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Committee Votes

Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Markup of H.R. 515, "the Radioactive Import Deterrence Act"

November 3, 2009

The Subcommittee on Energy and Environment met in open markup session on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009, at 9:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider H.R. 515, the Radioactive Import Deterrence Act.

H.R. 515 was amendmed by managers amendment in the nature of a substitute. For text of this amendment, click here. This amendment passed by voice vote.

H.R. 515 was reported out of the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment by voice vote.

U.S. Representative Joe Barton

U.S. Representative Joe L. Barton
Joe Barton was first elected to congress by the people of Texas' Sixth Congressional District in 1984. In 2004, he was selected by his House colleagues to be the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce...
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