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“MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Senate section on pages S6659 on June 21, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE
At 11:13 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the following bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:
H.R. 3662. An act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
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