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“Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the final period. Page 3, after line 9, add the following: (4) Marine mammal protection.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract located on the Outer Continental Shelf if oil and gas leasing of such tract would adversely impact any marine mammal. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.”