FEDERAL LEGISLATION
(109th Congress)
Securing
Our Nation's Energy Future
"National security means economic
security for every single citizen.
And one of the lessons we learned a
while ago was that a reliable,
affordable electrical power is
essential for economic growth in
America. It's an essential part of
an economic plan."
President George W. Bush
CURRENT LEGISLATION
Agriculture/Food
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Bill: |
Cosponsors: |
H.R.1254
'To amend the Animal Health
Protection Act to require
the establishment of an
electronic nationwide
livestock identification
system, to prevent the
unauthorized release of
information collected under
the system, to promote an
objective review of
Department of Agriculture
responses to livestock
disease outbreaks, and for
other purposes. '
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6 D |
H.R.1329
'To amend the Lacey Act
Amendments of 1981 to treat
nonhuman primates as
prohibited wildlife species
under that Act. '
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37 D, 7 R |
S.1636
'A
bill to provide agricultural
disaster assistance to
producers on a farm that
incurred qualifying crop or
quality losses for the 2005
crop due to damaging weather
or related condition, and
for other purposes. '
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2 D, 2 R |
H.R.1707
'To assist in the
conservation of rare felids
and rare canids by
supporting and providing
financial resources for the
conservation programs of
nations within the range of
rare felid and rare canid
populations and projects of
persons with demonstrated
expertise in the
conservation of rare felid
and rare canid populations.
'
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61 D, 1 I, 18 R |
S.1915
'A
bill to amend the Horse
Protection Act to prohibit
the shipping, transporting,
moving, delivering,
receiving, possessing,
purchasing, selling, or
donation of horses and other
equines to be slaughtered
for human consumption, and
for other purposes. '
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13 D, 7 R |
S.3128
'A
bill to amend the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
to provide for uniform food
safety warning notification
requirements, and for other
purposes. '
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1 D, 7 R |
H.R.3702
'To provide emergency
assistance to agricultural
producers who have suffered
losses as a result of
drought, Hurricane Katrina,
and other natural disasters
occurring during 2005, and
for other purposes. '
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9 D, 2 R |
H.R.3754
'To provide disaster
assistance to agricultural
producers for 2005 crop and
livestock losses, and for
other purposes. '
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5 D |
H.R.4167
'To amend the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to
provide for uniform food
safety warning notification
requirements, and for other
purposes. '
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59 D, 168 R |
H.R.5344
'To amend the Richard B.
Russell National School
Lunch Act to improve the
summer food service program
for children. '
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7 D |
S.J.RES.4
'A
joint resolution providing
for congressional
disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department
of Agriculture under chapter
8 of title 5, United States
Code, relating to risk zones
for introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy. '
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9 D, 3 R |
S.73
'A
bill to promote food safety
and to protect the animal
feed supply from bovine
spongiform encephalopathy. '
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1 D |
S.126
'A
bill to improve the
administration of the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection
Service of the Department of
Agriculture and for other
purposes. '
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1 D |
S.451
'A
bill to amend the Animal
Welfare Act to ensure that
all dogs and cats used by
research facilities are
obtained legally. '
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2 D, 1 R |
H.R.1514
'To reserve a small
percentage of the amounts
made available to the
Secretary of Agriculture for
the farmland protection
program to fund challenge
grants to encourage the
purchase of conservation
easements and other
interests in land to be held
by a State agency, county,
or other eligible entity,
and for other purposes. '
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3 R |
S.1692
'A
bill to provide disaster
assistance to agricultural
producers for crop and
livestock losses, and for
other purposes. '
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7 D |
S.1695
'A
bill to provide the
Secretary of Agriculture
with additional authority
and funding to provide
emergency relief, in
coordination with the
Secretary of Homeland
Security, to victims of
Hurricane Katrina and
related conditions. '
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4 D |
H.R.2235
'To amend the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to
safeguard public health and
provide to consumers food
that is safe, unadulterated,
and honestly presented. '
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1 D |
H.R.2485
'To ensure that the goals of
the Dietary Supplement
Health and Education Act of
1994 are met by authorizing
appropriations to fully
enforce and implement such
Act and the amendments made
by such Act, and for other
purposes. '
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1 D, 1 R |
H.R.5229
'To amend the Animal Welfare
Act to ensure that all dogs
and cats used by research
facilities are obtained
legally. '
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43 D, 16 R |
S.385
'A
bill to amend the Food
Security Act of 1985 to
restore integrity to and
strengthen payment
limitation rules for
commodity payments and
benefits. '
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5 D, 4 R |
