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On the recordJune 18, 2014
I ask unanimous consent that the committee- reported substitute amendment be considered, the Murkowski amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 3288) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To remove certain sections.) Beginning on page 63, strike line 14 and all that follows through page 75, line 22. On page 75, line 23, strike ``8'' and insert ``7''. On page 76, line 6, strike ``9'' and insert ``8''. Beginning on page 77, strike line 12 and all that follows through page 78, line 17. On page 78, line 18, strike ``11'' and insert ``9''. On page 79, line 3, strike ``12'' and insert ``10''. On page 79, line 18, strike ``13'' and insert ``11''. On page 80, line 8, strike ``14'' and insert ``12''. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, was agreed to. The bill (S. 1237), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 1237 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 ``Omnibus Territories Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.…
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Jun 18, 2014

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