Bozeman Hempfest 2010

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Bozeman Hempfest is a celebration of all things hemp & cannabis. The event is open to all caregivers, collectives, dispensaries, and the general public.

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THC Industrial Hemp Varieties From Ukraine

Research, Evaluate, Introduce and Multiply Low THC Industrial Hemp Varieties From Ukraine for Development of a Canadian Industrial Hemp Seed Industry

Applicant:
Holly Bencharski
Parkland Industrial Hemp Growers Co-op Limited
Unit C, #21 - 3rd Avenue N.E.
Dauphin, Manitoba  R7N 0Y5  Canada         
Table of Contents:

Background and Objective
Procedure and Project Activities
Results and Discussion
Conclusions



ARDI Project:

#00-361
Total Approved:    $25,000
Date Approved:    June 30, 2000
Project Status:
Completed March, 2002

Background and Objective:

The objective of this project is to investigate and evaluate industrial hemp varieties for the supply of quality, low cost Canadian industrial hemp varieties for the industry as it develops.

Commercial industrial hemp cultivation became legal in Canada in 1998 under regulations administered by Health Canada.

World markets are striving towards a zero tolerance of THC in industrial hemp products.

The PIHG (Parkland Industrial Hemp Growers) Co-op has a potential to be the Canadian world grower and distributor of the varieties from an alliance formed with the Ukraine (Bast Institute) and their breeding program and/or by working towards developing Canadian varieties.

Members of the Parkland Co-op are developing access to superior seed for development of the new and growing industrial hemp markets in Canada. Industrial hemp is a crop diversification opportunity that can lead to a pedigreed seed production system. PIHG Co-op has a business plan for the construction of an industrial hemp fibre processing plant. Financing is being sought for construction to start in the summer of 2002. Manitoba can initially support approximately 20,000 acres of commercial industrial hemp production to support this plant. In 2001, 1,100 acres of commercial hemp were grown in Manitoba to supply existing grain processing facilities in Manitoba (Fresh Hemp Foods and Hemp Oil Canada). PIHG Co-op has also formed an alliance with Biofibre in Wales, U.K. for supplying seed for their facility (approximately 5,000 acres per year).

Seed supply requirements for the industry at present is approximately 522,000 pounds, which represents certified seed production from 1,100 acres. Farm gate value at $2.50 per lb. would be $1.3 million.

Present seed supplies from previous activities from imported seed are available for existing needs and for startup of the new processing facility.

New sources of varieties adapted to Manitoba are required for long term survival of the new and growing industrial hemp industry. Seed and plant types are required specific to the end use (e.g. fibre, crushing, dehulling, etc.)

Procedure and Project Activities:

PIHG Co-op contacted the Bast Institute, Summy Region, Ukraine to develop an alliance for the pedigreed production of Bast Institute varieties.

Pavlo Goloborod'ko, Director of the Institute, visited with the group in 2000. Breeder seed was forwarded for multiplication and evaluation. Negotiations for maintaining and distributing the varieties has been ongoing.

Peter Dragla, MSc, PAg, Chatham, Ontario, Industrial Hemp Breeder, was contracted to carry out the breeding program on three varieties; USO 14, USO 31 and Zolotonoshskaya 11 (Zolo 11) in 2000 and 2001. Breeder seed was maintained in small plots under CSGA (Canadian seed Growers Association) guidelines.

Three growers in the Dauphin area multiplied breeder seed from 2000 under CSGA guidelines in 2001.

Variety comparison trials were also conducted in Dauphin in cooperation with PCDF (Parkland Crop Diversification Foundation) headquartered in Roblin as well with Manitoba Agriculture and Food.

New varieties, Anka and Carmen (developed and licensed by Peter Dragla) were also evaluated in Manitoba for performance.

Varieties were evaluated for grain and fibre yields (Table 1 and Table 2).

Results and Discussion:

Growing Season

The 2000 growing season in Chatham and Dauphin were average for the area. The 2001 growing season in Chatham was hot and dry. The Dauphin location had excess moisture, which delayed seeding for a week. Later in the season, the weather was hot and dry.

