Financial Disclosure Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1, H.R. 9, H.R. 6954, and Companion Bills ... September 9 and 12, 1977 |
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| Title | Financial Disclosure Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1, H.R. 9, H.R. 6954, and Companion Bills ... September 9 and 12, 1977 |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | Jan 25, 2007 |
| Length | 720 pages |
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