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To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, construct, and equip laboratory, administrative, and support space to house base operations for the Smithsonian…

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To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, construct, and equip laboratory, administrative, and support space to house base operations for the Smithsonian Astrophyical Observatory Submillimeter Array located on Mauna Kea at Hilo, Hawaii.

Introduced: June 23, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Jun 26, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation.
Jun 23, 2000
Introduced in House
Jun 23, 2000
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, construct, and equip laboratory, administrative, and support space to house base operations for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located on Mauna Kea at Hilo, Hawaii.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now June 26, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jun 23, 2000
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4729: To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, construct, and equip laboratory, administrative, and support space to house base operations for the Smithsonian Astrophyical Observatory Submillimeter Array located on Mauna Kea at Hilo, Hawaii.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4729/
MLA
"H.R. 4729: To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, construct, and equip laboratory, administrative, and support space to house base operations for the Smithsonian Astrophyical Observatory Submillimeter Array located on Mauna Kea at Hilo, Hawaii.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4729/.
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H.R. 4729, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4729/.
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[H.R. 4729: To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, construct, and equip laboratory, administrative, and support space to house base operations for the Smithsonian Astrophyical Observatory Submillimeter Array located on Mauna Kea at Hilo, Hawaii.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4729/)
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