S.1120
'A
bill to reduce hunger in the
United States by half by
2010, and for other
purposes. '
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34 D, 1 I, 8 R |
S.1139
'A
bill to amend the Animal
Welfare Act to strengthen
the ability of the Secretary
of Agriculture to regulate
the pet industry. '
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18 D, 8 R |
S.1532
'A
bill to amend title 18 of
the United States Code to
criminalize acts of
agroterrorism, and to
enhance the protection of
the United States
agricultural industry and
food security through the
increased prevention,
detection, response and
recovery planning. '
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2 R |
H.R.2669
'To amend the Animal Welfare
Act to strengthen the
ability of the Secretary of
Agriculture to regulate the
pet industry. '
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115 D, 1 I, 30 R
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H.R.2717
'To reduce hunger in the
United States by half by
2010, and for other
purposes. '
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132 D, 1 I, 31 R
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H.R.2744
'Making appropriations for
Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related
Agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2006,
and for other purposes. '
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1 R |
H.R.3408
'To reauthorize the
Livestock Mandatory
Reporting Act of 1999 and to
amend the swine reporting
provisions of that Act. '
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2 D, 1 R |
H.R.3442
'To end the use of
conventional steel-jawed
leghold traps on animals in
the United States. '
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46 D, 2 R |
H.R.5099
'To provide disaster
assistance to agricultural
producers for crop and
livestock losses, and for
other purposes. '
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31 D, 1 I, 20 R |
H.J.RES.23
'Disapproving the rule
submitted by the Department
of Agriculture relating to
the establishment of
minimal-risk regions for the
introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy
into the United States. '
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39 D, 1 I, 7 R |
H.R.207
'To amend the Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act and the
egg, meat, and poultry
inspection laws to ensure
that consumers receive
notification regarding food
products produced from
crops, livestock, or poultry
raised on land on which
sewage sludge was applied. '
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1 D |
H.R.384
'To prohibit the operation
during a calendar year of
the final rule issued by the
Secretary of Agriculture to
establish standards for the
designation of minimal-risk
regions for the introduction
of bovine spongiform
encephalopathy into the
United States, including
designation of Canada as a
minimal-risk region, and the
importation into the United
States from Canada of
certain bovine ruminant
products during that
calendar year, unless
country of origin labeling
is required for the retail
sale of'
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1 D, 1 R |
H.R.503
'To amend the Horse
Protection Act to prohibit
the shipping, transporting,
moving, delivering,
receiving, possessing,
purchasing, selling, or
donation of horses and other
equines to be slaughtered
for human consumption, and
for other purposes. '
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130 D, 65 R |
H.R.2068
'To amend the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 to
establish a voluntary
program for country of
origin labeling of meat, and
for other purposes. '
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14 D, 40 R |
S.2307
'A
bill to enhance fair and
open competition in the
production and sale of
agricultural commodities. '
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1 D, 3 R |
H.R.2352
'To amend the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to
ensure that health claims
for foods and dietary
supplements include accurate
statements of the curative,
mitigation, treatment, and
prevention effects of
nutrients on disease or
health-related conditions,
and for other purposes. '
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1 R |
S.2438
'A
bill to provide disaster
assistance to agricultural
producers for crop and
livestock losses, and for
other purposes. '
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20 D, 8 R |
S.2782
'A
bill to establish the
National Institute of Food
and Agriculture, to provide
funding for the support of
fundamental agricultural
research of the highest
quality, and for other
purposes. '
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1 D, 3 R |
H.R.2844
'To amend the National
Nutrition Monitoring and
Related Research Act of 1990
to foster greater
understanding of human
dietary eating patterns and
food intake, physical
activity level, food
security, dietary exposure,
and nutritional status; to
provide timely information
to public program managers
and private sector decision
makers to improve
nutritional intake, physical
activity, health,
productivity and other
measures of quality of life
of Americans, based on
scientifically established
norms a'
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4 D, 1 I, 1 R |
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Water/Land Use
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Bill: |
Cosponsors: |
S.882
'A
bill to designate certain
Federal land in the State of
Utah as wilderness, and for
other purposes. '
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16 D |
S.886
'A
bill to eliminate the annual
operating deficit and
maintenance backlog in the
national parks, and for
other purposes. '
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4 D, 3 R |
S.912
'A
bill to amend the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act
to clarify the jurisdiction
of the United States over
waters of the United States.
