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WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- With the House expected to approve a massive $820 billion catch-all federal budget bill Monday, plenty of special interests are set to benefit.
In a win for the National Rifle Association, a provision is included requiring the destruction of federal background check records 24 hours after the purchase of a firearm.
Currently the Department of Justice -- which backed the provision -- keeps such records on hand for 90 days.
Under a provision added to the conference report by Ralph Regula, R-Ohio, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. would increase the monthly benefits of around 2,500 retires from Republic Steel Corp. -- now part of LTV Steel -- who lost company benefits as a result of Republic's 2000 bankruptcy.
The bill also includes major pork spending, including $500,000 for the Ohio School for the Deaf in Columbus, Ohio, and $82.6 million for upgrades to federal prisons in Beckley and Glenville, W.Va.
While the House is expected to approve the measure over the opposition of some Democrats and conservatives, it faces an uncertain future in the Senate with approval likely delayed until the body returns in late January.
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