Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Finance Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4783 and the Senate proceed to it immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 4783) to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Chile, and to extend the period from which such contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti may be accelerated. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
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