Legislative History

Congressional Records - May 5, 1977

Following is the May 5, 1977 Congressional Record. The text below is compiled from the Office of Surface Mining's COALEX data base, not an original printed document, and the reader is advised that coding or typographical errors could be present.

123 CONG.REC. S7216
May 5, 1977

May 5, 1977

Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, on Tuesday, May 3, 1977, H.R. 2, an act for the cooperation between the Secretary of the Interior and the States with respect to the regulation of surface coal mining operations and the acquisition and reclamation of abandoned mines and for other purposes, was referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

S7216 I ask unanimous consent that the committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2 and that it be held at the desk pending further disposition.

S7216 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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