'
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14 D, 1 I |
H.R.1344
'To amend the Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act to
designate a segment of the
Farmington River and Salmon
Brook in the State of
Connecticut for study for
potential addition to the
National Wild and Scenic
Rivers System, and for other
purposes. '
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2 D, 3 R |
H.R.1429
'To provide for the
conveyance of certain real
property by the
Administrator of General
Services. '
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24 D, 16 R |
H.R.1749
'To amend the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act to
affirm that a permit is not
required in certain
circumstances, and for other
purposes. '
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19 D, 59 R |
H.R.1774
'To designate certain
Federal land in the State of
Utah as wilderness, and for
other purposes. '
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151 D, 10 R |
H.R.1796
'To amend the National
Trails System Act to
designate the route of the
Mississippi River from its
headwaters in the State of
Minnesota to the Gulf of
Mexico for study for
potential addition to the
National Trails System as a
national scenic trail,
national historic trail, or
both, and for other
purposes. '
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10 D |
H.R.4091
'To permit certain projects
and activities to resume on
National Forest System lands
by ratifying part 215 of
title 36, Code of Federal
Regulations, relating to
notice, comment, and appeal
procedures for such projects
and activities. '
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3 R |
H.R.4126
'To amend the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act to
improve and reauthorize the
Chesapeake Bay program. '
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13 D, 10 R |
S.1269
'A
bill to amend the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act
to clarify certain
activities the conduct of
which does not require a
permit. '
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1 D, 15 R |
S.1288
'A
bill to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to
enter into cooperative
agreements to protect
natural resources of units
of the National Park System
through collaborative
efforts on land inside and
outside of units of the
National Park System. '
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2 D |
S.1627
'A
bill to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to
conduct a special resources
study to evaluate resources
along the coastal region of
the State of Delaware and to
determine the suitability
and feasibility of
establishing a unit of the
National Park System in
Delaware. '
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2 D |
S.2012
'A
bill to authorize
appropriations to the
Secretary of Commerce for
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management
Act for fiscal years 2006
through 2012, and for other
purposes. '
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7 D, 6 R |
H.R.2939
'To establish a national
policy for our oceans, to
strengthen the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, to establish
a Committee on Ocean Policy,
and for other purposes. '
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17 D, 4 R |
H.R.3692
'To establish a program
within the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric
Administration and the
United States Coast Guard to
help identify, determine
sources of, assess, reduce,
and prevent marine debris
and its adverse impacts on
the marine environment and
navigation safety, in
coordination with
non-Federal entities, and
for other purposes. '
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7 D |
H.R.3779
'To authorize the Secretary
of the Interior to establish
a commemorative trail route
in connection with the
Women''s Rights National
Historical Park to link
properties that are
historically and
thematically associated with
the struggle for women''s
suffrage, and for other
purposes. '
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34 D, 1 I, 4 R |
H.R.4165
'To clarify the boundaries
of Coastal Barrier Resources
System Clam Pass Unit
FL-64P. '
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1 R |
H.R.4560
'To amend the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act to
authorize appropriations for
State water pollution
control revolving funds, and
for other purposes. '
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7 D, 7 R |
H.R.5025
'To protect for future
generations the recreational
opportunities, forests,
timber, clean water,
wilderness and scenic
values, and diverse habitat
of Mount Hood National
Forest, Oregon, and for
other purposes. '
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3 D, 1 R |
S.100
'A
bill to authorize the
exchange of certain land in
the State of Colorado. '
|
1 D, 1 R |
H.R.296
'To adjust the boundary of
the Rancho Corral de Tierra
Golden Gate National
Recreation Area. '
|
10 D |
S.361
'A
bill to develop and maintain
an integrated system of
ocean and coastal
observations for the
Nation''s coasts, oceans and
Great Lakes, improve warning
of tsunamis and other
natural hazards, and for
other purposes. '
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5 D, 4 R |
S.364
'A
bill to establish a program
within the National Oceanic
Atmospheric Administration
to integrate Federal coastal
and ocean mapping
activities. '
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5 D, 4 R |
S.405
'A
bill to provide for the
conveyance of certain public
land in Clark County,
Nevada, for use as a
heliport. '
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1 D, 1 R |
S.435
'A
bill to amend the Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act to
designate a segment of the
