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On the recordDecember 15, 2022
I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 5168) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows: S. 5168 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Security and Lightering Independence Act of 2022''. SEC. 2. CHANGES IN NONIMMIGRANT CATEGORIES. (a) Transit Through United States.--Section 101(a)(15)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(C)) is amended to read as follows: ``(C)(i) an alien in immediate and continuous transit through the United States, for a period not to exceed 29 days; ``(ii) an alien who qualifies as a person entitled to pass in transit to and from the United Nations Headquarters District (as defined in section 209A(e) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 4309a(e))) and foreign countries, under the provisions of paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of section 11 of the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, done at Lake Success June 26, 1947 (61 Stat.…
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Angus King
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