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Committee hears revised draft to form Office for New Americans study panel
Summary
Senators reviewed S.56, a bill to establish a study committee to design an Office for New Americans. The draft on March 12 narrowed membership and meeting requirements, directed the committee to define "new Americans," and allowed it to form subcommittees; sponsors sought input on membership and report recipients.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations on Wednesday, March 12 reviewed a revised draft of S.56, which would create a study committee tasked with designing an Office for New Americans and reporting recommendations to the legislature.
Tim Devlin, counsel for the bill sponsor, presented the revised draft and said it pares back an earlier version by reducing the study committees membership and the number of required meetings, and by deferring a statutory definition of "new Americans" to the committee itself. Devlin described other edits: empowering the study group to form…
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