1-1 By: Gray (Senate Sponsor - Sibley) H.B. No. 1399
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 1995;
1-3 May 11, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 16, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 16, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the continuation and functions of the Office of
1-9 State-Federal Relations and to assistance for acquiring federal
1-10 grants and other funds.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 751.003, Government Code, is amended to
1-13 read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 751.003. Sunset Provision. The Office of State-Federal
1-15 Relations is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
1-16 continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the office is
1-17 abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2007 <1995>.
1-18 SECTION 2. Section 751.002, Government Code, is amended to
1-19 read as follows:
1-20 Sec. 751.002. Office of State-Federal Relations. (a) The
1-21 Office of State-Federal Relations is an agency of the state and
1-22 operates within the executive department.
1-23 (b) The office is subject to the administrative procedure
1-24 law, Chapter 2001.
1-25 SECTION 3. Section 751.005, Government Code, is amended by
1-26 amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
1-27 follows:
1-28 (b) The director shall:
1-29 (1) help coordinate state and federal programs dealing
1-30 with the same subject;
1-31 (2) inform the governor and the legislature of federal
1-32 programs that may be carried out in the state or that affect state
1-33 programs;
1-34 (3) provide federal agencies and the United States
1-35 Congress with information about state policy and state conditions
1-36 on matters that concern the federal government;
1-37 (4) provide the legislature with information useful in
1-38 measuring the effect of federal actions on the state and local
1-39 programs; <and>
1-40 (5) prepare and supply to the governor and all members
1-41 of the legislature an annual report that:
1-42 (A) describes the office's operations;
1-43 (B) contains the office's priorities and
1-44 strategies for the following year;
1-45 (C) details projects and legislation pursued by
1-46 the office;
1-47 (D) discusses issues in the following
1-48 congressional session of interest to this state; and
1-49 (E) contains an analysis of federal funds
1-50 availability and formulae; and
1-51 (6) prepare annually a complete and detailed written
1-52 report accounting for all funds received and disbursed by the
1-53 office during the preceding fiscal year.
1-54 (d) The annual report required under Subsection (b)(6) must
1-55 meet the reporting requirements applicable to financial reporting
1-56 provided in the General Appropriations Act.
1-57 SECTION 4. Section 751.006, Government Code, is amended to
1-58 read as follows:
1-59 Sec. 751.006. STAFF; PERSONNEL POLICIES <CAREER LADDER
1-60 PROGRAM>. (a) The director may employ staff necessary to carry
1-61 out the director's powers and duties under this chapter. The
1-62 director or the director's designee shall provide to office
1-63 employees, as often as necessary, information regarding their
1-64 qualification for employment under this chapter and their
1-65 responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of
1-66 conduct for state employees.
1-67 (b) The director or the director's designee shall develop an
1-68 intraagency career ladder program that addresses opportunities for
2-1 mobility and advancement for employees within the office. The
2-2 program shall require <includes the> intraagency posting of all
2-3 <nonentry level> positions concurrently with <for at least 10 days
2-4 before the date of> any public posting.
2-5 (c) The director or the director's designee shall develop a
2-6 system of annual performance evaluations that are based on
2-7 documented employee performance. All <measurable job tasks and>
2-8 merit pay for office employees <staff> must be based on the <this>
2-9 system established under this subsection.
2-10 (d) The director or the director's designee shall prepare
2-11 and maintain a written policy statement to assure implementation of
2-12 a program of equal employment opportunity under which all personnel
2-13 transactions are made without regard to race, color, disability,
2-14 sex, religion, age, or national origin. The policy statement must
2-15 include:
2-16 (1) personnel policies, including policies relating to
2-17 recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and
2-18 promotion of personnel that are in compliance with the requirements
2-19 of Chapter 21, Labor Code;
2-20 (2) a comprehensive analysis of the office workforce
2-21 that meets federal and state guidelines;
2-22 (3) procedures by which a determination can be made
2-23 about the extent of underuse in the office workforce of all persons
2-24 for whom federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable
2-25 balance; and
2-26 (4) reasonable methods to appropriately address those
2-27 areas of underuse.
