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        <text>Favorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive or reduce the emergency watershed protection program non-federal cost share requirement if the Secretary determines that immediate action is or was required for environmental or safety concerns and the local partner cannot or could not financially participate.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the provision regarding the emergency watershed protection program in the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006, to restore the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture to waive or reduce the non-Federal cost share requirements of the program.</title>
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        <title>To amend the provision regarding the emergency watershed protection program in the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006, to restore the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture to waive or reduce the non-Federal cost share requirements of the program.</title>
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        <title>To amend the provision regarding the emergency watershed protection program in the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006, to restore the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture to waive or reduce the non-Federal cost share requirements of the program.</title>
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