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Toxic Substances Control Act

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Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act

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Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1975-05-07 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 94 United States Congress by Peter Wallace Rodino in relation with: Categories , I, T Tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

Public Broadcasting Financing Act

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Public Broadcasting Financing Act was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1975-04-29 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 94 United States Congress by Torbert Hart Macdonald in relation with: Categories , P, T Tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain rights in the State of Florida

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To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain rights in the State of Florida was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1973-01-03 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 93 United States Congress by Bill Chappell in relation with…

An Act to authorize the creation of a commission to evaluate international radio broadcasting and related activities of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, to authorize appropriations to the Chairman of the Commission, and for other purposes

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An Act to authorize the creation of a commission to evaluate international radio broadcasting and related activities of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, to authorize appropriations to the Chairman of the Commission, and for other purposes was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of …

To donate certain surplus railway equipment to the Hawaii Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, Incorporated

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To donate certain surplus railway equipment to the Hawaii Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, Incorporated was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1973-01-03 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 93 United States Congress …

Joint resolution asking the President of the United States to declare the fourth Saturday of September, 1974 "National Hunting and Fishing Day"

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Joint resolution asking the President of the United States to declare the fourth Saturday of September, 1974 "National Hunting and Fishing Day" was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1974-02-21 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of …

Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation Act

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Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation Act was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1976-06-04 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 94 United States Congress by Adlai Ewing Stevenson in relation with:

To improve judicial machinery by amending title 28, United States Code, with respect to judicial review of decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and for other purposes

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To improve judicial machinery by amending title 28, United States Code, with respect to judicial review of decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and for other purposes was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1973-01-31 in the House of Commons an…

to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land in the State of Michigan to the Wisconsin Michigan Power Company

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to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land in the State of Michigan to the Wisconsin Michigan Power Company was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1973-02-06 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 93 United Stat…

To authorize the reduction of the width of an alley in square number three hundred and seventy-six, in the city of Washington

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To authorize the reduction of the width of an alley in square number three hundred and seventy-six, in the city of Washington was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1870-05-20 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 41 United States Congre…

To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate a national military and naval asylum for the relief of the totally-disabled officers and men of the volunteer forces of the United States," approved March twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other purposes

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To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate a national military and naval asylum for the relief of the totally-disabled officers and men of the volunteer forces of the United States," approved March twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other purposes was, as…

To sell a vacated soldiers' burial-ground near Cumberland, Maryland, to the Hebrew congregation of that city, to enlarge their graveyard

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To sell a vacated soldiers' burial-ground near Cumberland, Maryland, to the Hebrew congregation of that city, to enlarge their graveyard was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1873-02-05 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 42 Unite…

To authorize the Secretary of War to release the right of way to the Bay Ridge and Sea-Shore Railroad Company of Long Island over the military reservation at Fort Hamilton, in the State of New York

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To authorize the Secretary of War to release the right of way to the Bay Ridge and Sea-Shore Railroad Company of Long Island over the military reservation at Fort Hamilton, in the State of New York was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1873-01-27 in the …

To change the time for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States for the western district of Wisconsin, at La Crosse

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To change the time for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States for the western district of Wisconsin, at La Crosse was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1872-03-27 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 42 United Sta…

To regulate the exercise of the admiralty jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in certain cases

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To regulate the exercise of the admiralty jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in certain cases was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1870-02-28 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 41 United States Congress

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To repeal that part of section six of the act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled 'An act to grant pensions,'" as limits the time in which claims for pension may be granted, and for other purposes

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To repeal that part of section six of the act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled 'An act to grant pensions,'" as limits the time in which claims for pension may be granted, and for other purposes was, as a…

To confirm the purchase by the Executive Department of three acres of land, more or less, in the vicinity of Nashville, Tennessee, known as the site of Fort Houston, and to donate and convey the same to the Fisk University, for educational purposes

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To confirm the purchase by the Executive Department of three acres of land, more or less, in the vicinity of Nashville, Tennessee, known as the site of Fort Houston, and to donate and convey the same to the Fisk University, for educational purposes was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a pie…