2-28 (e) A policy statement prepared under Subsection (d) must
2-29 cover an annual period, be updated annually and reviewed by the
2-30 Texas Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection
2-31 (d)(1), and be filed with the governor's office.
2-32 (f) The governor's office shall deliver a biennial report to
2-33 the legislature based on the information received under Subsection
2-34 (e). The report may be made separately or as a part of other
2-35 biennial reports made to the legislature.
2-36 (g) The director and the staff of the office working in
2-37 Washington, D.C., may receive the same cost-of-living salary
2-38 adjustment as is established for an employee of another state
2-39 agency under Section 751.012(d).
2-40 SECTION 5. Section 751.008, Government Code, is amended to
2-41 read as follows:
2-42 Sec. 751.008. Public Information and Complaints. (a) The
2-43 director shall:
2-44 (1) prepare information of public interest describing
2-45 the <director's> functions of the office and the procedures by
2-46 which complaints are filed with and resolved by the office and
2-47 <director;>
2-48 <(2)> make the information available to the public and
2-49 appropriate state agencies; and
2-50 (2) establish methods by which consumers and service
2-51 recipients are notified of the name, mailing address, and a
2-52 telephone number of the office for the purpose of directing
2-53 complaints to the office
2-54 <(3) maintain an information file on each complaint
2-55 filed relating to an office activity>.
2-56 (b) The office shall keep information about each complaint
2-57 filed with the office. The information shall include:
2-58 (1) the date the complaint is received;
2-59 (2) the name of the complainant;
2-60 (3) the subject matter of the complaint;
2-61 (4) a record of all persons contacted in relation to
2-62 the complaint;
2-63 (5) a summary of the results of the review or
2-64 investigation of the complaint; and
2-65 (6) for complaints for which the office took no
2-66 action, an explanation of the reason the complaint was closed
2-67 without action.
2-68 (c) The office shall keep a file about each written
2-69 complaint filed with the office that the office has authority to
2-70 resolve. The office shall provide to the person filing the
3-1 complaint and the persons or entities complained about the office's
3-2 policies and procedures pertaining to complaint investigation and
3-3 resolution. The office <If a written complaint relating to an
3-4 office activity is filed with the director, the director>, at least
3-5 quarterly and until final disposition of the complaint, shall
3-6 notify the person filing the complaint and the persons or entities
3-7 complained about <parties to the complaint> of the status of the
3-8 complaint unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover
3-9 investigation.
3-10 SECTION 6. Section 751.010, Government Code, is amended by
3-11 amending Subsections (c) and (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read
3-12 as follows:
3-13 (c) The board, by majority vote, shall select a presiding
3-14 officer <chairman> of the board.
3-15 (e) The board shall meet before the beginning of each
3-16 congressional session and at the call of the presiding officer
3-17 <chairman>.
3-18 (f) The board shall work with the director to hold periodic
3-19 meetings in the city of Austin at times determined by the presiding
3-20 officer to discuss upcoming federal activities and issues with
3-21 state agency representatives.
3-22 SECTION 7. Section 751.011, Government Code, is amended to
3-23 read as follows:
3-24 Sec. 751.011. Board Duties. (a) The board shall review the
3-25 office's priorities and strategies set forth in the annual report
3-26 and deliver to the director any suggested modifications.
3-27 (b) The board shall review any interagency contract under
3-28 Section 751.012 and shall approve a contract only if the contract
3-29 meets the requirements of that section.
3-30 SECTION 8. Section 751.012, Government Code, is amended to
3-31 read as follows:
3-32 Sec. 751.012. Interagency Contracts. (a) The office may
3-33 enter into interagency contracts with other state agencies to
3-34 locate staff of the other state agency in Washington, D.C., to work
3-35 under the <office's> supervision of the director and shall
3-36 coordinate activities conducted on behalf of the other agency with
3-37 those of the office.
3-38 (b) The office shall enter into a contract described by
3-39 Subsection (a) with the Legislative Budget Board.
