BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The North Dakota House Education Committee isn't supporting a bill that would extend a moratorium for a new nickname and moniker for the University of North Dakota.
Minot Republican Representative Scott Louser is pushing the bill that would extend the moratorium until mid-2017.
The House Education Committee voted 9-2 to give the bill a ``do-not-pass'' recommendation on Wednesday.
The measure is expected to go before the full House on Friday.
Lawmakers put a three-year moratorium on replacing the UND ``Fighting Sioux'' nickname after residents voted overwhelmingly in 2012 to dump it. That moratorium expired this month.