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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.

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

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’’;
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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
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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

1 Resolved, That the United States Senate commends

2 Peter S. Taylor for his many outstanding contributions

3 and accomplishments in the field of Indian law and policy,

4 expresses the gratitude and appreciation of the United

5 States Senate and the American people for his long, loyal

6 and dedicated services to the Senate, and extends to him

7 the best wishes of the Senate and the American people

8 for a long and happy future.

9 SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit

10 a copy of this resolution to Peter S. Taylor.

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