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        <text>Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.</text>
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        <text>Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1493-1494)</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]</fullName>
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    <title>To amend the Whaling Convention Act of 1949 to require that the United States Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission must be a Federal employee.</title>
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