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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Nov 9, 1997
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to: (1) include within the authority of the Secretary of Energy administrative control over facilities in the immediate area of Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico; and (2) require Los Alamos County and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso (currently, the Secretary of the Interior) to submit to the Secretary of Energy an agreement for the allocation of Laboratory parcels identified for conveyance or transfer.
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Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R–SC
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Referred to the House Committee on National Security.
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Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12424-12425)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12424-12425)
Introduced in Senate
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