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On the recordMay 18, 2016
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up en bloc and reported by number: amendment No. 3967, submitted by Senator Paul; amendment No. 3992, submitted by Senator Johnson; amendment No. 4011, submitted by Senator Nelson; amendment No. 4024, submitted by Senator Isakson; and amendment No. 4042, submitted by Senator Warner. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the amendments en bloc by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Maine [Ms. Collins], for others, proposes amendments numbered 3967, 3992, 4011, 4024, and 4042 to amendment No. 3896. The amendments are as follows: amendment no. 3967 (Purpose: To provide for the identification of certain high priority corridors on the National Highway System and to include and designate certain route segments on the Interstate System) On page 41, strike lines 12 through 25 and insert the following: ``(89) United States Route 67 from Interstate 40 in North Little Rock, Arkansas, to United States Route 412. ``(90) The Edward T. Breathitt Parkway from Interstate 24 to Interstate 69.''. (b) Inclusion of Certain Route Segments on Interstate System.--Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended in the first sentence by striking ``and subsection (c)(83)'' and inserting ``subsection (c)(83), subsection (c)(89), and subsection (c)(90)''.…
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Susan Collins
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