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Barbara Boxer: I ask unanimous consent the Harkin amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill as amended be read three…

On the recordMay 20, 2013
I ask unanimous consent the Harkin amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill as amended be read three times and passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 951) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To make technical corrections) On page 15, line 5, strike ``dyes'' and insert ``dies''. On page 15, line 6, insert before the period the following: ``, and amounts received from the sale of such duplicates shall be deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund''. On page 15, strike line 10 and all that follows through line 20. The bill (S. 309), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time and passed, as follows: S. 309 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) The unpaid volunteer members of the Civil Air Patrol (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``CAP'') during World War II provided extraordinary humanitarian, combat, and national services during a critical time of need for the Nation. (2) During the war, CAP members used their own aircraft to perform a myriad of essential tasks for the military and the Nation within the United States, including attacks on enemy submarines off the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States.…
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California
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May 20, 2013

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