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“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the in the House of Representatives section section on page H5212 on May 19.
The State Department is responsibly for international relations with a budget of more than $50 billion. Tenure at the State Dept. is increasingly tenuous and it's seen as an extension of the President's will, ambitions and flaws.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.
Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:
EC-4257. A letter from the Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting an intent to transfer, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 801 note; Public Law 112-87, Sec. 308(a); (125 Stat. 1883); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
EC-4258. A letter from the Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a memorandum of justification; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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