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On the recordDecember 19, 2012
I ask unanimous consent the Murray substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 3407) was agreed to. (The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text Of Amendments.'') The bill (S. 3202), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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