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“REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H2198 on March 5, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows:
Mr. WEBSTER of Florida: Committee on Rules. H. Res. 501. Resolution providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2824) to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to stop the ongoing waste by the Department of the Interior of taxpayer resources and implement the final rule on excess spoil, mining waste, and buffers for perennial and intermittent streams, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2641) to provide for improved coordination of agency actions in the preparation and adoption of environmental documents for permitting determinations, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules (Rept. 113-374). Referred to the House Calendar.
DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE
Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XIII, the Committee on Agriculture discharged from further consideration. H.R. 3189 referred to the Committee of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed.
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