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“WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Senate section on pages S5658 on May 24, 2001.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
Mr. NICKLES. I ask unanimous consent the Senate now proceed to the consideration Calendar No. 49, H.R. 581.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (H.R. 581) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to facilitate the interagency cooperation required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in connection with wildland fire management.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. NICKLES. I ask unanimous consent the bill be read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill (H.R. 581) was read the third time and passed.
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