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On the recordJune 5, 1980
This legislative relief is unwarranted because of the preferential treatment and special advantage it would accord the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe vis-a-vis other tribes whose circumstances may be similar.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning H.R. 5036 Without Approval

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