All varieties were tested at flowering stage for THC levels (delta-9tetrahydracannabinol). Samples were screened by Peter Dragla for THC and also tested by Meatherall Consulting (accredited forensic and clinical toxicology laboratory) in Winnipeg.

All varieties tested <0.05% THC content as a percent of dried weight. This is the minimum level of testing available and is well below the Health Canada acceptable limit of 0.3% THC.

Roguing

The USO14 variety, breeder seed plot had the most off types that were not consistent with the variety. Approximately 40% of the plants were removed in the first year to maintain variety purity. In year two, the breeder plots were true to variety (5% of plants removed). Breeder plots in 2001 for multiplication required minimal roguing to maintain purity.

The Variety USO 31 was more true to type requiring about 30% of the plants to be removed the first year. In year two, the breeder plots were true to variety similar to the USO 14.

Zolo 11 was the most uniform and consistent requiring removal of 25% off types in year one and less than 5% in year two.

In 2001, breeder seed from 2000 was multiplied in four breeder plots in the Dauphin area. Plot size was 2.5 acres. Varieties were true to type requiring limited roguing to remove males. Production was good averaging 800 lbs. per acre clean grain CSGA inspections and standards were met for foundation status. Foundation seed available for 2002 planting is 2000 pounds. This will plant 130 acres to produce registered status. The varieties will be further multiplied to supply certified grain for plantings in 2003. This will give sufficient seed availability for the initial two years after the fibre plant is established and in production. This will allow for further plant breeding arrangements and efforts to be solidified.

Anka and Carmen varieties were also evaluated. THC levels are low (<0.05% for Anka and 0.08% for Carman). Anka did well in the Manitoba conditions (Table 1) and out yielded the Ukrainian varieties in grain and fibre yields.

Carmen is a later maturing variety and did not produce seed in Manitoba. Fibre yield was high (Table 2). This variety would be suitable as a fibre only variety. Seed production and supply would be a problem in the future, as the industry would have to rely on a long season growing area for seed supply.

This indicates Canadian seed development is required to get varieties adapted to Western Canada growing conditions.

2001 Performance

Table 1 summarizes the grain yields for the Dauphin location. Yields of all varieties were reasonable considering the year was hot and dry with less than normal moisture. No disease or pests were identified as a problem. Plant population was sufficient to out compete weeds.

http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/research/ardi/projects/00-361.html

Cannabis L. hemp

PLANTS Profile

Cannabis L. hemp         Symbol:   CANNA   Group:   Dicot   Family:   Cannabaceae   Duration:     Growth Habit:     Native Status:   None Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution JPEG file. R.A. Howard. ©Smithsonian Institution. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. United States, HI, Kauai. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.   More Information: Classification Data Source and Documentation   Images: Cannabis L. Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Cannabis thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery   Distribution: Cannabis L. See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below: USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA,VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR), CAN (MB, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK)   Related Taxa: Cannabis L. View 2 genera in Cannabaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. Cannabis sativa marijuana  Native    Introduced   Classification: Cannabis L. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.     Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Hamamelididae Order Urticales Family Cannabaceae – Hemp family Genus Cannabis L. – hemp   More Accounts and Images: Cannabis L. View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA). View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19108. View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkele

What is Industrial Hemp

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Q: What is Industrial Hemp?
     A: Industrial Hemp is a number of varieties of Cannabis sativa L. that are intended for agricultural and industrial purposes. They are grown for their seed and fiber content as well as the resulting byproducts such as oil, seed cake, hurds, etc. Industrial Hemp is characterized by being low in THC (delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol) and high in CBD (cannabidiol). THC is less than 1% and in Canada and Europe the current legal level for cultivation is 0.3%. The ratio of CBD to THC is greater than one.

2. Q: What is marijuana?
     A: Marijuana is a preparation made from varieties of Cannabis sativa L. that are intended for medical and recreational drug use. They are grown for their THC content, primarily in the flowering tops and to a lesser extent in the leaves. Cannabis sativa L. grown for marijuana is characterized by being high in THC (delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol) and low in CBD (cannabidiol). The THC content is greater than 1%, usually 3% to 20%. The ratio of CBD to THC is less than one.

