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On the recordJune 26, 2019
I ask unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To rescind $4,586,000,000 from foreign assistance and exchange programs) At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. OF THE UNOBLIGATED BALANCES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019, THERE ARE HEREBY RESCINDED-- (1) all of the amounts for the East-West Center; (2) all of the amounts for the Inter-American Foundation; and (3) from the amounts appropriated under title III of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116-6), an amount equal to the difference between $4,586,000,000 and the sum of the amounts rescinded under paragraphs (1) and (2).
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