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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 2, 2010
Reevaluate and Redirect the Stimulus Act of 2010 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to provide Congress a list of: (1) programs that have unobligated stimulus funds provided under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA), including the amounts; and (2) such ARRA stimulus funds that the Director recommends be redirected toward more effective programs either to assist displaced workers or to spur job creation in 2010, with a breakdown of such amounts that could be reprogrammed by program.
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Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · R–ME
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S445)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S445)
Introduced in Senate
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