Resolution· HRESH.Res. 37 (93rd)referred
A resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to create a standing committee to be known as the Committee on the Environment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Establishes a Committee on Environment in the House of Representatives, consisting of 25 members. Provides that such Committee shall deal with all measures relating to the quality of the physical environment of the United States and its possessions, including: (1) water quality; (2) air quality; (3) weather modification; (4) waste disposal and management; (5) pesticides and herbicides; and (6) acoustic problems.
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