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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 19, 2007
Amends emergency relief fund provisions providing for the repair of highways, roads, and trails damaged as a result of a natural disaster to authorize on or after April 29, 2007, the expenditure of fund amounts for additional mass transportation services, including the operation of traveler information services, provided as temporary substitute highway traffic services on federal-aid highways during a natural disaster emergency.
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Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] · D–CA
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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