3-40 (c) A contract under this section must include provisions
3-41 under which staff of the other state agency:
3-42 (1) report directly to that agency's administrative
3-43 head or the presiding officer of that agency's governing body;
3-44 (2) have an officially recognized role in that
3-45 agency's budget planning process;
3-46 (3) provide periodic updates of activities at meetings
3-47 of that agency's governing body; and
3-48 (4) receive a salary established under Subsection (d).
3-49 (d) The state auditor shall establish a salary schedule for
3-50 state employees subject to a contract under this section. The
3-51 schedule shall:
3-52 (1) be based on specifications for expertise and
3-53 experience in state-federal relations; and
3-54 (2) include a standard cost-of-living adjustment to
3-55 compensate an employee for the cost of living in Washington, D.C.
3-56 (e) A state agency identified by the Legislative Budget
3-57 Board as receiving significant federal funding or significantly
3-58 affected by federal policy decisions, other than a state agency
3-59 that is headed by a statewide-elected official, shall:
3-60 (1) develop a plan of state-federal coordination;
3-61 (2) study the benefits of entering a contract under
3-62 Subsection (a); and
3-63 (3) submit the coordination plan and study to the
3-64 office and to the Legislative Budget Board.
3-65 (f) The Health and Human Services Commission shall satisfy
3-66 the requirements of Subsection (e) for all health and human
3-67 services agencies listed in Section 19, Article 4413(502), Revised
3-68 Statutes.
3-69 SECTION 9. Subchapter A, Chapter 751, Government Code, is
3-70 amended by adding Section 751.013 to read as follows:
4-1 Sec. 751.013. PROGRAM AND FACILITY ACCESSIBILITY. The
4-2 office shall comply with federal and state laws related to program
4-3 and facility accessibility. The director shall also prepare and
4-4 maintain a written plan that describes how a person who does not
4-5 speak English can be provided reasonable access to the office's
4-6 programs and services.
4-7 SECTION 10. Subchapter A, Chapter 751, Government Code, is
4-8 amended by adding Section 751.014 to read as follows:
4-9 Sec. 751.014. FUNDS SUBJECT TO STATE FUNDS REFORM ACT. All
4-10 money paid to the office under this chapter is subject to
4-11 Subchapter F, Chapter 404.
4-12 SECTION 11. Section 751.021, Government Code, is amended to
4-13 read as follows:
4-14 Sec. 751.021. DEFINITION <DEFINITIONS>. In this subchapter
4-15 "federal formula funds" means only those funds coming to the state
4-16 based on federal funding formulas or as otherwise legislated by
4-17 congress, excluding those funds known as federal discretionary
4-18 grant funds<:>
4-19 <(1) "Earned federal funds" means funds that are
4-20 received or earned in connection with a federally funded program
4-21 but that are not required by the governing agreement to be
4-22 disbursed on that program. The term includes indirect cost
4-23 receipts and interest earned on advances of federal funds.>
4-24 <(2) "Federal funds" means all assistance provided or
4-25 potentially available to state agencies from the federal government
4-26 in the form of grants, contracts, loans, loan guarantees, property,
4-27 cooperative agreements, interest subsidies, insurance, direct
4-28 appropriations, or any other method of disbursement.>
4-29 <(3) "Indirect costs" means costs, as defined by
4-30 Federal Management Circular A 87 or subsequent revisions of that
4-31 circular, that are incurred by state agencies in support of
4-32 federally funded programs and that are eligible for reimbursement
4-33 from the federal government.>
4-34 <(4) "Local governmental entity" means a county,
4-35 municipality, special purpose district, including a school
4-36 district, or any other political subdivision of this state.>
4-37 <(5) "State funds" means all assistance provided or
4-38 potentially available to state agencies from the state government
4-39 in the form of grants, contracts, loans, loan guarantees, property,
4-40 cooperative agreements, interest subsidies, insurance, direct
4-41 appropriations, or any other method of disbursement>.
4-42 SECTION 12. Section 751.022, Government Code, is amended to
4-43 read as follows:
4-44 Sec. 751.022. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The office has
4-45 primary responsibility for monitoring, coordinating, and reporting
4-46 on the state's efforts to ensure receipt of an equitable share of
4-47 federal formula funds.
