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On the recordDecember 20, 2020
I ask unanimous consent that the Brown substitute amendment be agreed to and the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 2721) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to, as follows: =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S7859, December 20, 2020, second column, the following appears: The amendment (No. 2827) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to, as follows: The online Record has been corrected to read: The amendment (No. 2721) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to, as follows: ========================= END NOTE ========================= (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``African American Burial Grounds Study Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Burial ground.--The term ``burial ground'' means any natural or prepared physical location, whether originally below, on, or above the surface of the earth, into which human remains are deposited as a part of the death rite or ceremony of a culture. (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service. SEC. 3. AFRICAN AMERICAN BURIAL GROUNDS STUDY.…
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio
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Dec 20, 2020

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