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On the recordDecember 9, 2016
I further ask unanimous consent that the Corker amendment be agreed to, the committee-reported substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 5177) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To revise the multi-year strategy requirement regarding diplomatic engagement with Caribbean region governments) On page 11, beginning on line 3, strike ``with respect to'' and all that follows through line 5 and insert ``with respect to human rights and democracy''. The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, was agreed to. The bill (H.R. 4939), as amended, was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________
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Rob Portman
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