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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 16, 1999
Amends the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, specified Federal law relating to Department of Defense funds, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to exclude grants for student financial assistance from the prohibition on certain Federal departments and agencies making grants to institutions of higher education that prevent ROTC access to campus or military recruiting on campus.
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Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D–MA
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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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