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H.R.845 / 104th Congress

Rescinding certain budget authority, and for other purposes.

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Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 7, 1995

Rescinds certain budget authority for the following: (1) the Immigration Emergency Fund of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; (2) the Advanced Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; (3) Department of Energy atomic energy defense activities; (4) funds appropriated to the President for contributions to the African Development Fund and assistance for the new independent states of the former Soviet Union; (5) clean coal technology of the Department of Energy; (6) training and employment services of the Department of Labor; (7) school improvement programs of the Department of Education; (8) certain Federal Railroad Administration programs under the Department of Transportation; and (9) wind tunnel construction for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1] · R–LA

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  • Appropriations Committee
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    1. Ordered to be Reported.

    2. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    3. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 13.

    4. Reported by the Committee on Appropriations. H. Rept. 104-30.

    5. Reported by the Committee on Appropriations. H. Rept. 104-30.

    6. Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

    7. Introduced in House

    8. Introduced in House

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