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On the recordJune 8, 2015
I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 1569 to Amendment No. 1463 Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up amendment No. 1569 for Senator Burr. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Arizona [Mr. McCain], for Mr. Burr, proposes an amendment numbered 1569 to amendment No. 1463. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To ensure criminal background checks of employees of the military child care system and providers of child care services and youth program services for military dependents) At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following: SEC. 565. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS OF EMPLOYEES OF THE MILITARY CHILD CARE SYSTEM AND PROVIDERS OF CHILD CARE SERVICES AND YOUTH PROGRAM SERVICES FOR MILITARY DEPENDENTS.…
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island
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govinfo.gov
Jun 8, 2015

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