Volume 160, No. 78 covering the 2nd Session of the 113th Congress (2013 - 2014) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF ACT OF 2014” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S3308 on May 22, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF ACT OF 2014
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NORTH TEXAS INVASIVE SPECIES BARRIER ACT OF 2014
Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Environment and Public Works Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4032 and the Senate proceed to its consideration and to the consideration of Calendar No. 344, S. 2198 en bloc.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bills en bloc.
Mr. REID. Madam President, it is my understanding that my request was at this point granted; is that right?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct.
Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Feinstein-Murkowski substitute amendment to S. 2198, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bills, as amended where applicable, be read a third time and passed en bloc; that a Feinstein-Murkowski amendment to the title of S. 2198, which is at the desk, be agreed to; and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment (No. 3227) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
(The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'')
The bill (S. 2198), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
The amendment (No. 3228) was agreed to, as follows:
(Purpose: To modify the title)
Amend the title to read as follows: ``To direct the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to take actions to provide additional water supplies to the State of California due to drought, and for other purposes.''.
The bill (H.R. 4032) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
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