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“SENATE BILLS REFERRED” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H7486 on July 10, 2007.
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SENATE BILLS REFERRED
Bills of the Senate of the following titles were taken from the Speaker's table and, under the rule, referred as follows:
S. 966. An act to enable the Department of State to respond to a critical shortage of passport processing personnel, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
S. 1612. An act to amend the penalty provisions in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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