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Transcript: CONGRESS APPROVES HISTORIC LAKE TAHOE RESTORATION ACT
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- Capitol Hill Press Releases
- Article date:
- October 27, 2000
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Congress Approves Historic Lake Tahoe Restoration Act
- Landmark Measure authorizes $300 million over ten years in federal-
state-local
partnership to save this pristine lake -
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Legislation by U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein
and Harry
Reid to establish a $900 million federal-state-local partnership to
preserve
and protect Lake Tahoe from continued environmental deterioration
was approved
today by the Senate and forwarded to President Clinton for his signature.
"This is great news for one of the environmental crown jewels of our
nation.
Essentially what this legislation does is establish a federal-state-
local
partnership ...