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119 hr 5865

Thalidomide Survivors Compensation Act of 2025

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  2. 2Committee
  3. 3Discharge
  4. 4Calendar
  5. 5Floor
  6. 6Resolving Differences
  7. 7President
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, 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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Introduced in House

2025-10-28

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