[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 2 (Friday, January 4, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S23-S24]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TO TEMPORARILY INCREASE FEMA BORROWING AUTHORITY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed

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to the consideration H.R. 41, which was received from the House and is 
at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 41) to temporarily increase the borrowing 
     authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for 
     carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this is a small part of what we have needed 
to do for the people of New York and New Jersey.
  I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and the 
Senate proceed to a vote on passage of this legislation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the bill having 
been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (H.R. 41) was passed.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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