U.S. Congress - Senator Ben Cardin, Maryland (D) 
Senator Benjamin Cardin
Democrat • Maryland • 11th Term • Sworn In 1987
- 36 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 12 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 13 of 100)
- 196 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 10 of 100) 1 Made Into Law (Ranks 31 of 100)
- Most often votes with:
- Sen. Al Franken
- Sen. Susan Collins
- Least often votes with:
- Sen. Ben Nelson
- Sen. Jim DeMint
- Votes with party 97%
- Abstains: 0%
Sponsored Bills
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S.2074Introduced Feb 06, 2012 95 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the rehabilitation credit, and for other purposes.
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S.2017 - Democracy Restoration Act of 2011Introduced Dec 16, 2011 27 Views
A bill to secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration.
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S.1776Introduced Nov 01, 2011 11 Views
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the Operation Hero Miles program to include the authority to accept the donation of tr...
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S.1740 - Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization ActIntroduced Jan 26, 2012 13 Views
A bill to amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the reauthorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Ne...
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S.1681Introduced Oct 11, 2011 9 Views
A bill to assure that Congress acts on the budget resolution.
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S.1669 - Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2011Introduced Oct 06, 2011 19 Views
A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program of awarding grants to owners or operators ...
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S.1670 - End Racial Profiling Act of 2011Introduced Oct 13, 2011 72 Views
A bill to eliminate racial profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes.
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S.1638 - Thurgood Marshall's Elementary School Study ActIntroduced Oct 03, 2011 5 Views
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of P.S. 103 in West Baltimore, Maryland and for other pu...
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S.Res.276Senate Passed Sep 23, 2011 3 Views
A resolution expressing support for the goals and ideals of National Infant Mortality Awareness Month of 2011.
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S.1575 - Energy-Efficient Cool Roof Jobs ActIntroduced Sep 19, 2011 11 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems.
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S.1512 - Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2011Introduced Sep 06, 2011 13 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the availability of employee stock ownership plans in S...
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S.Con.Res.26Senate Passed Jul 28, 2011 10 Views
A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of the designation of the year of 2011 as the International Year for People of African...
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S.1404 - Medical FSA Improvement Act of 2011Introduced Jul 21, 2011 14 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements.
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S.1193 - Federal-Aid Highway Preservation and Renewal Program Act of 2011Introduced Jun 14, 2011 50 Views
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to preserve and renew Federal-aid highways to reduce long-term costs, improve safety, and improv...
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S.1120 - Propane Green Autogas Solutions Act of 2011Introduced May 26, 2011 12 Views
A bill to encourage greater use of propane as a transportation fuel, to create jobs, and for other purposes.
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S.Res.196Introduced May 24, 2011 7 Views
A resolution calling upon the Government of Turkey to facilitate the reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Theological School of Halki wi...
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S.1036 - AbilityOne Improvements ActIntroduced May 19, 2011 18 Views
A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to ensure that job opportunities for people who are blind and people with significant disabiliti...
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S.1039 - Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011Introduced May 19, 2011 100 Views
A bill to impose sanctions on persons responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, for the conspiracy to defraud the Ru...
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S.Res.187Senate Passed May 17, 2011 6 Views
A resolution supporting national minority health awareness in order to bring attention to the severe health disparities faced by minority popu...
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S.Res.185Senate Passed Jun 28, 2011 21 Views
A resolution reaffirming the commitment of the United States to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through direct Isr...
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S.950Introduced May 11, 2011 13 Views
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to repeal a prohibition on allowing States to use toll revenues as State matching funds for Appa...
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S.899 - Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2011Introduced Nov 15, 2011 7 Views
A bill to provide fo the eradication and control of nutria.
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S.898 - STOPS Runoff ActIntroduced May 05, 2011 7 Views
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary to establish a comprehensive design standard program to prevent, control...
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S.829 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2011Introduced Apr 14, 2011 42 Views
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
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S.744 - Passport Identity Verification ActIntroduced Apr 06, 2011 24 Views
A bill to authorize certain Department of State personnel, who are responsible for examining and processing United States passport application...
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S.657 - National Blue Alert Act of 2011Introduced Sep 08, 2011 49 Views
A bill to encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a law enfor...
