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On the recordDecember 9, 2016
I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendment be withdrawn, the Corker substitute amendment at the desk be considered, the Corker amendment at the desk be agreed to, the substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be 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 The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was withdrawn. (Amendment No. 5175 is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') The amendment (No. 5176) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To clarify religious freedom training requirements for Foreign Service officers) Beginning on page 13, strike line 12 and all that follows through page 16, line 20, and insert the following: (a) Amendments to Foreign Service Act of 1980.--Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively; (B) by striking ``(a) The Secretary of State'' and inserting the following: ``(a) Human Rights, Religious Freedom, and Human Trafficking Training.-- ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of State''; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(2) Religious freedom training.-- ``(A) In general.--In carrying out the training required under paragraph (1)(B), the Director of the George P.…
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