I AM withholding my approval from S. 425, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1974.
Gerald Ford: “I AM withholding my approval from S. 425, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1974.”
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Memorandum of Disapproval of Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Legislation
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