John Barrow: “Yes, Mr. Speaker, in its present form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk…”

“Yes, Mr. Speaker, in its present form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Barrow moves to recommit the bill H.R. 420 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: At the end of the bill, add the following: SEC. __. NOT APPLICABLE TO CLAIMS AGAINST DISASTER PROFITEERING BUSINESSES. (a) In General.--A claim against a disaster profiteering business may be filed in any court that has jurisdiction over the corporation, notwithstanding section 4. (b) Definitions.--In this section-- (1) the term ``business'' includes a corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, and joint stock company, as well as an individual; and (2) the term ``disaster profiteering business'' means any business engaged in a contract with the Federal Government for the provision of goods or services, directly or indirectly, in connection with relief or reconstruction efforts provided in response to a presidentially declared major disaster or emergency that, knowingly and willfully-- (A) executes or attempts to execute a scheme or artifice to defraud the United States; (B) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; (C) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations, or makes or uses any materially false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false,…”