Mr. Schatz mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from hawaii. Mr. Schatz i ask unanimous consent to vacate the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection, the quorum call be suspended. Mr. Schatz thank you 34r79s. Last night the Senate Passed the native american memorial act of 2013. The bill now heads to the president for his signature. I introduced the native american memorial amendments act in may and worked with representative mull ins since he introduced an identical bill in the house in june. This bill is needed to facilitate construction of a longawaited native American Veterans memorial on the national mall. This memorial has languished for almost 20 years since the passage of the original native American Veterans memorial establishments act. This legislation builds off of the great work of senator mccain, who introduced the initial bill to authorize a native Veterans Memorial and senator inouye who was the Indian Affairs chairman who works to enact the la