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Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · Sep 16, 2008
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Amends the National Cave and Karst Research Institute Act of 1998 to remove a provision limiting federal spending by the Department of the Interior for the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, in New Mexico, to the amount of nonfederal funding received.
Authorizes appropriations.
People & committees
Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D–NM
Legislative record
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1002.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-539.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
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