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“SENATE BILLS REFERRED” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3472 on May 19, 2000.
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SENATE BILLS REFERRED
Bills of the Senate of the following titles were taken from the Speaker's table and, under the rule, referred as follows:
S. 777. An act to require the Department of Agriculture to establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to enable the public to file all required paperwork electronically with the Department and to have access to public information on farm programs, quarterly trade, economic, and production reports, and other similar information; to the Committee on Agriculture.
S. 1509. An act to amend the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992, to emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
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