Mr. BABBITT: Well, there was a nice compromise because President Clinton proclaimed a national marine sanctuary, which is about 80 percent of the way toward a national monument, which closed the area to most but not all fishing and set in motion a study of what kind of permanent protection there out to be.
At a briefing Monday, Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy Pamela Olson said President George W. Bush has asked the Treasury to study the AMT problem and come up with a permanent fix to be proposed in next year's budget.