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“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Corker amendment at the desk be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 209) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To require that the comparative report on peacekeeping operations include an assessment of the operational, structural, and doctrinal differences between the military and civilian infrastructures of the United States and United Nations and other assumptions that impact cost estimates) On page 6, beginning on line 9, strike ``and'' and all that follows through line 17 and insert the following: (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: ``(1) a comparison of the costs of current United Nations peacekeeping operations, including the costs incurred by the United States for such operations, and the estimated cost of such operations if implemented unilaterally by the United States;''; (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (4) by inserting after paragraph (1), as amended by paragraph (2) of this section, the following new paragraph: ``(2) an assessment of the operational, structural, and doctrinal differences between the military and civilian infrastructures of the United States and United Nations and other assumptions that impact cost estimates; and''. The bill (S.…”