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S.538Introduced Aug 02, 2011 9 Views
A bill to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act.
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S.488 - REIP ActIntroduced Mar 03, 2011 24 Views
A bill to require the FHA to equitably treat homebuyers who have repaid in full their FHA-insured mortgages, and for other purposes.
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S.Con.Res.9Introduced Mar 02, 2011 13 Views
A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of the designation of the year of 2011 as the International Year for People of African...
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S.377 - President Street Station Study ActIntroduced Feb 17, 2011 13 Views
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of President Station in Baltimore, Maryland, and for oth...
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S.372 - Cybersecurity and Internet Safety Standards ActIntroduced Feb 16, 2011 23 Views
A bill to reduce the ability of terrorists, spies, criminals, and other malicious actors to compromise, disrupt, damage, and destroy computer ...
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S.Con.Res.6Senate Passed Feb 28, 2011 49 Views
A concurrent resolution commending the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 102nd anniversary.
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S.355 - The Espionage Statutes Modernization Act of 2011Introduced Feb 15, 2011 12 Views
A bill to improve, modernize, and clarify the espionage statutes contained in chapter 37 of title 18, United States Code, to promote Federal w...
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S.354 - Classified Information Procedures Reform and Improvement Act of 2011Introduced Feb 15, 2011 6 Views
A bill to amend the Classified Information Procedures Act to improve the protection of classified information and for other purposes.
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S.324Introduced Jul 28, 2011 3 Views
A bill to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.
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S.247 - Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks ActIntroduced Jan 13, 2012 23 Views
A bill to establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Hist...
Co-sponsored Bills
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S.Res.368Senate Passed Feb 06, 2012 85 Views
A resolution recognizing the anniversary of the tragic earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, honoring those who lost their lives in that ea...
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S.2046 - Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform ActIntroduced Jan 31, 2012 62 Views
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements of the visa waiver program and for other purposes.
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S.Con.Res.34Senate Passed Jan 31, 2012 74 Views
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress in honor of the life and legacy of Vaclav Havel.
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S.Res.349Senate Passed Dec 17, 2011 71 Views
A resolution commemorating and honoring the service and sacrifice of members of the United States Armed Forces and their families as the offic...
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S.2007Introduced Dec 15, 2011 50 Views
A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third-country fabric rule, to add South Sudan to the list of countries el...
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S.1989Introduced Dec 14, 2011 34 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for unsubsidized buildings ...
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S.1994 - Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2011Introduced Dec 14, 2011 94 Views
A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.
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S.Res.347Senate Passed Dec 15, 2011 46 Views
A resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the National Cancer Act of 1971 and the more than 12,000,000 survivors of cancer alive today ...
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S.1961 - LIHEAP Protection ActIntroduced Dec 07, 2011 30 Views
A bill to provide level funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
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S.1925 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011Introduced Feb 07, 2012 570 Views
A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
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S.1903 - STOCK bill ("STOCK Act")Introduced Dec 01, 2011 62 Views
A bill to prohibit commodities and securities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress, to require additional reporting by ...
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S.1901 - American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act of 2011Introduced Nov 17, 2011 10 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitations on the amount excluded from the gross estate with respect to lan...
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S.1891 - Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2011Introduced Nov 17, 2011 46 Views
A bill to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System.
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S.Res.320Senate Passed Nov 10, 2011 23 Views
A resolution designating November 26, 2011, as "Small Business Saturday" and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally ...
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S.1832 - Marketplace Fairness ActIntroduced Nov 09, 2011 17 Views
A bill to restore States' sovereign rights to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws, and for other purposes.
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S.1781 - Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2011Introduced Nov 02, 2011 22 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received on account of claims based on certain unlawful...
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S.J.Res.29Introduced Nov 01, 2011 129 Views
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affe...
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S.Res.302Senate Passed Nov 16, 2011 14 Views
A resolution expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption...
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S.1753 - International Travelers Bill of Rights Act of 2011Introduced Oct 20, 2011 6 Views
A bill to require operators of Internet websites that provide access to international travel services and market overseas vacation destination...
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S.Res.294Senate Passed Oct 17, 2011 8 Views
A resolution commemorating the 182nd anniversary of the opening of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
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S.1723 - Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011Introduced Oct 20, 2011 70 Views
A bill to provide for teacher and first responder stabilization.