Farmington River and Salmon
Brook in the State of
Connecticut for study for
potential addition to the
National Wild and Scenic
Rivers System, and for other
purposes. '
|
2 D |
S.721
'A
bill to authorize the
Secretary of the Army to
carry out a program for
ecosystem restoration for
the Louisiana Coastal Area,
Louisiana. '
|
1 D, 1 R |
H.R.792
'To authorize appropriations
for State programs and
activities for the
restoration of the Great
Lakes, and for other
purposes. '
|
43 D, 24 R |
S.1709
'A
bill to provide favorable
treatment for certain
projects in response to
Hurricane Katrina, with
respect to revolving loans
under the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, and
for other purposes. '
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5 D, 1 I, 5 R |
H.R.4882
'To ensure the proper
remembrance of Vietnam
veterans and the Vietnam War
by designating a site for a
visitor center for the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial. '
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3 D, 4 R |
S.39
'A
bill to establish a
coordinated national ocean
exploration program within
the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
'
|
6 D, 3 R |
S.728
'A
bill to provide for the
consideration and
development of water and
related resources, to
authorize the Secretary of
the Army to construct
various projects for
improvements to rivers and
harbors of the United
States, and for other
purposes. '
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5 D, 15 R |
H.R.849
'To provide for the
conveyance of certain public
land in Clark County,
Nevada, for use as a
heliport. '
|
1 D, 2 R |
S.1400
'A
bill to amend the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act
and the Safe Drinking Water
Act to improve water and
wastewater infrastructure in
the United States. '
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1 D, 1 I, 3 R |
S.1465
'A
bill to strengthen programs
relating to ocean, coastal,
and Great Lakes science
training by providing
coordination of efforts,
greater interagency
cooperation, and the
strengthening and expansion
of related programs
administered by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, and to
diversify the ocean,
coastal, and Great Lakes
science community by
attracting underrepresented
groups. '
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6 D |
S.2419
'A
bill to ensure the proper
remembrance of Vietnam
veterans and the Vietnam War
by providing a deadline for
the designation of a visitor
center for the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial. '
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3 D, 3 R |
S.2492
'A
bill to revise the
boundaries of John H. Chafee
Coastal Barrier Resources
System Jekyll Island Unit
GA-06P. '
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2 R |
H.R.3321
'To amend the Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act to
designate segments of the
Taunton River in the
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts as a component
of the National Wild and
Scenic Rivers System. '
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4 D |
H.R.5241
'To amend the Water
Resources Development Act of
1976 to allow the Secretary
of the Army to extend the
period during which the
Secretary may provide beach
nourishment for a water
resources development
project. '
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1 D |
H.R.5461
'To authorize the Secretary
of the Army to carry out
water resources projects and
activities for the coastal
area of Louisiana, and for
other purposes. '
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2 D, 5 R |
H.RES.856
'Recognizing the national
marine sanctuaries program
as critical to managing the
ocean and Great Lake
resources of the United
States, and commending local
and State partners and
volunteers of the program
for their contribution. '
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8 D, 2 R |
S.1491
'A
bill to amend the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act
to provide assistance for
nutrient removal
technologies to States in
the Chesapeake Bay
watershed. '
|
3 D, 3 R |
S.1510
'A
bill to designate as
wilderness certain lands
within the Rocky Mountain
National Park in the State
of Colorado. '
|
1 D |
S.1511
'A
bill to provide for a study
of options for protecting
the open space
characteristics of certain
land in and adjacent to the
Arapaho and Roosevelt
National Forests in the
State of Colorado, and for
other purposes. '
|
1 D |
S.2288
'A
bill to modernize water
resources planning, and for
other purposes. '
|
1 D, 1 R |
H.R.3521
'To provide environmental
assistance to non-Federal
interests in the State of
Colorado. '
|
2 D, 2 R |
H.R.3552
'To reauthorize the Coastal
Barrier Resources Act, and
for other purposes. '
|
2 R |
H.R.4935
'To designate as wilderness
certain lands within the
Rocky Mountain National Park
and to adjust the boundaries
of the Indian Peaks
Wilderness and the Arapaho
National Recreation Area on
the Arapaho National Forest
in the State of Colorado. '
|
1 D |
H.R.5006
'To designate certain public
land as wilderness and
certain rivers as wild and
scenic rivers in the State
of California, to designate
Salmon Restoration Areas, to
establish the Sacramento
River National Recreation
Area and Ancient Bristlecone
Pine Forest, and for other
purposes. '
|
1 D |
H.R.5094
'To require the conveyance
of Mattamuskeet Lodge and
surrounding property,
including the Mattamuskeet
National Wildlife Refuge
headquarters, to the State
of North Carolina to permit
the State to use the
property as a public
facility dedicated to the
conservation of the natural
and cultural resources of
North Carolina. '
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1 R |
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