Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
Public Law 109–54, as amended
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
54
116–94
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
[Public Law 109–54]
[As Amended Through Public Law 116–94; Enacted December 20, 2019]
[Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 109-54. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/]
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AN ACTMaking appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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