3. Q: Is Industrial Hemp marijuana?
     A: No. Even though they both come from Cannabis sativa L., the varieties that are used to make Industrial Hemp products (seed, fiber, etc.) and those that are used to make marijuana (flowering tops and leaves) are distinctly different. They are scientifically different and are cultivated in very different ways.

4. Q: What can I do to make a difference? How can I help?
     A: There are many things that you can do. In the end it comes down to two things: education and money. People need to know about hemp and its usefulness and buy hemp products. Please take a look at our updated Action Page for more ideas.

5. Q: Is industrial hemp illegal to grow in the United States?
     A: Technically the answer is no, it is not illegal to grow hemp in the U.S. and it has only been in its current state since the adoption of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in 1970. Tara Christine Brady noted this in her 2003 story "The Argument for the Legalization of Industrial Hemp" in the San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review:

"Currently it is illegal to grow hemp in the United States without a special Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit being issued."

     Jean Rawson, of the Congressional Research Service, also noted this in her 2005 CRS Report "Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity" for the U.S. Congress:

"Strictly speaking, the CSA does not make Cannabis illegal; rather, it places the strictest controls on its production, making it illegal to grow the crop without a DEA permit."

     Growing hemp is kind of like driving, you can't drive without a license and you can't grow hemp without a permit. The difference is that it is almost impossible to get a permit from DEA to grow hemp. An excellent example is John Stahl, of The Evanescent Press, and his DEA permit story.

6. Q: What is hemp oil?
     A: Hemp oil, or hemp seed oil, and cannabis flower essential oil are not synonymous. Hemp oil is legal in the United States and cannabis flower essential oil is not legal. Marijuana flavored lollipops and candies are not flavored with hemp oil, they are flavored with cannabis flower essential oil. Hemp oil is not used as a flavoring. Hemp seed oil is a vegetable oil that tastes much like safflower oil. Hemp oil is legal and is exempt from the definition of "marihuana" in the Controlled Substances Act 21 U.S.C. 802(16).

7. Q: What is cannabis flower essential oil?
     A: Cannabis flower essential oil, which smells like fresh marijuana buds, is used like other essential oils is used to flavor foods, candies, and beverages It is also used as a scent in perfumes, cosmetics, soaps, and candles. It is also known as cannabis flower extract, hemp essential fragrance, essence of hemp, or as hemp essential oil by those in the trade. It is incorrect to refer to cannabis flower essential oil as "hemp oil."

     Cannabis flower essential oil is produced exclusively from the flowering buds of Cannabis sativa plants by low-pressure steam distillation. It requires about 50 pounds of flowers to produce 1 ounce of pure oil. Cannabis flower essential oil is produced mainly in Switzerland, England, France, and The Netherlands. It is not produced in the United States. Because it is made from the flowers cannabis flower essential oil is not legal in the United States is considered to be "marihuana" in the Controlled Substances Act 21 U.S.C. 802(16). Products, like candies and lollipops, that are made with Cannabis flower essential oil are considered to be "marihuana" and are not legal.

Introduction to Industrial Hemp

Dr. Dave's Hemp Archives
     High quality writings from a man who knows his stuff. Dr. West holds a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from the University of Minnesota and has been an applied plant geneticist for 25 years. Since 1993 he has served as an advisor to the emerging Industrial Hemp industry regarding Industrial Hemp germplasm.
     This is real research material.

Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
     Dr. David West in the news. The story is about the Hawai`i Industrial Hemp Research Project.

The abstract below is copied in part from: Dr. Dave's Hemp Archives, Hemp and Marijuana: Myths & Realities
     This is a must read for anyone who is interested in Industrial Hemp!
Download the .pdf version

Abstract

    Surely no member of the vegetable kingdom has ever been more misunderstood than hemp. For too many years, emotion-not reason-has guided our policy toward this crop. And nowhere have emotions run hotter than in the debate over the distinction between Industrial Hemp and marijuana. This paper is intended to inform that debate by offering scientific evidence, so that farmers, policy makers, manufacturers, and the general public can distinguish between myth and reality.

