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S 1791 114th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance Economic development Louisiana Mississippi River

A bill to amend the Delta Development Act to include Vernon and Sabine parishes in the definition of the term "Lower Mississippi".

Introduced: July 16, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Jul 16, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jul 16, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Delta Development Act to include Vernon and Sabine Parishes of Louisiana within the Lower Mississippi Delta region of the Delta Regional Authority.

What's happening now July 16, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jul 16, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1791: A bill to amend the Delta Development Act to include Vernon and Sabine parishes in the definition of the term "Lower Mississippi".. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1791/
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"S. 1791: A bill to amend the Delta Development Act to include Vernon and Sabine parishes in the definition of the term "Lower Mississippi".." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1791/.
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S. 1791, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1791/.
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