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“yesterday, in anticipation of the unanimous consent agreement, the Senator from Virginia, joined by the Senator from Michigan, Mr. Levin, the managers and chairman and ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, filed an amendment, which amendment is the entire authorization bill prepared by the Committee on Armed Services and reported out favorably earlier this year. It was the subject of floor debate for some time. Some 30 amendments were added. I also filed a second amendment, which represented 80 amendments which had been reconciled by the Senator from Michigan and myself and placed into the amendment to constitute a managers' amendment. In other words, we agree as managers that they should be accepted subject to a unanimous consent agreement, which is the conventional way of handling a managers' amendment. I now have with me today a third amendment, which represents another 16 amendments that the Senator from Michigan and I have agreed upon should be eventually added to our bill. My first inquiry to the Chair is: Is it appropriate, at this time, given the unanimous consent that was agreed to this morning, to send to the desk and ask be filed a third amendment representing another managers' amendment for 16 reconciled amendments? The PRESIDING OFFICER. A third second-degree amendment may be filed.”