases include statements and clippings pertaining to specific issues including the Makah whaling, as well as general press releases arranged chronologically.

Box 25
25/1 Metcalf Biographical Information ca. 1995
25/2 – 25/3 Metcalf Legislative Profile 1997-1999
25/4 – 25/5 Photographs ca. 1995-2000
25/6 Press Releases 1998-1999
25/7 Press Releases re: Campaign Finance Reform 1999
25/8 Press Releases re: Term Limits Statement/Info 1999
25/9 Press Releases re: Makah Whaling 1998-1999
25/10 Press reports re: Metcalf’s legislative activities 1996-1999
25/11 Rankings (voting information) 1999-2000

Awards 1995-1998

Box 26
26/1 Award Certificates and Photographs 1995-1998
Plaques and statuettes

26/2 Council for Affordable and Rural Housing Certificate of Appreciation 1996
26/3 EA-6B Prowler Awareness Day 1997
26/4 Vietnam Veterans of America – Legislator of the Year 1998
26/5 National Coalition for Homeless Veterans Legislative Leadership Award 1998

Box 27

Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Congress) 104th Congress ca. 1997
National Federal of Independent Business Award 105th Congress ca. 1998

Subseries 2. District Office Files 1995-2000

Records from Metcalf’s district office in Everett, Washington comprise Legislative Issue files, arranged alphabetically by subject, and a small number of awards and certificates. Legislative issue files include research material, statements and reports documenting Metcalf’s investigation into the causes of Gulf War Illnesses, and contain a copy of his 2000 report “The Potential Role of Squalene in Gulf War Illnesses.” The subseries also contains materials regarding military issues and local military bases, Lummi Indian Nation requests for federal assistance, Swinomish leaseholds and water rights, the local fishing industry and regional transportation and environmental projects.

Box 28
Legislative Issues

28/1 American Association of Retired Persons- Medical Privacy and Medicare 1998-2000
28/2 American Heritage Rivers 1998
28/3 Anacortes Ferry, 1997
28/4 Arlington Air Station, 1998
28/5 Black Mountain Forestry Center Grant Proposal, 1998-2000
28/6 Blaine Moorage Project, 1997
28/7 Bonanza Queen Mine, 1999
28/8 Border Patrol Issues, 1996-2000
28/9 Border Complaints 1997
28/10 – 28/11 Case Files A-Z, 1995
28/12 Clinton Policy - Multilateral Peace Operations 1994
28/13 Congressional Trip to Egypt, 1999
28/14 Directory of Elected Officials, 1995
28/15 Everett Multi-Modal Transportation Center, 1996
28/16 Everett Office Memo Book, undated
28/17 FEMA Disaster Relief for Fishermen, 1999-2000
28/18 Franked Mail Log, 1995
28/19 Frasier River Panel - Jack Giard Reappointment, 1997
28/20 French Slough Dike District Letter, 1996
Gulf War Syndrome

28/21 Metcalf Report (General Accounting Office Footnoted Documents) 1997-1998
28/22 Squalene Briefing Book 1997-2000
28/23 Gulf War Illness Statistics 1997, 1999
28/24 Metcalf Statements to Congress 1997
28/25 Metcalf Amendment on Gulf War Illness (House approval) June 24, 1997
28/26 Metcalf Statement to Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Human Resources June 26, 1997
28/27 Metcalf Town Meetings on Gulf War Illness- Announcement August, 1997
28/28 National Gulf War Resource Center 1998-2000
28/29 National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition Letter May 12, 1998
28/30 General Accounting Office Report to Congressman Metcalf March, 1999
28/31 Metcalf Request for Joint Investigation into Squalene Controversy April, 1999
28/32 Immunosciences Laboratory testimony re: Gulf War Syndrome 1999
28/33 Metcalf Report: Potential Role of Squalene in Gulf War Illnesses September 27, 2000
28/34 Metcalf report to Sub Committee on National Security Sept 27, 2000
28/35 Metcalf report to Committee on Government Reform October 3, 2000
28/36 U.S. General Accounting Office Re: Squalene Investigation October 3, 2000
28/37 Press Articles 1999-2000

