Barrier removed to Brazil CVRD sell-off .  BRASILIA 1996-08-28  The Brazilian Senate Wednesday agreed to shelve a bill linking the privatization of mining conglomerate Vale do Rio Doce to congressional approval , officials said .  Officials said the Senate vote removed all existing legislative hurdles in the way of [START_ENT] CVRD [END_ENT] 's sell-off .  The motion was put forward by Sen .  Jose Eduardo Dutra , who had drawn up the bill .  The Senate vote also annulled a substitute version of Dutra 's bill which had sought to dedicate revenue from Vale 's privatization to regional infrastructure projects .  -- William Schomberg , Brasilia newsroom 55-61-2230358
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