[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7644]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      RATIFYING A LAND CONVEYANCE

  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
immediately proceed to the consideration of H.R. 3522, which was 
received from the House.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 3522) to ratify a conveyance of a portion of 
     the Jicarilla Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State 
     of New Mexico, pursuant to the settlement of litigation 
     between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba County, 
     State of New Mexico, to authorize issuance of a patent for 
     said lands, and to change the exterior boundary of the 
     Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, and for other 
     purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related 
to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 3522) was read the third time and passed.

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