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HR 1370 - 115

An Act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.

Became Public Law No: 115-96.

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Bill Text Stats

27
Analyzed sections
$15.8B
Detected dollar total
0
Tax signals
1
Deadlines

Signal counts

Tax density 0.0%
Spending density 174.1%
Spending 47
Statutory Reference 34
Amendments 7
Agency 2
Deadline 1

Top agencies

Secretary of Health and Human 1
Secretary of Health and Human Services as 1

Statutory references

42 U.S.C. 1397dd 4
Public Law 115-56 3
42 USC 1397dd 2
42 U.S.C. 254b-2 2
Public Law 110-261 2
Public Law 115-31 2
2 U.S.C. 933 1
38 U.S.C. 1701 1

House Votes

Roll call 708 · Session 1 · Dec 21, 2017
Passed

Timeline

Dec 22, 2017

Signed by President.

Dec 22, 2017

Signed by President.

Dec 22, 2017

Became Public Law No: 115-96.

Dec 22, 2017

Became Public Law No: 115-96.

Dec 21, 2017

Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 670, Mr. Frelinghuysen brought up H.R. 1370 and offered a motion. (consideration: CR H10394-10403)

Dec 21, 2017

Mr. Frelinghuysen moved that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment.

Dec 21, 2017

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to agree in the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 1370.

Dec 21, 2017

Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 188 (Roll no. 708).(text: CR H10394-10397)

Dec 21, 2017

On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 188 (Roll no. 708). (text: CR H10394-10397)

Dec 21, 2017

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Dec 21, 2017

Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.

Dec 21, 2017

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8235)

Dec 21, 2017

Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment made in the Senate. (CR S8235)

Dec 21, 2017

Point of order that the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment violates section 306 of the CBA against the measure raised in Senate.

Dec 21, 2017

Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure (the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 91 - 8. Record Vote Number: 324.

Dec 21, 2017

Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1370 by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 32. Record Vote Number: 325.

Dec 21, 2017

Senate agreed, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1370 by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 32. Record Vote Number: 325.

Dec 21, 2017

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Dec 21, 2017

Presented to President.

Dec 21, 2017

Presented to President.

Nov 7, 2017

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Nov 6, 2017

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Nov 6, 2017

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Nov 6, 2017

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7029-7030)

Nov 6, 2017

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

Nov 6, 2017

Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

May 24, 2017

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

May 23, 2017

Mr. McCaul moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

May 23, 2017

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4480-4483)

May 23, 2017

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1370.

May 23, 2017

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4480-4481)

May 23, 2017

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4480-4481)

May 23, 2017

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

May 22, 2017

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-143, Part I.

May 22, 2017

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-143, Part I.

May 22, 2017

Committee on the Judiciary discharged.

May 22, 2017

Committee on the Judiciary discharged.

May 22, 2017

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 92.

Mar 16, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Mar 8, 2017

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Mar 8, 2017

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Mar 6, 2017

Introduced in House

Mar 6, 2017

Introduced in House

Mar 6, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Healthcare
274 evidence matches
Impact 100% Confidence 82%

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Defense
235 evidence matches
Impact 100% Confidence 80%

Department of Homeland Security

Appropriations Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92, as amended), and the matter under such heading in division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ( ref href="/us/pl/1

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Finance and banking
45 evidence matches
Impact 100% Confidence 76%

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Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018. MISSILE DEFENSE The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not

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Technology and data privacy
25 evidence matches
Impact 100% Confidence 84%

Computers and information technology

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Secretary of Homeland e Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).''. (b) Information Technology Systems.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensur

Education
16 evidence matches
Impact 100% Confidence 80%

striking ``To carry out'' and inserting Health Centers That Operate Graduate Medical Education Programs.--Subsection (g) of section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h) is amended-- (1) by striking ``To carry out'' and ins

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Transportation
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Impact 93% Confidence 88%

Transportation safety and security

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$146.2B
Department of Health and Human Services $146.2B
569 sampled awards

