I have been told that S. 1022 is due for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1022) to extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until December 31, 2014, and for other purposes.
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