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On the recordAugust 1, 2017
I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendments be considered, the Johnson amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to, the committee-reported amendments, as amended, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 746) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To permit an Inspector General to withhold certain material from the Office of Special Counsel if the material is derived from, or pertains to, intelligence activities) On page 3, strike lines 10 through 23 and insert the following: ``(ii) An Inspector General may withhold from the Special Counsel material described in subparagraph (A) if the Inspector General determines that the material contains information derived from, or pertaining to, intelligence activities.…
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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