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On the recordMay 21, 2014
I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and there be no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to. The bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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May 21, 2014

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