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MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $18.8B
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MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $17.6B
grants · Department of Health and Human Services
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $17.5B
grants · Department of Health and Human Services
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $16.2B
grants · Department of Health and Human Services
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $16.1B
grants · Department of Health and Human Services
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA $2.3B
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Department of Health and Human Services

Matched bill text signal: Secretary of Health and Human
Sampled awards569
Award amount in local sample$146,150,587,987
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Summary

49 Public Law May 31, 2018

DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (Sec. 1001) Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide continuing FY2018 appropriations to federal agencies through January 19, 2018 (December 22, 2017, under current law). (This provision prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when the existing continuing resolution expires because the FY2018 appropriations bills have not been enacted.) Adds provisions to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 that: permit funds provided to the Coast Guard to be used to carry out Retired Pay Reform, including continuation pay; provide additional funding to the Indian Health Service for the costs of staffing and operating newly constructed facilities; permit funds provided to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain programs and activities related to: (1) the care of unaccompanied alien children, and (2) efforts to combat the trafficking of children; provide additional funding for HHS to prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic; and exempt security spending from sequestration (automatic spending cuts) for FY2018 and delay the sequestration for nonsecurity spending. (Sec. 1002) Extends certain authorities provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) through the duration of the continuing resolution. Specifies that this section is repealed if legislation amending the dates included in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is enacted. DIVISION B--MISSILE DEFENSE Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 Provides FY2018 emergency appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for missile defense programs. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.) TITLE I--MISSILE DEFEAT AND DEFENSE ENHANCEMENTS Provides Operation and Maintenance funds to DOD for necessary costs to repair damage to the USS John S. McCain and the USS Fitzgerald. Provides Operation and Maintenance; Procurement; and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds to DOD for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles. TITLE II--MISSILE CONSTRUCTION ENHANCEMENTS Provides appropriations for Defense-Wide Military Construction for construction of a missile field in Alaska. TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Sec. 2001) Specifies that the funds provided by this division are in addition to funds appropriated or otherwise made available to DOD for FY2018. (Sec. 2002) Requires funds provided by title I of this division to be allocated in accordance with the detailed congressional budget justifications submitted by DOD with the FY2018 budget amendments requested by the President on November 6, 2017. Specifies that any changes to the allocation of funds are subject to reprogramming requirements. (Sec. 2003) Specifies that funds designated in this division as emergency requirements are available only if the President subsequently designates all of the amounts as emergency requirements and transmits the designations to Congress. DIVISION C--HEALTH PROVISIONS TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act (Sec. 3101) Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend and make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps. Amends the Public Health Service Act to make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for a program that pays teaching health centers to establish or expand graduate medical residency training programs. (Sec. 3102) Makes appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for type I diabetes programs and diabetes programs for Native Americans. (Sec. 3103) Reduces FY2019-FY2022 for the Prevention and Public Health Fund. TITLE II--CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP) (Sec. 3201) Amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to extend funding for CHIP through the first half of FY2018. Establishes a special rule, with respect to the first half of FY2018, for the redistribution of unused CHIP allotments to state child health plans experiencing emergency shortfalls. Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), on a monthly basis, to redistribute unused allotments to each state in an amount that will eliminate the state's emergency shortfall before the CMS may distribute the allotments to any state that is experiencing a nonemergency shortfall. Requires the CMS to redistribute such allotments in the order in which states realize monthly emergency shortfalls, but only to the extent that amounts are available for redistribution. DIVISION D--OTHER MATTERS (Sec. 4001) Provides $2.1 billion in mandatory funding for the Veterans Choice Program, which allows veterans to receive health care from providers outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. DIVISION E--BUDGETARY EFFECTS (Sec. 5001) Exempts the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division of this bill from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and certain budget scorekeeping guidelines. (Sec. 5002) Exempts the budgetary effects of specified reconciliation legislation from PAYGO rules. (This provision applies to the tax legislation that was signed into law on December 22, 2017, and was considered pursuant to the reconciliation instructions included in the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.)

