[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 87 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 87

Commending Peter S. Taylor for his long, loyal and dedicated service to 
  the United States Senate and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                April 1 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

    Mr. Inouye (for himself and Mr. McCain) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Commending Peter S. Taylor for his long, loyal and dedicated service to 
  the United States Senate and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

Whereas Peter S. Taylor is a native of Kansas, and a graduate of Washburn 
        University, Topeka, Kansas, and George Washington University School of 
        Law, Washington, District of Columbia;
Whereas Peter S. Taylor was in the private practice of law from 1963 to 1970, 
        and entered into the practice of Indian law in 1971 when he was named 
        co-director of the Indian Civil Rights Task Force in the Office of the 
        Solicitor at the United States Department of the Interior;
Whereas one of the accomplishments of Peter S. Taylor was his work in updating 
        Kappler's ``Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties'';
Whereas Peter S. Taylor was Chairman of the Task Force on Revision and 
        Codification of Federal Indian Law of the American Indian Policy Review 
        Commission, a Joint Congressional Commission established to study Indian 
        policy and law;
Whereas Peter S. Taylor joined the staff of the Select Committee on Indian 
        Affairs of the United States Senate, now the Committee on Indian Affairs 
        of the United States Senate, at the time of the Committee's inception in 
        1977;
Whereas Peter S. Taylor served with distinction as Senior Counsel, Staff 
        Director, and General Counsel of such Committee, from the 95th Congress 
        to the 103d Congress;
Whereas Peter S. Taylor is acknowledged by the Members of the Senate, by his 
        colleagues on the staff of the Committee on Indian Affairs, by Indian 
        tribal leaders throughout the United States, and by numerous other 
        individuals engaged in the practice of Indian law, to be a person with 
        an outstanding knowledge and understanding of Indian law and policy;
Whereas Peter S. Taylor has contributed immensely to the development of modern 
        Indian law through his leadership as a staff member of the Committee on 
        Indian Affairs, on such diverse issues as the Indian Child Welfare Act, 
        the Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act, the Mashantucket Pequot 
        Indian Claims Settlement Act, restoration of lands to the Cochiti 
        Pueblo, the Indian Land Consolidation Act, the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
        Act, the White Earth Indian Reservation Land Settlement Act, the Hoopa-
        Yurok Settlement Act, the Farm Credit Act Amendments, the Seneca Nation 
        Lease Renegotiation Act, the Aroostook Band of Micmac-Maine Settlement 
        Act, the Indian Agricultural Resources Management Act, and numerous 
        other Acts of Congress;
Whereas the United States Senate, Indian tribal leaders, legal scholars, and 
        others involved in Indian law and policy have come to rely on the wisdom 
        and knowledge of Peter S. Taylor in the area of Indian Affairs; and
Whereas the retirement of Peter S. Taylor will deprive the United States Senate 
        and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the services of a loyal and 
        dedicated staff member: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the United States Senate commends Peter S. Taylor 
for his many outstanding contributions and accomplishments in the field 
of Indian law and policy, expresses the gratitude and appreciation of 
the United States Senate and the American people for his long, loyal 
and dedicated services to the Senate, and extends to him the best 
wishes of the Senate and the American people for a long and happy 
future.
    Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a copy of this 
resolution to Peter S. Taylor.

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