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On the recordDecember 17, 2020
I further ask unanimous consent that the Heinrich amendment to the committed-reported substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to and that the committee-reported substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 2712) was agreed to as follows (Purpose: To modify certain penalties) On page 28, strike lines 15 through 23 and insert the following: SEC. 4. ENHANCED NAGPRA PENALTIES. Section 1170 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by striking ``5 years'' each place it appears and inserting ``10 years''; and (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``12 months'' and inserting ``1 year and 1 day''. The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time.
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Martin Heinrich
Democratic · New Mexico

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