Jon Tester: “I ask unanimous consent that the Carper amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a…”

“I ask unanimous consent that the Carper amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and a motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 1998) was agreed to, as follows: At the end, add the following: SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act shall take effect as of October 1, 2013. The bill (S. 1348), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 1348 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 ``Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. TERMINATION. Section 108 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 808) is amended by striking ``October 1, 2013'' and inserting ``October 1, 2018''. SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act shall take effect as of October 1, 2013. ____________________”