I ask unanimous consent to proceed to Calendar No. 86, S. 579. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 579) to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the triennial International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
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