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On the recordMay 17, 2016
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 405, S. 1335. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1335) to implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean, as adopted at Tokyo on February 24, 2012, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine
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May 17, 2016

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