Mr. President, I send a bill to the desk and ask that it be appropriately referred. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill will be received and appropriately referred. (The remarks of Ms. COLLINS pertaining to the introduction of S. 3155 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
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