Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendments be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Committee amendments were agreed to. The bill (S. 3397), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________
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