I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(reduced by $21,300,000)''. Page 16, line 24, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(increased by $21,300,000)''. Mr. SABLAN (during the reading). Mr. Chair, I ask that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the Record. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from the Northern Mariana Islands? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 303, the gentleman from the Northern Mariana Islands and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from the Northern Mariana Islands.
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