4-48 (b) The office shall:
4-49 (1) serve as the state's clearinghouse for information
4-50 on federal formula <and state> funds;
4-51 (2) prepare reports on federal funds and earned
4-52 federal formula funds;
4-53 (3) <monitor the federal register, the Texas Register,
4-54 and other federal or state publications to identify federal and
4-55 state funding opportunities, with special emphasis on discretionary
4-56 grants or other funding opportunities that the state is not
4-57 pursuing;>
4-58 <(4) develop procedures to formally notify appropriate
4-59 state and local agencies of the availability of federal funds and
4-60 coordinate the application process;>
4-61 <(5) periodically review the funding strategies and
4-62 methods of those states that rank significantly above the national
4-63 average in the per capita receipt of federal funds to determine
4-64 whether those strategies and methods could be successfully employed
4-65 by this state;>
4-66 <(6)> analyze proposed and pending federal and state
4-67 legislation to determine whether the legislation would have a
4-68 significant negative effect on the state's ability to receive an
4-69 equitable share of federal formula funds;
4-70 (4) <(7)> make recommendations for coordination
5-1 between state agencies and local governmental entities and between
5-2 state agencies; and
5-3 (5) <(8)> adopt rules under the rule-making procedures
5-4 of the administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001, Government Code
5-5 <Administrative Procedure and Texas Register Act (Article 6252 13a,
5-6 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)>, as necessary to carry out the
5-7 responsibilities assigned by this subchapter.
5-8 (c) The office shall annually prepare a comprehensive report
5-9 to the legislature on the effectiveness of the state's efforts to
5-10 ensure a receipt of an equitable share of federal formula funds for
5-11 the preceding federal fiscal year. The report must include:
5-12 (1) an executive summary that provides an overview of
5-13 the major findings and recommendations included in the report;
5-14 (2) a comparative analysis of the state's receipt of
5-15 federal formula funds relative to other states, prepared using the
5-16 best available sources of data;
5-17 (3) an analysis of federal formula funding trends that
5-18 may have a significant effect on resources available to the state;
5-19 <(4) a description of any instances in which the state
5-20 or a state agency has not pursued available opportunities to
5-21 receive federal funds or earned federal funds and the reason for
5-22 the failure to pursue the opportunity;> and
5-23 (4) <(5)> recommendations, developed in consultation
5-24 with the Legislative Budget Board, the Governor's Office of Budget
5-25 and Planning, and the comptroller, for any state legislative or
5-26 administrative action necessary to increase the state's receipt of
5-27 federal formula funds<, enhance the recovery of indirect costs, or
5-28 otherwise improve the state's management of federal funds or earned
5-29 federal funds>.
5-30 <(d) Each state agency shall designate an employee on the
5-31 management or senior staff level to serve as the agency's federal
5-32 funds coordinator. An agency may not create a staff position for a
5-33 federal funds coordinator. The coordinator's duties are additional
5-34 duties of an employee of the agency. Each federal funds
5-35 coordinator shall:>
5-36 <(1) oversee and coordinate the agency's efforts in
5-37 acquiring federal funds;>
5-38 <(2) send the office a quarterly report listing the
5-39 grants for which the agency has applied and listing the catalogue
5-40 of federal domestic assistance number and giving a short
5-41 description of the grant; and>
5-42 <(3) notify the office of the award or denial of a
5-43 federal grant to the agency.>
5-44 <(e) Each state agency or institution shall file an annual
5-45 report with the office concerning the agency's efforts in acquiring
5-46 available federal funds during the preceding state fiscal year.
