[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16685]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       CLOTHE A HOMELESS HERO ACT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of H.R. 6328 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. 6328) to amend title 49 United States Code, to 
     direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security 
     (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer 
     unclaimed clothing recovered at airport security checkpoints 
     to local veterans organizations and other local charitable 
     organizations, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a Gillibrand 
amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be 
read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and 
any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record as if read.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3328) was agreed to, as follows:

  (Purpose: To clarify that the clothing should be transferred to the 
  local airport authority or other local authorities for donation to 
    charity, including local veterans organizations or other local 
charitable organizations for distribution to homeless or needy veterans 
                         and veteran families)

       On page 2, line 20, after ``clothing to'' insert ``the 
     local airport authority or other local authorities for 
     donation to charity, including''.

  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill (H.R. 6328) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

       Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives 
     (H.R. 6328) entitled ``An Act to amend title 49, United 
     States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
     Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer 
     unclaimed clothing recovered at airport security checkpoints 
     to local veterans organizations and other local charitable 
     organizations, and for other purposes.'', do pass with the 
     following amendment:
       On page 2, line 20, after ``clothing to'' insert ``the 
     local airport authority or other local authorities for 
     donation to charity, including''.

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