    Botanically,the genus Cannabis is composed of several variants. Although there has been a long-standing debate among taxonomists about how to classify these variants into species, applied plant breeders generally embrace a biochemical method to classify variants along utilitarian lines. Cannabis is the only plant genus that contains the unique class of molecular compounds called cannabinoids. Many cannabinoids have been identified, but two preponderate: THC, which is the psychoactive ingredient of Cannabis, and CBD, which is an antipsychoactive ingredient.One type of Cannabis is high in the psychoactive cannabinoid, THC, and low in the antipsychoactive cannabinoid, CBD. This type is popularly known as marijuana. Another type is high in CBD and low in THC. Variants of this type are called Industrial Hemp.

    In the United States, the debate about the relationship between hemp and marijuana has been diminished by the dissemination of many statements that have little scientific support. This report examines in detail ten of the most pervasive and pernicious of these myths.

     Myth: United States law has always treated hemp and marijuana the same.

     Reality: The history of federal drug laws clearly shows that at one time the U.S. government understood and accepted the distinction between hemp and marijuana.

     Myth: Smoking Industrial Hemp gets a person high.

     Reality: The THC levels in Industrial Hemp are so low that no one could get high from smoking it. Moreover, hemp contains a relatively high percentage of another cannabinoid, CBD, that actually blocks the marijuana high. Hemp, it turns out, is not only not marijuana; it could be called "antimarijuana."

     Myth: Even though THC levels are low in hemp, the THC can be extracted and concentrated to produce a powerful drug.

     Reality: Extracting THC from Industrial Hemp and further refining it to eliminate the preponderance of CBD would require such an expensive, hazardous, and time-consuming process that it is extremely unlikely anyone would ever attempt it, rather than simply obtaining high-THC marijuana instead.

     Myth: Industrial Hemp fields would be used to hide marijuana plants.

     Reality: Industrial Hemp is grown quite differently from marijuana. Moreover, it is harvested at a different time than marijuana. Finally, cross-pollination between hemp plants and marijuana plants would significantly reduce the potency of the marijuana plant.

     Myth: Legalizing hemp while continuing the prohibition on marijuana would burden local police forces.

     Reality: In countries where hemp is grown as an agricultural crop, the police have experienced no such burdens.

     Myth: Feral hemp must be eradicated because it can be sold as marijuana.

     Reality: Feral hemp, or ditchweed, is a remnant of the Industrial Hemp once grown on more than 400,000 acres by U.S. farmers. It contains extremely low levels of THC, as low as .05 percent. It has no drug value, but does offer important environmental benefits as a nesting habitat for birds. About 99 percent of the "marijuana" being eradicated by the federal government-at great public expense-is this harmless ditchweed. Might it be that the drug enforcement agencies want to convince us that ditchweed is hemp in order to protect their large eradication budgets?

     Myth: Those who want to legalize Industrial Hemp are actually seeking a backdoor way to legalize marijuana.

     Reality: It is true that many of the first hemp stores were started by Industrial Hemp advocates who were also in favor of legalizing marijuana. However, as the hemp industry has matured, it has come to be dominated by those who see hemp as the agricultural and industrial crop that it is, and see hemp legalization as a different issue than marijuana legalization. In any case, should we oppose a very good idea simply because some of those who support it also support other ideas with which we disagree?

     Myth: Hemp oil is a source of THC.

     Reality: Hemp oil is an increasingly popular product, used for an expanding variety of purposes. The washed Industrial Hemp seed contains no THC at all. The tiny amounts of THC contained in Industrial Hemp are in the glands of the plant itself. Sometimes, in the manufacturing process, some THC- and CBD-containing resin sticks to the seed, resulting in traces of THC in the oil that is produced. The concentration of these cannabinoids in the oil is infinitesimal. No one can get high from using Industrial Hemp oil.

     Myth: Legalizing Industrial Hemp would send the wrong message to children.

     Reality: It is the current refusal of the drug enforcement agencies to distinguish between an agricultural crop and a drug crop that is sending the wrong message to children.

