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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D199 on March 8, 2002.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Bennett W. Raley, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, and John W. Keys III, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior.