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        <text><![CDATA[ <p> Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to bluefin tuna conservation and management measures and the 16th Special Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to bluefin tuna conservation and management measures and the 16th Special Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should pursue the adoption of bluefin tuna conservation and management measures at the 16th Special Meeting of the International Commission on the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.</title>
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