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        <fullName>Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]</fullName>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;National Fossil Act&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill designates the fossil of the genus &lt;em&gt;Mammut&lt;/em&gt;, commonly known as the mastodon, as the national fossil.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;National Fossil Act&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill designates the fossil of the genus Mammut, commonly known as the mastodon, as the national fossil.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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        <title>A bill to amend chapter 3 of title 36, United States Code, to designate the mastodon as the national fossil of the United States.</title>
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