I understand there is a bill at the desk. I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 5949) to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years.
On the recordSeptember 13, 2012
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