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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 29, 1993
Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations - Makes additional appropriations available to the Small Business Administration for the business loans program account. Makes additional amounts available to the: (1) Department of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration; (2) Department of Health and Human Services for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health; (3) Department of Education for compensatory education for the disadvantaged; (4) Department of Transportation for the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration; and (5) Department of Housing and Urban Development for community development grants.
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Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R–PA
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Star Print ordered on the bill.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5227-5230)
Introduced in Senate
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