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On the recordNovember 30, 2011
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 8, line 2, strike ``and''. Page 8, line 20, insert ``(except those designated parties described in subparagraph (C))'' after ``parties''. Page 9, line 19, strike the second period and insert ``; and'' and after such line insert the following: (3) by adding at the end of subsection (c)(1) the following: ``(C) The designated parties referred to in subparagraph (B) are employers that paid any executive bonus compensation in excess of 10,000 percent of the total annual compensation of the average employee during the 1-year period preceding the filing of a petition under this subsection. Such parties may not engage in the dilatory tactic of raising new issues or positions during a pre-election hearing that were not raised prior to the commencement of the hearing.''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 470, the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Boswell) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Iowa.

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