35 Passed Senate amended Feb 20, 2018

Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a program to be known as the Blue Campaign, the purpose of which shall be to unify and coordinate DHS efforts to address human trafficking. The campaign director shall issue DHS-wide guidance to and develop training programs for appropriate DHS personnel, coordinate departmental efforts, and provide guidance and training on trauma-informed practices to ensure that human trafficking victims are afforded prompt access to victim support service providers and government assistance to address their immediate and long-term needs. Such campaign shall provide guidance and training to DHS personnel and other federal, state, tribal, and law enforcement personnel regarding: programs to help identify instances of human trafficking; the types of information that should be collected and recorded in DHS information technology systems to identify individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking; systematic and routine information sharing within DHS and among federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies regarding such individuals and patterns and practices of human trafficking; techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the U.S. border and at airport security checkpoints; methods to be used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and personnel from other appropriate agencies to train TSA employees to identify suspected trafficking victims and to serve as a liaison and resource regarding human trafficking prevention to appropriate state, local, and private sector aviation workers and the traveling public; utilizing resources to educate partners and stakeholders and increase public awareness of human trafficking; and leveraging partnerships with state and local governmental, non-governmental, and private sector organizations to raise public awareness of human trafficking. (Sec. 3) DHS shall ensure the integration of DHS information technology systems used to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking.

71 Senate agreed to House amendment without amendment Jan 22, 2018

DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (Sec. 1001) Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide continuing FY2018 appropriations to federal agencies through January 19, 2018 (December 22, 2017, under current law). (This provision prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when the existing continuing resolution expires because the FY2018 appropriations bills have not been enacted.) Adds provisions to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 that: permit funds provided to the Coast Guard to be used to carry out Retired Pay Reform, including continuation pay; provide additional funding to the Indian Health Service for the costs of staffing and operating newly constructed facilities; permit funds provided to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain programs and activities related to: (1) the care of unaccompanied alien children, and (2) efforts to combat the trafficking of children; provide additional funding for HHS to prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic; and exempt security spending from sequestration (automatic spending cuts) for FY2018 and delay the sequestration for nonsecurity spending. (Sec. 1002) Extends certain authorities provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) through the duration of the continuing resolution. Specifies that this section is repealed if legislation amending the dates included in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is enacted. DIVISION B--MISSILE DEFENSE Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 Provides FY2018 emergency appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for missile defense programs. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.) TITLE I--MISSILE DEFEAT AND DEFENSE ENHANCEMENTS Provides Operation and Maintenance funds to DOD for necessary costs to repair damage to the USS John S. McCain and the USS Fitzgerald. Provides Operation and Maintenance; Procurement; and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds to DOD for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles. TITLE II--MISSILE CONSTRUCTION ENHANCEMENTS Provides appropriations for Defense-Wide Military Construction for construction of a missile field in Alaska. TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Sec. 2001) Specifies that the funds provided by this division are in addition to funds appropriated or otherwise made available to DOD for FY2018. (Sec. 2002) Requires funds provided by title I of this division to be allocated in accordance with the detailed congressional budget justifications submitted by DOD with the FY2018 budget amendments requested by the President on November 6, 2017. Specifies that any changes to the allocation of funds are subject to reprogramming requirements. (Sec. 2003) Specifies that funds designated in this division as emergency requirements are available only if the President subsequently designates all of the amounts as emergency requirements and transmits the designations to Congress. DIVISION C--HEALTH PROVISIONS TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act (Sec. 3101) Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend and make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps. Amends the Public Health Service Act to make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for a program that pays teaching health centers to establish or expand graduate medical residency training programs. (Sec. 3102) Makes appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for type I diabetes programs and diabetes programs for Native Americans. (Sec. 3103) Reduces FY2019-FY2022 for the Prevention and Public Health Fund. TITLE II--CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP) (Sec. 3201) Amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to extend funding for CHIP through the first half of FY2018. Establishes a special rule, with respect to the first half of FY2018, for the redistribution of unused CHIP allotments to state child health plans experiencing emergency shortfalls. Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), on a monthly basis, to redistribute unused allotments to each state in an amount that will eliminate the state's emergency shortfall before the CMS may distribute the allotments to any state that is experiencing a nonemergency shortfall. Requires the CMS to redistribute such allotments in the order in which states realize monthly emergency shortfalls, but only to the extent that amounts are available for redistribution. DIVISION D--OTHER MATTERS (Sec. 4001) Provides $2.1 billion in mandatory funding for the Veterans Choice Program, which allows veterans to receive health care from providers outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. DIVISION E--BUDGETARY EFFECTS (Sec. 5001) Exempts the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division of this bill from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and certain budget scorekeeping guidelines. (Sec. 5002) Exempts the budgetary effects of specified reconciliation legislation from PAYGO rules. (This provision applies to the tax legislation that was signed into law on December 22, 2017, and was considered pursuant to the reconciliation instructions included in the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.)

