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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 274.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1]</fullName>
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        <title>H.R. 274, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire Garrett Island in Cecil County, Maryland, to be managed as a unit of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire Garrett Island in Cecil County, Maryland, to be managed as a unit of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. </p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire Garrett Island in Cecil County, Maryland, to be managed as a unit of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. </p>]]></text>
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