     Myth: Industrial Hemp is not economically viable, and should therefore be outlawed.

     Reality: The market for Industrial Hemp products is growing rapidly. But even if it were not, when has a crop ever been outlawed simply because government agencies thought it would be unprofitable to grow?

Implementing California's Proposition 215

Community Cannabis Forum
Implementing California's Proposition 215
Humboldt State University
October 24, 1997

John R. Stahl
The Evanescent Press
The Church of the Living Tree
tree@tree.org

     I am a paper maker, forming sheets at the vat with a mould and deckle in the traditional manner. Since I know that hemp is the oldest and best material for fine papermaking, and has been the mainstay of the industry for the last 2000 years until the advent of wood pulp mills, I began to use the locally available stalks, which were donated to me by marijuana growers, as a source of hemp fiber for my paper mill. My experiments with hemp have been most favorable, and so I want to grow fiber varieties myself in the traditional way that maximizes the fiber yield, not the flowering tops. I wanted to get larger yields of the more valuable bast fiber (the outer part of the stalk), and I wanted to grow it densely, so they would put up tall single stalks, without branches, so that it would be easy to pull off a fat layer of bast fiber from every stalk. This is the opposite of the way marijuana is grown, which is short and bushy, to maximize the flowering tops.

     There is practically no THC in fiber varieties, and no reason in the world why I shouldn't be allowed to cultivate them for my paper mill. There are a great many varieties of industrial hemp, since it has been so widely cultivated for thousands of years all over the world, but they all have very little THC, mostly around 1/2%, but certainly below 1%, which is the dividing line in the scientific literature between industrial hemp and marijuana. For reference, wild drug varieties are in the 3-7% THC range, while cultivated marijuana today is in the range of 10-15%.

     But not only is fiber hemp low in THC, but it is also high in CBD, another chemical which interferes with the high, and produces headaches and discomfort. Most varieties of marijuana, on the other hand, have naturally low levels of CBD. What this means is that there is no potential for drug use whatsoever from any variety of fiber hemp.

     I made application to the DEA five years ago, and after several years of building fences, and lights, and alarms, they were finally satisfied that I was in full compliance with their regulations. They said that I was the first and only applicant to comply. Since their regulations are way beyond absurd, it is no wonder that no one else has complied. (Compare the situation in Europe, where the European Union pays a subsidy to hemp farmers. Here, in addition to all the hassle and expense of compliance, there is also an $875 non-refundable annual fee!)

     So now we have worked our way along at the State level, where we expect the introduction of the Industrial Hemp Act of 1998, either in the legislature, or by initiative, in which “marijuana” will be redefined to exclude “hemp” at the 1% THC line. If this passes, it might only be another year before we can finally put our first crop in the ground.

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     But something is wrong with this picture! Why should I have to put up with all of this nonsense? By what right, and for what earthly reason does anyone oppose my right to cultivate the world's premier fiber plant for my paper mill?

     Hemp is not the only fiber plant that I grow. I have about eight Paper Mulberry trees that I planted a few years ago. And I grow and use kenaf, and yellow dock, and teasel, and thistles, and other plants that I experiment with as sources of fiber for paper pulp. Now I want to grow hemp, and I find it very annoying that my freedom to do this is obstructed. It seems to me that I have a right to live my life in freedom, on my own property, as long as I am not interfering with the freedom of others.

     I am certainly not an anarchist. I believe that there is a very small but essential role for a central government, mainly to keep the peace, maintain justice, and safeguard personal freedom against tyranny from any source or direction. But just because Congress is seated, to carry out the functions assigned to it by the Constitution, it does not have the right to pass laws beyond its clearly limited jurisdiction. If any agents of federal, state, or local government try to interfere in the private affairs of free citizens, they exceed their authority. They become the very tyranny that we put them there to protect us from.

     Our “Government was instituted, deriving its just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, to secure the Rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” That is, our Government was instituted to protect us from infringements to our Liberty, not to become a new Master to shackle us in new chains. And “whenever any Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it.” (Thomas Jefferson, from the Declaration of Independence)

     The People have never consented to arbitrary Laws which interfere with the natural Rights of free Citizens. The Powers of Congress have been carefully limited by Article I, section 8 of the Constitution, and the Rights of the People have been guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Over the years, state, federal, and local governments have tried to spread their dark shadow over more and more areas of our lives over which they have never had any authority.

