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On the recordJuly 13, 2022
Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of subtitle A of title X the following new section: SEC. 1004. REDUCTION TO FUNDING AUTHORIZATIONS. Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act are hereby reduced by a total of $36,987,247,000, to be derived from the amounts, and from the corresponding accounts, as specified by amendment number 2468 offered by Mr. Golden during the mark-up session of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on June 22, 2022. Strike sections 113, 615, 1030, 1031, 1075, and 1107. Strike title XXIX. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1224, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from California.
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Barbara Lee
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