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On the recordSeptember 11, 2024
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged from further consideration of S. 3764 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3764) to extend and authorize annual appropriations for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom through fiscal year 2026. 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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