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James Boyd, Director, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior___
Robert S. Palmer, executive secretary, Colorado Mining Association___ 16-24
J. Carson Adkerson, mining engineer..

Maxwell H. Elliott, acting general counsel, Federal Works Agency,
accompanied by Hervey Macomber_

S. 2105 as passed by the Senate and referred to the House Committee on
Public Lands_.

Report on H. R. 6110, dated October 10, 1949, from the Department of the
Interior (H. R. 6110 is identical to S. 2105 as reported to the Senate by
the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs).

Report on H. R. 6110, dated October 7, 1949, from the Munitions Board..
Report on H. R. 6110, dated October 7, 1949, from the General Services
Administration_.

APPENDIX

H. R. 6110 (81st Cong., 1st sess.), to stimulate exploration for and con-
servation of strategic and critical ores, metals, and minerals, and for
other purposes, introduced by Mr. Bennett of Michigan (exhibit 1).
S. 2105 (81st Cong., 1st sess.), to stimulate exploration for and conserva-
tion of strategic and critical ores, metals, and minerals, and for other
purposes, as reported to the Senate by the Committee on Interior and
Insular Affairs (exhibit 2)_.

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8

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S. 2105, amendment to, offered by the Committee on Interior and Insular
Affairs (exhibit 3).

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Senate debate on S. 2105 (exhibit 5) -

Senate Report No. 957, offered by the Committee on Interior and Insular
Affairs to accompany S. 2105 (exhibit 4)-

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House debate on motion to suspend the rules and pass S. 2105 (exhibit 8)__

House Report No. 1416, offered by the Committee on Public Lands to ac-
company S. 2105 (exhibit 7).

S. 2105, as reported to the House of Representatives by the Committee on
Public Lands (exhibit 6) --

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