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Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] · R–AR
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 775.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Committee on Oversight and Accountability discharged.
Committee on Oversight and Accountability discharged.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-785, Part I.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-785, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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