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On the recordJuly 11, 2024
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration of S. 159 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 159) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from gross income for mandatory restitution or civil damages as recompense for trafficking in persons. There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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