I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute be considered; a Lieberman amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the committee-reported substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table without intervening action or debate; and any statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 4661) was agreed to. (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, was agreed to. The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill (H.R. 553), as amended, was read the third time and passed. ____________________
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