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A bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native…

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A bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 11, 2020 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 21, 2020
Received in the House.
Dec 21, 2020
Held at the desk.
Dec 21, 2020
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 20, 2020
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7868; text: CR S7868)
Dec 20, 2020
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S7868; text: CR S7868)
Sep 24, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 558.
Sep 24, 2020
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-271.
Jul 29, 2020
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 11, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Jun 11, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill extends the deadline, from three years to five years, for the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children to submit its report to the President and Congress. The commission was established to conduct a comprehensive study of federal, state, local, and tribal programs that serve Native children and to develop plans for federal policy related to Native children.

What's happening now December 21, 2020

Held at the desk.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3948: A bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3948/
MLA
"S. 3948: A bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3948/.
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S. 3948, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3948/.
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[S. 3948: A bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3948/)
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