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On the recordSeptember 22, 2010
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 508, S. 2906. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2906) to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to modify a provision relating to leases involving certain Indian tribes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs, with amendments, as follows: S. 2906 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. LEASES INVOLVING CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES. The first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415), is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by inserting ``and land held in trust for the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians,'' after ``the Kalispel Indian Reservation''; and (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, or the Kalispel Tribe of Indians'' after ``Tulalip Tribes''.
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Harry Reid
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