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Version 82 · Passed Senate without amendment · Jan 1, 2013
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Authorizes the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, acting jointly, to provide, under appropriate security procedures, records from the Committee's executive sessions relating to Major General John D. Lavelle's 1972 nomination to those persons conducting the independent review of his case on behalf of the Air Force.
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Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D–NV
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 12/31/2012 S8610; text as passed Senate: CR 12/31/2012 S8610; text of measure as introduced: CR 12/31/2012 S8592)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 12/31/2012 S8610; text as passed Senate: CR 12/31/2012 S8610; text of measure as introduced: CR 12/31/2012 S8592)
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