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S.1701 - Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011Introduced Nov 02, 2011 60 Views
A bill to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998, and for other purposes.
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S.1696 - Public Safety Officers' Benefits Improvements Act of 2011Introduced Oct 12, 2011 54 Views
A bill to improve the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program.
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S.1679 - Budget Reform Act of 2011Introduced Oct 11, 2011 32 Views
A bill to ensure effective control over the Congressional budget process.
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S.Res.289Senate Passed Oct 06, 2011 20 Views
A resolution celebrating the life and achievements of Reverend Fred Lee Shuttlesworth and honoring him for his tireless efforts in the fight a...
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S.Res.288Senate Passed Oct 06, 2011 6 Views
A resolution designating the week beginning October 9, 2011, as "National Wildlife Refuge Week".
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S.1662 - Nanotechnology Regulatory Science Act of 2011Introduced Oct 06, 2011 16 Views
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a nanotechnology regulatory science program.
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S.Res.285Introduced Oct 03, 2011 6 Views
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of World Habitat Day, October 3, 2011.
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S.1632 - Tax Relief for Victims of Disasters Act of 2011Introduced Sep 23, 2011 12 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a look back rule in the case of federally declared disasters for determining earn...
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S.Res.278Senate Passed Sep 23, 2011 15 Views
A resolution designating September 2011 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month".
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S.1628 - Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act of 2011Introduced Sep 23, 2011 25 Views
A bill to provide for improvements in the Federal hiring process, and for other purposes.
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S.Res.281Senate Passed Sep 23, 2011 7 Views
A resolution designating September 24, 2011, as "National Estuaries Day".
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S.Res.277Senate Passed Sep 23, 2011 8 Views
A resolution recognizing the month of October 2011 as "National Principals Month".
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S.1621 - Livable Communities Act of 2011Introduced Sep 22, 2011 87 Views
A bill to create livable communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined requirements, and for other purposes.
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S.1616 - Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act of 2011Introduced Sep 22, 2011 25 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investments...
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S.Res.274Introduced Sep 22, 2011 10 Views
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that funding for the Federal Pell Grant program should not be cut in any deficit reduction pro...
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S.1619 - Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011Senate Passed Oct 12, 2011 132 Views
A bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.
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S.1597 - Fix America's Schools Today Act of 2011Introduced Sep 21, 2011 50 Views
A bill to provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary school and secondary school buildings in public schoo...
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S.1585 - Global Democracy Promotion ActIntroduced Sep 20, 2011 20 Views
A bill to prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to th...
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S.1576 - Assessing Progress in Haiti ActIntroduced Sep 19, 2011 20 Views
A bill to measure the progress of relief, recovery, reconstruction, and development efforts in Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2...
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S.Res.271Senate Passed Sep 19, 2011 15 Views
A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Charles H. Percy, former Senator for the State of Illinois.
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S.Res.269Senate Passed Sep 15, 2011 14 Views
A resolution designating the week beginning September 19, 2011, as "National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week".
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S.Res.268Senate Passed Sep 15, 2011 15 Views
A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Malcolm Wallop, former Senator for the State of Wyoming.
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S.Res.266Senate Passed Oct 04, 2011 23 Views
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Save for Retirement Week", including raising public awareness of the various tax-pre...
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S.1527Introduced Sep 08, 2011 20 Views
A bill to authorize the award of a Congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines of World War II.
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S.Res.258Senate Passed Sep 07, 2011 7 Views
A resolution supporting the designation of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.
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S.Res.257Senate Passed Sep 06, 2011 19 Views
A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Mark O. Hatfield, former United States Senator for the State of Oregon.
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S.1493 - Foreign Service Line of Duty Death Gratuity Act of 2011Introduced Aug 02, 2011 22 Views
A bill to provide compensation to relatives of Foreign Service members killed in the line of duty and the relatives of United States citizens ...
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S.1508 - Homeownership Affordability Act of 2011Introduced Aug 02, 2011 36 Views
A bill to extend loan limits for programs of the Federal Housing Administration, the government-sponsored enterprises, and the Department of V...
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S.1494 - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2011Introduced Aug 02, 2011 25 Views
A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act.
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