[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S7165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               VERA C. RUBIN OBSERVATORY DESIGNATION ACT

  Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 3196 and the Senate proceed to its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 3196) to designate the Large Synoptic Survey 
     Telescope as the ``Vera C. Rubin Observatory.''

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate 
proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I further ask the bill be considered 
read three times and passed and the motion 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 bill (H.R. 3196) was ordered to a third reading, was read the 
third time, and passed.

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