I have a substitute amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid], for himself, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Franken, proposes an amendment numbered 1470.
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