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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 132 (Friday, August 5, 2022)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. RUIZ:H.R. 8676.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United StatesConstitution, to provide for the general welfare and make alllaws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress[Page H7553]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Salton Sea Public Health and Environmental Protection Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill provides support for restoring the Salton Sea in California. </p> <p>Specifically, the Bureau of Reclamation must establish a program to provide for water quality improvements, dust mitigation, and environmental restoration at the Salton Sea. The Department of the Interior must, in coordination with efforts by California, engage in activities to improve dust control and habitat conservation. </p> <p>Interior must also establish a Salton Sea Council to coordinate and expedite various Salton Sea projects.</p>]]></text>
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      <text>Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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