[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 42 (Monday, March 25, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S2838]
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                 FEDERAL TEA TASTERS REPEAL ACT OF 1996

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 2969, the Federal Tea 
Tasters Repeal Act of 1996, just received from the House.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2969) to eliminate the Board of Tea Experts by 
     repealing the Tea Importation Act of 1897.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no objection, the bill is deemed 
to be read the third time and passed.
  So the bill (H.R. 2969) was deemed read the third time and passed.
  Mr. LOTT. I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that 
motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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