I understand there are two bills at the desk. I ask for their first reading, en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the titles of the bills, en bloc. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 47) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. A bill (H.R. 152) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes.
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