36 Passed House amended Jul 20, 2017

Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a unified, anti-human trafficking campaign to be known as the Blue Campaign, under which the Secretary of DHS shall issue DHS-wide guidance to, and develop and coordinate training for, appropriate DHS personnel regarding: programs to help identify instances of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities, including along the U.S. borders; systematic and routine information sharing among DHS components and the National Network of Fusion Centers regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking, patterns and practices of human trafficking, and potential connections to terrorist activities; techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the U.S. borders; techniques specifically for Transportation Security Administration personnel to identify suspected trafficking victims at airport security and to serve as a liaison and resource to aviation workers and the traveling public; utilizing resources to educate partners and stakeholders and increase public awareness of human trafficking; and leveraging partnerships with governmental, non-governmental, and private sector organizations at the state and local levels to raise public awareness of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities. DHS shall: (1) ensure that information technology systems utilized within DHS to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking are capable of systematic and routine information sharing, and (2) report to Congress on the status and effectiveness of the campaign.

18 Reported to House amended, Part I Jul 20, 2017

Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a Blue Campaign, under which the Secretary of DHS shall issue DHS-wide guidance to, and develop and coordinate training for, appropriate DHS personnel regarding: programs to help identify instances of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities, including along the U.S. borders; systematic and routine information sharing among DHS components and the National Network of Fusion Centers regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking, patterns and practices of human trafficking, and potential connections to terrorist activities; techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the U.S. borders; techniques specifically for Transportation Security Administration personnel to identify suspected trafficking victims at airport security and to serve as a liaison and resource to aviation workers and the traveling public; utilizing resources to educate partners and stakeholders and increase public awareness of human trafficking; and leveraging partnerships with governmental, non-governmental, and private sector organizations at the state and local levels to raise public awareness of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities. DHS shall: (1) ensure the integration of information technology systems utilized within DHS to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking, and (2) report to Congress on the status and effectiveness of the campaign.

00 Introduced in House Jul 19, 2017

Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as part of DHS's Blue Campaign, to issue DHS-wide guidance to, and develop training programs for, appropriate DHS personnel regarding: types of information that should be collected and recorded in information technology systems utilized by DHS to help identify individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking, systematic and routine information sharing regarding such individuals among DHS components, techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the U.S. border, techniques specifically for Transportation Security Administration personnel to identify suspected trafficking victims at airport security and to serve as a liaison and resource to aviation workers and the traveling public, and utilizing resources to educate partners and stakeholders and increase public awareness of human trafficking. DHS shall: (1) ensure the integration of information technology systems utilized within DHS to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking, and (2) report to Congress on the status and effectiveness of the Blue Campaign.

Sponsors

Higgins, Clay
Cosponsor

Higgins, Clay

Republican · LA-3 · H001077

Joined May 22, 2017
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572 Cannon House Office Building
Katko, John
Cosponsor

Katko, John

Republican · NY-24 · K000386

Joined May 22, 2017
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Noem, Kristi L.
Cosponsor

Noem, Kristi L.

Republican · SD-0 · N000184

Joined May 22, 2017
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Amendments

1 amendment
115/samdt/1579 Nov 6, 2017

In the nature of a substitute.

Amendment SA 1579 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

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