5-47 The office shall establish guidelines for information included in
5-48 the annual report required by this section. The office shall
5-49 evaluate the effectiveness of each agency in acquiring federal
5-50 funds and shall evaluate the effectiveness of each agency in
5-51 acquiring federal funds and shall report to the governor and the
5-52 Legislative Budget Board.>
5-53 <(f) If the governor or Legislative Budget Board, after
5-54 reviewing the reports under Subdivision (e), determines that any
5-55 agency's efforts were unsatisfactory, either entity may, without a
5-56 finding of an existing emergency, take action under Chapter 317 to
5-57 affect the agency's appropriation.>
5-58 SECTION 13. Subchapter B, Chapter 751, Government Code, is
5-59 amended by adding Section 751.023 to read as follows:
5-60 Sec. 751.023. AGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. A state agency shall,
5-61 to the extent practicable, contact the office before the agency
5-62 provides information to a federal agency or to the United States
5-63 Congress about state policy or conditions. This section does not
5-64 apply to a state agency that is headed by a statewide-elected
5-65 official.
5-66 SECTION 14. Subchapter B, Chapter 751, Government Code, is
5-67 amended by adding Section 751.024 to read as follows:
5-68 Sec. 751.024. REPORTS TO LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD. (a)
5-69 Each agency and each institution of higher education shall report
5-70 to the Legislative Budget Board:
6-1 (1) each application or request made to the United
6-2 States government for grant funds;
6-3 (2) the award or designation, by the United States
6-4 government, of any funds for expenditure by a state agency; and
6-5 (3) waivers of grant requirements.
6-6 (b) In consultation with the director, the Legislative
6-7 Budget Board may develop reporting procedures and time schedules
6-8 necessary to implement Subsection (a).
6-9 (c) In prescribing a report form under Subsection (b), the
6-10 Legislative Budget Board shall consult with the director.
6-11 SECTION 15. Chapter 772, Government Code, is amended by
6-12 adding Section 772.009 to read as follows:
6-13 Sec. 772.009. GRANT ASSISTANCE. (a) The director of the
6-14 Governor's Office of Budget and Planning shall establish a state
6-15 grant writing team. The grant writing team shall:
6-16 (1) develop a plan for increased state access to
6-17 available federal funds;
6-18 (2) coordinate with state agencies to develop a plan
6-19 for the use of federal grant funds;
6-20 (3) monitor the federal register, the Texas Register,
6-21 and other federal or state publications to identify federal and
6-22 state funding opportunities, with special emphasis on discretionary
6-23 grants or other funding opportunities that the state is not
6-24 pursuing;
6-25 (4) develop procedures to formally notify appropriate
6-26 state and local agencies of the availability of discretionary
6-27 federal funds and coordinate the application process; and
6-28 (5) periodically review the funding strategies and
6-29 methods of those states that rank significantly above the national
6-30 average in the per capita receipt of federal funds to determine
6-31 whether those strategies and methods could be successfully employed
6-32 by this state.
6-33 (b) The grant writing team may:
6-34 (1) establish a clearinghouse of information relating
6-35 to the availability of state, federal, and private grants;
6-36 (2) establish an automated information system database
6-37 for grant information and make it available for use by state
6-38 agencies and political subdivisions;
6-39 (3) provide counseling to state agencies, political
6-40 subdivisions of the state, nonprofit charitable institutions,
6-41 educational institutions, and residents of the state concerning the
6-42 availability and means of obtaining state, federal, and private
6-43 grants;
6-44 (4) provide grant writing assistance and training to
6-45 state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, individuals,
6-46 and other entities either directly or through interagency
6-47 contracts, cooperative agreements, or contracts with third-party
6-48 providers;
6-49 (5) publicize the services and activities of the grant
6-50 writing team through chambers of commerce, councils of government,
6-51 department newsletters, local governments, state agencies,
6-52 institutions of higher education, business organizations, private
6-53 philanthropic organizations, and other appropriate entities and
6-54 methods;
6-55 (6) establish and maintain a database of state
6-56 agencies designated under state and federal law to receive federal
6-57 categorical and block grant funds; and
6-58 (7) analyze the criteria for grants for which state
6-59 agencies are denied access because of state law or rules or agency
6-60 organization and suggest changes in agency rules or organization
6-61 that would increase the probability of the agency's receiving
6-62 federal or other grants.
6-63 (c) When appropriate, the grant writing team shall charge
6-64 and collect fees from a person who uses the grant writing team's
6-65 services. The fee shall be set in an amount necessary to cover all
6-66 or a part of the costs of the services.
