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On the recordSeptember 18, 2014
I further ask unanimous consent that the Boxer amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 3933) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To designate Israel as a program country under the Visa Waiver Program if Israel complies with the generally applicable requirements) Beginning on page 8, strike line 1 and all that follows through page 9, line 23, and insert the following: SEC. 9. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM. It shall be the policy of the United States to include Israel in the list of countries that participate in the visa waiver program under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) when Israel satisfies, and as long as Israel continues to satisfy, the requirements for inclusion in such program specified in such section. The bill (S. 2673), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 2673 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS.…
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