     If the Government wants to wage a war on drugs, for example, there is only one weapon which they have a right to use: Education, not legal process. Smoking marijuana should be considered a health issue, the way it is in most European countries, not a legal issue.

     It is one of the legitimate functions of government to bring facts to our attention so that we may make informed choices (as in the mandate to “promote the general Welfare”), but no food or drug or even medical process should be prohibited by law. Why should the use of ozone in cancer or AIDS therapy, for example, be prohibited in this country in spite of a history of very promising results in many other countries? The government may set up bodies to examine any of these things and publish their findings and recommendations, the way it does with the use of tobacco. A board of medical examiners may declare that they have found ozone therapy to be a dangerous and ineffective medical procedure, and require its practitioners to publish that message, but we must all retain the freedom to make our own final choice.

     The abuse of any harmful substance may be opposed by education. The more people know the facts about smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, or sniffing glue, the less they use them. If anyone has any data that support a claim that marijuana is harmful, when used in moderation, then we urge them to publish their findings, so that we can make our choices based on accurate information.

     In this country, serious drug abusers are forced underground by the dark shadow of the law. Some of them resort to robbery or to the deliberate addiction of school children to support their expensive habits. In Holland or Switzerland, on the other hand, they are given clean needles, along with food and counseling. The idea of Harm Reduction is one which is understood by most of the rest of the world: if laws create more problems than they are intended to address, then it doesn't make sense to implement them. Laws of Prohibition fall into this category.

     In the case of marijuana, I don't think that the issue has anything to do with the medical merits of marijuana for any particular condition. The issue has to do with the right of Free Individuals to consider the facts and make up their own minds about what they want to do with their own lives.

     When our Government wanted to institute a prohibition against the use of alcohol, they had to pass an Amendment to the Constitution, because otherwise they had no authority to propose such a measure. Nothing is different in the case of marijuana, except that alcohol is far more harmful, both to the user and to the rest of us, than marijuana could ever be. Until and unless there is a Constitutional Amendment establishing a prohibition of marijuana, then no one has any authority to interfere with our freedom.

New Guards for their future Security in Cannabis.

“Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends,
it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.

. . . it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government,
and to provide new Guards for their future Security.”


– Thomas Jefferson,
Declaration of Independence, 1776

H.R. 1009 Introduced in Congress Bill Would Allow States to Legally Grow Hem

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Industrial Hemp seedlings grow in the Hawai`i test patch.
© 2000 Ken Ige, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Used by permission

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H.R. 1009 Introduced in Congress
Bill Would Allow States to Legally Grow Hemp
Click Here and ask your Member of Congress to Support
The "Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007"

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Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (23)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/18/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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12. H.R.220 : Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/18/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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13. H.R.300 : We the People Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/5/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/5/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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14. H.R.424 : To repeal the Military Selective Service Act.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/11/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 2/1/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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15. H.R.457 : Cures Can Be Found Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/12/2007)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/12/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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16. H.R.1009 : Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/13/2007)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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17. H.R.1056 : Family Education Freedom Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/14/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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18. H.R.1057 : Education Improvement Tax Cut Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/14/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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19. H.R.1058 : Hope Plus Scholarship Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/14/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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20. H.R.1059 : Teacher Tax Cut Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/14/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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21. H.R.1060 : Professional Educators Tax Relief Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/14/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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22. H.R.1094 : Sanctity of Life Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/19/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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23. H.R.1095 : Taxpayers' Freedom of Conscience Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/16/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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24. H.R.1096 : Second Amendment Protection Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/19/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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25. H.R.1146 : American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/16/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 2/16/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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26. H.R.1720 : Agriculture Education Freedom Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/27/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/27/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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27. H.R.1897 : National Park Second Amendment Restoration and Personal Protection Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 4/17/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 4/24/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

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28. H.R.1898 : Child Health Care Affordability Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 4/17/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/17/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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29. H.R.1899 : Enhanced Options for Rural Health Care Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 4/17/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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30. H.R.2096 : Freedom to Bank Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/1/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 5/1/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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31. H.R.2117 : Health Freedom Protection Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/2/2007)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/2/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.

