[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 151 (Wednesday, November 20, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S11793]
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        INDIAN PROGRAMS REAUTHORIZATION AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed 
to Calendar No. 556, S. 2711.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2711) to reauthorize and improve programs 
     relating to Native Americans.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
bill which had been reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs, with 
an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the committee 
substitute amendment be withdrawn and a substitute amendment by Senator 
Inouye at the desk be considered, the Inouye amendment to the Inouye 
substitute amendment be considered and agreed to, the Inouye substitute 
amendment, as amended, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a 
third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid on the 
table, all with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be 
printed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was withdrawn.
  The Senate proceeded to consider amendment No. 4980, in the nature of 
a substitute.
  (The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text 
of Amendments.'')
  The amendment (No. 4981) to amendment No. 4980 was agreed to.
  (The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text 
of Amendments.'')
  The amendment (No. 4980), in the nature of a substitute as amended, 
was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 2711), as amended, was read the third time and passed, 
as follows:
  [The bill will be printed in a future edition of the Record].

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