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On the recordDecember 3, 2010
I further ask the amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time, and the clerk read a pay-go statement for the record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 4732) was agreed to, as follows: On page 2, strike lines 8 through 18 and insert the following: United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)-- (A) by inserting ``that is'' after ``or criminal prosecution''; (B) by inserting ``and that is'' after ``in a State court''; and (C) by inserting ``or directed to'' after ``against''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(c) As used in subsection (a), the terms `civil action' and `criminal prosecution' include any proceeding (whether or not ancillary to another proceeding) to the extent that in such proceeding a judicial order, including a subpoena for testimony or documents, is sought or issued. If removal is sought for a proceeding described in the previous sentence, and there is no other basis for removal, only that proceeding may be removed to the district court.''.…
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