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32. H.R.2387 : Parental Consent Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/17/2007)      Cosponsors (21)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Education and Labor; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 7/17/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

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33. H.R.2415 : Affordable Gas Price Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/21/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Natural Resources; House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 5/30/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

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34. H.R.2424 : Citizens Protection Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/22/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/25/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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35. H.R.2597 : Sanctity of Life Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 6/6/2007)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/16/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

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36. H.R.2605 : Sunset of Public Law 107-243 Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 6/7/2007)      Cosponsors (23)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/7/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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37. H.R.2754 : Sunshine in Monetary Policy Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 6/15/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 6/15/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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38. H.R.2755 : Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 6/15/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 6/15/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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39. H.R.2756 : Honest Money Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 6/15/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 6/15/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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40. H.R.3216 : Marque and Reprisal Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 7/27/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/27/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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41. H.R.3217 : Terror Immigration Elimination Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 7/27/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/10/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

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42. H.R.3302 : Congressional Responsibility and Accountability Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 8/1/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/10/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

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43. H.R.3303 : Public Safety Tax Cut Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 8/1/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 8/1/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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44. H.R.3304 : Police Security Protection Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 8/1/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 8/1/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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45. H.R.3305 : Anti-Terrorism Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 8/1/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Homeland Security
Latest Major Action: 8/7/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.

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46. H.R.3341 : Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 8/2/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 8/2/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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47. H.R.3342 : Freedom From Unnecessary Litigation Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 8/2/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 8/2/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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48. H.R.3343 : Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 8/2/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 8/2/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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49. H.R.3344 : Treat Physicians Fairly Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 8/2/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 8/9/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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50. H.R.3600 : Voter Freedom Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 9/19/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 9/19/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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51. H.R.3601 : Cost of Government Awareness Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 9/19/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/19/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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52. H.R.3602 : TV Consumer Freedom Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 9/19/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/12/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

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53. H.R.3664 : Tax Free Tips Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 9/25/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/25/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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54. H.R.3731 : To suspend temporarily the duty on lutetium oxide.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 10/2/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 10/12/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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55. H.R.3732 : To suspend temporarily the duty on phosphoric acid, lanthanum salt, cerium terbium-doped.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 10/2/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 10/12/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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56. H.R.3835 : To restore the Constitution's checks and balances and protections against government abuses as envisioned by the Founding Fathers.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 10/15/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Armed Services; House Foreign Affairs; House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
Latest Major Action: 11/2/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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57. H.R.4077 : To authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption when the milk or milk product originates in a State that allows the sale of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form and is destined for another State that allows the sale of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 11/5/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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58. H.R.4078 : Education Professional Development Tax Credit Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 11/5/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 11/5/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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59. H.R.4127 : Make No Cents Until It Makes Sense Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 11/8/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 11/8/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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60. H.R.4293 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for State and local, and foreign, real property taxes.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 12/5/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 12/5/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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61. H.R.4683 : Free Competition in Currency Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 12/13/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 12/13/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.

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62. H.R.4684 : Cancer and Terminal Illness Patient Health Care Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 12/13/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 12/13/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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63. H.R.4829 : To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey the surface estate of the San Jacinto Disposal Area to the city of Galveston, Texas.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 12/18/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 12/19/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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64. H.R.5191 : To prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out the highway project known as the "Trans-Texas Corridor".
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/29/2008)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 1/30/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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65. H.R.5427 : Tax-Free Gold Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/13/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

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66. H.R.5991 : Tax Relief for Transportation Workers Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/7/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/7/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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67. H.R.6440 : To provide for the transfer of certain Federal Property to the Galveston Historical Foundation.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 7/8/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 7/9/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

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68. H.R.6441 : Energy Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Automobile Tax Credit Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 7/8/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 7/8/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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69. H.R.7054 : Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 9/24/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 9/25/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

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70. H.R.7055 : Evacuees Tax Relief Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 9/24/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/24/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.