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On the recordJuly 17, 2013
I understand that there are three bills at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. The clerk will read the titles of the bills en bloc. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1315) to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from enforcing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. A bill (S. 1316) to repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board. A bill (H.R. 1911) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish interest rates for new loans made on or after July 1, 2013, to direct the Secretary of Education to convene the Advisory Committee on Improving Postsecondary Education Data to conduct a study on improvements to postsecondary education transparency at the Federal level, and for other purposes.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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govinfo.gov
Jul 17, 2013

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