Public Law 110-341

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Public Law 110-341
Joint Resolution in support of the Very Energetic Radiation
Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)

by the 110th Congress of the United States

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488240Joint Resolution in support of the Very Energetic Radiation
Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) —
2008the 110th Congress of the United States
110TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS
2ND SESSION

Joint Resolution
To amend Public Law 108-331 to provide for the construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona.


Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. Location of VERITAS Project.

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Public Law 108-331 (118 Stat. 1281) is amended—
(1) in the long title, by striking ``on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona´´ and inserting ``in Arizona´´; and
(2) in section 1, by striking ``on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona´´ and inserting ``at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory Base Camp on Mount Hopkins, Arizona, or other similar location´´.


Approved October 3, 2008.


Legislative History

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  • HOUSE REPORTS:
    • No. 110-850 (Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008):
    • July 17, considered and passed Senate.
    • Sept. 17, 18, considered and passed House.

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