To quiet the title to certain lands in the State of Missouri. Whereas by an act of the Congress of the United States, approved on the twenty-eighth day of September, eighteen hundred and fifty, the State of Missouri, with other States, acquired title to all swamp and overflowed lands within their limits; that the State of Missouri, by an act of its general assembly, approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, passed the title thus acquired to the several counties in which said lands were situated, for the purpose and to the end that the same should be drained and reclaimed as provided by said act of Congress; and that after the donation as aforesaid a commissioner was appointed, charged with the duty to select and locate such swamp-lands, who did make such selections and locations in said county of Scott, and State of Missouri, making due report of the same, which report was, by proper authority, approved, and the lands so located patented by the Government of the United States to the State of Missouri, and, on the twenty-ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy, by said State to said county of Scott; and whereas said commissioner, in his his report, described other lands situated in said county as unsurveyed swamp-lands, and that in the year eighteen hundred and sixty said lands were ordered to be surveyed by the General Government, which survey was approved by the surveyor general of Missouri on the second day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and that by act of Congress approved March the twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty, said county was given two years in which to present its claim and make proof to its title to said lands, which could not be done, owing to the existence of civil war then afflicting the people of said county; and whereas said county, believing further time would be given to make said claim and proof, did sell to actual settlers the greater portion of said lands, which purchasers, relying on said title, have made, in many instances, permanent and valuable improvements

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To quiet the title to certain lands in the State of Missouri. Whereas by an act of the Congress of the United States, approved on the twenty-eighth day of September, eighteen hundred and fifty, the State of Missouri, with other States, acquired title to all swamp and overflowed lands wi…

To provide for the sale of a part of the light-house reservation at Fort Gratiot, Port Huron, in the State of Michigan

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To provide for the sale of a part of the light-house reservation at Fort Gratiot, Port Huron, in the State of Michigan was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1872-05-28 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 42 United States Congress

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To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War to lease certain swamp or low lands belonging to the Government, lying on Niagara River and Lake Erie, in the city of Buffalo, New York

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To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War to lease certain swamp or low lands belonging to the Government, lying on Niagara River and Lake Erie, in the city of Buffalo, New York was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1872-02-26 i…

To authorize the advancement of Chief Engineer John W. Moore on the list of chief engineers in the Navy. Whereas on the memorable occasion when the Federal fleet passed Forts Jackson and St. Phillip, to the capture of New Orleans, the ships were protected from serious injury, if not from destruction, by chain-armor covering their engines and machinery; and their passage was greatly facilitated by painting with the mud of Mississippi River, a color afterwards adopted by the Navy Department for all the ships in the service; and the same expedient of chain-armor rendered the "Kearsarge" redoubtable for the destruction of the "Alabama;" and Whereas these expedients were the timely inventions of Chief Engineer John W. Moore, of the United State Navy

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To authorize the advancement of Chief Engineer John W. Moore on the list of chief engineers in the Navy. Whereas on the memorable occasion when the Federal fleet passed Forts Jackson and St. Phillip, to the capture of New Orleans, the ships were protected from serious injury, if not fro…

To amend an act entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of War to release twenty-five acres of the lands of the United States at Plattsburgh, New York, to the New York and Canada Railroad Company, and for other purposes," passed June eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two

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To amend an act entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of War to release twenty-five acres of the lands of the United States at Plattsburgh, New York, to the New York and Canada Railroad Company, and for other purposes," passed June eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two…

To extend the time for the presentation of claims for additional bounty, under act of July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six

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To extend the time for the presentation of claims for additional bounty, under act of July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1870-03-18 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 41 United Sta…

To authorize the city of Buffalo, New York, to construct a tunnel under Niagara River, and to erect and maintain an inlet-pier therefrom, for the purpose of supplying the city of Buffalo with pure water

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To authorize the city of Buffalo, New York, to construct a tunnel under Niagara River, and to erect and maintain an inlet-pier therefrom, for the purpose of supplying the city of Buffalo with pure water was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1872-03-18 in…

To permit the importation, free of duty, of certain Highland kilts and uniforms for the Seventy-ninth Regiment of Highlanders, of the National Guard, State of New York

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To permit the importation, free of duty, of certain Highland kilts and uniforms for the Seventy-ninth Regiment of Highlanders, of the National Guard, State of New York was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1872-03-04 in the House of Commons and Senate re…

To extend for four years the act establishing the board of commissioners of claims and the acts relating thereto

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To extend for four years the act establishing the board of commissioners of claims and the acts relating thereto was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1872-12-09 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 42 United States Congress

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To amend the act entitled ''An act defining additional causes of challenge, and prescribing an additional oath for grand and petit jurors in the United States courts,'' approved June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two

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To amend the act entitled ''An act defining additional causes of challenge, and prescribing an additional oath for grand and petit jurors in the United States courts,'' approved June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of …