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On the recordNovember 8, 2023
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further consideration of S. 749 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 749) to ensure that the National Advisory Council on Indian Education includes at least 1 member who is the president of a Tribal College or University and to require the Secretaries of Education and Interior to consider the National Advisory Council on Indian Education's reports in the preparation of budget materials. There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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