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House Appropriations Committee Approves National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Funding
2014-06-26 11:07:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: AASV The House Appropriations Committee recently sent a bill to the full House that would provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) additional funding for the construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), Content Classification: Curated read more
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Illinois House panel approves rules for fracking
2014-05-27 04:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A House committee has approved a plan to speed up hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas in Illinois. The Executive Committee voted 7-4 Monday to advance the plan by Rep. John Bradley despite protests from environmentalists. Bradley's legislation would take away the power of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to adopt rules for the extraction method known as "fracking." The Marion Democrat is frustrated because lawmakers approved fracking a year ago. IDNR still hasn't produced rules...
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House approves weakened bill to limit NSA bulk collection
2014-05-22 20:00:37| InfoWorld: Top News
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that would limit the National Security Agency's bulk collection of domestic phone records, even as several civil liberties and tech groups withdrew their support after last-minute changes. The amended version of the USA Freedom Act, approved by a 303-121 vote in the House Thursday, continues to give the NSA authority to collect telephone and other records from large groups of people because of a change in the definition of the search targets allowed, critics said.
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House approves bill to speed natural gas pipeline approvals to boost US energy production
2013-11-21 23:20:43| Energy - Topix.net
The House has approved a bill to speed approval of natural gas pipelines, the third bill passed this week to boost energy production in the U.S. The pipeline bill would require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve or deny a pipeline application within a year.
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House panel approves bill targeting patent trolls
2013-11-21 19:06:08| InfoWorld: Top News
A U.S. House of Representatives committee has approved legislation aimed at making it more difficult for so-called patent trolls to use infringement lawsuits against other businesses. The House Judiciary Committee, late Wednesday, voted 33-5 to send the Innovation Act to the full House for action there. The bill attempts to discourage some controversial litigation techniques used by PAEs (patent assertion entities), those firms with patent licensing and lawsuits as their primary business model.