28/38 Housing-Citizens for the Improvement of Nursing Homes (Snohomish County), 1995
28/39 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act (Sect. 110), 1997-1999
28/40 International Mobility and Trade Corridor - Letter to Sen. Slade Gorton, 1998
28/41 Internal Revenue Service-Taxation Issues, 1995
28/42 Judson Lake/ Proposed Gravel Extraction, 1999-2000
28/43 Kennewick Man, 1996-2000

Box 29
29/1 Lowell Riverfront Trail, Everett 1995
29/2 Lummi Indian Nation - Department of Labor Grant (Casino Closure) 1997
29/3 Lummi Indian Nation - Federal Financial Assistance 1999-2000
29/4 Lummi Indian Nation - New School Construction, 1998
29/5 Lummi Indian Nation - Sockeye Fishing Disaster, 1999
29/6 Makah Grey Whale Hunting, 1998
29/7 Marshland Dike District, 1995-1997
29/8 Morrison, Sid (Secretary of Transportation) correspondence, 1998-1999
29/9 Mukilteo Tank Farm Demolition, 1995-1997
29/10 National Assisted Housing Management Association “Mark to Market” Proposal, 1995
29/11 Nooksack River Erosion/Frasier River Valley/Davis Farm, 1997
29/12 Northwest Straits Marine Sanctuary 1994-1996
29/13 Oak Harbor Development 1996
29/14 Olympic Pipeline Explosion, 1999
29/15 Pacific Northwest Trails Association, 1999-2000
29/16 Planet CPR’s Grate Mate Campaign, 1999
29/17 Postmasters Convention, Bellingham, 2000
29/18 Salmon Fishery Buy Back Program, 1996-1997
29/19 Salmon Fishing Closure 7A/ Letter to Bern Shanks, 1997
29/20 SeaTac Airport 3rd Runway Issue (SCRAP), 1996
29/21 Semiahmoo Spit Sewage Treatment Facility Issue, 2000
29/22 Sen.Gorton’s Pacific Northwest Salmon Hearing April 7, 1999
29/23 Snohomish/Arlington Trail Association, 2000
29/24 Snohomish/State Route 20/ Marches Pt. Road, 1996
29/25 Swinomish Leasehold (HR 4260), 1996-98
29/26 Swinomish Water Rights 1995
29/27 Taipai Cultural Office in Seattle 2000
29/28 U.S. Department of Justice Wireless Management Center, 2000
29/29 U.S. Federal Highway 2 Safety Coalition, 1997
U.S. Military Issues

29/30 Borsellino Case 1999
29/31 EA6B Crash 1996
29/32 EA6B Prowler 2000
29/33 Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve 1997-2000
29/34 HMT Rohna incident (Metcalf resolution) 2000
29/35 Homeless Veterans Symposium Packet 1998
29/36 Juvenile Detention 1998
29/37 Madigan Hospital, Fort Lewis 1998
29/38 Metcalf Tribute to Jim Pace, U.S. Veteran 1997
29/39 Naval Station, Everett 1997-99
29/40 Navy Reserve Issues (NAS Whidbey) 1996
29/41 Search and Rescue Unit (Whidbey Island) 1996
29/42 U.S. Veterans – Stand Down 1998
29/43 USS Abraham Lincoln Home Base and Transportation 1997
29/44 Veterans Town Meeting 1997
29/45 Whidbey Island Base Closure 1997-98

29/46 Washington State Department of Transportation- Pacific Northwest Rail Corridor, 1995
29/47 Whatcom County Council of Governments - Scenic Byways, 2000
29/48 Whatcom County Land Trust 1998
 

Awards 1995-2000
 

Box 30
30/1 Certificates and Photos 1995-2000
Plaques

30/2 POW – MIA Flag Ceremony (Mount Vernon Post Office) 1998
30/3 Susan B. Anthony List (diligence to protect the unborn) 1999
30/4 Naval Criminal Investigative Service Puget Sound- Top Gun Award undated