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Arlen Specter: I call up amendment No. 2215, as further modified, proposed by Senator Sununu. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

On the recordOctober 27, 2005
I call up amendment No. 2215, as further modified, proposed by Senator Sununu. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, amendment No. 2215, as further modified, is agreed to. The amendment (No. 2215), as further modified, was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To increase funding for community health centers) At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following: Sec. __. Amounts appropriated in this title for community health center programs under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) shall be increased by $50,000,000. The amount appropriated for Facilities Construction funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration is further reduced by $50,000,000. Amendment No. 2276, as Modified
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Arlen Specter
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