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H.R.1533 Short Sea Shipping Act of 2011, 112th Congress

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Latest Action: Apr 14, 2011 Introduced in House

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Short Sea Shipping Act of 2011 (H.R. 1533) - GovTrack.us - March 21, 2012 by http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:activebills - H.R. 1533. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress.

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As noted by http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:activebills on March 21, 2012, "H.R. 1533. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress." (/url?q=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr1533&sa=U&ei=0_TUT-O5Dqaa2AXci8ibDw&ved=0CB0QmAEwAA&usg=AFQjCNGHY890i8L20uhWZ9c3PSNx8vufCA)
Short Sea Shipping Act of 2011 (H.R. 1533) - GovTrack.us - March 21, 2012 by http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:activebills - H.R. 1533. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress.

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As noted by http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:activebills on March 21, 2012, "H.R. 1533. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress." (/url?q=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr1533&sa=U&ei=Op7TT5CIHceg2AXXu7GjDw&ved=0CB0QmAEwAA&usg=AFQjCNGip1cxP-F2wPW1M8Kk5guh55D_aw)
Short Sea Shipping Act of 2011 (H.R. 1533) - GovTrack.us - March 21, 2012 by http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:activebills - H.R. 1533. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress.

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As noted by http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:activebills on March 21, 2012, "H.R. 1533. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress." (/url?q=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr1533&sa=U&ei=E2LST7e5JYfO2AWt0tmGDw&ved=0CB0QmAEwAA&usg=AFQjCNG2oZDM7sZZxJZwOrxeCTENWk6Txw)

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Justice at Last - November 30, 2011 by Lewrockwell.com - The Look Like America bill, originally H.R. 1533, seemed a perfectly ordinary piece of feel-good legislation when proposed by Barack Osama Obama. “Our diversity is our strength,” he said. “We must increase the representation of minorities in our ...

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As noted by Lewrockwell.com on November 30, 2011, "The Look Like America bill, originally H.R. 1533, seemed a perfectly ordinary piece of feel-good legislation when proposed by Barack Osama Obama. “Our diversity is our strength,” he said. “We must increase the representation of minorities in our ..." (http://lewrockwell.com/reed/reed222.html)

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