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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2280" measure-id="id113hr2280" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-06-06" update-date="2013-08-28">
<title>Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2013</title>
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<action-date>2013-06-06</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to establish a program to provide loans and loan guarantees to enable state political subdivisions&nbsp; to acquire interests in real property pursuant to habitat conservation plans approved by the Secretary of the Interior under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Requires the Secretary to: (1) submit loan applications for the Secretary of the Interior's review, which shall include a determination that the subdivision has adopted a complementary plan for sustainable infrastructure development that provides for the mitigation of environmental impacts; and (2) give preference to such subdivisions located in biologically rich regions in which rapid growth and development threaten successful implementation of approved habitat conservation plans.</p>]]></summary-text>
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