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“I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader. Amendment No. 3897 to Amendment No. 3896 Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I call up the Lee amendment No. 3897. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell], for Mr. Lee, proposes an amendment numbered 3897 to amendment No. 3896. Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prohibit the use of funds to carry out a rule and notice of the Department of Housing and Urban Development) At the appropriate place in Division A, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to carry out the final rule of the Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing'' (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or to carry out the notice of the Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool'' (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 2014)). Amendments Nos. 3898, 3899, and 3900 to Amendment No. 3896 Mr. McCONNELL. Mr.…”