Expressing support for the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and commending the United Nations General Assembly for its adoption of the Declaration on September 13, 2007.
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
States that: (1) the relationship between the United States and the indigenous peoples of the United States may be considered a model by other countries in recognizing indigenous peoples' rights of self-determination and self-governance; and (2) the interests of such tribal nations may be further advanced and protected by U.S. adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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