I further ask unanimous consent that the committee- reported substitute amendment be withdrawn; that the Rubio substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; and the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The committee-reported amendment, in the nature of a substitute, was withdrawn. The amendment (No. 6511), in the nature of a substitute, was agreed to. (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time.
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