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   AMENDING TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO REDUCE THE CREDIT HOUR 
REQUIREMENT FOR THE EDITH NOURSE ROGERS STEM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM OF THE 
                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

  Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged and that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 2196.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2196) to amend title 38, United States Code, 
     to reduce the credit hour requirement for the Edith Nourse 
     Rogers STEM Scholarship program of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCOTT of Florida. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
considered read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time.
  Mr. SCOTT of Florida. I know of no further debate on the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate?
  If not, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, 
Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (H.R. 2196) was passed.
  Mr. SCOTT of Florida. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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