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Peter Welch: I further ask unanimous consent that the Heinrich-Risch amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; the…

On the recordJuly 31, 2024
I further ask unanimous consent that the Heinrich-Risch amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; the committee- reported substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 3215) was agreed to as follows: (Purpose: To improve the bill) In section 4(s)(2)(A), strike ``Energy'' and insert ``Agriculture''. In section 5(b)(4), insert ``and'' after the semicolon. In section 5(b), strike paragraphs (5) and (6). In section 5(b), redesignate paragraph (7) as paragraph (5). In section 5, strike subsection (c) and insert the following: (c) Unused Funds.--Amounts in each Fund not currently needed to carry out this Act shall be maintained as readily available or on deposit. The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, was agreed to. The bill (S. 2781), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 2781 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.…
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont
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Jul 31, 2024

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