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Week Ending June 4, 2004                                               

H.RES.612 Recognizing and honoring the firefighters, police, public servants, civilians, and private businesses who responded to the devastating fire in Richmond, Virginia, on March 26, 2004.

Sponsor: Representative Eric Cantor  (R-VA)

Vote: Passed House 377 – 0.

Cost to the taxpayer: No discernible cost.

H.R.4317 To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic located in Lufkin, Texas, as the "Charles Wilson Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.

 

Sponsor: Representative Turner, Jim ( R-TX)

Vote: Passed House by voice vote.

Cost to the taxpayer: No discernible cost.

HR 265 Mount Rainier National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003

BRIEF

   HR 265 would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire from willing owners privately owned land, and transfers specified national forest lands to the Secretary's administrative jurisdiction, for inclusion in Mount Rainier National Park.

   The Park's boundaries must be modified to include such lands and  the Secretary must ensure that access over the Carbon River Bridge to national forest lands is maintained for commercial and other public use.

Sponsor: Representative Jennifer Dunn ( -WA)

Vote: Passed House by voice vote.

Cost to the taxpayer: No discernible cost beyond department's current budget. ## All Rights Reserved. No reproduction in any form without written permission from TheWeekInCongress.com