[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 195 (Saturday, December 17, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8782-S8783]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME--H.R. 440 AND H.R. 3012

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I am told there are two bills at the desk 
due for their first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the titles of the bills 
for the first time.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 440) to provide for the establishment of the 
     Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious 
     Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia.
       A bill (H.R. 3012) to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for 
     employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country 
     numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for 
     other purposes.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now ask for a second reading, and object 
to my own request, all en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

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  The bills will be read for the second time on the next legislative 
day.

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