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On the recordJanuary 20, 2022
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from further consideration and that the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 482. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Warnock). The clerk will read the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 482) recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the lasting impact of that Act on the State of Alaska and Alaska Native people. There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
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