Mr. President, it is my understanding that we are now on S. 3240, and the motion to recommit with a second-degree amendment numbered 2339 is now pending. Is that right? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3240) to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2017, and for other purposes. Pending: Reid (for Stabenow/Roberts) amendment No. 2389, of a perfecting nature. Reid amendment No. 2390 (to amendment No. 2389), to change the enactment date. Reid motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, with instructions. Reid amendment No. 2391, of a perfecting nature. Reid amendment No. 2392 (to (the instructions) amendment No. 2391), to empower States with programmatic flexibility and predictability to administer a supplemental nutrition assistance block grant program under which, at the request of a State agency, eligible households within the State may receive an adequate, or more nutritious, diet. Reid amendment No. 2393 (to amendment No. 2392), to phase out the Federal Sugar Program.
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