"Orderly Closure" of the Bureau of Mines: FY 1996 Funding
Description:
The Congress and the White House have agreed to abolish the Bureau of Mines within the Department of the Interior (DOI). H.R. 1977, appropriating funds for the DOI, would have provided $64 million for the "orderly closure" of the Bureau of Mines within 90 days of enactment. Orderly closure entails relocating certain functions to other agencies and completely eliminating others. H.R. 1977 was vetoed for unrelated reasons, but an attempt to override that veto was unsuccessful. In its latest actio…
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Date:
January 31, 1996
Creator:
Thompson, Duane A.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department