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On the recordApril 7, 2011
I understand the Senate has received H.R. 658 from the House and, under the previous order, I ask that the Senate proceed to that measure. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to the order of February 17, 2011, all after the enacting clause is stricken, and the text of S. 223, as passed, is inserted in lieu thereof, and the bill, as amended, shall be read a third time. The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk shall read the pay-go statement. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Mr. Conrad: This is the Statement of Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for H.R. 658, as amended. Total Budgetary Effects of H.R. 658 for the 5-year Statutory PAYGO Scorecard: net reduction in the deficit of $17.796 billion. Total Budgetary Effects of H.R. 658 for the 10-year Statutory PAYGO Scorecard: net reduction in the deficit of $19.467 billion. Also submitted for the Record as part of this statement is a table prepared by the Congressional Budget Office, which provides additional information on the budgetary effects of this Act, as follows: There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: CBO ESTIMATE OF THE STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO EFFECTS FOR H.R. 658, THE FAA REAUTHORIZATION AND REFORM ACT OF 2011, AS AMENDED BY S.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Apr 7, 2011

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