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On the recordMay 8, 2012
I understand there are four bills at the desk due for a second reading, and I would ask the Chair to move these forward. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bills by title for the second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 2050) to authorize the continued use of certain water diversions located on National Forest System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes. A bill (H.R. 2240) to authorize the exchange of land or interest in land between Lowell National Historical Park and the city of Lowell in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes. A bill (H.R. 4628) to extend student loan interest rates for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans. A bill (H.R. 4849) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue commercial use authorizations to commercial stock operators for operations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, and for other purposes.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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May 8, 2012

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