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On the recordDecember 20, 2012
I further ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be considered; the Begich amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the committee-reported substitute, as amended, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; the motions to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate; and that any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 3424) was agreed to, as follows: On page 50, line 20, strike ``by section 5'' and insert ``by section 4(a)''. On page 55, lines 1 and 2, strike ``, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate''. On page 56, strike lines 9 through 19. On page 58, line 15, strike ``alone''. On page 58, line 19, strike ``alone''. On page 59, line 4, strike ``alone''. On page 61, line 22, strike ``such Act'' and insert ``the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002''. On page 85, strike lines 1 through 12. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, was agreed to. The bill (S. 2388) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 2388 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Dec 20, 2012

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