6-67 (d) The grant writing team shall monitor and identify
6-68 federal grants that are available to state and local criminal
6-69 justice agencies and assist the agencies in applying for and
6-70 obtaining those grants.
7-1 (e) The grant writing team may initiate negotiations for and
7-2 enter into a memorandum of understanding with other state agencies
7-3 to cooperate with the grant writing team in providing:
7-4 (1) information on federal and state funding
7-5 opportunities;
7-6 (2) technical assistance; or
7-7 (3) assistance in writing grant proposals for
7-8 political subdivisions of the state, nonprofit charitable
7-9 institutions, educational institutions, and residents of the state.
7-10 (f) Each state agency shall designate an employee on the
7-11 management or senior staff level to serve as the agency's federal
7-12 funds coordinator. An agency may not create a staff position for a
7-13 federal funds coordinator. The coordinator's duties are additional
7-14 duties of an employee of the agency. Each federal funds
7-15 coordinator shall:
7-16 (1) oversee and coordinate the agency's efforts in
7-17 acquiring discretionary federal funds;
7-18 (2) send the grant writing team a quarterly report
7-19 listing the grants for which the agency has applied and the
7-20 catalogue of federal domestic assistance number and giving a short
7-21 description of the grant; and
7-22 (3) notify the grant writing team of an award or
7-23 denial of a federal grant to the agency.
7-24 (g) Each state agency or institution shall file an annual
7-25 report with the grant writing team concerning the agency's efforts
7-26 in acquiring available discretionary federal funds during the
7-27 preceding state fiscal year. The grant writing team shall
7-28 establish guidelines for information included in the annual report
7-29 required by this section. The grant writing team shall evaluate
7-30 the effectiveness of each agency in acquiring discretionary federal
7-31 funds and shall report the evaluation to the governor and the
7-32 Legislative Budget Board.
7-33 (h) After reviewing the reports under Subsection (g), if the
7-34 governor or Legislative Budget Board determines that an agency's
7-35 efforts were unsatisfactory, either entity may, without a finding
7-36 of an existing emergency, take action under Chapter 317 to affect
7-37 the agency's appropriation.
7-38 (i) In this section:
7-39 (1) "Earned federal funds" means funds that are
7-40 received or earned in connection with a federally funded program
7-41 but that are not required by the governing agreement to be
7-42 distributed on that program. The term includes indirect cost
7-43 receipts and interest earned on advances of federal funds.
7-44 (2) "Federal funds" means all assistance provided or
7-45 potentially available to state agencies from the federal government
7-46 in the form of grants, contracts, loans, loan guarantees, property,
7-47 cooperative agreements, interest subsidies, insurance, direct
7-48 appropriations, or any other method of disbursement.
7-49 (3) "Indirect costs" means costs, as defined by
7-50 Federal Management Circular A-87 or subsequent revisions of that
7-51 circular, that are incurred by state agencies in support of
7-52 federally funded programs and that are eligible for reimbursement
7-53 from the federal government.
7-54 (4) "Local governmental entity" means a county,
7-55 municipality, special purpose district, including a school
7-56 district, or any other political subdivision of this state.
7-57 SECTION 16. The Office of State-Federal Relations shall
7-58 enter into a contract with the Legislative Budget Board, as
7-59 required by Section 751.012(b), Government Code, as added by this
7-60 Act, by January 1, 1996.
7-61 SECTION 17. Subchapter C, Chapter 751, Government Code, is
7-62 repealed.
7-63 SECTION 18. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
7-64 date of this Act, the Office of State-Federal Relations shall
7-65 transfer to the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning all
7-66 records in the office's possession that relate to the
7-67 administration of Subchapter C, Chapter 751, Government Code.
7-68 (b) On the effective date of this Act, the Governor's Office
7-69 of Budget and Planning assumes the outstanding obligations of the
7-70 Office of State-Federal Relations with respect to any existing
8-1 contracts entered into by the office before the effective date of
8-2 this Act under Subchapter C, Chapter 751, Government Code.
8-3 SECTION 19. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
8-4 SECTION 20. The importance of this legislation and the
8-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
8-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
8-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
8-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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