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“MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S839 on Feb. 8, 2018.
The State Department is responsibly for international relations with a budget of more than $50 billion. Tenure at the State Dept. is increasingly tenuous and it's seen as an extension of the President's will, ambitions and flaws.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE
At 10:32 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the following bill, without amendment:
S. 1438. An act to redesignate the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in the State of Missouri as the ``Gateway Arch National Park''.
The message also announced that the House has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:
H.R. 1997. An act to encourage United States-Ukraine cybersecurity cooperation and require a report regarding such cooperation, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2371. An act to require the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration to establish a pilot project to provide increased transparency for customers, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3851. An act to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain foreign nationals who have committed genocide or war crimes, and for other purposes.
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