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“MEASURES REFERRED” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Senate section on pages S6559 on July 10, 2008.
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MEASURES REFERRED
The following bills were read the first and the second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:
H.R. 1286. An act to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
H.R. 3329. An act to provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
H.R. 4461. An act to promote and enhance the operation of local building code enforcement administration across the country by establishing a competitive Federal matching grant program; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
H.R. 5541. An act to provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
H.R. 5811. An act to amend title 44, United States Code, to require preservation of certain electronic records by Federal agencies, to require a certification and reports relating to Presidential records, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
H.R. 6061. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 219 East Main Street in West Frankfort, Illinois, as the ``Kenneth James Gray Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
H.R. 6184. An act to provide for a program for circulating quarter dollar coins that are emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
H.R. 6216. An act to improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
The following concurrent resolution was read, and referred as indicated:
H. Con. Res. 375. Concurrent resolution to honor the goal of the International Year of Astronomy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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